Saturday, November 3, 2007

Photoshop Double Exposure

Maggie and docent in training

Hand held. Pentax-M 28mm f/3.5. Scanned 35mm negatives. These shots were taken within a few seconds of each other on a docent training field trip for The Friends of the Dunes. Maggie (on right) is interpreting animal tracks with one of the docents in training.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Not All Are Portraits.... The Ever Giving Fountain

Okay, not everything in this blog will be a portrait. I took this photo as the sun was setting on the Eureka waterfront. It's the drinking fountain that is stuck in the open position, hence the name.

Ever Giving Fountain

Shot hand held at 1/30 second with a Pentax-M 28mm f/3.5 lens.

Getting Started... Thanks everyone!

Thanks for dropping in and checking out the "Portraits in Place" blog. As you can tell from the fact that I have all of ONE entry so far, this is a new blog for me.

Thanks also to all who have been giving positive feedback on my photographic work and encouraging me to display it more publicly.

Environmental portraits are portraits taken in a person's usual environment, such as his home or workplace, that illuminate the subject's life and surroundings. Every picture is a story. Every person is a complex mixture of their own physical and emotional development which, placed on the coordinates of time and space, is unique and special.

My goal is to capture a glimpse of ourselves on film... a glimpse of a person in his own landscape. This is the paradox of seeing inside ourselves by contemplating what is outside of ourselves.

My most sincere gratitude goes out to all who have given me the opportunity to photograph them working, playing, creating and just being.

Namaste.
Dawn, Melody and Paul at Shelter Cove