Lights in the City

This past April, I had to work downtown at a hotel
located next door to our major baseball stadium.
It did rain hard that night for awhile and during
a break I went into one of the new conference rooms
at the hotel to enjoy the view from the window. What
I saw was impressive, so I got my new toy out
and shot this image below:



A week or so later, I finally downloaded the images
that I had taken through the window and was quite
impressed with what I had done.

I love the scene, it is a little chaotic, quiet and
peaceful. I love the effect of the chandeliers, they
seem to fit perfectly into the scene outside of the windows.

I love to shoot images at night and miss doing so, but is
hard to go out at night by yourself, especially in the
city, so I usually just stick close to the area that I
live in. When I have access to a scanner, I will upload
some nights shots that I had done at school in B & W film
and processed on fiber paper.

Hope you enjoy the scene, Have a great evening!

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I uploaded an image to the house theme and titled
the photograph "View from my frontporch".

I am pleased to say that I have had at least 64 views!
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Journaling and Artwork

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The above images are as follows:

1. My daughter's first self-portrait (they were studying Paul Klee) in Art Class
2. A start of a sketch that I had done for a Design 2 project (it is not much, but it turned out well)
3. A start of a picture for my Drawing I sketchbook (I still need to finish this portrait..I need help!)
4. A part of one of my photography classes journal....

I have found that it is important to keep a journal of what you are thinking, seeing, sketching, etc...while working on projects. My daughter has started on this little quirk and has taken over some of my journal books and by sketching in some of her own ideas about art.

I did add a picture of one of her first art projects that she completed in her kindergarten art class. The art teacher discussed the artist Paul Klee and had the students do a self portrait in honor of his work.

On another note, I had a enjoyable class this evening, but soon it will all end next Tuesday for the semester until the middle of January, 2009. It was fun learning about the various parts of a Apple Computer, but I am ready to get back into the art classes and getting my hands dirty again.

Have a great evening!

Through my Viewfinder

About a month ago, I went to a photography lecture at the college I attend and was intrigued by this contraption that the photographer had brought to the lecture. It looked like an old twin lens camera with a long, black tube taped to it. I was instantly hooked and could not wait to try out this form of creative photography called TTV.

I still need to go out and buy myself some black cardstock and really construct a better tube, but for the time (and to save some money) I constructed a cheap version from a box found in my house and used some black painter's tape that I had as well. I am sure that is the reason why that I get getting this weird shape showing up in the middle of the picture (which I find to be quite interesting and it adds to the picture itself).

From my understanding, you need to have a macro lens as well. I still have a lot to learn with this new, and creative way to take pictures, so follow along with me on my journey and critique away.

I have attached a picture that I took today using the above method, and I even hurt myself in the process (I fell slipping on some ice going outside, but the camera stayed firmly in my hand :) ).