winter grass

copper

nikon 60mm macro lens, shot 1:1

assignment: water

the purpose of this assignment was to capture water... not something that contains or produces water. not something that is associated with water. plain and simple, show the water.

assignment: lumen prints

  supplies needed:

-old b&w photo paper

-flowers (or any plant life)

-a piece of glass

-the sun

-time

the easiest image you could ever create! arrange flowers on b&w paper and cover with glass. using the sun as your light source, expose the paper (could take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours). there's no real way to tell if the paper has "cooked" long enough, but once you think it's good, remove the glass and flowers and place the paper in a light safe box so it doesn't continue receiving light. go inside.

for the purposes of our class assignment, we scanned the original prints using a flatbed scanner to later print using an inkjet printer. (for a lasting effect, there is a process to keep the image you've created. 

i've read about it but haven't tried it yet, so i won't go into that) once scanned, we were also asked to play around with these images in photoshop and print our final version to share with the class. no other instructions were given and we were free to do whatever we wanted. since i'm still in the infant stages of understanding photoshop, this was a good exercise to practice different actions i already know, as well as learning other features within the program. 

[set-up]

[original scan]

[final version]

assignment: lines

first design assignment from my first semester in school... 

[camera: rolleicord twin lens / film: kodak b&w tmax 100]

nc museum of art

photo safari in a town no one's familiar with isn't always the best idea. lots of driving around with no real "let's stop here" feeling. we ended up at the art museum...of course, we forgot it was monday (the museum is closed on mondays) - spent some quality time shooting around the outside of the building. frustrations aside, i think it turned out to be a great day with some fantastic friends...minus the sunburn i got from riding with the top off the jeep in almost 90 degree weather!