tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-318242312024-02-21T06:00:47.190-08:00Scott Mansfield Photography BlogScott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-71617323974137399062011-03-13T22:24:00.001-07:002011-03-13T22:24:41.424-07:00CLOSED And New Beginnings.....<a href="http://mountainoverwater.com/">Mountain Over Water</a>. What is that you ask, well read on dear friends!<br />
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I'm back, just not here! I have built a new blog and it's pretty cool. This blog will stay up for a little while longer to redirect readers to my new blog <a href="http://Mountainoverwater.com/">Mountainoverwater.com</a>. I have also rebuilt, redesigned and re-populated my portfolio website <a href="http://Scottmansfield.com/">Scottmansfield.com</a>. You'll see several fresh changes, new work and old favorites. It feels great to have a reboot, a change a new direction a place that feels more like me. Take a long peek around and drop me a line I'd love to hear your ideas and feelings!<br />
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Thank you all and I look forward to seeing at <a href="http://mountainoverwater.com/">mountainoverwater.com</a>Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-72073287010351684642010-11-07T14:29:00.000-08:002010-11-07T14:29:18.810-08:00Camera Project - Part 3<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #990000;">DONE!</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Isn't she pretty, well boxy if nothing else.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuXV9cMr2C3ePywMGC1pYr-t4L5jInaXjdsD2jPSz0_cyHyJn32hsZZqImD67vxKdA9H9SeOoZ-7zAaxCdv4nLfmRFsPtw2rsfQLKXWuAbpEnhamhrjsbMNIVg03qc77Ns6oz/s1600/_MG_1761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLuXV9cMr2C3ePywMGC1pYr-t4L5jInaXjdsD2jPSz0_cyHyJn32hsZZqImD67vxKdA9H9SeOoZ-7zAaxCdv4nLfmRFsPtw2rsfQLKXWuAbpEnhamhrjsbMNIVg03qc77Ns6oz/s400/_MG_1761.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGESqhyGRT__jSWQVnpVsPb3tdPvXKBcXPrIT_tHWNoKY5rWEv7LBWkWQPyAZABebIR9ZhUyIWcRW8njZlj1xv9GlIGsDPURivVIkjOqV4ADKamf3WmrTYy2XAolpN2AlnXd7u/s1600/_MG_1764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGESqhyGRT__jSWQVnpVsPb3tdPvXKBcXPrIT_tHWNoKY5rWEv7LBWkWQPyAZABebIR9ZhUyIWcRW8njZlj1xv9GlIGsDPURivVIkjOqV4ADKamf3WmrTYy2XAolpN2AlnXd7u/s400/_MG_1764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN87e-EPCMEWoVUHet97ox9j6OlrcWUxhisaPhEmqrSnNMWllRXLlTFwSjUEnbiLzQnWuWLb3CLOI2S2d9nyVTqYmyYFoaSMLUDPFZ1bK8_-B3_PiUO_IQ5cFqgHWUm86eOi1U/s1600/_MG_1746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN87e-EPCMEWoVUHet97ox9j6OlrcWUxhisaPhEmqrSnNMWllRXLlTFwSjUEnbiLzQnWuWLb3CLOI2S2d9nyVTqYmyYFoaSMLUDPFZ1bK8_-B3_PiUO_IQ5cFqgHWUm86eOi1U/s200/_MG_1746.JPG" width="159" /></a> The construction took a bit longer that expected, about two weeks longer(a good portion of that was building the box and adding some final touches to the camera to make it look more pleasing, hey this is a visual art-form after all, ones tools must be nice to look at!)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztG5ijamW3FZ7t886GBZLnxE5joWMUjnwsibasZyrnspk3PlE1kACtfxdeEJQ5-ycSQt3pfHczpSorzwkVHpR7riFRKz4-cBMAHo9rGAqxZYQCSJJ1YT_cDnj9dsI99nVeNcy/s1600/_MG_1692.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztG5ijamW3FZ7t886GBZLnxE5joWMUjnwsibasZyrnspk3PlE1kACtfxdeEJQ5-ycSQt3pfHczpSorzwkVHpR7riFRKz4-cBMAHo9rGAqxZYQCSJJ1YT_cDnj9dsI99nVeNcy/s320/_MG_1692.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I have to admit I'm ready to move on to the next stage, photographing with it. I have a feeling this is where the troubleshooting, tweaking, fidgeting and fun will really begin. Since the final prints will be contact printed by the sun and not enlarged I don't need to setup a dedicated darkroom (couldn't even if I wanted to, ha!). I do however need a darkened room with a decent table to lay out several chemical trays for the intricate steps from sensitizing the negatives to developing the final prints. Our bathroom is small, but it'll do just fine, I even worked it out so the toilet can still be used during the 12-14 hour procedures (aren't a nice husband, wink!).<br />
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</tbody></table>I've been finalizing my chemical shopping lists and found an online dealer back east where I can order everything I need, although the DEA wants to hear about it before I'm shipped anything. I'm not sure how the wife feels about me mixing chemicals a foot from where we brush our teeth, but I say it's all in the name of a cool landscape images, so we must make sacrifices.<br />
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The film holder was the hardest part to construct. I had to alter the design from the book to make it work for my camera, and in doing so I added a few alterations I think make it a better design. I added a film slot to load the film and mirrored the back so I have two exposures per holder. I only built one for the moment because I wanted to test it out before I 'mass' produced more of them. <br />
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This tube piece was photographed for the previous post, but I wanted to show it up close. It attaches to the lens and the slot on the top is for the aperture cards to slide into. See the previous camera project post to see it on the camera. The round piece in front is the 'lens cap' and fits snuggly in the front hole. I'll take it off and on to start and stop the exposure. With exposure times of upwards of 5-20 minutes the camera doesn't need a mechanical shutter. And lastly, a picture of the ground glass holder. This slides into the film holder slot at the rear of the camera. The image needs a frosted surface to focus onto. After composing and focusing I remove this ground glass holder and replace it with the film holder and the image is ready to be exposed.<br />
