Change of Pace

I have come to realize I am too glued to my 10D. It's great and all for the photojournalism side of me, but for some reason whenever I use it to take "creative" or "just for fun" shots I am never pleased with my results. It's probably just some road block in my mind, but I have a solution! For a week or so I will dust off and carry around my old SX-70 polaroid camera. I love that camera! This means to post any pics I'll have to scan them at a friend's house (hint, hint, here I come Lynn).

Hopefully I'll also be getting some more daily assignments from the Florida Independent Alligator, those of course will be digital though.

Assignment 1 - Jou 4603

PETROSKI1_1
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Lynn was my guinea pig once again. :)

Flash environmental portraits...

Direct flash & diffused flash were the two parts of the assignment.

Assignment 1

PETROSKI1_2
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Ashley 1 & 2

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Latest prints of mine.

Working digital I've noticed I don't print out pics any more.

Is that bad?

So maybe I should go back to film? I admit, I do enjoy it more.

My View

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Visitor

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Yesterday's visitor.

He seemed to be a rather large hermit crab.

I forgot to ask his name, as I was running late to class.

"French Fries"

Alachua
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

John Henry's "Alachua" on the UF campus. Cost to University: $75,000.
Many have mocked it, including past UF Vice President Robert Bryan who nick named it "French Fries from Hell" and threaten to have himself chained to the piece until it was removed.
It's still there.

Be Creative

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Originally uploaded by morgpet.

UF landmark

potato
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

OK so what is this thing? Does anyone know? It's certainly not a sculpture, it's just a rock. A rock that many people say either resembles a potato or even a gator. (I still don't see the gator.)

In my art history class, our first assignment is to define art in our own terms and also bring in an example of something we consider to be art and something that we don't consider to be art.

So is this rock thing art?
My opinion?
Nope.

After the storm...

sky
Originally uploaded by morgpet.

Daily afternoon rainfall in the Gainesville is not the most up lifting, but the sky this afternoon made up for the depressing weather.

Took this picture while in bumper to bumper traffic on Archer.