Ilan Bresler Photography

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1. 6/29/2009 6:15 PM

   a.h.lex says:

   this is a beautiful summer love story with a kind of magic of wich we all dreams. So let's get start with the summer and make some love.
   best regards, a.h.lex
2. 6/29/2009 6:19 PM

   xphaqtor says:

   I really like it! I understand what you're saying about capturing the whole story in one frame, but I think this one just works. Good stuff.
3. 6/29/2009 6:29 PM

   Paul Johnston-Knight says:

   Love it Ilan - great feeling of love & candid capture about it, in spite of the obvious need for some artificial lighting.
   
   I can understand what you say about the Triptych - I think I've only ever puplished 1 triptych of my photographs, and I'm still not totally sure about it.
   
   Like yours it's some older work - from Apr 2007 and I think if I had time I'd re-frame it somehow, anyway, here it is ...
   
   http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=465855406&size=large
   
   Thanks for sharing, love the blog, keep the fab photos coming,
   P
4. 6/29/2009 7:19 PM

   namaki says:

   those two certainly look happy !
5. 6/29/2009 7:35 PM

   Liang says:

   wow ilan! i do like this set, such a romantic mood created by them as well as by you, the photographer. =D
6. 6/29/2009 11:30 PM

   Ken says:

   I use the the Triptych in various ways. In an upcoming posting ( July 5th), I used the outer two pictures to establish setting ( Union station, Chicago) and to curve the eye to the center with line structure and then the middle picture was the focus of the entire three images. Alone i do not think it would have worked.
   I have also done the Triptych collages to show passages of time. I think it is up to the photographer, I try to keep an open mind and never discount any arrangement or post processing until I have viewed it.
7. 6/30/2009 12:24 AM

   Fritsch says:

   Good to see you're back after a long & tough week, Ilan. And you're right: Everyone of them is great picture. I look at this one as a kind of prose wether a single picture could be a poem. A poem worth a thousand words. So thanks for telling this story, thanks for writing it down. Blessed are the storyteller. Great work, Ilan!
   
   All the best & safe travels, Fritsch.
8. 6/30/2009 1:00 AM

   beanow says:

   Love story... Lovely images.
9. 6/30/2009 1:03 AM

   Phototherapy says:

   You are telling a story here, step by step. One image cannot do that.
   From left to right, the action seems to be reversed. I suppose you did it at purpose... What I like the most is the zoom effect between them. One image cannot do that...
   Action, time and place unity (like in theater) are there, creating consistency between the images (very important).
   It's a good work, buddy :)
   A detail, but I would enlarge the tiny separation between them, to balance with the large border, and maybe choose a DCDCDC instead of FFFFF as background :)
   
   Generally speaking about series or polyptych, you can go in more détail into your subject, really turn around it, developp. It's different than building one frame. I would say it's complementary: you capture sometimes images to stand alone, and other images to be combined...
   
   About sharing, two polyptych, quite differents :
   http://www.2-see.org/blog/index.php?showimage=161
   and
   http://www.2-see.org/blog/index.php?showimage=304
   
   About flash, the light is obviously too hard (image 1 & 2), as always in direct.
   The only practical way I found with flash is to use a "Lightsphere Universal Cloud" from http://store.garyfonginc.com/
   or arrange some indirect ways of lightning...
10. 6/30/2009 7:04 AM

    תומר יעקבסון says:

    Hey Ilan
    Nice pics
    I see you are getting closer and closer to start using Flash more often. It's a great tool if you use it right. Beware - it's addictive stuff! all the best - Tomer
11. 6/30/2009 9:08 AM

    pando says:

    A beautiful and well-told story, Ilan.
12. 6/30/2009 2:30 PM

    Turnbill says:

    I think you've done a great job of capturing this summer love story. I wonder if it lasted beyond September?
13. 6/30/2009 3:06 PM

    bluechameleon says:

    I always felt that 3 images told a lovely story...this is perfect Ilan! The flash creates such an incredible mood with the vignetting that surround the couple...captivating images.
    For the record, I've always been afraid to use a flash, now you have got me curious :)
14. 6/30/2009 3:37 PM

    Philippe says:

    La progression dans le désir est intelligente...Happy End ? Phil.
15. 6/30/2009 5:05 PM

