Christine Aguila wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > Well, yesterday marked the 1 year anniversary of the start of the > construction on the parking garage and student services building at > work. > The construction workers are on strike right now, but they'll get that > sorted soon, and work will resume. > > The photos are what they are, but I had so much fun shooting yesterday. > It > was dead quiet on the site. I had giggly conversation with Desmond, my > escort, while shooting, and it was the day of the tripod. Every > picture was > make on a tripod--except the stairway photo. The walk around the sight > was > leisurely, as was the speed of my shutter, shooting a lot of 1/3 - > 1/6th of > a second at ISO 400 with f-stops mostly in the f 4 - f 7.1 range, and I > bracketed virtually every shot, though I still had some tweaking to do > in > the shadow areas--a bump up here and there, and some recovery of blown > highlights. Because I used a tripod, my frames were A LOT more level > than > my usual frames resembling a stroke victim with pronounced sagging to > the > right. I only shot the interior, so I was out of the sun, and a cool > breeze > followed us around like a good friend. My construction boots were > still a > must, but I was allowed to abandon my hard hat and safety vest, so I > could > enjoy the breeze even more. > > It was just one of those shoots when it felt good to be both alive and > a > photographer. > > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/trconstructionjuly132010/ > > Comments welcome. > > Cheers, Christine Christine, these are an excellent addition to your project. I like the way the eye is drawn through the building. Can't wait to see the print exhibition when it comes to Milton Keynes. Or Brum.
Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
