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Assignment 52 -- Copycat
I keep reading & re-reading sections of Freeman Patterson's book, "Photography & the Art of Seeing." His reflections seem very sound to me -- not just as advice for photographers, but as a way of being in the world: "(examine) things in detail & (believe) they are important in their own right." In this frame of mind, while I was out walking my dog, I was struck by the bark on these three trees, standing in a row at a suburban street corner.
I tried to think about some of the things he has to say about visual design while taking this photo & editing. "A vertical line can indicate formality & stiffness, but may also give a feeling of strength or power... Several parallel lines may produce an impression of movement more successfully than can one single one.. .. An oblique line brings life, activity, & movement to a composition."
It's a very different way for me to approach taking a photo. Though I wish this were a more stellar example of intentional design principles, the attempt was very interesting to me.
Here is a link to a few of Freeman Patterson's images:
www.masterfile.com/stock-photography/image/700-02700387/B...
these are photos from my daughter's $20 disney princess camera that I took at the "assignment houston" meetup at the Houston Museum of Natural Science on Jul. 13
Strobist:
Vivitar 285HV on 1/2, camera right, shot through Cardboard "bars". Triggered with Cactus V4s.
Active Assignment Weekly: Jan 11 to Jan 18: 'Something with Meaning'
What a great assignment, a moment to pause and look around at all the things that mean something to you. I loved every fustrating moment of this assignment!!
With that said..............what to photograph..........so many things mean so much to me. My family, extended and immediate, my friends near and far, my work.................. on and on.
But then I noticed that for the last 2 weeks all my attention was focused on this broken camera.............as if one of my family members had been injured.........
This camera was my first digital.......... picked out for me by my husband who was scared to death to pick the wrong thing. I recieved it on Christmas in 2006,................I cried and was truly touched at his push for me to continue with the love I had found behind the camera. To show the world what I saw..........in my way.
Any one who knows me knows that this camera is almost always with me, whether in my camera bag, in my purse, or around my neck............I have captured more moments than I can count or would want to.
I recently got a Sony an actual DSLR, but my first love will always be the Panasonic "DSLR wanna be" :)
So I was devestated when after carting it to work with me in a bag I don't usually use it dropped out and bounced across the frozen ground. Tired.........I never turned it on til the next day when then I found nothing but a black screen and it taking only all black images.................again I cried. Told myself "you have the Sony".............that did not help.........I still cried.
My husband lovingly looked for the paper work (which even after all this time I am not allowed to see) and found that the warranty did not end til Feb. 2010 YAY!!
Packaged it up shipped it out and have been waiting for it to come home...........anyone who knows me knows that I am one of the lucky with an address that confuses the whole postal set up in this are LOL ..............so a two day shipment that should have happened last week has finished today, with my baby coming home, as of this moment I am sighing in releif as it warms up and I wait to make sure that all is ok with it again.
Some of the things that mean the most to us are the ones we never saw coming............or realize until something happens to it.
Would I have fixed it without the warranty covering it...................yes, and that is how I know this things means so much to me. I would have never thought an object could become such a part of me, and who I am.
Assignment - Above and Below
Not sure if this qualifies, but I live in a rural area and not a lot of opportunity for multiple story photos. It's early in the week though, so will still be keeping my eyes open!
WIT: With the angle of the sun, one side of the building was a bit shadowed creating what I thought was an interesting look. The camera was centered on the corner and focused at the top corner.
Active Assignment Weekly: Nightime
In honor of the current meteor showers and all of the wonderful Christmas lightings out there, let's make this week's assignment a nighttime shot. No subject, just get out there and test your skills doing a nighttime shot.
WIT: Nina Akamu (American, born 1955). The American Horse, 1998, Bronze. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. www.meijergardens.org/
Thanks Cliffwix for getting me back outside with my camera. 1600 ISO, F14, 13s.
one of my assignment out takes, shot at village plaza half way tree. an urban beauty make up feature ran by the flair magazine heading up to carnival 2012.
I've been doing some assignment work for the Mount Washington Observatory this week. I've posted a brief report at www.mountwashington.org
The photo interest group at our church met this evening. Our assignment for this month: orange. Anything orange. This was one of the images I sent in.
Copyright frank thompson photos. Do not copy, download, or reuse in any form (including blogs) without written consent of copyright holder.
SonyA700 Sigma70-200 @3.2. One snooted and CTB gelled flash into a wall in the background and one bare flash firing into the wall.
Camera: Samsung Galaxy II
Setting; auto
This is a second shot of my husband just tasting the meal he was preparing. I posted it because I like the light and the shadow.
Active Assignments Weekly : Movement and Motion.
With the lens pressed up against the window, I have tried to capture the excitment of a train journey into the countryside.
The trees close to the track race by and give a tantalising glimps of the delights that await.
I wanted to use the window frame and maybe the seats of the train to give some context, but the window was just too dirty for that, so I used the tracks to provide the context.
My level of expertise with photo editing was very little. I only used photoshop one time in highschool and that was about it. The editing program that i used was Aviary, this program is very friendly and very easy to mess around on to find what you like. The first thing i did was use the crop tool to cut out the finger from the original photo and get closer to the flower. The next thing i did was the hd option it gave the photo a better lighting. After that i used the sharpening tool to get the fine lines and little details. I also used the contrast tool and the saturation tool to get the vibrant color out of the flower unlike the original. The original photo goal was to get the background to be blurry which helped this image by making the flower pop out. The edits that i did changed the photo from being nothing special to very energetic and vibrant. It changed the meaning to focus on how the flower pops out and has very fiery colors that make it appealing.
After taking the journal in the shower, I needed a tame assignment.
Btw, those dot-a-dot markers are included for two reasons: 1) to give everyone an example of what created this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ewilker345/2426233704/in/set-72157604623505370/) and 2) Because between the document your dinner page (which was on the back side of that page's right page) and the shower page, the circle page is a total mess, and I wanted documentation of it's former glory for those who are just leafing through my journal.
Guardian camera club utilities assignment.
I had some 4 core telephone cable in the flat from when I moved a socket, thought this would make a more intresting shot striped back to remove the casing. Also moved the light around to try to maximise shaddows and highlights. Later tried some mono shots and liked the results.
Enjoy and thanks for looking.
Craig
Guardian camera club utilities assignment.
I had some 4 core telephone cable in the flat from when I moved a socket, thought this would make a more intresting shot striped back to remove the casing. Also moved the light around to try to maximise shaddows and highlights. Later tried some mono shots and liked the results.
Enjoy and thanks for looking.
Craig