    Marcie says:

    A wonderful story here in these three images. Love how you've put this together. Sorry to hear things are so rough. Time WILL heal...
16. 6/30/2009 6:01 PM

    T and S says:

    Lovely images Ilan, I hope you get over this phase soon and move on with your life. Take care my friend...Thomas
17. 6/30/2009 7:51 PM

    Doum says:

    I just say; three pictures and long story. Wow, great ambiance you catch, you and the flash! One of this days I will try to master the flash techniques... Bravo.
18. 6/30/2009 9:41 PM

    Franck says:

    Nice story in nice atmosphere ... Good choice !
19. 6/30/2009 11:14 PM

    TheresNoTylerDurden says:

    Excellent Blog and excellent photo Ilan. It was a pleasure interviewing you!!
20. 6/30/2009 11:25 PM

    Calusarus says:

    Un homme et une femme. Congratulations for this story
21. 6/30/2009 11:40 PM

    Terry H. says:

    Wow these are great images, hard to believe they were taken on a cell phone. I think your the best cell phone photographer out there today.LOL Sorry could not help myself after reading the interview.
    Cool shots but I did not know you could use the SB600 flash with a Cell phone!! :)
22. 7/01/2009 6:38 AM

    Anne says:

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23. 7/01/2009 7:01 AM

    Jinksee says:

    Frame views always make me happy. Something I need to learn how to do more. :) Keep it up. Your work is amazing. :D
24. 7/01/2009 9:24 AM

    Alex says:

    Buena serie de fotografias, parece ser una bella historia de amor.
    Buena iluminacion, saludos.
25. 7/01/2009 10:37 AM

    Belizarie says:

    The beginning is nice ! Always ! Expect to follow...
26. 7/01/2009 1:13 PM

    Soe says:

    Great story telling, Ilan... may be in 3000 words.. but still, great!
    :)
27. 7/01/2009 1:48 PM

    z-vet says:

    I think in this case one photo is not enough. Three fit perfect and make «the story» more complete.
    Flash is an interesting thing to learn and use, i do it right now and have a great time playing with it. Take a look at this photo for example: i will fail to capture it without a flash.
    Regards.
28. 7/01/2009 5:59 PM

    PixeLuz says:

    Sometimes, life looks like a movie. Maybe this is when we recognize some familiar storyboard. That's probably why the triptych structure works so easily here.
    
    Hope, Ilan, it's getting easier for you.
29. 7/01/2009 9:42 PM

    c o n f l a g r a t i o says:

    I like just the sequence of frames, tell us all we need to know. Nice job.
30. 7/02/2009 12:05 AM

    Pied Crow says:

    I completely agree with you about the scariness of using a flash! Keep sharing your efforts, maybe I'll take the plunge.
    
    Re: Triptych, I've never tried it myself. I do think it makes it more difficult to really see each photo and look for the relationships between the people, objects, light in the photo. This trio is very narrative, but the narrative is not an unusual one...so maybe the images would be better served by being seen one by one???
31. 7/02/2009 12:07 AM

    Andy says:

    Really cool series that tells a story.
32. 7/02/2009 12:44 AM

    Luis A. De Jesus R. says:

    I felt the same way about flash at first. I purchased my SB600 in 2007; just felt it was time to, and now it's used a lot more than not.
    
    I see the point of your rhetorical question. I see each photo in a triptychs as a chapter. Even these take skill to put together to tell the whole story effectively and you succeeded. Nice work.
33. 7/02/2009 1:44 AM

    Kamal says:

    darn. i have no triptych pics to share. great usage of triptych in this one. well, some pictures are meant to be told in a series. that's what i think. superb!
34. 7/02/2009 10:35 AM

    Giovanni says:

    Wow, Ilan this is a lovely and romantic triptych!! Great use of light! Love it!
35. 7/02/2009 7:22 PM

    Ricardo says:

    Beautiful story and beautiful pictures.
36. 7/03/2009 1:59 AM

    CraigM says:

    I don't think I've ever used this method but what/who's to say it's wrong? The three images tell a story that one could not and I don't think you should concern yourself as to whether it conforms or not :) It must have appealed to you in some way and that's enough. Funny because I've just written a little about this in tonight's post.
    