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I've been using a few books as guidelines and must give credit to both of them. Alan Greene's <i>Primitive Photography </i>and Christopher James's <i>The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. </i>Both have been an inspiration and a foundation for the initial steps of this project. I'll continue to reference them as I move away from the workshop and into the darkroom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all wrapped up!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-43501346439392316602010-10-12T08:40:00.000-07:002010-10-12T08:43:08.571-07:00A Little Sierra BeautyA little high sierra beauty to brighten your mid-week. Photographed this past July from a most amazing 50 mile solo trek through some of my favorite country. The story behind and more images from shall be forth coming. But for now smell the clean alpine air, hear a distant breeze build and watch the immaculate apenglow ignite the eastern sky. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">So with that, here's a non-existential pretty flower to brighten your Sunday!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #38761d;">Cheers all! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5ILj0Kc7R6Hrd221oOrpFJTlISbe-vKPtpOXVvQiHaXtqamJ3XL2Imr7Ky4xvQF-k2y8_cjmYAW5E3Vs1H62ex640_9D885ACraHfEQlqCP5cx5QKtNybaNb7HzlsVmXOmwJ/s1600/_MG_1493.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5ILj0Kc7R6Hrd221oOrpFJTlISbe-vKPtpOXVvQiHaXtqamJ3XL2Imr7Ky4xvQF-k2y8_cjmYAW5E3Vs1H62ex640_9D885ACraHfEQlqCP5cx5QKtNybaNb7HzlsVmXOmwJ/s400/_MG_1493.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-15692595570204678052010-10-08T17:20:00.000-07:002010-10-08T17:22:35.026-07:00Camera Project - Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I've now been working on this project for two weeks, and it's really taking shape. The camera is essentially two boxes, nested together (see previous post for fun historical info). Both sides are complete (minus the finish coat, not sure what that's going to be). I designed and constructed the first film holder, which holds a single negative on each side, and put together the ground glass insert which fits into the same slot the film holder goes into and which the image is focused upon. The holders have been by far the most complex items to design and build. Each consisting of several layers of very thin wood slowly glued together to form a rail system where film is inserted behind a removable darkslide (which stays in place until the moment of exposure). I've also finished building the aperture system. Because it's a single element lens the apertures have to go in front of the lens roughly 1/7 the focal length. I designed a card system where each card has a different hole aperture drilled/cut into it. I merely slip the aperture I want into a slot I cut into an extension tube that fits snuggly over the lens (you'll see in the pictures below). It's been designing, constructing, designing, constructing, repeat for awhile now. I think most of that is finished and now it's time to move into the darkroom projects (or my small bathroom which will have some unique alterations). Since I'm doing the entire process, from camera/lens construction to film/printing paper manufacturing I had to hunt down a chemical supply house and labware supply house.<br />
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Not being a chemist it's been an interesting two days making a grocery list of chemicals I need, from silver nitrate to potassium dichromate. There's about 15 different chemicals I need, some are benign like milk lactose, while others are a bit nasty. Not ever having a formal chemistry class it's been more than helpful having a very smart wife who can not only tell me how many oxygen atoms happen to be in sodium sulfite but can write out the chemical structure and tell me what happens when it's mixed with anything else on my list. She is one smart cookie! The funny part is I have to fill out a DEA form in order to get some of these, not sure what potassium iodide is used for other than to coat photographic paper with?<br />
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Initially I wanted to do this as a fun camera project, to build something that has real historical significance to my chosen career, a reaction to the ever increasing speed of digital media. I wanted to see if I could hand produce every aspect of the photographic process, from camera and lens to the negative and final print. Totally analog. To slow down each process to it's foundation of conception. When the negs take 4 hours to produce and dry, have to be shot within a few days, and where developing alone takes 2-3 hours (it's not a printing-out process, but is developed in a solution of Gallic Acid) I thought it would force me to see photography and the way I look through the lens in a new way. It has. Photography as an artistic medium is older that modern painting, yet the technology that produces it continually evolves whereas a painter today is essentially using 500 year old techniques. I noticed something interesting the other day, something we all do now, we look at the back of the camera after every shot. We now expect instant results and I truly think this dulls the external creative eye. How many times have you really taken the time to look, to watch and absorb the scene before you. Slow down sometimes, it opens new creative pathways. Stay tuned, more to come...