Thirty Days – Day Six
Posted on Monday, 8 February 2010 @ 11:25pm by David
Public parking garage and snow melt, Columbia, Mo. | Canon 5D Mk. II and 24-70mm f/2.8L lens @ 42mm; exposed 1/40 sec. @ f/8, ISO 2000
Thirty Days – Day Five
Posted on Sunday, 7 February 2010 @ 10:30pm by David
Intersection of Broadway and Sixth Street | Canon 5D Mk. II and 24-70mm f/2.8L lens @ 70mm; exposed 1/25 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 3200
As I was headed over to pick up a pizza (only a 20 minute wait time on a Superbowl Sunday…go figure) I walked past the intersection pictured above. Precipitation in the form of snow flurries had only started, so I was carrying my 5D Mark II instead of the better-sealed 7D; the image quality from the 5D is superior, but I don’t want a $2,500 camera to get fried in the snow!
Normally, I might pass a scene like this by. But the monochromatic color palette appealed to me, especially with the reflection of the red traffic light breaking that color palette in the sign for Broadway. This is also significant because my Picture Story & Photographic Essay course, taught by David Rees, just elected to pursue a group project that will tell various stories from Broadway, one of the principal arteries of Columbia. Here’s hoping it will be a good one!
Thirty Days – Day Four
Posted on Saturday, 6 February 2010 @ 10:30pm by David
Mito | Canon 7D and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 16mm; exposed 1/320 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 400
Day four of these photographic installments is a portrait of one of my classmates, Mito Habe-Evans, in her winter coat. I made a series of these, with progressively stranger facial expressions, but this one strikes me as the most “Mito.”
A “What the Duck” for Photojournalists Everywhere
Posted on Saturday, 6 February 2010 @ 11:00am by David
Sometimes, What the Duck just nails it. And it reminds me that, while working on this photo-a-day-for-30-days project, that finding a situation and making a thought-provoking, storytelling image can be difficult. It’s a constant challenge, but something to which we should all aspire. Food for thought this weekend.
Thirty Days – Day Three
Posted on Friday, 5 February 2010 @ 10:30pm by David
Alleyway off of Ninth Street lit by emergency flashers, Columbia, Mo. | Canon 7D and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 31mm; exposed 1/10 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 4000
While wandering through the streets of Columbia, I found that a car was parked off of the street, in an alleyway, with its hazard / emergency lights flashing. The light in the alleyway wasn’t particularly interesting (you can see the “natural” light on the right edge of the frame) but the car lights were creating an orange/red glow off of the brick. As always, comments welcome!
Thirty Days – Day Two
Posted on Friday, 5 February 2010 @ 11:30am by David
(No) Thanks to my cable Internet connection dying last night, I was unable to post my second in a series of thirty days of photographic posts on the evening of the 4th:
(Freezing) Rain falling on my wind(shield) pane. | Canon 7D and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 34mm; exposed 1/40 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 2500
It’s one of the most abstract images I’ve made in some time, and possibly one of my best in a few months. As always, comments welcome!
