AAW: Oct 19-26, 2026: Fences
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Here is the lantern photo that the text book team decided to use. It was really fun to have an assignment and find different ways to illustrate their theme,
The comment has the book design.
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Here was another treatment of the lantern and lighting. I was going for the homey look with the dish cabinet. Neither this one or Assignment 1 was chosen. But I had fun thinking of new ways to show a lantern.
Back in 1978 - 79, I was taking photography classes through the University of Maryland while stationed in Schwetzingen, Germany.
The assignment for the week was "Advertising". I found this funny wine label in a magazine and pasted it onto a wine bottle, then misted the bottle and grapes. Then another member of the class thought it would be a good idea for him to try to hide behind the bottle. He was right. I got an A from the teacher and a laugh from the class. I wish I could remember his name.
Over the years before I could scan it, the original image has faded, especially around the label. I tried to bring it back digitally but wasn't really able to do much. You can still barely make it out though if you view the image large.
Mamiya 645 w/Plus-X film, in the post photo lab studio.
Dark, mysterious....... I'll take many more photos for this assignment!
I love stairways. Especially the winding, marble stairway at the New York Public Llibrary.
Assignment 52 -- Chiaroscuro, or light / shadow contrast
Shot in natural light -- morning light through my dining room window
This assignment was about the choice and use textures and backgrounds to complement or contrast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AcfKFjgMJ8 - "Wherever You Go" - Brian Simpson
In shooting this plant, my first concern was "trying to tame the chaos." This plant possessed a fierceness to it, with petals and shapes going every which way. I found it seductive but extremely busy. Did I want deep DOF with front to back sharpness, or did I wish to go soft and romantic with shallow DOF focusing on the some petal edges closest to me? (I went deep.)
The vibrancy and color of this plant is always a troublesome one for me (and my cameras). Do I go for auto white balance or custom? (I went both.) I shot against a white background under soft, natural light (basically northern sky) to eliminate shifting color-of-light temp issues.
After shooting was done, I picked the image I liked most and started to process it. I often work fast as I process. Music sometimes sets my mood and pace; other times it reflects it. When working fast I tend to work more intuitively (feeling) and not consciously (thought), although I'd be uncomfortable trying to put a % to that mix.
Periodically I stop to see if the image is looking as I want.
Oddly enough, if an image isn't "making it," I seldom start over from scratch (raw file). I don't know why. I just make corrections as I go, usually by adding layers (sometimes I label these layers, sometimes I don't; I wish I always did. I get lazy). In my younger days I studied painting (oil and acrylics). You don't chuck a canvas when something isn't working, you just paint over it (the Mona Lisa is about 30 layers deep. Yes, 30!) That attitude still lives for me.
Image done. Then to the assignment. Pick a texture - again, a mainly intuitive process. Apply and process it. Adjust color (hue, saturation, contrast), blur, sharpen, depth to suit. Process more. This can often take as much work or a long to do as processing the image. Most times I use only one texture (repeated as desired. On occasion, two. Seldom more).
Now the process feels more purposeful. Analyze the image with a conscious eye, looking for what's working, what's not, what do I want? Make changes; sometimes really itsy-bitsy ones that no one will ever see or note, and I probably won't remember having made.
Finally I get to, "Enough. I'm done. It's done."
The great, New Wave film-maker, Francois Truffaut is reported to have said about film-making, "You you start a film, you want to make a truly Great Movie. Halfway though, you're working to make a Good Movie. By the end you just want to get the damn thing done and not be ashamed of it."
Yep. Sounds about right.
Texture: my own.
Assignment 52 -- "Fine Art" -- what might you hang on your wall?
This assignment inspired me to experiment with HDR, to attempt an "old masters'" sort of glow to a still life. Amazingly fun & addictive!
(Shot in natural light, late afternoon sun.)
The assignment was to use Photoshop's Vanishing Point filter to wrap a banner or sign around a building. I decided to use a picture of the girls. I could have put more time into this. But, I had to get it done in a hurry. Using the filter was easy. The only work involved was making sure the light pole was in front of the banner. I should have darkened the right side of the banner a little as the light source is hitting the building on the other side. But, once again, I put this together quickly. I also should have created a crease going along the corner of the building. I'll probably fix these issues and replace this image at some point soon.
On our vacation to the New Brunswick we were visiting this old farm and found these three beautiful kittens in the barn. They were so friendly we wanted to take them home.
Assignment 7 - Shoot in A, S, and M Modes.
This was shot in Shutter Priority Mode so I could lock in the long exposure time needed to capture the car lights as a blur.
I ended up changing the Shutter speed a lot before I was able t find what would work for this environment. To short and the cars ended up frozen. To long and everything got very confusing as to many cars came by. In this case 3-4 seconds seemed to work well
They all fit nicely into this ONA Brixton. Question is... Do I need all of them on assignment?
Since getting rid of all my Canon gear last summer, I am very happy with the image quality of the Fuji X-System and its' form factor. Much more portable!
This is a pano from 5 vertical shots. We dont get much cool weather here in SoCal, so I was happy to see these clouds, which were actually a different shot from later in the day.
Strobist: bare 550ex about 6 feet from subject on camera right, and another on camera left.
I took out a tree in the background, but you can still see the reflection...