    Anyway I like them, all of them and the story they tell. Catch you soon :)
37. 7/03/2009 11:59 AM

    Ash says:

    Interesting!
    
    Thanks for visiting me...
38. 7/03/2009 3:26 PM

    nk says:

    lot of complicity between them, you captured it very nicely. A complete story in 3 pictures! Will we have the morning after triptych?
39. 7/03/2009 7:14 PM

    k@ says:

    A movie begins ! Ta-daaa* Great triptyque*
40. 7/03/2009 7:14 PM

    k@ says:

    A movie begins ! Ta-daaa* Great triptyque*
41. 7/03/2009 9:31 PM

    SD (Aspherical) says:

    I don't do triptychs, mostly because I prefer to just present single images of the same (or similar) items in a series of individual prints.
    
    In this case, I don't think the triptych format is justified. Any one of the images says the same thing - these two are in love. The third adds a bit, as the sand gives a setting. However, for the triptych treatment, I'd prefer a twist in the story (e.g. in the first panel, the couple is arguing, the second they make up, and in the third they're walking back to the house together).
42. 7/03/2009 9:39 PM

    joshi daniel says:

    that is a good story!
43. 7/04/2009 10:00 AM

    Pere Chuliá says:

    Bonita secuencia. Me gusta su colorido e iluminación, así como el dinamismo que destila. Parece una secuencia sacada de una película. Un saludo.
44. 7/04/2009 5:52 PM

    Ivar says:

    It tells a nice story.. nice pictures, albeti a bit hard light due to the flash.. Well done
45. 7/05/2009 9:16 PM

    Angela Smith Photography says:

    Great emotion in this!
46. 7/06/2009 1:56 AM

    yz says:

    cool series, love the 'polaroid' kind of feeling
47. 7/06/2009 2:34 AM

    Darietto says:

    I'm agree with Phototherapy. One capture can tell a message but sometime you need more than a message to tell! You need a whole world to explain, and...it depends on the situations... a single shot can't do that. So, here you have two beautiful people who loves eachothers in a wonderful way. You found them and through your camera (like a movie) you told us a story. Great work!
48. 7/07/2009 5:57 AM

    Rajesh says:

    A picture is thousand words worth. Three pictures in a row definitely tell a beautiful story.
49. 7/07/2009 8:35 PM

    Robert Kruh says:

    Oh, lovely story :) Beautiful series of photographs Ilan!
50. 7/09/2009 8:18 AM

    Anna says:

    Ilan you missing her....
    Anna :)
51. 7/11/2009 2:35 PM

    Paky says:

    Una muy bella historia de amor, me gustan cada una de las tres fotografias.
52. 7/12/2009 7:02 PM

    Jim says:

    Good set of shots that leave the outcome to our imaginations...excellent.
53. 7/12/2009 7:21 PM

    cako says:

    Beautiful series and perfect title.
54. 7/13/2009 9:07 PM

    Omar says:

    Cool series!
55. 7/15/2009 4:02 AM

    iheartfilm says:

    That red just pops you in the eye. Love it.
56. 7/18/2009 2:38 AM

    pixeltoko says:

    a story well told! beautifully done!
57. 7/19/2009 12:44 PM

    Arjan - PlasticDaisy says:

    I think it works really well! The red shirt lights up the darkness.
58. 7/19/2009 4:56 PM

    retoque de fotografias says:

    Interesting photo story photoblog.
59. 7/19/2009 7:03 PM

    Alline says:

    Se laisser porter dans la douceur d'aimer....
    
    De la blogosphère je me suis un peu éloignée…« temps de pause… et de vacances… »
    En attendant la rentrée, je te souhaite un bel été tout en sourires...amitiés
60. 7/19/2009 7:17 PM

    sil says:

    I really like this series and its narrative. I'm struggling with my flash and feel so dumb when trying to use it :) Will learn one day or another...
    
    Congrats on your interview and feature!
61. 7/19/2009 10:07 PM

    Anonymous

    I like a lot the mood and the series
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62. 8/04/2009 4:52 AM

    marc says:

    I enjoyed reading your thoughts (and criticism) of the triptych in photography. This certainly stands out as different from most of your work (the flash and presentation) but it also has your great sense of capturing something that feels authentic.