A Day Of Camera Obscura Progress...

 The Camera Obscura Project had some real progress on Friday.  We got together in Cheever and had a nice long afternoon of brainstorming, model creating, and caffeine abuse.  We are now well on our way to creating a aesthetically pleasing Camera Obscura.  Here are just a few pictures of our progress...

 

 We tore up some old overhead projectors and salvaged their lenses and mirrors...

 We examined some models made by very talented architects...

 We even let Patrick play with our 600mm press camera lens...

 We turned a room into a camera obscura...

 Clare drank coffee...

   And here are our two multifaceted professors cracking the whip.

John Hoiland 85 year old rancher

This is John and his sister in 1942

This is John's Dad

Let's Get Naked!

Only [mildly] kidding...

but seriously, let's get posting on this bad boy!

Film For Sale

What's goin everyone.

I have a bunch of film I bought in anticipation for a trip that is getting postponed, it's all been ordered directly from Kodak, and refrigerated since arrival.

What I got:
50 rolls of Ektar 35mm $4.99/roll
50 rolls of Ektar 120 $4.50/roll
5 rolls Portra 160 120 $5/roll
10 rolls Portra 160 35mm $6/roll
5 rolls Portra 400 35mm $7/roll
5 rolls Portra 400 120 $5/roll
10 rolls Provia 100f 120 $7/roll
5 rolls Provia 100f 35mm $5/roll
5 rolls Provia 400x 120 $7/roll
5 rolls Provia 400x 35mm $13/roll
2 boxes of 10 sheets Ektar 4x5 $25/each
1 box of 10 sheets Portra 400 $30

I also have a whole bunch of expired film including maybe 20 rolls of Kodak Plus-x (now discontinued). It too has been kilt in my fridge. I'll off those for $3 a pop. Some is more expired than others, some have a few months on me. Let me know if your interested in expired film, I have a lot of a lot.

If anyone is into 4x5, I have 7 boxes of 50 sheets (350 total) Kodak e100 slide. This stuff expired back in 08-09 but has been frozen since. I'll sell each box for $35, they were $180 originally, but that was a while ago.

If I sell some, cool, if not, I'll shoot it. Let me know if you need anything.

612-859-six709

Aidan

24mm Tilt/Shift and 65mm 1x-5x macro

I have on loan from Canon Professional Services the following two lenses:

MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro lens

24mm f/3.5 ii Tilt/Shift

If you'd like to come check them out, drop me an email.

I won't be able to let people take them outside to shoot them, but you are welcome to play around in the building or studio.

I only have them until Feb 11th.

Butte Slag

photo © Ian van Coller.
Stitched Pano from Butte last week

Main Street Walkerville

photo © Ian van Coller
Quik-stitch pano from Butte

Paul and George from Butte

Portraiture Class: Butte Field Trip

Portraiture Class: Avedon and Penn

U.S.S. Yorktown (CV-10)

The U.S.S. Yorktown a WWII aircraft carrier commissioned April 15,1943. Decommissioned, 1970. Charleston, SC. 

Website <-> Tumblr

Hey everyone, I'm just posting my newish place for displaying my images. If someone could update the link of my name on the right panel with this address (http://graybalance.tumblr.com/) it would be much appreciated!

You've been published!

The students highlighted in yellow are for sure in Gum Printing and Other Amazing Contact Printing Processes so add a line to your résumé! The final proof check went to press yesterday so it is now officially in the printing queue with a still-expected release end of January. 1508 hr writing over 13 months, good times, good times....

Altered Architecture

Hope life is well photo friends, its been a while.  Here are a couple images that didn't quite make the cut from my fall senior.  Figured I would post them here before they become buried in the chaos that is my archiving.

Cheers

Portrait I Captured Recently

Toyo 4x5-Fuji Pro160s.  I heard the senior show went well. Wish I could have been there.  Have a happy holiday.

Image of my mother

Here's an image of my mother from this fall when I was in my homeless transition and home with my parents for a week. 

Finally started documenting my family.

Annie Leibovitz portraits

Follow this like to see some of Annie Leibovits work. Amazing Disney portraits. Its also neat how they show the how she sets up her shots and how much work she does for lighting: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/annie-leibovitz-disney-dream-portraits-gallery-1.7401?pmSlide=0

NEW CLASS SPRING 2013 Camera Obscura

CAA 490 :  “Camera Obscura”  (3 credits)

NEW COURSE SPRING 2013 SEMESTER

Meets Friday, 10:00am – 12:50 pm VCB 148

Enrollment by consent of Instructor. 

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Please submit attached proposal before 5:00pm, December 12th (click here)

SIGN UP NOW!

The class will be limited to 18 students from Colleges of Art, Film & Photo and Architecture.
Others by space available.

The major focus of the class is designing and then building the camera obscura. We will combine the investigations of various design theories, scientific principles, and undertake the physical construction of the camera obscura.

Interesting issue regarding ethics and objectivity in photo-journalism

http://news.msn.com/us/nypd-video-shows-argument-ahead-of-subway-death

Thought some of you might consider this interesting.

Jace

16x16x16

Dear All,

I have extended the deadline for 16x16x16 until Thursday at 4pm due to a lack of entries. Remember that this exhibit will be seen at 5 other colleges. Our reputation is at stake. Please enter. Remember that entries do not need to be matted.

Voting will take place on Friday between 11am and 2pm. All those who have entered are eligible to vote.