Two set up shots

So here's a pic I worked on. First as a snapshot, there were distracting background elements. I took over 50, tweaking minor elements. Used two flashes, then did a bit of massaging in Lightroom. Thinking of printing it big.

Pushing it

I've been having a blast developing and scanning B&W film at home lately. Here's one shot on ASA 400 film, pushed 2 stops to 1600:

This tree stand on Tim Sander's property has always looked like an interesting subject. I finally took the time to stop and capture a foggy morning mood. Fog always seems to add a little mystery to a photo. Taken with my G9, ISO 400, f/4.0. I darkened the fence enough to eliminate detail and hopefully make the trees the focal point.

Rick's first time!

Thanks, guys, hope you enjoyed the wine!

More Pin Holes

Portland Yacht Club, 1 sec, 400ISO, f185

Falmouth Foreside, 1/2 second, ISO 400, f185

(According to Holgamod the approx f stop is really 185)

Nice to be shooting again. Mel

Pinhole Photos

Midmorning sun from garden room - pinhole, 2 sec; ISO 800

OK, so not much activity on the Lighting Boot Camp idea. How about this one? Zak tells me that the international pinhole camera day is on his birthday this year - April 26. Go to www.pinholeday.org for more information. In an effort to support this idea, here are 4 pics done with a pinhole lens on my digital slr. Also, in the March 8th Press Herald is a description of Chris Pinchbeck's trailer-sized pinhole camera. He has an exhibit at the Farnsworth of his 6 foot creations.

Winslow Park - 1/15th; ISO 400

Nancy's hand: 1/3 second at ISO 800; f ?

Winslow Park again; 1/60th and ISO 800

These photos are dreamy in that their softness and reduced dynamic range helped me to settle in on the composition. Lots of blacks. Because of the smallness of the aperature, the scene thru the viewfinder is very dark. Rather than being a detriment, however, this made it necessary to concentrate on the fundamentals. Your turn now. What are you up to?

New Project/Self Study Opportunity

Anyone interested in doing this lighting " Boot Camp"? It's a project-oriented course. Take a look at http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/06/strobist-boot-camp-rules-guidelines.html and post your thoughts. Seems a good way to learn some essentials. The first project is to create a Headshot. He gives two weeks to do it, but we could compress this and perhaps others to one week. Mark would be twiddling his thumbs, but the rest of us would upgrade. What do you think?