Colorado Film(1)

"If the day and the night are such that you greet them with with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal--that is your success."-Henry David Thoreau

I shot these in August 2010 on a trip Michael and I took to Colorado. The first two images were taken from Rocky Mountain National Park. The last one is Carmen waiting to leave at our last campsite in CO. All of these were shot on C-41 and processed in the school's lab on the Colex C-41 dip and dunk processor and then scanned.

The Mask

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."-Oscar Wilde

I took this picture last August. I just got around the scanning some film the other day, and this was actually one that I forgot I had shot. Michael was out mowing the grass with this mask on at the end of the summer, and I sat on my car and shot this picture when he stopped for a break.

This was shot on C-41 and processed in our lab at school with the Colex C-41 dip and dunk processor. (Thanks Kevin!)

The Alchemist (2)

Shot at f/4, 1/60, ISO 12800.

Here are some more production stills from the filming of the music video "The Alchemist" by Jeffrey Dale Lentz and Jason Nichols (Taurus). See previous post for more details.

Michael and Paul discussing the next shot.
Shot at f/4, 1/60, ISO 12800.

Paul shooting one of the final sequences of the night.
Shot at f/3.5, 1/60, ISO 12800.

Paul filming a transition sequence.
Shot at f/3.2, 1/60, ISO 12800.

The Alchemist

Our big project for our Multimedia class this semester is to partner with a local band/ musical artist to create a music video. Paul, Michael, and I are working together with a couple that also happen to be musicians, and also happen to be Michael's close friend. The song is called "The Alchemist" by Jeremy Dale Lentz and Jason Nichols (Taurus).

I will talk more about the production and our concept when we are done with the music video, until then here are some production stills from our 2 late nights of filming.

All stills were shot with a D3s and a 24-85 mm lens.

Michael
Shot at f/6.3, 1/100, ISO 12800

Paul and Michael in the midst of collaboration.
Shot at f/3.5, 1/160, ISO 12800

About to begin take #1 of the woods sequence
Shot at f/3.5, 1/10, ISO 1250

Hauling equipment deep into the woods
f/6.3, 1/8, ISO 250

Downtown Greensboro from the top of a parking deck
f/3.5, 1/50, ISO 12800
*This last image was taken by Michael Hughes.

Extras!

"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck." -Emma Goldman

I shot this with a D300, 60 mm macro lens, at ISO 200, f/22, 1/100.

I shot this with a D300, 60 mm macro lens, at ISO 200, f/20, 1/100.

I shot this with a D300, 60 mm macro lens, at ISO 200, f/20, 1/100.

These are a couple extra images from the flower shoot. Just detail shots. I liked the way the glass was looking against the blue, back lit, with a bit of diffuse fill. They weren't planned, just the result of me getting lost in my shoot.

Red Rose

"A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind."- Clive Bell

I shot this with a D300, 60 mm macro lens, at ISO 200, f/20, 1/100.

I shot this with a D300, 55 mm Sigma macro lens, PB-5 bellows extension tubes, at ISO 200, f/8, 1/100.

This is the second set of flower images I shot for macro. The rose definitely had a different feeling than the Gerbera Daisy did. Red roses are a lot more seductive and romantic, while Gerbera Daisies are more playful and cute. I thought they were a really good contrast for each other.

Once again, I am loving shooting the flowers. I have never been one to take a ton of pictures of flowers, even when I first started doing photography, but they look so much different in macro. I am having a good time exploring them more closely.

'Tis The Time For Flowers!

"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. -Iris Murdoch"

This was shot at ISO 200, f/11, 1/20 with a D300 and 60 mm lens.

This was shot at ISO 200, 1/100, f/8 with a D300, 55 mm Sigma macro lens, and PB-5 bellow extension tubes.

This was shot at ISO 200, f/11, 1/100 with a D300, a 55 mm Sigma macro lens, and PB-5 bellow extension tubes.

This was shot at ISO 200, f/18, 1/100 with a D300 and a 60 mm macro lens.

I've had the idea for a while to shoot some macro shots of flowers, and I've also wanted to get my hands on the PB-5 bellows extension tubes. I'm so glad that I experimented with both in the same shoot. This is the first series of flowers from that shoot. This is a Gerbera Daisy, they are the 5th most used cut flower in the world (according to Wikipedia...).

On a side note, there is nothing better on a bad day than getting in the studio and shooting flowers. Flowers are such happy things, it's hard for me to be sad while working with them.