Christina Summer Basic Digital

Friday, August 2, 2013

Final Project or When Pigs' Feet Fly (off the plate)

The kids in this series were great fun to work with. Many of them thought the pigs' feet were fake or they didn't know what they were. The kids who were not my own were actually willing to try the feet for me, but my own flat-out refused. This project has made me think of other possible series to shoot with these kids. They were all interested in helping me again sometime. Some of them are artists themselves who would like to learn about photography. I thought that was a pretty cool discovery.

Abby, 13

1/250 second, f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

Austin, 18

1/1000 second, f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

Ashley, 16

1/640 second, f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

Madison, 13

1/4000 second, f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

Meghan, 12

1/4000 second, f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

Dean, 13

1/1000 second, f/8.0

50mm, ISO 200

Graham, 10

1/1000 second, f/8.0

50mm, ISO 200

Michelle, 13

1/640 second, f/8.0

50mm, ISO 200

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Scanograms-Assignment Four

I do not consider myself to be particularly creative and I do not spend a lot of time making something out of nothing, so while this assignment was challenging, I enjoyed the chance to work out of my comfort zone. Sort of.

Chipotle peppers, natural Easter grass, movie ticket stub.

Petosky stone, fish vertebrae, random bone found in ocean.

Unrelated, wrinkled ticket stubs.

Antique post cards, theater ticket stub.

Japanese miniature plate, natural Easter grass.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Scale and Perspective-Assignment Three

Assignment Three was a tough one, but it might be my favorite because it really forced me to think. I almost wrecked my car twice because I was searching, looking and thinking about scale, but it's all good. I am reasonably pleased with the images; I am now motivated to do more and better with scale.

1/80 second @ f/22

18mm, ISO 200

As I said in class, this was my son's idea. I think it worked well and he got a kick out of the final result.

1/40 second @ f/9

50mm, ISO 200

This was taken right outside the doors of Filmmakers, the night Ivette took us out for remedial scale and perspective instruction.

1/40 second @ f/16

50mm, ISO 200

The photo we saw in class with the record album cover motivated me to pull all our albums off the shelf. I think I found a good album to use; one of my favorites for sure.

1/25 second @ f/22

42mm, ISO 200

I inherited a collection of antique postcards, so after class on Wednesday, I rifled through them, not really finding anything. Upon a second riffling the next day, this jumped out at me. My son's head and hands were the prop for the postcard, so I cropped the image to lose the hands and blond hair. I'd like to work on making or finding something that can hold the postcards steady so that I can take my time to make a better image in-camera.

1/25 second @ f/32

48mm, ISO 200

Again, just tooling around in the yard, I propped this can on the gas meter for this photo. I am not thrilled with the exposure, but again, something to work on when there isn't a storm coming.

1/20 second @f/32

55mm, ISO 200

This was one of many photos that started with, "Here, put your hand here. No, here. NO HERE."

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Document-Assignment Two

Yes, this is my third entry for Document-Assignment Two. I had several ideas, wanted to try them all and like to see what they look like on the blog, so here is Number Three.

I live in a rural area known as North Sewickley Township. Over the nearly twenty years that I have lived here, I have come to appreciate what makes this rural area special and realize that the things I claim to not like, I actually do enjoy from time to time.

1/800 @ f/3.5

50mm, ISO 200

This arch is on the Connequenessing Creek, in a different spot from the photos in entry Number Two for Assignment Two. However, the trolley from Assignment Two also ran on this bridge.

1/4000 @ f/3.5

50mm, ISO 200

This is Old Stonewall Golf Course from the service garage, the only place I could pull in and take a photo. Old Stonewall is a crazy-expensive golf course built directly across the road from another golf course, Connoquenessing Country Club.

1/100 @ f/20

50mm, ISO 200

I don't know this guy's name, but he lives along one of my running routes. He and his partner usually stand next to each other but facing in opposite directions. I wanted to capture that image, but the horses started getting weird when I got close to them, so this is what I could manage.

1/200 @ f/7.1

50mm, ISO 200

These cows live along the same route as the horses and again, when I started to photograph them, they began to get weird; snorting and moving toward me. I snapped about three photos and got the hell out of there.

1/160 @ f/18

50mm, ISO 200

Down another country road, the silos in the background were the subject of my outdoor white balance comparison. I saw this piece of machinery the last time I was there, so I've had this photo in my mind for a while. The piece of machinery is called a "harrow," and according to my husband's detailed description, it "picks up grass."

1/4000 @ f/3.2

50mm, ISO 200

In North Sewickley Township, if you don't step right (as an inhabitant of my running route), you could end up here. This is the new and improved Paul's Market that features fantastic cuts of meat and a wonderful local family.

Document-Assignment Two

These photos represent my original idea for the Document Assignment; Rock Point Park in Ellwood City, PA. This is the site of a former trolley/amusement park, circa 1900. The information and maps are a little vague, so the remaining foundations of rides and structures were difficult to find and there was very little path to follow. I did manage to capture six photos, but I hope to return with a guide another time, probably autumn.