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Photographer Dennis Ramos Explains How He Creates Surreal Black and White Architectural Photos

Chris Gampat
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07/30/2016
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Last Updated on 07/30/2016 by Chris Gampat

All images by Dennis Ramos. Used with permission.

“Unlike most architectural and landscape photographs, my images involve a lot of long exposure, minimal compositions, and monochrome conversions.” says photographer Dennis Ramos about how he actually creates the images that he does. “I use this method to emphasize my subjects. Furthermore, color can become a distraction in my compositions so converting to black and white creates a more visual impact to the viewers.”

Dennis is the man behind the Preatextus image project that uses a 16 stop ND filter and conversions to create the very surreal images. According to Dennis, the ND filter makes the sky and water look silky smooth. The long exposure and black and white techniques combined help him separate and focus more on the subject.

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“It does takes a lot of time and practice to get comfortable doing long exposures.” says Dennis. “I do experiment at times to add-in human elements or other living things to my composition.” Dennis continues to state that adding other elements in-camera is a challenge as it is in post-production when using methods such as blend-ins, composites, or multiple exposures.

For Dennis, geometric lines and shapes catch his attention–especially when shooting architectural scenes. “I usually shoot an hour before sunset to get the best contrast.” explains Dennis. “The lights and shadows during this time brings out more drama and mood in the scene.” Whatever pleases Dennis’ eyes are what motivates him to shoot.

“And of course, Whenever I shoot and create these images, I always have the intention to print it, hung it, and contemplate on it.”

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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