Jacques Oulé was born in France in 1958, he grew up in Aix en Provence, lived in Paris before moving to Toronto in 1981. He has pursued an interest in photography for many years, questioning its content and his position in it, and has immersed himself with its range of thecnique and possibilities. As a visual artist Jacques Oulé use the camera as a tool to look deeply and … [Read more...]
(Rediscover) Voice In A Landscape
When I began taking landscape photographs my primary interest was in capturing the scenery in front of the lens. After all, isn’t that what it’s all about? After several years I realised that few of the photographs I took really excited me and so I began to explore what was missing in either my technique or composition. It wasn’t that there was anything wrong with my images, … [Read more...]
Street Photography: Where does the street begin and end? Part 1.
Santiago Chile The history of the pathway, the street, and the scenes they often lead to is a storied one. The trail is not so much a physical thing as an ephemeral one, a place in our collective imagination. Picture if you will, the most populated space in your town or city, it's energy, its culture. Picture the roads leading there, the square or congregating spaces. Where … [Read more...]
Embracing The Strange
A macro still from a video I directed using LED lighting Synthetics and Tertiary colors generate a buzz Plato wrote in one of his dialogues with Socrates: ‘He who has been instructed thus far in the things of love, and who has learned to see the beautiful in due order and succession , when he comes to the end will suddenly perceive a nature of wondrous beauty ……beauty … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Incredible Soft-Focus Macro Photos
Do you want to capture beautiful soft-focus macro photography? You can. Because soft-focus macro photography isn’t actually that hard. It just uses a few simple tricks, which leave your photos looking abstract, dreamy and, well, gorgeous. And in this article, I’m going to share these tricks with you. Are you ready to start taking stunning soft-focus photos? Let’s dive … [Read more...]
