3 Photographs

Long Beach, CA

8 Photographs

A color still life photograph taken indoors using shallow depth of field

Canon EOS 1V| 50mm | Portra 400 | f1.4 | 1/30

 October 21, 2011 | 5:30 pm | Crop Angle to straighten

A black and white landscape using an extended depth of field

Canon AE-1 | 28mm | Kodak T-Max 400 | f22 | 1/60

October 21, 2011 | 12:40 pm | Dust Spot Correction

A back and white photograph of a person taken outdoors during the day

Canon AE-1 | 50mm | Kodak T-Max 400 | f2.8 | 1/250

October 20, 2011 | 4:45 pm | Dust spot correction

A color image of any subject you choose taken outdoors at dawn or dusk

Hasselblad 503CW | 80mm | Fuji 400H | f2.8 | 1/60

October 23, 2011 | 7:00 am | Crop Angle to straighten | Exposure +0.68 

An image of a subject you choose taken at night

Canon EOS 1V | 50mm | Portra 400 | f8 | 15sec

October 21, 2011 | 8:25 pm | Dust Spot Correction

An image of a moving object using a slow shutter release - 1 second or longer

Hasselblad 503CW | 80mm | Portra 160 | f2.8 | 10sec

October 22, 2011 | 12:15 am | Crop Angle to straighten

A white object on a white, or very light, background using proper exposure compensation. 

Do not adjust the exposure in post processing.

Contax 645 | 80mm | Fuji 400H | f2 | 1/30

October 3, 2011 | 10:30 am | Crop Angle to straighten

A black object on a black, or very dark, background using proper exposure compensation. 

Do not adjust the exposure in post processing.

Canon 5D | 50mm | ISO 1600 | f2.0 | 1/50

October 24, 2011 | 2:02 am | Custom White Balance 2700 | Tint +22

8 photographs submitted for my first midterm. Yes, I have gone back to school to pursue a Masters degree in Fine Art (MFA) with an emphasis on photography at the Academy of Art University. I still can't believe it which is why I needed to post it here...to make it REAL REAL. I want to teach photography in a college or university setting and in order to do so I need this degree. Some might argue that fact, but I'm an academian at heart. :) Also, it was the right time in my life to leave the grade school classroom to pursue this passion. And believe me, I consulted so many near and dear to me about it...tears involved. Leaving the classroom was like breaking up. It was an 8 year relationship! I'm still a teacher at heart, but THIS is what I would like to teach.  

The time I've been investing in these three online courses has made me busier than I could have imagined, yet it's focusing my practice and my art. I'm loving the creative part (but not so much the writing and the Photoshop). The last photograph is digital only because of the time I spent trying to think of things that were black. Really. It's not THAT easy to make it interesting. Records and a Holga were my way of paying homage to all things hispter...ahahh no, all things analog.

So if I've been absent lately in terms of the business, this is why. Things are stirring afoot in the business. I took the site down for now as changes are being made, but I'm still open for business. 

Thanks for reading. Look out for more assignments. :)

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New Website

I'm finally going to revise the old website, so it's down right now. Many life changes have transpired which include becoming a student (again) and finding yoga. Stay tuned for the changes on here!

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