Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Assignment No. 2

So last night I went to the school pool to shoot a kayak roll session.  I had heard about a underwater window that might be fun to shoot through.  Sure enough, I was shown into a room that stated "restricted access" on the door, climbed over a chain, down a metal latter, and into the dark.  My phone was the only light and it was PITCH black down there.  I had taken off my shoes and rolled up my jeans because someone said there was water down there.  Sure enough there was about 1" to 2" of some unknown liquid/rocks/mud/rat bones?/nastiness on the ground as I went around a dark corner.  Sure enough there was a portal to shoot through.  It was so humid down there my 50mm fogged up a lot.  In the end, all I could get was this:
For the first time, I felt like I was actually heading in the direction of photography I wanted.  That little sense of adventure kicked in and it was siiiiick.  Plus, there was a Coors Light cap down there meaning somebody had been down there getting crunk.  

Back above water I was shooting with my new 383 Super for the first time.  I struggled, but managed and got some good practice.  Nevertheless, I was not impressed with the shots I got that night.

Assignment No. 1

My first assignment for the paper (and in general!) was to shoot a sushi resaurant called Kobe.  I walked in and talked to the manager and she was extremely accomodating and really hooked me up with ideas and content to shoot.  Afterwards, I was even able to enjoy a little of the prepared food/drink. ;)  My manual focus 50mm was a real handicap and this assignment pushed my camera to its limits.  I needed the practice.  This was an overall good experience.


"Slim Jim" the sushi maker.
Sake steamed clams were DEE-lish.

This is me entering the blog world.

Everyone who is anyone has a blog... no, I'm just kidding.