AAW: VOTING: April 6-13, 2026: Low Key Photography
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My newest assignment was to go to Naturally Naughty Studios and create three boudoir photographs. All of them are to be different backgrounds or stages and different hair, clothing, makeup, etc.
I submit to you Part Three of the assignment.
Check out Part One here.
You can catch Part Two of the assignment here.
Thanks again to my Flickr Sensei for taking the time to give me tips and lessons to improve my Second Life photography skills.
Here is the lantern photo that the text book team decided to use. It was really fun to have an assignment and find different ways to illustrate their theme,
The comment has the book design.
I found this door in the Bo Kaap, a very colourful neighbourhood of Cape Town where the houses are all painted in bright colours and sometimes the doors are beautifully decorated, such as this one...the only eye sore the heavily secured gates in front, implying the crime rate within the inner city boundaries...
Take for an assignment on 'Hands'
My husband was busy constructing a new garden shed in the morning light at the top of the garden.
Here was another treatment of the lantern and lighting. I was going for the homey look with the dish cabinet. Neither this one or Assignment 1 was chosen. But I had fun thinking of new ways to show a lantern.
In these photo are my sons Keith (6 yrs old and just lost his front teeth) & Nathan (2 yrs old). My entry for UNEXPLORED GROUP WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT.
Styling assignment: Camera: Canon 1DX Mark II. Lens: Canon 24-70mm, f/4.5, SS: 1/50, ISO 200. Light source: Canon 600EXII-RT Speedlight w/Impact 24" x 24" Quickbox with grid. Note: Child was not sitting on a shelf. He was laying with his back on the floor. Image was shot from above.
This assignment was about the choice and use textures and backgrounds to complement or contrast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AcfKFjgMJ8 - "Wherever You Go" - Brian Simpson
In shooting this plant, my first concern was "trying to tame the chaos." This plant possessed a fierceness to it, with petals and shapes going every which way. I found it seductive but extremely busy. Did I want deep DOF with front to back sharpness, or did I wish to go soft and romantic with shallow DOF focusing on the some petal edges closest to me? (I went deep.)
The vibrancy and color of this plant is always a troublesome one for me (and my cameras). Do I go for auto white balance or custom? (I went both.) I shot against a white background under soft, natural light (basically northern sky) to eliminate shifting color-of-light temp issues.
After shooting was done, I picked the image I liked most and started to process it. I often work fast as I process. Music sometimes sets my mood and pace; other times it reflects it. When working fast I tend to work more intuitively (feeling) and not consciously (thought), although I'd be uncomfortable trying to put a % to that mix.
Periodically I stop to see if the image is looking as I want.
Oddly enough, if an image isn't "making it," I seldom start over from scratch (raw file). I don't know why. I just make corrections as I go, usually by adding layers (sometimes I label these layers, sometimes I don't; I wish I always did. I get lazy). In my younger days I studied painting (oil and acrylics). You don't chuck a canvas when something isn't working, you just paint over it (the Mona Lisa is about 30 layers deep. Yes, 30!) That attitude still lives for me.
Image done. Then to the assignment. Pick a texture - again, a mainly intuitive process. Apply and process it. Adjust color (hue, saturation, contrast), blur, sharpen, depth to suit. Process more. This can often take as much work or a long to do as processing the image. Most times I use only one texture (repeated as desired. On occasion, two. Seldom more).
Now the process feels more purposeful. Analyze the image with a conscious eye, looking for what's working, what's not, what do I want? Make changes; sometimes really itsy-bitsy ones that no one will ever see or note, and I probably won't remember having made.
Finally I get to, "Enough. I'm done. It's done."
The great, New Wave film-maker, Francois Truffaut is reported to have said about film-making, "You you start a film, you want to make a truly Great Movie. Halfway though, you're working to make a Good Movie. By the end you just want to get the damn thing done and not be ashamed of it."
Yep. Sounds about right.
Texture: my own.
I took this photograph for a Weekend Assignment and Contest group (www.flickr.com/groups/weekend_assignment/). This week's theme is "exploring heritage".
This is Central Lake, MI where I currently live. My family has lived in this town for a really long long while. My Uncle lives in the house where my dad was born, just outside of town. The house is on land that was a portion of the original homestead made by my father's family more than 5 generations back. It's interesting to realize that the old photo here showed the town as it would have looked when my grandpa came here to do his shopping!
This little gem is on private property, I finally got a glimpse of it thru the vegetation now that the leaves are mostly gone......
This was a heavenly transfer...Thanks to Wayne who suggested my own transfer program would resize when I export...it worked GREAT!!!!!
