Our assignment was to balance the flash with the outside light, and an extra credit one with "popping" the flash so that it creates blur. I tried a variety of situations, went with the bridal shop and the couple I met at the laundromat.
Top: Not related to assignment--just snapped it!
Middle:
Taylor Huffman and Rebekah Borchers ready The Villager Bridal Shop for the holiday season. The Villager, located on Broadway between 9th and 10th Streets, specializes in bridal wear as well as holiday and cocktail gowns. Huffman, a Mizzou junior in Psychology, said “I like helping brides—we have fun with the dresses!” Both women will be part of Columbia’s annual Living Windows festival in December.
Bottom:
Mollie Gallup folds the family’s laundry with the help of her husband, John Henry Gallup, Sr., at a coin-operated laundromat off of Business Loop 70. One of 13 siblings as well as four kids of her own, Gallup is no stranger to domestic chores. “I took care of all of ‘em. My son, he’s 39 and I do his laundry, too—he says that’s women’s work.” John Henry Gallup, Sr., age 79, worked as a manual laborer all of his life; jackhammer noise has left him virtually deaf in both ears. The Gallups live five miles outside of Columbia city limits and come into town once a month to do their laundry.
Volunteer Glenna Lawson explains the basics of osteoporosis at the YouZeum on December 4. This was a tough one--none of our equipment worked and the walls were all black! The result is a very harsh image with the flash.
A portrait from Fundamentals last semester. She's a reverend and uses the time under the dryer to catch up on writing sermons and paperwork.
Our host had two whippets--they are hilarious dogs. This one actually settled down long enough to relax a little with a guest. I used curves in Photoshop for the first time, not sure I did it right. Happy Thanksgiving to all! I am grateful for so much.
Friday night is Latin dancing night at the Sapphire. Talk about a difficult situation for a beginning photographer--only a tiny fraction of my pictures were not blurry or completely dark. I had a blast, though, made me seriously think about learning salsa and merengue. Most of the dancers left me alone because I had all my gear, but if it hadn't been for that, I would have been dragged out on the floor--everyone asks everyone to dance so it's hard to be a wallflower.
I struggled with the framing on this one--the deer was hanging between two trees and getting them both in didn't seem as visually interesting as leaving them out entirely. Couldn't get an angle that I liked. Regardless, it's hunting season here in mid-Mo, and this sight reminded me of home. Pine Ridge is near Millersburg.
In honor of our civic event tomorrow--may the best man win! (If you live in Columbia, I bet you've seen this car on 10th Street...)
I should have been reading "Good News: Social Ethics & the Press" but I decided to go out to Stephens Park and shoot for an hour. I met an eager shepherd named Wallace and a tree that looks like one of those Technicolor postcards you find in antique shops (although I did bump up the saturation here quite a bit just for effect).
Tough lighting situation, rendered most of my images way too noisy. Still, it was fun to be there.
Felicia Hoskinson scrubs down the counter during the graveyard shift at the Waffle House off of Rangeline. Hoskinson is a potter, artist and was a "Scottish lass" in a recent Renaissance Fair. She is currently thinking about applying to art school. "I was interested in nursing, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be; it's not like the 1950's movies." Hoskinson would sell her pottery if it weren't "too weird" for the general public.
