I think video is how your photos are meant to be seen. Yes- the final photo is spectacular. But, it's the turning on of layers, one after the other, that is truely magic. Each intermediate photo is wonderful by itself.
Oh - and don't worry a second about internet trolls, it's so easy to criticize just to get some kind of reaction. You're a wonderful artist.
BTW - there's a typo on your URL at the end of the video at 4:23
@dlxalxdlx Thanks so much for that kind observation. I do really try to share and help others grow from my experiences. Check out my ebook at my web site. Take care: Eric
It has come to my mind later on but work with different backgrounds would of course make it easier. If, as you say, the point is the sub, it could maybe be interesting to point out different aspects of the vessel; the crew and the type of missions. It all depends how deep your interest is, just the shots or also the technical approach. I wouldn't mind take pictures of the sub, as it is a niece piece. Have you ever thought to shoot bigger, rescue subs?
@ALB437 I have thought of a lot of neat stuff but gaining access and permission is dificult. Also, I can not travel all over the country shooting these as it is hard financially to go to different locations, I wuld love to shoot a rescue sub with the NAVY or shoot an historical sub like the Alvin from Woods hole institute. It all comes down to money and access. These are sort of "Left Handed" shots for me. Inbetween my regular job, deadlines, mortgage, wife, house etc. etc. etc...
Jacques Piccard (1922-2008 - Switzerland) was the builder of the "Mésocaphe", a tourist submarine, attraction for the Swiss National Exibition in 1964. It's not yesterday, but I think the sub has been used during years in Florida afterwards. Weight: 160tonnes, speed: 5knots, max.depth:800m, lenght:28m, capacity:40. Can be seen at the "Transport Museum Luzern-CH since 2005. In 1988 he's also built a prototype (PX-44) with a capacity of 16+ 2crew. Have never seen any other tourist sub.
It's a perfect idea. I do have similar projets but do not have your experience. However I am trying to seize my ideas and get closer, either with a software or some lighting. The big problem is to find an opportunity to shoot the objects (technology) I am interested in. In your case it would be nice to have the sub at different places, but maybe due to the weight difficult to realize in terms of transport and cost.
@ALB437 Hi: Thanks for that. It took some time to refine the ideas for the series of shots... . The logistics are so very dificult to get every body and the sub together and do it again in a new location, it would be repetative and the idea is the sub. Changing backgrounds will not change the concept too much . Remember all these folks are working for free as volunteers so it is a challenge to pull it off at all really.
@ALB437 No I do not know August... I bet the pilot and inventor of the mini sub know him. They seem to know those guys I know he met Jaques Custeau a few times... Take Care: Eric
@housetaken I do. You can buy my ebook for only a few dollars. I explain the whole proces form shooting and lights, , and equipment to the post production process, ther eis even a mini one page quick guide inside. Go to my web site at :
Respond to this video... No, the effect of a very long exposure would be sloppy, It will look like an "Art" photo. Also, the exposure wil be fogged from too muhc time on the exposure and I will not be able to controle the light splashing all over the place. It will be a fun experience like a kid playing with a flash light, but totally uunusable result.
@FELDMERI000 I got that question so often I wrote a ebook. I did answer it dozens of times and was happy to do so but I get too busy in my professional and private life. It might be worth spending a couple dollars to get my book and have that and hundreds of questions answered. Take CAre and thanks if you do buy the book. REgards: ERic Curry
I don't comment on a lot of videos on youtube, but your work is phenomenal. Makes me wish that I had access to scenes like that for my own shooting, but at least it helps to explain what process you go through to make each scene. Very motivational, and again, excellent work.
@aeric7734 Hi Aeric: Thanks, I am glad yo find it motivational. I give public presentations of my work and in those shows I really talk about the persons in the scenes, their motivations, drives and character. The shooting is only really a tool to tell their stories. You do have scenes like this near where you live, They are very mundane scenes that appear to come alive with composition, lighting and patience. Regards: Eric
It's OK, as long as you got the good half. The other half of what I say is irrelevant, redundant , hyperbole, all leading down a mercurial path to a convoluted and overly complex final ends to a means. ( a pretty picture) Stick to the first half...
Eric wow, I haven't been on Youtube for a while and I just read your reply from Dec. 18th about you using a cop spot light and the settings, I really appreciate the info. You mentioned you used f14 to F18 what iso do you recommend at that setting?
Now that is exactly the response I love to hear. I am glad you liked the video. for me, making a neat photo is really great, but more so I like that they are sort of true stories of every day heroes hiding in plain sight in front of us. That these guys made a submarine all those years ago and still use it to this day is so really cool. That I tell their story is even better. When somebody is looking at the picture and intuitively understands that this is the "real deal" It's inspiring
I'd like to know, what kind of light your using, I believe you mentioned a flash light in your other vids but the lighting looks more like a strobe with diffusion or soft box. Also what settings do you recommend?
I shoot several pieces of each person very fast-2 seconds each side. Then i put them back together again in post production. It is very difficult and they have to hold very still so the pieces line up again. it usually takes me about 6 to 8 hours to make a person. I know it is ridiculous! But the lighting has to match the rest of the shot or it is useless. If it were easy..........
