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Urban Zoom by Jakob Wagner

Urban Zoom by Jakob Wagner

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December 23, 2015
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Germany based photographer Jakob Wagner's "Urban Zoom #1" is part of a personal long time photography project, which he worked on since 2005 till know. The first photo of the "Urban Zoom“ was shot in London 2005. He tried long exposure times, camera movement and zooming while exposure, to capture the slow-flowing and constant change of the city, in an abstract way. The result has pleased me him much that he decided to create a series of abstract images with as many abstract photographs from big cities around the world as possible.

Urban Zoom Jakob Wagner

Urban Zoom Jakob Wagner

I have captured more than 20 "Urban Zoom" photographs. Through my work as a photo assistant, I had the fortune to visit all these thrilling places like San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Manila, Quito, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and many more.
-Jakob Wagner

Jakob Wagner

Urban Zoom #1, New York, 2012

Location shot was taken: USA, New York, Brooklyn, 01.01.2012, 01:33
It shows the “Manhattan Bridge” from the “Brooklyn Bridge Park”.

Shot details:
Camera/Lens/etc: Canon EOS 5D Mark II / Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM / tripod / cable release
Exposure: 30 Sek / f 5,0 / ISO 100

The "Urban Zoom #1" photograph which is displayed here, was shot in January 2012 in New York with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM while using a tripod and cable release. I set the camera exposure to 30 seconds and f/5,0 with 100 ISO, the first 20 seconds the focal length are fixed on 24mm and then I start zooming in very slowly (right up to 105mm) for the last 10 seconds. During the post process I just optimize the contrast and colors with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
-Jakob Wagner

Urban Zoom Jakob Wagner

Jakob Wagner

When I started my Urban Zoom series, I was still working with film, so I would see the result after a couple of days later. So. the change to a digital camera system (2008), simplified the work flow on this series immensely, since I was able to have full control of the result trough the quick check of the photo on my camera display.
-Jakob Wagner

Jakob Wagner

Jakob Wagner

About Jakob Wagner

Jakob Wagner was born 1985 in Herdecke, Germany. In summer 2008, he successfully completed his three-year apprenticeship as a photographer. After five more years as a photo assistant for a few renowned photographers he started his own business in Düsseldorf specialising in landscape, aerial, cityscape, industrial and fine art photography. When Jakob Wagner is not at work on commissioned assignments, he devotes much of his time and passion to his personal photography projects, which have been featured already in many art magazines, books, blogs and exhibitions worldwide. His photographs are available in signed and limited editions. He has worked already for clients like Emirates, Audi, Adobe, Siemens, Telekom, Clariant, Victorinox, Stern, The Royal Opera House, Wired Magazine, Jetgala, Audi Magazin, Open Skies and many more. "The most important aspect of my work is to match the right spot at the right time. Light and weather are the main actors in my sceneries” says Wagner. See more of his works on Behance or his website.

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