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying out wood and designs for the film holder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More film holder work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attaching the lens board to the front box</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prepping the front box for black paint on the inside, the rear box is standing on end, you can see the film slot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the layers of the film holder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It took three days to fully complete the film holder, I hope the others don't take as long, sheesh!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lens element fit well, but I had to fill in some light gaps on the edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished and painted film holder without the darkslide in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ground glass holder, the blue piece to the left is a piece of plexiglass with it's protective layer on. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed ground glass with a piece of frosted acetate glued on so the image has something to focus onto,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A side view of the camera's focus locking mechanism. I needed a way to lock both boxes after focusing was complete,</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A closer look at the mechanism</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The aperture tube and wood to make the aperture card slot that'll hold the aperture hole cards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Figuring out the correct size for each aperture stop, all products of the square root of 2, kind of neat how it works out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An aperture card with a f/64 hole cut into it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished and tested in place. I'll make about 5 aperture cards from f/16 to f/64</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The installed aperture holder with aperture card. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial construction of the front box.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side view of the camera before I installed the lens board and lens (bottom left)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Initial stages of the film holder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The front box painted on the inside. The black really soaks up light, no need for felt liner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting ready to mount the lens element into its plumbing fixture holder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mounted lens in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About halfway through film holder construction</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rear box and film slot being constructed</td></tr>
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The system the book laid out is the oldest camera system in the world, the very foundation of photography is based on it. It's rather simple. The camera is called a sliding box camera, essentially two nested boxes with the lens at one end and the film plane at the opposite end. Focus is achieved by sliding the rear box in and out until an image is formed on a piece of ground glass. What was revolutionary was the paper negatives that were used. Wax a piece of paper to make it translucent, soak it in a iodized bath solution and coat one side with a mixture of silver nitrate and glacial acid. Contrary to popular belief this first photographic process gave you a dry negative, wet glass plates would come later. This sensitized paper negative was then sandwiched on top of a piece of sensitized paper coated with a solution if silver nitrate and sodium chloride, and exposed to UV light to form a printed image that could be fixed and toned. The negative could be used over and over again, creating the first negative/positive process, later to be replaced by the more popular one-off daguerreotype.<br />
I found a piece of plumbing hardware that works perfectly as a lens housing.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmofZanfylxaMxVZ6lkYD54VdTD60f0aFIatWodyeeyXRPWkDnpwyfaZUvk1xwr-Y4woNtzWoyUecVIYn5NCoNZ_v-t4olEolvxQYBU2QdvN4DzyoZYS-UP3dirp-30q-0Ksz/s1600/Camera_Project_1336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmofZanfylxaMxVZ6lkYD54VdTD60f0aFIatWodyeeyXRPWkDnpwyfaZUvk1xwr-Y4woNtzWoyUecVIYn5NCoNZ_v-t4olEolvxQYBU2QdvN4DzyoZYS-UP3dirp-30q-0Ksz/s400/Camera_Project_1336.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>After reading the book I noticed several inefficiencies in the author's design and decided to use the book as a guide on general principles but I would design the camera myself. The lens for my camera would be a single element lens called a landscape lens. To get the lens element I disassembled an old Nikon telephoto and extracted several elements, looking for what's called a positive meniscus (concave on one side, convex on the reverse). After getting the element it took a fair bit of math to figure out the lens focal length, angle of view, format and eventual size of the camera. Being my first home built camera I want to keep things size manageable and opted for a 6x6 inch format. The lens element I extracted turned out to have a focal length of 354mm and a diameter of 48mm. A few calculations later I found that it would work great for a format of 6x6 inches (remember, the 'normal' angle lens for any format is equal to its diagonal, my format has a diagonal of 217mm so my lens would be slightly longer angle). Having roughed in several drawings I got a good idea of what materials I needed and stalked up on luan 1/8 inch plywood and several styles of basswood. <span id="goog_934453577"></span><span id="goog_934453578"></span><br />