I remember that the sub is close to 5000 pounds.. About 2.5 tons.
it was pretty difficult moving it from where it lives to the foundry for the photo. It is also very dangerous so we had to be very careful when moving it and positioning it for our photo.
Ultimately , I would hate to have to dedicate this series of images to the "guy who died" making a picture.
Great work, Eric. Interesting to hear the story and especially to see the way you build the shot, piece by piece. I look forward to seeing the next one.
HI Andrew: How is Karen? Thanks for the comment, I have 6 more coming out soon and will add to the web site too. I have a show coming up at the Link Museum in Virginia soon too.
Any news from Justin?
Talk to you soon. Email me on regular email when you get a chance if you get a chance, no problem if you are too busy I of course understand
HI Claus: Glad you like the shot, I know you have seen this sort of before but now I am trying to share with the world, I try. I hope you are doing well, anything new- send to my regular email.
Simply wonderful. Great storytelling as well.
I think video is how your photos are meant to be seen. Yes- the final photo is spectacular. But, it's the turning on of layers, one after the other, that is truely magic. Each intermediate photo is wonderful by itself.
Oh - and don't worry a second about internet trolls, it's so easy to criticize just to get some kind of reaction. You're a wonderful artist.
BTW - there's a typo on your URL at the end of the video at 4:23
photographe06 1 week ago
Wow you make a grate Mentor! Thank you so much, would love to learn much much more!
dlxalxdlx 2 weeks ago
@dlxalxdlx Thanks so much for that kind observation. I do really try to share and help others grow from my experiences. Check out my ebook at my web site. Take care: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 2 weeks ago
Your job is amazing. Congrats.
viniciusvardiero 2 months ago
@viniciusvardiero Thanks, Glad you like it, I guess the previous guy is much beter than me... But I strive to make photos that do not suck :)
EricWilliamCurry 2 months ago
This sucks I can do it 20 times better
allstarplaya1294 3 months ago
It has come to my mind later on but work with different backgrounds would of course make it easier. If, as you say, the point is the sub, it could maybe be interesting to point out different aspects of the vessel; the crew and the type of missions. It all depends how deep your interest is, just the shots or also the technical approach. I wouldn't mind take pictures of the sub, as it is a niece piece. Have you ever thought to shoot bigger, rescue subs?
ALB437 3 months ago
@ALB437 I have thought of a lot of neat stuff but gaining access and permission is dificult. Also, I can not travel all over the country shooting these as it is hard financially to go to different locations, I wuld love to shoot a rescue sub with the NAVY or shoot an historical sub like the Alvin from Woods hole institute. It all comes down to money and access. These are sort of "Left Handed" shots for me. Inbetween my regular job, deadlines, mortgage, wife, house etc. etc. etc...
EricWilliamCurry 3 months ago
Jacques Piccard (1922-2008 - Switzerland) was the builder of the "Mésocaphe", a tourist submarine, attraction for the Swiss National Exibition in 1964. It's not yesterday, but I think the sub has been used during years in Florida afterwards. Weight: 160tonnes, speed: 5knots, max.depth:800m, lenght:28m, capacity:40. Can be seen at the "Transport Museum Luzern-CH since 2005. In 1988 he's also built a prototype (PX-44) with a capacity of 16+ 2crew. Have never seen any other tourist sub.
ALB437 3 months ago
It's a perfect idea. I do have similar projets but do not have your experience. However I am trying to seize my ideas and get closer, either with a software or some lighting. The big problem is to find an opportunity to shoot the objects (technology) I am interested in. In your case it would be nice to have the sub at different places, but maybe due to the weight difficult to realize in terms of transport and cost.
ALB437 3 months ago
@ALB437 Hi: Thanks for that. It took some time to refine the ideas for the series of shots... . The logistics are so very dificult to get every body and the sub together and do it again in a new location, it would be repetative and the idea is the sub. Changing backgrounds will not change the concept too much . Remember all these folks are working for free as volunteers so it is a challenge to pull it off at all really.
EricWilliamCurry 3 months ago
owh...i got it..thnkz...:)
housetaken 3 months ago
Do you happen to know August Piccard (Switzerland)?
ALB437 3 months ago
@ALB437 No I do not know August... I bet the pilot and inventor of the mini sub know him. They seem to know those guys I know he met Jaques Custeau a few times... Take Care: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 3 months ago
@ALB437 - "In the town where I lived used to be a yellow submarine"................... (The Beatles)
ALB437 3 months ago
do you have tutorial??
housetaken 3 months ago
@housetaken I do. You can buy my ebook for only a few dollars. I explain the whole proces form shooting and lights, , and equipment to the post production process, ther eis even a mini one page quick guide inside. Go to my web site at :
ericcurry (at) jps.net
Regards: Eric curry
EricWilliamCurry 3 months ago
Would you get a similar effect if you just put the camera on bulb and light up all the detail in one shot?
nicpham 3 months ago
Respond to this video... No, the effect of a very long exposure would be sloppy, It will look like an "Art" photo. Also, the exposure wil be fogged from too muhc time on the exposure and I will not be able to controle the light splashing all over the place. It will be a fun experience like a kid playing with a flash light, but totally uunusable result.
