Thursday, September 18, 2008

I got a Nikon camera

I love to take my phoooootographs
Oh, Mama don't take my kodachrome away.

Actually, I have a Canon camera, and it's not a kodachrome, but you get the gist.
OK. After about 20 hours taking, developing and making prints. I finally have made contact sheets for my first two roles of film. The first was a scavenger hunt where we had stuff we were supposed to take photos of... Me in the shower, self portraits, pictures of friends, environmental tragedies, etc. Some came out, others didn't, but I'm not disappointed. It was a great first shot.


Next, I had to shoot a public gathering of some sort. Most people did street festivals, but I did the Mass of the Holy spirit. It's the only mass all year that we get out of class for, so I already love it. Plus, all the Jesuits are dresses in red and there's a bowl of fire... pretty cool stuff. Too bad the fire went out before I could get a photo. Symbolic? I hope not.


Some of these aren't worth making prints of, but through the miracle of Photoshop, I'm going to keep some anyway. More to come... The one below obviously didn't turn out the way I wanted, but I'm gonna try it again. If I do it (as Police Commissioner Gordon would say) by the books, it should be ok next time.

3 comments:

Clay Lomneth said...

Oh Em Gee we should shoot this weekend. Let's bum around with our cameras. You down?

Clay Lomneth said...

P.S. That sounds like a bad photo omen.

abigail said...

its like laurie anderson says, "when they say things like "were gonna do this by the book" you have to ask, "what book?" because it would make a big difference if it was dostoevsky... or just... you know, ivanhoe."