David duChemin assignment #3
Posted on 28 February 2010 | 4 responses
This assignment involves taking photos of one your favorite subjects and seeking a different point of view, or a different way of telling the story. One of my favorite photos is one I took a while ago. I used Nik Software’s Silver Efex Pro in post processing on this one. I was surprised and thrilled when one of the chief engineers at Nik Software commented on this photo. I’m proud of this one.
The Christus
This statue is at a local cemetery watching over many graves. You don’t really get that from this image. So I decided to use this one as my base and try to tell the story of this statue more completely using different points of view. Here’s what I came up with. I noticed that in some of the pics the statue looks huge and ominous, while in others it looks really small. All depends on the point of view. This was a really fun and helpful exercise. Give it a try and let me know what you think.
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David duChemin assignment #2
Posted on 22 February 2010 | No responses
Assignment #2 is to go out for an hour with only one lens and look for images that show contrast. Color, light, subject contrast. I went out with my daughter Chelsea and gave her the same assignment. She got some good stuff. I took my 50 mm 1.4 lens. Here’s what I got.
new growth vs old
hard vs soft
water vs land
man vs nature and lack of contrast between
man's litter vs nature's litter
light vs dark
big vs small or king vs subjects
wet vs dry and blue vs green
man vs nature with man successfully blending in
wild vs urban
David duChemin assignment #1
Posted on 21 February 2010 | No responses
My interest in taking photographs has lately waned a bit, unfortunately. Our recent improvement in our website has helped a lot. I’ve also been doing the exercises from David duChemin’s first e-book “10: Ten ways to improve your photography. None of them involve buying gear.” Buy it here if you’re interested. Great little book.
The first exercise was to go out for an hour and force myself to be more selective. He suggested coming back with only 3 images that I thought would be worthy of hanging on my wall. It was a really helpful exercise. I’m not sure I’d hang these up but here are my three.
Winter Geese
Shaped Tree
Park Bench