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Week 3 of 52 week challenge. Lit with 3 lights (Camera Left 1/32 Softbox, Right 1/64 Softbox, Back Right 1/64 Stripbox), All flashes where Bowens Gemini 400R. Triggered Wirelessly via radio trigger and slave modes.
This week is food time, fresh after having his tea is when Charlie is happiest. I've been experimenting with some black and white photography processing, steering away from the darker style and using a lighter more vintage look.
I toyed with the idea of photoshopping out the dried food on his face, but I think it adds to the character of this photograph.
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Learning traditional Korean music, Samulnori with Nami Morris (SOAS, University of London) as part of week 6 of the K-Pop Academy.
Struggling for time and not having any decent software for editing this weeks challenge , a failure so early anyway decided to play a joker for this one and I have posted a shot from Sunday when we visited family on the solway coast.
Only 30 mins earlier we drove on this road before the high tide made it's way up and closed the road .Luckily we could get home on a different road .
View Big On Black, go on!! It's not that scary!
One downside of going over to your mates place for a sunday roast?
Spending 7 hours there drinking ridiculous amounts of wine and almost forgetting about that bloody picture you've been putting off all week!!
Strobist info;:
Canon430 EXII w/ Softbox - Camera Left - 1/4 power
Contact Sheet Here
Lighting Diagram Here
Im not a street photographer by any means but with fellow photographers around me I was getting into quite confident. So much so I went up and asked this guy if I could take a pic. He obliged and Im really happy with the result.
This week was pretty awesome!! But not so awesome photo because I look kinda sour. xD I don't know why, I think it's because of my glasses. (And ugh, so much dust on this photo..) ANYWAY.. I got great news yesterday! I GRADUATED! I was really afraid that I didn't do well on my exams and that I would fail. But I didn't! :D (I actually almost failed, if my grade for biology would have been 0,1 lower I would have failed and I would need to do a re-examination.) It's such a relief, even though I don't have a study yet..
The only sad part about this week that I couldn't celebrate with Tim because he needs to do a re-examination. But we know both that he's going to graduate either! And I'm going to help him. :)
Don't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something! People told me that I wouldn't make it but I didn't gave up. I made it and so can you!
Now I'm off to get some cake to celebrate! ♥
Went out of my comfort zone and tried nonrepresentational. There are probably about 3 paintings under this one. Then, for more fun, threw in a little house at the end. If you want to see my color matches they are on my flickr. Push feedback welcome
Week 29/52 -
*Hit "L" to make it big!*
Week 29 adds another new face, this time it's my Dad. My Dad, Mike, is a Mason. He started his own business over 35 years ago and has built hundreds of basements, chimneys and dozens of custom homes. He is a bit of a workaholic. Sure he is getting older now but he is still working really hard on building a new house for my Mom and him.
This shot is down in their new basement that is just about complete. I thought, what a better way to introduce my Dad into the series than to get him where is is most comfortable!
Camera:
Canon 7d
Tamron 17-55(2.8)
1/250@F/2.8
ISO 100
Strobist:
1 - Canon 430EXII, 1/16power, zoomed @105mm, inside Cheetah Qbox 24" softbox, on stand camera left, ~ 2' from subject
*triggered with Meike MK-7*
Objective: (Jeremy speak)
For this shot I had something really specific in mind and this was just about it. I wanted to shoot down one of the basement cinder-block walls towards my Dad. What this does is use the joints in the block work to draw the viewers eyes right into the subject. What also helps is having him lean back against the wall so as your eyes go down the wall they quickly intersect the subject. It adds a great perspective and edgy, hard, work feel to the composition.
For lighting, I used my 24" Cheetah Softbox. I aimed it directly at my Dad and had him look right into it. This is the first time I used this type of pose and lighting direction. I wanted the lighting to be centered right on him and allow it to fall back softly onto the block wall. I feel as though this pose and style of light adds a feeling of 'wonder' or 'curiosity' to the picture. It makes the viewer feel as though my Dad is deep in thought and contemplating maybe what's next.
