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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.
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.:)
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.
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.
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!!
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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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