Photography Assignment
Boring
This may be a bit tougher than some of the previous ones. The idea is to make an interesting photograph out of what many would consider to be a boring, or at least average subject.
An image search for photographs by Edward Weston could provide a good jumping off point - he had an incredible eye and could find the photograph in just about anything. For a very different approach to the everyday do a search for William Eggleston.Also think in terms of light. It is worth going outside just before sunrise and looking around - in this light just about anything looks good. Try a close up shot of a fire hydrant in this light if you are skeptical.
For an altogether different approach take a photo of something mundane then see what you can do in the editing process to make it interesting (this one is a bit tougher imo).Another possibility is to illustrate a situation that is boring e.g. a long wait -thanks Bollox Ref for that one.
These assignments are posted in conjunction with Friday Night Photography Open Thread.
This weeks Friday Night Photography Open Thread
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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
WTH is the first macro?
Could be metal, could be leaf spicules.
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Hooks
of a bunch of coat hangers.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Those are sure
some intriguing coat hangers - it takes a special eye to capture the beauty in the mundane.
"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut
Thanks Sedna
sometimes I just see something and wonder what the camera will make of it
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
Here and there shots
Wood clamps
Temple Hinge
Wood
Beach Sand
RQ Beach Trees
OT Edinburgh
Edinburgh Night
San Francisco Bay Courtesy of United
Bunratty Boats
Towards Hanalei Bay
"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut
Sedna
Most excellent.
Love your eye for subject matter & composition.
I`m already against the next war
Pink Caddilac
Stern
Full Boat
Rosette on a knife my frien made for me.
Full Knife
Red Bug with shadow on paper edge
Lava Lamp
Sting Shot Whiskey
1937 Flathead Engine
Fireworks in Paradise Cove
(was featured on front page of local paper)
Prison Envelope Art
(Made by a fellow inmate for me)
Primal Scream
(a sculpture a friend made for me as a birthday gift)
Boot Birdhouse hanging on rafter at my house
Walnut frame I built for this piece of stained glass.
Front entry at my house
Found Godess
Footprints in the Sky
Bread Slicer I made
Teri using her home made slicer with her homemade bread.
Bullets & Beauty
(two separate items in my house)
Here`s looking at all you`s out there.
I`m already against the next war
The envelope art is amazing.
Such a capable artist should be exhibiting at a gallery, not stuck in the pokey.
The "footprints in the sky" picture reminds me of one I took at the beach in spring. I happened to catch this:
The picture doesn't do it justice. There was this odd-shaped, rainbow cloud (look at the bottom center of the picture where the two clouds intersect.)
I took this on after a hard rain at a retention pond. Those are marble-sized pieces of granite at the top of each column. The rain had washed away all the dirt except directly under the rocks.
This one is the aftermath of a nearby wildfire a couple of years ago. Everything in the area ended covered with a fine coating of ash.
Wicked art, Knuck!
I gravitated to the Primal Scream sculpture when I came by your pad. Diggin' Mr. Red Bug, big time!...
It's hard
to find a favorite in so many exquisite shots, but the red bug on paper is an amazing catch (am pretty sure that's a box elder beetle). Teri's bread slicer looks like an interesting story as well a photo. Is that '37 your namesake?
"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut
"37"?
That was a 37 Flathead.
Here`s my old 37 Flathead which I sold years ago in times of need.
Here is my namesake
37 Knucklehead
I`ve had it for over 34 years, but even before that I had my old 46` Knuckle.
In the South Bay when I had brown hair.
46 Suicide Knucklehead
In Easy Rider`s magazine
In Iron Stallion
In Iron Stallion with my daughter (1991)
In "V-Twin magazine
Testing the new 883 Sportster for the magazine.
My report on the bike
I`m already against the next war
Digging that '46 Long Chop...
looks like a Sugar Bear front end. Righteous!...
sSSK
Home made in my friend`s machine shop.
It got crunched up by a left-turner.
I`d love to build another one. It was a head turner.
I`m already against the next war
I agree with SSK
righteous indeed - you're a talented artist in so many mediums, metal/machine, wood, aquaria, with a camera...! And an teacher too, thanks mucho for the education.
"So it goes."
Kurt Vonnegut
Sedna
You are very gracious, thank you.
I`m already against the next war
I like the light and water in this
Otherwise, not much happening.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
It's a great shot...
The kind of place where I would want to be when nothing is happening. Serene...
Its the nothing much happening that is the appeal imo
love this composition
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire
I only have the camera on my computer these days, but can
share what I would take if I had opportunity.
I thought it would be interesting to see the pattern of row after row of people crammed into an airplane. Here's what I found: A military plane; given the sameness, the pattern becomes perhaps even more intriguing.
I also love the way trees look in an ice storm. So does God apparently!
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Went to Harper's Ferry yesterday
Forgot my camera, so I had to use the one on my phone. Here are some of the shots that may work for the "boring" assignment.
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They work!
I like the abstract ones especially -closeup of the cannon wheel and the last two.
The best camera is the one that you have with you.
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire