Leftovers (bone yard)

Night time / is the right time

Flash portrait of Amber. After 10 minutes of washing her face out I managed to get a couple of good shots, this one being my favorite.

Not pictured: She broke my glasses.




Castillo de San Marcos. This one came out kind of gritty, which I was disappointed with. I wanted to get a sense of how massive this wall is, and wound up playing with the shadows. No flash, the light is coming from a spotlight set up on the ground against the moat wall.




This is the street between Procter Library and Ponce Hall. I got to climb up on the stone parapets facing King Street, which was a big moment for me (I like to climb).

Good: The yellow of the street lamps bring across the moody ambience of St. Augustine at 1 in the morning.

Bad: The damn lights are bright as hell and one was RIGHT IN THE WAY. I tried to get the lamp in the direct foreground as non-invasive as possible, with limited success. On the other hand, I was more interested in playing around with the vanishing point in the far background. I still like it, I just wish I could have gotten that stupid light right.

In-class assignment.

Good: I somehow managed to get the eyeball clear and sharp through the lenses of her glasses. On the other hand, I was maybe six inches away from her face.

Bad: Tried chatting her up but, like a moron, the only thing I could think of to say was, "Hey, cool, you have the same name as my mother," so I made a hasty retreat before I put my foot even farther into my own mouth.

Good: Eyes clear and sharp. Had the presence of mind to face him not-into-the-sun, so he's not squinting. And I got him in focus, too! I rule!

Bad: I like this one. There's nothing in the world wrong with it, and you know it.

Stupid blur.

I really liked taking this set of photos. The shot of the blacksmith stoking the bellows is one of probably a dozen shots I took of the man. I really wanted to get a good shot of the fire shooting up. Only problem was, he was stoking these bellows like a madman, so his face came out blurry.

Photos.

These photos I took for the people at work assignment. I followed Billy Bickford, who works at Five Guys Burgers and Fries in St. Augustine, through the nightly closing routine. Here he's taking a smoke break, cleaning the grill, hosing out a grease filter, and counting a register drawer for the nightly safe drop.

Catching up, part II

Catching up.

So I tried to add some photos from my computer, but it seems to NOT WANT TO LET ME.

I'll try again later tonight, but here are some photos I've taken for the class.

Ant's Blog! Part I

Blogblogblog.

This is the first entry in my photoblog. Blogblogblog.

Photos photos photos.

A few notes:

FIRST and foremost: youwillperishinflame.blogspot.com was not my first choice. My primary email address--eatatmilliways@gmail.com--was taken. Some Guy took it, wrote in it twice in 2003 and then abandoned it.

So, instead I looked to Louis Tully and Ghostbusters, so... here we go.

These I took today. Shots of neighborhoods!

MOAR: