Photo Arts

Thinking about how l started taking photos...

Hi guys,
I'm feeling nostalgic so I decided to post this. I've just been thinking back to the things that originally got me into taking photographs. It sort of started as a way for me to create reference pictures for paintings; I could never just put an idea from my mind onto the surface without the middle man. But it seemed so cheap to look at images that weren't my own. Like for this painting, I cooked up the idea and then just shot reference photos of myself, the guitar, and the hand. When I think about it now, painting in that manner is almost like manual photoshop. I had all of the separate images that I wanted to make a unified piece and I layered them together. And an oil painting, like a photograph, can never seem to be quite finished, optimized enough. I just really am fascinated with the way different genres and art can link up. It's great to flirt with them all.
Cheers,
Chloe

4 Eyes Photo Contest

I found this photo contest online. The categories are People & Portraits, Architecture, Nature, Animals & Pets, and Conceptual. There is a $5 entry fee per image you sumbit. The contest is going from March 10th to June 9th.

Grand Prize is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II or a Nikon D700

http://4eyesphotocontest.com/

strobist shopping kit

bhphoto shopping list

This is a quick list of what I think a good 2 light setup would be, I put this together for stephen but anyone could apply this.

I would buy those flashes used if you were to get them, craigslist or ebay (roughly $60 on ebay)

I personally own those stands (impact 2 stand kit) and have used them for years with no problems.

mpex.com also has strobist kits. these are very similar and include a lp120 flash that has an optical slave built in.

feel free to ask any questions if you have them

Photography Has Changed -- Again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-paul-caponigro/photography-has-changed_b_489108.html

I Entered the World of Chatroulette

Some scary things happen here.

So, here's a couple-a images ive taken this vay-cay. I need another week. Patti . Do you think i could just pay RIT straight up cash money for a Masters degree?

A bit of shameless self-promotion

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I thought this would be pretty intersting.

My roommate Josh (he's kinda a photographer... biomed) and I decided to take six days of our spring break and drive a loop from Rochester, to Ohio, West Virginia, South Carolina, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and back to Rochester. Along the way, we're staying with friends, eating delicious local foods, trying to find random and bizarre sights, and shooting as much as we can.

Of course, we have a blog for the trip:

http://sixdayswithmybff.tumblr.com/

Sorry to self-promote, but I thought you guys might be interested in what I'm up to over spring break. See everyone in a week or so.