My Pics

Okay, so if It's not my photoblog anymore, might I still update it from time to time?

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Advertising Shot #5

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:21:47 GMT

The assignment was "High Tech".

Two different interpretations of the same scene:

(The product name has been removed for internet posting, again.)

Comments are always welcome.

Advertising Shoot #4: Fruit is murder II

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 01:57:14 GMT

The assignment was "Food".

(This is based on something I did about a year ago.)

Advertising Class - Shoot #2

Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:52:23 GMT

Two versions. I'm curious which one people like better.

My first Advertising shot

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:10:13 GMT

I think it's good for a first attempt, but I am always open to constructive critiques.

(Crossposted a couple places)

The scanning has begun

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:12:49 GMT

I've finally gotten access to the school's scanners. All except the one I want, of course. Anyway, I've scanned one third of my final slide show from "Color Communications" last spring. Of course, there's much more to the slide show than just the images, but so far all I have are images. Because of the number, and the nature of the images (these were meant to flash by fairly quickly, not be examined individually) I've made them smaller than my usual style. I have done no color correction on these, but they are fairly "correct" already. When you look at them, you may feel that they don't look correct. That's largely intentional. I hope at some future point to post the entire set as a movie, complete with visual and sound effects.

The models are fellow photo students, TAs, friends and family.

Arts Central at The Elks

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:33:35 GMT

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I took a number of pictures at a live 'artists at work'/art show event. After a very long absence, I'm posting some of the pictures here. It's been a long time since I've been shooting digital, or altering images in photoshop, so I'm feeling rusty. But I also have the experience of darkroom work to change the way I view the process. Here I've attempted a 'dodge' of the artist's shirt, but I'm unsure whether it works. I included both versions, so that people can form and offer their own opinions.

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Tonight's shoot

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 05:46:27 GMT

After a long absence, I post again. Don't think this means I'm back, really... But tonight I did a studio shoot of my cousin, and rather than go to sleep like a sane person, I decided to play with the images. Here, enjoy one:

Very basic, yes, but like nothing I've ever done before, and thus, I'm excited by a new possibility.

Fruit is Murder

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:50:49 GMT

1. Fruit is Murder

Crossposted to photo_students and behind_the_lens

Here's the print

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:37:57 GMT

My first semi-serious print from a 4x5 negative. This was Monday, and I've covered a great deal since then in class and in the Darkroom, so by the time I get around to scanning another print, I hope to have a better quality print than this. Some detail is lost in the scan, other detail is lost in the print I scanned due to exhausted chemistry in the RC developer machine (Yes, I have better prints, without this problem, and I scanned this one. Oops.)

Oh yeah, and the frame is not square, due to the experimental method I used to get the feathery border. It need practice, or another method.

I think I need to get my hands on a proper scanner, at least for use. Not allowed to use the digital equipment at school, yet.

Return of an old favorite

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:56:27 GMT

1. Tree and Traffic 2

This is another of my distorted 4x5 negatives... But I thought I'd give it its own space because this is based on one of my favorite shots from when I first started working with the Digital Rebel:

Click to see large (495k) version.

2. Tree and Traffic

4x5 negatives

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:49:18 GMT

Okay... We aren't allowed to use the digital equipment at school until we start a digital class, and I don't have a scanner, but I wanted to share with my loyal fans here (that means you) some of the work I'm doing now that I am a full-time photography student... So I dropped my negatives on a light table and snapped them with my digital camera. It was not possible to get the negatives parallel to the sensor... They are clearly distorted, and you'll see marks of overdevelopment on most of them... But hey... I'm new to the format. :) For once, I'm not asking for criticism. I wouldn't object, by any stretch, but I'm getting tons of feedback at school.

1. Negative

(These have been converted to positives in Photoshop, and some have had perspective corrections attempted.)

2. Citgo
(A brief note... Go Sox!)

3. Twin Tangle

4. Corkscrew

We don't cover printing until Thursday. Not that I'm waiting. I printed today... But I still don't have a scanner. Maybe when I have a nice print I'll find someone to scan it for me.

I am unemployed

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 03:51:57 GMT

Okay... Generally, I use this space to focus on my photography and don't put a lot of autobiographical narrative here... So my apologies for this violation of principle.

As of 6pm today, I am unemployed.

The requisite 2 weeks (and a couple days) back, I gave notice at my job, because it was time to move on, and because I wished to apply to photography school and make a major career move. This was a tough decision. In part, the timing, because I didn't have a job lined up, I hadn't (and haven't yet) been accepted to Photography school. In part, leaving a job where I have been working for 6 years, and the only job I've ever held for any length of time at all... In part because I like the people I was working with until today. However, I was certain that I had to commit myself to a new course, and I did.

