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Title: Assignment Helene.
Author: Edward S. Aarons.
Publisher: Gold Medal Books.
Date: 1963.
Artist: Barye Phillips.
Swarali Photo Assignment (November, 2015)
Title:
People:
Place:Redmond
Date:2015:11:15 11:41:49
File:DSC_7071.jpg
Upload from Strobist Sunday Minimalism assignment.
Nothing terribly original with my choice of subject but a useful experiment learning about dark field lighting technique.
Strobist info
Glasses are sitting on a piece of 5mm glass which is on trestles. Behind them is a large piece of white corrugated plastic board which is translucent. A piece of black paper is clamped to the centre of the board. SB900 is directly behind the board aimed at the glasses. Can't remember the particular setting for this one as i was playing around. around 1/2 -1/8 power depending on the aperture. Triggered with on board flash.
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
-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.
This is by far the hardest I have ever EVER worked for a photo.
The assignment was "water" and the teacher wanted us to think about a concept, plan out a picture and make it happen. Exactly opposite of everything I usually do!! I looked on line for ideas and saw the instructions for a shot like this. Knew it would be a challenge but had no clue how many little snags would come along with the challenge.
I taped the glass onto a tripod at an angle. Set up the camera on another tripod and started out with a small amount of water and blue food coloring. Started out shooting toward the sky but realized I had trees and houses reflecting in the water. Relocated to another spot on the deck facing another direction and tried again. This time roof lines showed up so I moved again and hung a quilt (all white) from the eaves behind the glass. Quilt was too close to the glass and my DOF was too deep so stitching showed up in background of the photo. Back in the house to gather up a big sheet of white paper and pin to the quilt. Great except the paper had been rolled up so it had a little bend to it and the light reflected changed part way down the photo. In the mean time, I had run out of blue food coloring so switched to orange and had gone from pouring half a cup at a time to an entire pitcher full as I held the shutter down. A hundred shots later - some with no water in the photo, some with the pitcher appearing in the top of the photo - I had a few to pick from. Cleaned up the mess, put everything away and then worked on processing for a couple of hours. Even sent off some choices to a couple of friends.
Turned in this one.
Did not make it to "Hall of Fame" - most favored photo of the week in my class.
Guess I should have just drank the water!
Assignment Suicide, by Edward S. Aarons
Gold Medal D1539, 1965 reprint
Cover artist's signature is indistinct (Lou somebody)
#3 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series
Better on B l a c k M a g i c
Todays challenge for the daily shoot was Sunday Challenge: Compose an image that has a soft and dreamy look today, and make a photograph.
I wasnt going to go for a shot fr this challenge as I much prefer shooting outdoors and its pretty hot and sticky out there, and I saw Sefidi our cat resting on the table where the air con blows on her, and for once she didnt move away when I got my camera out so I got a couple of shots, I thought this fits todays assignment of Soft
Assignment 52: Reflections
(Only had my iPhone with me at the time, but sometimes they do come through---)
9x36 strip softbox at rear (directed at background)
24x32 softbox on left directed at subject
black reflectors on sides of image
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.
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.
Swarali Photo Assignment (November, 2015)
Title:
People:
Place:Redmond
Date:2015:11:14 17:20:12
File:DSC_7020.jpg
Assignment - Burma Girl, by Edward S. Aarons
Gold Medal s1073, 1961 PBO
Cover art uncredited
#14 in the Sam Durell "Assignment" series