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50mm

Carl Francis — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:36:55 +0000

So because I’ve been using a 50mm lens a lot lately, part in reason because I’ve been using it with my old Nikkormat for Photo 1. Rediscovering the focal length after I nearly completely stopped using it since I picked up my Canon 35L. There’s a lot to like about the field of view.

Detail

Carl Francis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:15:32 +0000

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:

Some Tri-X for you

Carl Francis — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:07:31 +0000

Photography 1A

Carl Francis — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:20:14 +0000

This semester I decided to take Photography 1 because I really wanted to learn darkroom techniques. It’s interesting taking a step away from the LCD screen, I find myself out of habit chimping an imaginary screen. Using an iPhone lightmeter probably isn’t the best way to go about things either. Giselle came over today to help me out with my first project. I feel like a semester’s worth of Tri-X is going to have some sway on what you’ll be seeing in this blog. I’m going to be processing that first role of Tri-X this week and I’m actually a little nervous about it all. Paulo tagged along and snapped an action shot while we were standing out there in some serious skin biting cold.