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    The photos I'm posting now are from last weekend's Toronto Open at Hart House, and I plan to add more later on. I also have photos from other chess events to add over time. And of course, others are welcome to post photos here, too.

    Each of the images I post below has a link to its Flickr page. Any chess-related pictures that I post on Flickr are kept in this set of photos, which you can also view as a slideshow (best seen with your browser in full-screen mode).

    Note: I reserve copyright on these photos, but they can be downloaded for personal non-commercial use (e.g. if you're in one and want to save or print it) -- just click on "All Sizes" button above the photo on Flickr, and select a size. For any commercial or professional use of these photos, please contact me.

















    As mentioned, I hope to post more photos here over time.
    Last edited by David Farrant; Friday, 16th April, 2010, 10:22 PM.

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    Wow, these are some awesome photos
    Makes me want to take up a new hobby :)

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    • #3
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      they seem a little dark

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      • #4
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        The darkness adds artistic value; they look great...

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        • #5
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          This is world class photography! Karsh could be proud to have taken some of them. Please do more - with names when posted on ChessTalk. Hope you will do the Canadian Open too.:)

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          • #6
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            David Farrant, the first picture looks more like from the studio :) How did the original shot look?
            Share more your chess art ;)
            Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Sunday, 11th April, 2010, 09:09 PM.

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            • #7
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              These are great pictures, David!

              Keep up the good work!

              Mei
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              Last edited by Mei Chen Lee; Thursday, 24th March, 2011, 12:48 AM.

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              • #8
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                David,

                I really like your use of lead room with two subjects in photo #6. Did you ever take any training?

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                • #9
                  Thanks

                  Thanks to all for the feedback. I'm not ready to be the next Karsh, but I take photos almost wherever I go, including at chess events, and some of them turn out fairly well. (And yes, Vlad, I hope to take some shots at the Canadian Open). I am a very poor chess player, so I might as well post some of the better photos here.

                  Hart House is a fantastic place, in general, for a chess event, and for photography. The light in that room was very challenging, with wide variations in light and dark. I was only shooting briefly on a couple of occasions, and mostly looked for players sitting in interesting light.

                  Zeljko: Yes, these photos are mostly dark, but that darkness makes the range of light that's there more interesting, I think... Chiaroscuro, they call this. It's much more appealing than uniform lighting under garish flourescent bulbs. :-) Of course, how dark the photos look will vary depending on your monitor, settings, eyesight, ambient lighting, etc.

                  Mei: Thanks, and I plan to post some photos from your Elora tournaments, too... I should have done more of them long ago. Like Hart House, the Elora Mill Inn is another fantastic venue for chess, and photography.

                  Garvin: No, I haven't studided photography formally; just learning from doing it, mistakes & successes, reading bits and pieces (online & magazine articles, books), posting photos online, getting feedback, and seeing what I like and don't like about others' photos. I still have plenty to learn.

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                  • #10
                    More from the Toronto Open 2010 at Hart House

                    Some other photos from the Toronto Open: tournament games in the Great Hall...





                    ...and skittles in the central courtyard...







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                    Again, each of the images posted links to its Flickr page. Any chess-related pictures that I post on Flickr are kept in this set of photos, which you can also view as a slideshow (best seen with your browser in full-screen mode).

                    I reserve copyright on these photos, but they can be downloaded for personal non-commercial use (e.g. if you're in one and want to save or print it) -- just click on "All Sizes" button above the photo on Flickr, and select a size. For any commercial or professional use of these photos, please contact me.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Chess Photos (Toronto Open 2010 at Hart House)

                      David,

                      The black & white of GM Sambuev is impressive, and I especially like how the furniture and the lighting play a major role in most of the photos. You really captured a lot of interesting facial expressions (the girl in the Canada shirt is priceless!!). This is one of those occasions where you couldn't do a better job if you had to set this up in a studio... kudos!!
                      No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.

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                      • #12
                        Re: More from the Toronto Open 2010 at Hart House

                        These are really very good. Please keep on posting!

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                        • #13
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                          There are chess activities on the streets of Toronto as well (for instance on Roncesvelles Ave.).
                          Last edited by Caesar Posylek; Sunday, 18th April, 2010, 05:10 PM.

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                          • #14
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                            David I like the photos very much, I have always been a fan of this type of photography and lack of lighting technique especially for portrait shots,
                            I was just wondering if the playing hall was really this dark but from your answer I understand that wasn't the case

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                            • #15
                              Re: Chess Photos (Toronto Open 2010 at Hart House)

                              Originally posted by Jordan S. Berson View Post
                              David, The black & white of GM Sambuev is impressive
                              Surely that is Bindi Cheng and not Bator Sambuev...

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