Regards: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 3 months ago
Could you explain in depth a little more on how you blend them in photoshop?
FELDMERI000 4 months ago
@FELDMERI000 I got that question so often I wrote a ebook. I did answer it dozens of times and was happy to do so but I get too busy in my professional and private life. It might be worth spending a couple dollars to get my book and have that and hundreds of questions answered. Take CAre and thanks if you do buy the book. REgards: ERic Curry
EricWilliamCurry 4 months ago
GREAT VIDEO! :)
vaagen58 5 months ago
Really like this! This is art! :)
xstudiocreations 8 months ago
@myleftnutts What is this talk of buying the sub. I'm confused?
EricWilliamCurry 11 months ago
I don't comment on a lot of videos on youtube, but your work is phenomenal. Makes me wish that I had access to scenes like that for my own shooting, but at least it helps to explain what process you go through to make each scene. Very motivational, and again, excellent work.
aeric7734 1 year ago
@aeric7734 Hi Aeric: Thanks, I am glad yo find it motivational. I give public presentations of my work and in those shows I really talk about the persons in the scenes, their motivations, drives and character. The shooting is only really a tool to tell their stories. You do have scenes like this near where you live, They are very mundane scenes that appear to come alive with composition, lighting and patience. Regards: Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
EXCELLENT STYLE, THANKS, !!!
DELTA1DSV 1 year ago
half the words you said i didint understand
gunman5566 1 year ago
@gunman5566
It's OK, as long as you got the good half. The other half of what I say is irrelevant, redundant , hyperbole, all leading down a mercurial path to a convoluted and overly complex final ends to a means. ( a pretty picture) Stick to the first half...
Warm REgards: Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago 2
Eric wow, I haven't been on Youtube for a while and I just read your reply from Dec. 18th about you using a cop spot light and the settings, I really appreciate the info. You mentioned you used f14 to F18 what iso do you recommend at that setting?
javyeileen 1 year ago
@javyeileen Hi Again Javy... I think about ISo 200 - 400 is fine. Eric
EricWilliamCurry 1 year ago
OMG! This is amazing!!! Please do more videos! :)
uniquastudio 2 years ago
Now that is exactly the response I love to hear. I am glad you liked the video. for me, making a neat photo is really great, but more so I like that they are sort of true stories of every day heroes hiding in plain sight in front of us. That these guys made a submarine all those years ago and still use it to this day is so really cool. That I tell their story is even better. When somebody is looking at the picture and intuitively understands that this is the "real deal" It's inspiring
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
I'd like to know, what kind of light your using, I believe you mentioned a flash light in your other vids but the lighting looks more like a strobe with diffusion or soft box. Also what settings do you recommend?
Javy
javyeileen 2 years ago
Hey Javy:
I use a hand held flood light like the kind on cop cars. You can buy them at hard ware stores or home depote.
I use usually around f 14 to f 18 or so.
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
hey I was woundering how do you get the people in your shots? without them bluring because u shot them a few times???
plunkmaster 2 years ago
Hey Plunk:
I shoot several pieces of each person very fast-2 seconds each side. Then i put them back together again in post production. It is very difficult and they have to hold very still so the pieces line up again. it usually takes me about 6 to 8 hours to make a person. I know it is ridiculous! But the lighting has to match the rest of the shot or it is useless. If it were easy..........
Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
I remember that the sub is close to 5000 pounds.. About 2.5 tons.
it was pretty difficult moving it from where it lives to the foundry for the photo. It is also very dangerous so we had to be very careful when moving it and positioning it for our photo.
Ultimately , I would hate to have to dedicate this series of images to the "guy who died" making a picture.
Eric Curry
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
how heavy is that sub?
formulaformula1133 2 years ago
very good looking boat!
vaagen58 2 years ago
This is FABULOUS!! Eric, thanks for sharing how you make the magic. I loved learning more about your process. Great video!! Neil
neilresnick 2 years ago
Fun stuff. I like the narration.
EAC818 2 years ago
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EAC818 2 years ago
Great work, Eric. Interesting to hear the story and especially to see the way you build the shot, piece by piece. I look forward to seeing the next one.
Keep up the good work,
Andrew
adaneman 2 years ago
HI Andrew: How is Karen? Thanks for the comment, I have 6 more coming out soon and will add to the web site too. I have a show coming up at the Link Museum in Virginia soon too.
Any news from Justin?
Talk to you soon. Email me on regular email when you get a chance if you get a chance, no problem if you are too busy I of course understand
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago
Hi Eric
This is very cool, and great to hear the story.
Keep up doing theese videos !
Regards Claus...
clauslav 2 years ago
HI Claus: Glad you like the shot, I know you have seen this sort of before but now I am trying to share with the world, I try. I hope you are doing well, anything new- send to my regular email.
EricWilliamCurry 2 years ago