So, when I finished work, I decided I needed to reward the part of myself that sees this as an opportunity, as a positive change, and celebrate my unemployment with a little moo shi, and I did (Am I decisive in this story, or what?) Anyway, this was my reward:

Yeah, I don't put much stake in fortune cookies... They often praise me for virtues I quite pointedly lack. But this one cheered me up a bit.

Sunset

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 16:28:53 GMT

1. Sunset 2

2. Sunset 1

(numbering backwards the for sorry)

EDIT (4th October, 2004): Crash Photobucket to due uploaded-re photos.

In the words of The Tick: SPOOOOON!

Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:17:41 GMT

1. Blinding Light

2. Ladles

3. Silver

4. Trash Cans

EDIT (4th October, 2004): Pictures reuploaded after Photobucket crash. Some border colors may have changed.

Another spider

Fri, 24 Sep 2004 19:31:37 GMT

I'm getting a lot of... 'uneven' shots, lately. Shots with something valuable, unexpected, or hard to acheive, but lacking in one way or another. I look at them in Photoshop, and can't figure out the right way to crop them, or wish something were in focus which isn't, or whatever. These are examples of this phenomenon, although it's hard to put my finger on what's wrong about them. Or even what's right. But I'm convinced anyway.

1. Spider 1

2. Spider 2

3. Spider 3

EDIT (4th October, 2004): Pictures re-uploaded after Photobucket crash.

Just a pic I like

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:30:16 GMT

I didn't do anything to this one (aside from resizing it). I just like it.

1. "Birdies"

EDIT (4th October, 2004): Picture re-uploaded after Photobucket crash.

Juggler

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 04:58:04 GMT

1. Balls in the Air

2. A Line

3. Looking Up

4. Juggling

The "Model" is Tanwin Chang. Ran into him working on his juggling, and he let me shoot him, and even let me post the best of the pictures here. Thank you, Tanwin!

EDIT (4th October, 2004): Pictures reposted due to Photobucket crash.

Unexpected Artwork

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:06:55 GMT

1. Bench Art

2. View This Way

3. Read This Way

Not terribly happy with these photos, but this time it's really just about the subject, anyway. I just wanted to share this.

EDIT (3rd October, 2004): Photos re-uploaded after Photobucket crash. Border colors may have changed. That's it for tonight. If I re-upload anymore, it will be another day.

Cool Tree

Wed, 22 Sep 2004 06:52:18 GMT

Still working on capturing the coolness of cool trees. I'm not sure which of these I like better, so please compare and leave a comment.

1. Cool Tree (Black & White)

2. Cool Tree (Color)

3. Cool Tree (Modified B&W)

EDIT (3rd October, 2004): Re-uploaded pictures after Photobucket crash. Border colors may be different. Also: I moved the revised version of the picture from the comment area up here (well, copied it, I guess).

Flowers

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:19:08 GMT

1. Overlap

2. Fuzzy Flower

3. Fuzzy Flower Two

I gotta imagine this is some relative of the dandelion. In any case, I need to brag here, a moment. I've not had much luck getting multiple elements in the very shallow depth of field that I get with the extension tube, and with the light available when I was shooting #2 and #3, I had the aperture wide open... I'm just delighted I was able to get any part of both objects in focus... From that perspective, these two came out far better than I would have expected. Otherwise... Well, I'm not sure. Feedback is always welcome! (Do I say that enough?)

EDIT (3rd October, 2004): Files re-uploaded to Photobucket. Border colors may have changed.

Lamp and Charles

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 05:12:03 GMT

I'm really enjoying these very narrow formats. I may try to make some bookmarks.

EDIT: Image re-uploaded to Photobucket after crash. The color of the border may have changed.

Squirrels

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:56:23 GMT

I chose not to break up the 'stacking' effect of these pictures with numbers and titles, so, here are the titles, with numbers, although they will be less useful: From top:
1. The Money Shot
2. Alert
3. Centemplation
4. Up Periscope
5. Stalking
6. Ready To Pounce
7. Did You Hear That?
8. Red-Handed

9. The Money Shot (closeup view)

I have another recent (NOT WORKSAFE -- ROADKILL) squirrel shot posted here, for those of you who don't read my LJ.

EDIT (3rd October, 2004): Photobucket ate my pictures, and I didn't have the exact versions saved on my computer. One of the pictures may be cropped differently, although it ought to be fairly close. The rest would only vary (if at all) in the color of the border. (This is only related in some esoteric technical way to the comments about the pictures missing.)

Corpus

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:20:57 GMT

Another series from Monday

Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:54:26 GMT

1. Abstract

2. Depth

3. Inside

4. Looking Up

5. Halo

6. Profile

7. Sky

8. Earth