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I've now moved on from DPS assignments(more's the pity) You can follow my blog as I explore New Zealand here-
Believe me, this was way harder to achieve than it looks. I had to do two trips to the beach as I just could not get the angles right on the first day. The angles of the vertical lines changed depending on how far the camera was from the box, what the POV angle was and how wide I had my lens, and not being able to clearly see my screen on my camera didn't help either. I had to enlist Mr FKG to help me draw it today, it took over an hour to get it right(and it could have still done with some tweaking) but we were running out of light.
"Best of the Year 2012"- Sand Box
This was orignally submitted for the Forced Perspective assignment. I chose this shot for my "Best of Year" mainly because of the planning and the time & effort that went into creating it which included two visits to the beach (as I just couldn't get the angles right the first time). While it might look simple enough it was a tough challenge to draw, I had to draw around 10 large "boxes" before I finally got the right perspective.
A pretty complicated setup for a relatively plain shot. This week's submission for the next 102 assignment, the concept being 'going green'. Seeing as we are going through a phase of 'grow your own' at home, I thought that a shot symbolising this would be in order. However, I didn't bank on the unfeasibly good weather that we have for the last two days. This is great for the suntan and the bbq skills, but less so for the strobist fun, as it's far too bright to take any outdoor shots during the day.
By the time the evening comes bringing more appealing light, I've generally had a glass or two of vino (especially as there was a certain sports game this afternoon that shall not be mentioned); and I can't get my head around the finer points of subtle lighting after booze.
Strobist: SB28 in snoot rear and camera right, providing the hard directional light on the right hand side of the 'hill'. A silver 'tin foil' reflector slightly above the camera angled down to provide the main fill on the shot. Two tricky bits:
i) I had to gobo the bare light with a) my laptop (makes a good flag) and b) a bit of gaffer tape stuck to my laptop, in order to prevent nuking the stem and leaf.
ii) it was tricky to get the reflected light to hit 'just' where I wanted it, so I stuck a torch (flashlight) on top of the strobe to get an idea of what the light was doing.
Practice Day #9: Still from my assignment in PPSOP Food Photography course. This time we're allowed to use props and to set up a simple still-life. And I'm choosing a birthday party set-up as a theme. This week-2 assignment emphasizes on working out different angles, lenses, DOFs. This one is using 50mm/f1.8 lens.
Assignment 52: Represent your own brand of holiday madness during this busy & festive season.
So here is Po, no more pleased to be posing with Christmas tree lights than she was the first time around, despite the caption I chose for the cards. Call it irony if you wish -- can't every holiday use some? Po actually is quite a joyful dog, & always well-rewarded for posing! (And I'm joyful that I managed to get cards printed this year! Now to start mailing---)
Assignment52-142014: Letters and Numbers: the obvious.
Inspired by: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXO4KiO78nY
Assignment 52 -- October Colors
The leaves around here have been very slow to turn this fall, & all the leaves in my own trees are still green. I found quite a lot of color at the Arboretum, though. So much that I had a hard time choosing for the assignment. Here's the link to others:
Assignment: Murder, by Donald Hamilton
Dell First Edition A123, 1956
Cover art by Victor Kalin
Later printings by Gold Medal were retitled Assassins Have Starry Eyes
Submission for Active Assignment Weekly: Nov 30 - Dec 7 "Tension"
I see two forms of "Tension" here: 1) the tension between seasons, and 2) the natural tension of the plant covering itself so tightly. I did some post processing to remove distractions and get closer to the "tense" part of the flower.
Match hues in one of your paintings and place them on a grid with those in the center vertical row being the most important.
Active Assignment Weekly: All about Ernst Haas
This photo is about colour and slow shutter speed, blurring the movement of this dog playing in the Lake Ontario shallows. I usually use very fast shutter speeds, so this was a change for me and I think I got some nice captures that look different to what I normally take.
WIT: I have cropped the image and I brightened the image a bit.
