Roll 3

The assignment struck me as sort of boring: stopping and showing motion, shallow and deep depth of field. On the other hand, it's a good way to get familiar with your camera and make sure everyone's on the same page. And I work much better with an assignment than without one. You'll notice I have a great deal of difficulty actually stopping motion; my shutter had a max speed of 1/500 sec (leaf shutter) and my film was 2 stops slower than the 400-speed film everyone else was using. Also, I finally put on the porroprism finder (cheap-o prism finder) which I found too dim for everyday use, because it made it easier to follow moving subjects. I had gotten my spotmeter (Minolta Spotmeter M) by now.

Also, I'm pretty sure they're out of order; I'll try and sort that out later.

ARTS 2110 - Roll 3 - Fuji Acros 100

Deep depth of field

1/8 f/11 Cable release

Acros was picking up shadow details in the foreground tree on this shot... you just can't do that with digital, not without HDR. This shows night-time construction of Bavaro Hall, and like a moth, I am drawn to artificial light sources at night.

1/4 f/4 Tripod+Cable release

This was definitely the third shot on the roll; it was in my portfolio twice; once as a smaller version in a matted diptych. I have blurred over a very distracting highlight in the lower left; it's still visible, but much more muted, as I intended (it scanned wrong). The upper-left highlights I was able to bring in using only the scanner. A good shot for Acros, and an example of when TLRs can go wrong; either I didn't notice that distracting highlight, or didn't see it because I was looking through the viewing lens. I had made a great print of this that somehow disappeared and showed up scratched, so I had to re-do it. Slightly better the second time ; ) Location: beside what used to be Garrett Hall. It doesn't look like this any more.

1/8 f/22 Tripod+Cable release

Shallow depth of field. This photo was an observation (satire?) of Jingoism, not an endorsement.

1/500 f/4 Tripod+Cable release

I didn't like this shot, but had to print it as my best attempt at stopping motion. As someone in class pointed out, the lady in the background makes the shot much more interesting.

1/500 f/4 Tripod+Cable release

I joked that this shot could be an advertisement for my spotmeter (a very precise reflective light meter). I got it intending to learn the Zone System (I didn't) as a replacement for a meter I had been borrowing that didn't work very well. This one is bulkier, but pretty accurate.

1/125 f/2.8 Tripod+Cable release

I think my dad proposed later that I take this shot and I told him I already had. Deep depth of field. Not super-UVa, but anyone who goes there will recognize this as Newcomb courtyard.

1/8 f/22 Tripod+Cable release

Ehhh... more 'stopping motion.' This is quite a crop; I was further away in reality. Nothing else to say on this one. Nameless field.

In long-exposure land, smoking looks like yawning.

4sec f/2.8 Tripod+Cable release (guessed at time)

No one knew where I took it from, but I was on top of a parking garage on 14th St.

6sec f/2.8 Tripod+Cable release

The dish on the conveyor belt is blurry, thus showing motion. I kind of like this one.

1sec f/8 With camera sitting on a counter

On my way to class. Neat light, but clearly an effort to finish the roll.

1/500 f/2.8

This roll is maybe 50% identifiable as UVa...