The Photography Studio

This Week’s Assignment

kanniduba6 Comments

Addendum:  At Shrew’s suggestion, here is the text of the assignment:  (good idea Shrew!)

Take a moment and study this word list:

  • security
  • access
  • connections
  • risk
  • safety
  • despair
  • noise
  • instability
  • caution
  • indifference
  • loss
  • stubbornness
  • elation
  • lethargy
  • ambition
  • abandonment
  • grief or
  • love

Pick any two words from the above list and upload two images, each one conveying the message of the word you chose.

Conceptual Photography.  Yikes!  Here’s my first attempt.

Here’s another…which do you like better?  Same subject, yet they each say something very different, and I’m torn over which one to use for my assignment.  I think the top one is a more realistic in terms of “concept” of love and commitment.  It’s not always bright and clear…love may be shadowed at times, and yet…the foundation that you base your commitment on stands clear.  I think the second one conceptualizes a “newbie” marriage.  *tee*hee*  “All you need is love” and all that jazz.  😉  I don’t know…I would like  to hear what you think.   And maybe you see something different…or maybe I’ve missed the mark completely.  Opinions solicited!  Have at it!

Totally Tubular!

kanniduba12 Comments

Okay, so I had learned about these nifty little gadgets called “extension tubes” during my last class with Bryan Peterson.  They are glassless tubes that come in a set of three different sizes that can be used individually or stacked.  You connect them between the camera and your lens (any lens, I might add!) and they give you the ability to get much closer to your subject.  I had been perfectly content to use my magnifying filters and my Raynox 250 until this past week’s assignment in macro.  We aren’t allowed to use flowers as our subject, and I was having a VERY hard time getting a neat abstract macro using my lenses.  I couldn’t get close enough, and the focus wasn’t as sharp as I would have liked.  So, I finally bit the bullet to the tune of $100 and bought the tubes.  I bought the Pro-Optic brand tubes, but if you want to splurge, Kenko makes a set for about $170 that Bryan Peterson uses.  I had about 15 minutes to play with them, and here’s what I got…these are SOOC.  (Same flowers that I used for the black and white shoot by the way.)

And one non-flower shot:

I think I’m in love.