As you can see, I have a lot to work on this weekend. All of my assignments are due on Monday, so time to get crackin'. Oh, and when I'm doing writing assignments for my class, I have to then grade final exams and assignemtns from my students.
One more week . . .
Strobist:
1 sb600 camera left and ovehread, 1/32 power, 1/2 CTO through speed grid
1 sb600 camera right, 1/32 power, 1/2 CTO through 12'' cardboard snoot.
Triggered with Cactus V4s.
Lydie's assignment 29. Movie poster. Rather plain, not as cool as I pictured it. May redo the whole thing with a new concept if I find the time. Then again, I always say that.
And yes. Again, just some simple simple frankensteining, then the mask and some shading. I'm a horrible slacker...
Assignment Nuclear Nude, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal R2000, 1968 PBO
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Cover art was not credited anywhere in this book; confirmed as McGinnis in The Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis by Art Scott & Dr. Wallace Maynard.
#27 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Title: Assignment Helene.
Author: Edward S. Aarons.
Publisher: Gold Medal Books.
Date: 1963.
Artist: Barye Phillips.
Assignment 52 - Silhouettes
I'm fortunate to be in Georgia this week for this assignment, with fabulous light & horizons for silhouette shots. Since this is a trip to visit Po's son, Hibou, at the field trial pro's where he's in training, I'm indulging in a bunch of dog silhouettes. Here's yet another:
Mission Statement: 0978:- Our most recent assignment brought us to the planet of Talus. -Log on Talus- Master, for we have no other name for him, claimed that our next target was to be found in the south-western hemepshere of the planet. -Coordinates 06:45:13- When we arrived it was to no suprise that are target was located in some old ruins. Through an extensive and wasteful search, we could not find our target. Through interrogation of the locals, as protocol, we learned it's location. 451 infiltrated the hide out of the tomb raiders who obtained it. All were disposed of and the target was taken.
-Result-
-Relic Obtained
-Witness' Terminated
-Outpost Destroyed
- Glass sheet (sat on black paper).
- Large black sheet of paper as a backdrop
- Shell positioned 18" to 2' away from backdrop (to avoid illuminating the black paper)
- Camera mounted on tripod on an angle
- Flash positioned to the left of camera and level with the shell. At an angle to create desired shadows to emphasise it's texture.
- Camera in manual mode
- Exposure taken of backdrop and exposure compensation applied to ensure the background (in other words everything but the shell) is under exposed to black.
- Flash exposure reading taken from brightest area of shell (to minimise burn out in final image)
- Shots taken and fine tuning of settings until desired exposure is achieved
This approach was taken since there was limited natural daylight available at the time - but it WAS light.
The conversion to black and white and final editing decisions to achieve the final image cannot be covered here...
Assignment - Mara Tirana, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal T2378, 1971 reprint
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#12 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Active Assignment Weekly: Movement and Motion
WIT
I went to the beach tonight with my tripod and took numerous photos of people in motion. I liked this one the best. Black and white conversion with blue filter.
Swarali Photo Assignment (November, 2015)
Title:
People:
Place:Redmond
Date:2015:11:15 11:41:49
File:DSC_7071.jpg
Assignment 52: Create a mood with color
Po, sitting under a tree on the training grounds
(I'm out of town with intermittent internet access & quirky website blocks, & will try to catch up with commenting when I can----)
Assignment - Budapest, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal T2479, early '70s reprint
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#5 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
-Mission Statement: 0978:- Our most recent assignment brought us to the planet of Talus. -Log on Talus-
Master, for we have no other name for him, claimed that our next target was to be found in the south-western hemepshere of the planet. -Coordinates 06:45:13-
When we arrived it was to no suprise that are target was located in some old ruins. Through an extensive and wasteful search, we could not find our target. Through interrogation of the locals, as protocol, we learned it's location. 451 infiltrated the hide out of the tomb raiders who obtained it. All were disposed of and the target was taken.
-Result-
-Relic Obtained
-Witness' Terminated
-Outpost Destroyed
Gallery Coming soon...