What's To Come / A Preview If You Will...

Alright, so, I have my pictures printed from Christmas Tree Cutting, a Ciraulo tradition. They will be first to bat in the next week, but on deck (the assignment I am going to start working on), my pictures from Cambria. Our family spends a weekend in Cambria every weekend with our lovely family friends, the Nolings. We relax, eat, relax, and take a walk/hike every once in a while out by the "bluffs" as my mother would say. Anyways, I took some pictures while we were there, which happened to have looked spectacular through my lense. Hopefully, they will turn out that way. I also started dabbling with some night photography, which has always frustrated me. To give you some pictures to chew on, I did take some pictures with my mom's camera. I love her Canon. So, here they are. Some "artistic" if you will, and some of us just being us. The night ones are without a tripod mind you, which would have made the images sharper. Update: just developed the Cambria pictures, they "look great". can't tell quite yet. soon enough!

Travelocity

You know those commercials for Travelocity, where the gnome is taken all around the world...well that is what this assignment is, except, replace a gnome for a skateboard (in my case). The idea was to take the "object" to different places, and I decided to take my skateboards around throughout Danville. I actually just finished sending an e-mail back to Sector 9-the company of my skateboard-and I think they may be featured on their website or (somewhere). I guess we will just have to wait and see. Enjoy!

"Overdeveloped Learning"

It is not that these pictures are great, because they sure are not. The thing that I appreciate about them is that it showed me I can print close to anything. Not that I am going to produce great work all the time (which would be my goal), but this assignment proved to me that I can get at least something out of my faulty negatives. Anyways, the story goes that someone turned up the water temperature in the developing room and so my film was overdeveloped because it messed with my times. I also had a bunch of (stuff-I guess that is the best word? maybe amoebas?) get on my negatives, so for me to produce something out of this film was quite the effort. So, although they are not ground-breaking, they are meaningful to me. I was printing on F 2.8 for 30 seconds or above. To give you an idea of what the means, its is like wanting your popcorn to pop in 3 minutes, but instead, it takes close to 3 hours. Most outside pictures will be printed on F 8 or maybe 11, even 5.6, so for me to be printing on 2.8..it was a rather horrible experience. Sure enough, I braved the dark room and produced some pictures, which turned out to some degree. Film photography is not as simple as snapping the picture, grabbing the cord, plugging it in, and turning the camera on. It is an extensive process and I am just beginning to grasp it. It gives you some appreciation for that one guy, oh I don't know, ANSEL ADAMS.

Favorites (06-07)

Creation: It's A Colorful World

I have decided to create a blog with my pictures. The majority of them will be my pictures from school, which are black and white. I will post them according to my assignments and I would like to hear feedback, if you are willing to give it. I really enjoy photography, and I thought, why not share my enjoyment?! I must say, this blog probably was inspired by the thoughtful one-Sean Cox, but nevertheless, here it is and enjoy the pictures!