Real life is a bit of a boot to the face. Coming from such a wonderful vacation has put me in a bit of a gloomy mood. It seems like I’m getting thrown straight into the thick of things. I have barely been home for a day and it looks like I’m off to a much less pleasant Field Training Exercise. All I want to do is sit home and look at pictures of the awesomeness that I had to leave behind. Everything will slow down soon, I hope.
For the second project in Photo 1A we were supposed to create 3 detail prints. I did the regular acorn and manhole cover but I wanted to experiment with something. Crunched on time I had a friend come over and pose for this one. Much of this photo was inspired but that really confusing ad by Reebok. I imagined all those bodyscapes I’ve seen in art galleries. Shooting this was actually pretty tough, it was a single lamp held by Byron. Luckily in black and white I didn’t have to worry about any white balance mess. To get the magnification I wanted I had to use my 85mm, but even still I couldn’t get close enough because of it’s minimum focusing distance. Btw, the depth of field of a 85mm f/1.4 @ mfd is SO thin. I had trouble getting the belly button in focus! This was the best of the couple of frames I shot, but I still had to cheat a little and crop it. Hope my prof doesn’t notice. Or read this. Damn.
In case you were wondering here is that silly Reebok commercial:
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I’m leaving for Amsterdam tonight! I was going through my final checklist and thought it would be a good time to do one of those bag spread things. With the exception of my CRKT that is going to be checked this is pretty much everything in my day to day bag. I’m so excited for the Netherlands! Who wants a t shirt?
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