Roll 10

For this roll, it's primarily my specialty: theatrical photography, of sorts. Most of these shots come from a Shakespeare on the Lawn rehearsal for Measure for Measure (blatant self-promotion there; I made the trailer). Unfortunately it was in a classroom, so the lighting sucks, but as is always the case with student theater, you work with what you've got. They're spontaneous; I never asked anyone to hold still for a picture. Often everyone was moving pretty quickly...

Except for the first frame, every photograph was taken at 1/60 f/2.8

ARTS 2110 - Roll 10 - Ilford HP5+ 400

This was my absolute favorite photo of the semester; it was to be titled "Brain." But then I tore the film accidentally while loading it onto the reel for development (shots on the edge of the reel are vulnerable to this). So now it's titled "Neurosurgery." I think it would've been impossible to print in the darkroom. I never found this mysterious artifact again (some kind of plant) or I'd have retaken it. I have a neat portrait which was also torn; I'll post it one day. Once I successfully remove the scratch in Photoshop, I'll post an altered version.

1/125 f/2.8

Duke (in pajama bottoms) and court.

Director (real duke).

Solo duke.

More of me messing up motion tracking, resulting in massive blur. While all of these could consider to be 'posed,' because they are not from reality (and they had been carefully planned and movements all blocked out); they were spontaneous to me because I'd never seen it before, so I didn't usually know what to expect.

There just wasn't enough light for this. And also I messed it up. Still looks kinda neat.

Finally I remember how my camera works.

Neat and posed-looking.

Somehow this got the overhead fluorescents to work out okay; the actor must've been right underneath one. This shot would be worlds cooler out of context.

Carefully planned 'stage picture' (which I try and capture where I can). I found that most of my shots of this sequence resulted in me somehow focusing on one of the men with whom the actress is dancing (or has just abandoned), which adds a lot of neat tension.

Emotionally invested characters 'onstage' -- bored, aloof, and distracted actors offstage! Though in seriousness, students in theater are generally hard-pressed for time, working on learning lines or schoolwork between scenes. But you knew that.

Goofy faces, always goofy faces! The director was filling in for an absent actor; I took my leave after I finished the roll.