The assignment was to use Photoshop's Vanishing Point filter to wrap a banner or sign around a building. I decided to use a picture of the girls. I could have put more time into this. But, I had to get it done in a hurry. Using the filter was easy. The only work involved was making sure the light pole was in front of the banner. I should have darkened the right side of the banner a little as the light source is hitting the building on the other side. But, once again, I put this together quickly. I also should have created a crease going along the corner of the building. I'll probably fix these issues and replace this image at some point soon.
On our vacation to the New Brunswick we were visiting this old farm and found these three beautiful kittens in the barn. They were so friendly we wanted to take them home.
Location: Coruscant
Author: Hozz Igo
///Log Entry\\\
After putting some space between me and the checkpoint, I changed out of the flamboyant uniform and into my usual outfit. Kusror, who had just arrived from Vala's ship, greeted me at our rendezvous point.
My next assignment: I would be disabling the base of and taking out the leader of the Futurists, a group who worked against our cause and for the remnant Empire. After searching the streets, Kusror and I found the specified location: an old 'abandoned' warehouse, which now served as the base for the Futurists.
I glanced over at Kusror, who nodded, and we both smashed through a window and into the building. We had taken the Futurists by surprise, and I was able to easily take out a few of them and eventually their leader, who was a Chiss sporting some sort of Mandalorian armor.
Just as we placed the bombs to detonate the warehouse, I noticed a hooded figure dash through a side door and into an alleyway. Before the figure disappeared, a flash from what seemed to be a medallion or insignia on their chest blinded me. After recovering from the flash, I pursued the figure through the door, only to find a bustling street full of civilians; the figure had vanished.
Kusror ran out to me. "Let's go, the warehouse will blow any second." Still puzzled about the mysterious figure, Kusror dragged me out the door and into the alleyway. Just a few moments later, I heard an explosion, and looked through the door to see a fiery mess of the Futurists' hideout. The mission was complete.
\\\End Log///
I'm quite pleased with how this build turned out! It was made for The Survivors RPG Tournament 2, round 2 against [https://www.flickr.com/photos/11287890@N02/]. Tell me what you thought of the build, and be sure to check out my round 1 build here: www.flickr.com/photos/185269945@N06/50672651761/in/datepo...
I've also just hit 200 followers, so expect a post on that and more builds soon (I'm working on my application to Dark Times at the moment!)
My favorite shoes. I have worn them twice, they are dove gray and look very tuxedo-ish to me. They are shiny and peep toe. They make me want to drink my tea with my pinky finger in the air. I never wear them. I am afraid I will ruin them. G.G. was very interested in them as well.
EXPLORE! May 28, 2009:#353 Awesome!
Compositionally Challenged: Week 5 - elements of photography. Perspective.
AAW: Monthly challenge - ground. WIT: Cropped slightly. Converted to b&w in Lightroom.
They all fit nicely into this ONA Brixton. Question is... Do I need all of them on assignment?
Since getting rid of all my Canon gear last summer, I am very happy with the image quality of the Fuji X-System and its' form factor. Much more portable!
Robert is a guardian spirit of the Georgian Film movie studio. One of the world's oldest film studios, Kartuli Pilmi was among the most active Soviet film production spots. The fall of the USSR was followed by hard times for the studio and many of its treasures are now gone. But what could be saved was saved by the hands of Robert and others like him. These silent heroes fight every day to salvage the studio's unique assets, from thousands of cans of documentary films shot over the last 100 years to the studio's unrivalled sound archive.
My new project is about these heroes, and Robert’s portrait is first in this series.
Check out the complete set on my Behance: j.mp/robert-of-gf
Photographer/editor: Andrew Kovalev (ckovalev.com)
Set designers: Andrew Kovalev, Tatiana Blinova
Videographer/assistant: Thomas Burns (thomasburns.net)
Special thanks to:
the staff of Georgian Film studios
Khatuna Khundadze
Robert
All of us at Paparazzi can say is Hott Hott Hott! Looks like someone's been back on track with the trainer and nutritionist. We realized a few months ago that Jasper had put on some weight, which was unusual for her. (must have been those fruit loops from the commercial) But it looks like she's back on the hot-bod boat, and there to stay!
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I'll beat everyone to this critique: I wish that I got his whole hand.
What I learned from doing these photos is to give myself some extra room when shooting. I was trying to stay zoomed in and keep the action tight. Because they move so quickly up this board and they can swing erratically; it was hard to keep the feet and arms always in the frame while zoomed in so tight. I’m balancing on the top of this board so it is difficult for me to move around. In retrospect I should have not worried about zooming in so tight because you can always crop the unwanted areas out...it is much tougher to recreate a hand.
I'm not sure if I should crop tighter on the right and top?
What about the color of the light in comparison to the other campus board photo.
Which one is better?
Feedback please!