And I used a shallow depth of field with the lens (2.8) to keep as much out of focus as possible to center the attention on him. I then brought up my shutter speed to 1/250 of a second (the highest sync speed when using flash [without going high speed sync]) so I could drown out as much of the ambient light as possible. This was taken around 8am and the sun is just over the wall above his head so it was shining right towards me. I wanted a darker feel to the picture to give it some punch and contrast.
For post processing I added a bunch of graduated filters (dark) to a few edges and angles for more subject attention and I cranked up the clarity and added a bit of sharpening to my Dad in Photoshop. Thanks Dad!
This is my sign by my front door, Ellie likes to voice her opinion when someone comes round! High pitched squeaking followed by excitable jumping . As Kyla well knows!
Slave or Master?
I love my computer. It's amazing. I use it for everything. I'm on it for at least 4 hours a day. I don't know what I would do without it.
And that is the scary part. What would I do without a computer? I don't know. My life would completely change.
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This image took me WAY too long to make. I probably spent 5 hours playing around with it in Photoshop. I used 8 photos to create this image. About half of them have masks and the others are combine using different layer blending options. I definitely learn a thing or two about lighting this week. Any helpful tips would be appreciated.
I started school this week so I hope to have more regular updates. Keep tuned.
Monday 10th June- Monday 17th June
This week was the first full week in our new house. It has been hectic and I'm exhausted but the house is starting to feel like a home and the plans for the garden are taking shape.
I know I have another week left until this project is officially over but I can't help but reflect on how much my entire life has changed in this last year.
A year ago it was mentioned that all of these changes would occur but honestly, I didn't think everything would happen within this project and for me to end up in the middle of the countryside in a cottage, working on a farm and thinking about chickens. Isn't it funny where your life takes you?
This image was taken when Tom and I went out for an early evening walk yesterday and successfully managed to get lost looking for a specific spot. The water was absolutely freezing but I just couldn't resist- look at that light!
One week to go everyone!
On Facebook I am running a 52 week photography project. For Week 02, I asked everyone to provide a "Natural/Natural Light" photo.
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Seven weeks since my eye surgery to repair a detached retina. The gas bubble then injected in my eye has finally disappeared, and I ran for the first time in two months.
Going out to dinner with a toddler is definitely an adventure full of unexpected possibilities. This time my older 2 were visiting my mom so we got to venture out with just my son. He learned to blow bubbles in his milk and spent a lot of time flirting with the table behind us.
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Monday 8th October- Monday 15th October
Little late this week, sorry!
I've been working so hard that I've made myself ill. Which I can't afford to be, as I have so much more work to do...
On Wednesday I took the first part of my kayaking 2 star qualification. I received my grade back for my first assessment of the term: not good enough.
I did have a lovely weekend with my boyfriend. We went to the library and worked all of Saturday, but on Sunday we went to the local Zombie run. Wonderful fun! We sat and talked about the future, and travelling: where we have been and where we want to go. The thought of travelling, of moving away, of the inevitable change that is on the horizon, inspired this set of images. In my hands is my travel diary, what I write in about my adventures abroad.
I'm very excited to be going home this coming weekend to visit my family, go horse riding, and catch up with some friends, so no doubt next weeks image will be inspired by home and family.
Have a good week everyone.
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this was her favorite out of the three shots we took. All three shots she was blurry. But they all can't be perfect, that's just not real life.
This sweet little gal came all the way from Michigan to Maine to my parents friend, Charlie the day before he almost lost his life along with my parents. I met this sweet little gal last Sunday and she brought tears of joy to everyone she met. Dogs have a way of melting your heart and stitching up wounds. So grateful for puppy love and the joy a dog can bring to lighten the mood in any situation.
Photos by Corey Lynn Tucker Photography