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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----)
"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.
ƒ/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 - Mara Tirana, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal s1036, 1960 PBO
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Confirmed as McGinnis, "The Paperback Covers of Robert McGinnis" by Art Scott & Dr. Wallace Maynard.
#12 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Active Assignment Weekly: Have a seat, if you please.
It's far too cold and windy to sit on these chairs by the lake. They were added to Sheldon Lookout, a look-out point in my neighbourhood, last summer.
What it took: I had to force myself to walk there, for a start. It's so windy and cold. I got there just before sunset. The photo's been cropped and de-saturated slightly. The colours in the sky were a bit much, so I muted them.
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
When I got this assignment topic for a local photo group, I thought of two of our 3 cats who tolerate each other, and no more. I had a shot in mind - this isn't it - but when going for something like this, you have to take what you can get.
The models, Winnie and Mona, only gave me one opportunity for a shot. All subsequent attempts resulted in them rapidly vacating the vicinity of the seamless.
Thanks also to my daughter and her boyfriend for their cat wrangling skills.
Einstein + 8" Reflector w/ 15 degree grid camera left.
Fill, Einstein + 24x36 soft box -2 stops from key.
Gridded speedlight on background for hot spot.
All fired with Cybersync triggers.
Finally made it through day 1 of a 30 day tutorial on CAD software, please don't ask how many day it took me! I'm sure as I get more into it I will be even slower, no hurry I guess no one watching me...
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!
Assignment Maltese Maiden, by Edward S. Aarons
Fawcett Gold Medal T2635, 1972 PBO
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
#34 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.
Title: Assignment - Budapest.
Author: Edward S. Aarons.
Publisher: Gold Medal.
Date: 1963.
Artist: Gerry Powell.
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.
Assignment to Disaster, by Edward S. Aarons
Gold Medal k1534, 1965 reprint
Cover art by Charles Binger
#1 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Swarali Photo Assignment (November, 2015)
Title:
People:
Place:Redmond
Date:2015:11:14 17:20:12
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