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Title: Assignment Lowlands.
Author: Edward S Aarons.
Publisher: Gold Medal Books.
Date: Undated.
Artist: Charles Binger.
"into the light"
baby girl Lyra, 10 mos old
Depth of Field/Focus Assignment
I'm playing catch up on flickr tonight so I hope this works for the dof assignment for Studio 26, it's been a crazy 2 weeks and I sincerely apologize for not participating in the discussions this assignment.
Æ’/2.8 145.0mm 1/125 ISO 400
Won second place in DPS photography contest, Assignment: Abandoned!
It still needs a title. Any suggestions?
-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...
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
For the final assignment for my film photography class.
Concept:
This is the antithesis of the Ansel Adams type, quintessential landscape photo.
Instead of being perfect and crisp and accurate... instead of using extremely precise exposure with well-defined accuracy using the zone system and other techniques... this photo is everything that those things are not.
This photograph was shot on 35mm in a 120N Holga. However, while that type of photography yields imperfections and "happy accidents", there is still an amount of precision and technique that goes into shooting this way. Because, of course, while you're playing a sort of guessing game, you certainly can't just go into it blindly - it won't work that way. You have to make extremely educated decisions on exposure, perhaps moreso than you do with the zone system and such techniques, because you are, in essence, shooting in the dark.
This is something that I have been working on a lot during the past month or so - and I feel it is developing into somewhat of a personal language. This lo-fi, imperfect, accidental experimentation with photography is wonderful - I have fallen very much in love with it. I gave up my other idea - to revisit the self-portrait - for this. Alternative landscape, at its best. :o)
Process (thought I would add this in case anyone was curious):
35mm Kodak 125PX black and white film in a 120N Holga. It's really easy, and doesn't really require any extra manipulation to the Holga.... you just have to tape up the window really well, using a few pieces of cardboard and loads of tape. Tape alone will not work - you'll get light leaks.
You should wind about 28-30 clicks between frames - you can do less or more depending. It will yield you about 16 shots. Once you're done with the roll, you have to leave it in the Holga and take it out in a darkroom. In the darkroom, you can unwind it from the spool that was in the Holga and wind it back into the cannister, and then process it yourself, or take it somewhere.
To print this, you need a glass plate in the enlarger, in place of a negative carrier. Using a negative carrier won't show the sprocket holes. When you print it, it will always be just a little shorter than your paper, if you print for the entire length.
For these images, I printed on glossy fiber paper, and then sepia toned them. You need bleach and sepia toner to do this. This also brings out the numbers, I found. In black and white, it was somewhat difficult to see the numbers.
Assignment PCA78 - FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY
Deadline: Aug 31 - Sept 13 2009 (two weeks)
Image Tag: pca78
From: MichelleL
WIT: Wow, the two weeks for this assignment went by fast. My biggest challenge for this assignment was thinking of some photographic foods. I defaulted to some oreo cookies, at night. I tried a few arragements and liked this one the best, although I wish the row of cookies lined up with the grain of the table better. Light was provided by a flashlight. Cropped and converted to black and white.
Today, I was given the greatest treasure. My mother gave me my grandmother's Bible. I always remembered my grandmother being a spiritual person. I didn't realize how much until I saw her Bible. I have never seen a Bible so worn and studied in my life. She made the cross bookmark. This Bible is filled with her thoughts and verses that were important to her. Plus all kinds of poems and newspaper clippings she used as bookmarks. Not to mention the family history she recorded in it. I have a great start to researching my family tree. This book is so fagile and delicate. It means the world to me.
- 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 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:
Æ’/4.0
65.0 mm
1/100
400
Homage to Irving Penn
The Hand of Miles Davis (C), New York, 1986
Original photo link :
Assignment Lili Lamaris, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal T2705, no date of publication
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#10 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
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.
Assignment 52: Reflections
(Only had my iPhone with me at the time, but sometimes they do come through---)
Assignment Tokyo, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal 449-02390-075, 1971
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#32 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Active Assignment Weekly: Mar 1 - Mar 8: Fairy Tales.
WIT- Same shoot as the last but lightened the image. Some desaturation of color too.
9x36 strip softbox at rear (directed at background)
24x32 softbox on left directed at subject
black reflectors on sides of image
Assignment 52: On the Street Where You Live
I had something else in mind for my last shot, but when I walked out the door, I saw this wide-eyed guy on the newel post.
Trying to take a nice picture of my "48 star" USA flag I have had since I was a child.
As you notice, I had a helper!! LOL
Active Assignment Weekly 2/6: Water
WIT: 2 soda bottles. One filled with water and glitter and connected to the other with a plastic coupler and washer. 2 off camera flashes on snoots with camera below. Black backdrop. Some PP contrast and highlight adjustments. Lots of swirls and random testing of camera settings and flash position in order to minimize reflections and expose the tornado.
This week’s assignment is to find a quiet place
Don’t – none, just take a break from your busy days and go shooting!
Dare – add people (same as last week, sorry I just love pictures of people)
My husband and I went to Colonial Williamsburg yesterday just to stroll around. It's about 1 1/2 hours from our house. On the way home we stopped at this wonderfully quiet place on a river bank. My husband is off in the distance and I'm in the corner (shadow).
WIT - Adjustments in LR basic panel
Assignment White Rajah, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal T2391, 1970
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#29 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
University Assignment Season! Hogging Power Points and Bashing up the Keyboard on both my Mac and iPhone!
Squirrel by Hideo Komatsu. A rare occurrence of me having done most of the available assignments for all of my classes next week allowed me some spare time for folding. Folded from a test square of Golden River paper.
Assignment - Sorrento Siren, by Edward S. Aarons
Gold Medal s1270, 1963 PBO
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#18 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
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.