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Tara and I had been lost in Nepal and Thailand for almost two months. Eveytime we tried to get home, something else would go wrong with our flight. At one point we sat in the airport in Bangkok with no money. Eventually they put us on a plane to Tokyo and then another lay-over in Hawaii. Not home, but close enough.
While we sat on the beach, she started playing with some fabric we had bought in Kathmandu. First she just let it blow into the wind behind her, then she put it over her head. Soon, she shrouded her face with it.
My heart went crazy seeing the golden hour light catch in her eyes. Wrapped up, she was something mysterious, a new subject for the camera to explore.
It's no wonder that we are still together today!
Lighting:
Natural
Mature looking Chinese Water Deer with some large tusks taken this morning. Seems to be shedding winter coat & has a scar on left shoulder so expect it has already been fighting. Lots of these in Norfolk now, possibly more than in China.
cwd192-Landscape
Had to pull over and take some pictures of this scene. It did wonderful things for the camera. I still was not quite able to get the color quite like it looks in person.
cwd413: Board Games - Chess, Monopoly, etc. What can you do to create an INTERESTING image?
Scrabble is my favourite board game by far. This is the board I grew up with. A deluxe edition from the early seventies. It's a bit battered and bruised, the tiles are yellowed and chipped, but I adore it. Playing on any other board just isn't the same.
When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black. I don't want them to see that my face is white. I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.
~Marian Anderson
Class With Daves: The Audit Group ~ Assignment CWD411 "B&W Abstract - Just like Abstract, but in black & white. Think light & shadows...and abstract!"
After shooting Megan in her flapper outfit, we headed outside. Near the studio there is a rusted metal wall that is on back of a local ice house. At first we didn't know which way we were heading out doors, but when she started in with this rather "curious" look, I knew we were onto something.
Lighting: Natural
It was muchly cropped, and my skin below my hand never worked out the way I wanted it to, it's just the way it is on my body. But I kept this because of the hand. Don't really understand how that's SO much darker. So I cropped it way around the hand.
Also, trying to keep it modest enough for my little 13 year olds to view. :)
Volvo B9R, Caetano Levante (C49FLt)
Luckett's Travel, Fareham
Hard Interchange, Portsmouth
15 June 2019
"Assignment 1. I really love the results when we do a bit of design work, and so I am going to reprise one of my favorites from week 18, the magazine ad. Invent a product, or use a real one, but create an ad as you would see it in a magazine. I love this assignment because it can play to all our strengths, the product shooter, the lifestyle enthusiast, and best of all, our secret designers. Your ad will be in an 8.5X11” magazine, please size accordingly for single or double page size. Our European friends may use A4 size. Tag with cwd401.
Strobist info: just to the right and left, 2 sb-28's on 1/4 power, each behind a white umbrella, each triggered magically by Ebay triggers. The "vases" are about 2" high, on black polar fleece.
The flowers are mostly white with just a little blue stripe and a slightly yellow center. The trick was to not completely blow out the color.
Some of the few flowers that survived the late snow fall
Week 14 Assingment, Take a Class with Dave and Dave:
Square Foot. The entire content of your photo must be 12x12 inches (~30x30cm). What? I'm talking about the entire frame.
PS to the rescue - it is now very square. The "replace" feature uploaded the big Kahuna - 1922 x 1922, should it ever be needed.
Alexander Dennis E40D, ADL Enviro 400MMC (H51/35F)
BM Coaches, Hayes
South Parade, Southsea
24 August 2024
...what is real, and just a dream...
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Mmmm... I didn't want to get out of bed this morning.
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It seems like I haven't played around with textures in a while- or at least it's been a few days. I wasn't sure at the time, but I think I'm satisfied.
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I was looking through a lot of art online to try and find something for this assignment, but I was having a hard time. Finally I saw a painting in a coffee shop, a very simple oil painting featuring two pears. It was really fun to try and match the background and position the pears.
My roommate said these were her favorite brand of pears, and I was so afraid she would eat them all before I had a chance to use them!
The original is here.
Class with Daves Week 114
Art Recreation Redux Redux:
Your task is to choose a piece of art and recreate it as a photograph. You may NOT use the original work in yours -- your entire creation must be original (i.e. you can't take the background from the Mona Lisa and just replace the face).
My beautiful daughter.
Assignment 2. Beauty. Is this some sort of trap? surely beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but can you show it to us in an image? I'm really hoping this is the assignment that stretches peoples creativity this week, be outlandish in your interpretation. tag with cwd292
"Assignment 1. High key. The "key" of an image describes the nature of the tones presented. In a High key image most of the tones will be brighter than middle gray. Bright background, bright subject, and the dark tones take on a supernatural power to highlight what you want to show."
This one was a little tough, as I'd looked all around at different sources as to the "ideal" high-key image. I cnecked a couple of groups on Flickr (High Key Society) and some of my photography books, and think this photo is representative of high-key. Then again, I could be wrong :)
PS- Most of this was done in-camera, BTW.
I took this a couple weeks ago on our trip to west Texas but I only processed it this week for the assignment "textures" for Class with Daves 16 weeks behind- (263).
Assignment 2. Industry. Cybergabi had this wonderful idea. I leave it to you how you want to show us industry, I'm hoping for the comically creative to the sublime. Tag with cwd312.
It's what's for dinner. It was raining too much to do anything Memorial Day-ish like burgers, so we got sushi instead.
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Switching my submission. I have to go with most abstract one. Thank you, synecdoche, for prompting me to reconsider.
For Take a Class with Dave and Dave cwd 1061 - light painting.
This was a quick effort but I'm quite pleased with how it turned out - SOOC other than a slight crop. I found I got better effects with a dimmer light source - I tried an LED spotlight first but then used a torch with running out batteries.
I shall give this another go when I have more time - and a more interesting subject!
Class with Daves Audit Group: Sex
I just love cool shoes. They represent sexiness (or Cinderella) to me. Naturally I had on sneakers at this event. Perhaps in this case they represent voyeurism since this woman did not know I was capturing her feet!
also using as three of a kind
Crop, Border
slight burn here and there on the background
Levels Layer
Curves Layer
+3 saturation
10% bright eyes
I really want to participate again weekly, so both my entries are going to be the result of today's shoot, as I don't have any more time this week between other photo assignments. I actually shot this with monochrome color in mind due to the dreary weather and mud colored water. The stream only runs intermittently after heavy rains, there is a dam or something at the top. Back in the day, the Hawaiian warriors hid in the stream, using the noise of the water to hide from enemies. There's a whole story behind it all, but I cannot remember the whole thing. :/ For CWD "sepia"
ISO 100 f/10 1.6 seconds