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The Hagakure (Behind the Leaves)Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-41822919795420068922010-05-31T11:33:00.000-07:002010-05-31T11:33:20.226-07:00Born a bit too Late...I often feel I'm about a hundred and fifty years too late. I have a fascination with the mid 1800's, the time of enlightenment, Thoreau, scientific awakening, natural discovery and John Muir. Like most people I have idols, but mine are a bit different. Hesse, Thoreau, Feynman, Whitman, Abbey and John Muir, that most enlightened Scottish individual and his deep rooted need to wander the landscape, sketching its patterns and observing its wonders. I can relate. One of my favorite stories he wrote is of a little hike he took up Tenya Canyon in Yosemite Valley. It's a notoriously dangerous hike; exposed granite slabs, slippery descents, multiple rappels, class 4 scrambles. It's on my list. Today one needs permits, maps, fancy rope, the proper timing, etc, but with Muir all that was needed was a loaf of half-eaten bread and a journal. After entering Yosemite Valley he headed straight on towards the East end and Tenya Canyon. Traversing the lower section of the hike, littered with huge boulders and fast water he started the upper sections and took a nasty fall that knocked him cold and nearly took his life, cursing his feet telling them "that is what you get by intercourse with stupid town stairs, and dead pavement". Rather than retreat, he pressed on promising to "..guide my humbled body over the highest precipices and the most intricate and nerve-trying places.." Feeling confident that the last of the town-fog and been shaken from both head and feet he slept on a smooth granite boulder, munching stale bread and writing in his journal by the bright moonlight. To wander freely throughout that untouched beauty of place, sketching, noting seems to me as close to perfection as I guess there can be. <br />
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Location: Sunset Neighborhood San Francisco. <br />
Architect: <a href="http://justrichdesign.com/contact.html">Steve Justrich</a><br />
Stylist: <a href="http://www.caitlinblaze.com/">Caitlin Morgenrath</a><br />
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I shot this from secret spot #58, but if you get out a map of San Francisco it wouldn't take you very long to figure out where this is from so I'll just tell you. It was shot halfway up the road to Coit Tower. This is one of my favorite areas of the city, just above North Beach, overlooking the entire city and if you're lucky you'll see the legendary parrots of telegraph hill. They're unmistakably bright green and not quiet about there existence. I've been wanting to photograph San Francisco from here for quite some time and so after finishing another photo shoot that day, in the same area, I decided to hang out and wait for the light (both artificial and natural) to get good. Watching the city electrify, as the night approaches, is a wonderfully meditative experience. It happens gradually, individual windows turning on adding single squares of light, slowly filling the foreground with a mixture of tungsten, fluorescent and halogen light. All the while the sky, depending on conditions, evolves through a color palette unique to that particular day. On this warm March evening the typical sunset color failed to transpire and instead a rich hue of cyan painted the entire sky, slowly building richness as the natural light faded further. This image is actually several vertical frames stitched together, and so to take 'multiple exposures' of the overall image you have to retake the entire series each time. To keep these bracketed frames organized I shoot my hand over the lens at the beginning and end of each 'stitched' series so I know which frames belong together in the final image. In a city-scape like this there is an exposure intersection when the sky exposure and city exposure (bathed in dim artificial light) match. It's at this intersection when the best exposures are shot. If the sky had been a traditional sunset, the best time to capture that color would be before the city was ready, and thus you would need to shoot separate series for the sky and city. I was lucky in that the sky here was a cool soft cyan, not too bright and thus I could get both exposures in the same series of frames. I'll sometimes use a split neutral density filter to drop the sky exposure by a few stops, but that wasn't needed either. On top of this, by switching the color balance to Tungsten, it further extenuates the deep cyan color. Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-26760729150351372452010-04-28T05:00:00.000-07:002010-04-28T05:00:12.941-07:00Photo Book: Arnold NewmanI'm starting a new blog series today and calling it 'Photo Book'. I'm going to post photography books I've purchased over the years, and what about their work sparked my interest. My first post is about a photographer I have deep admiration for. Considered the father of environmental portraiture, he defined a look that has spawned countless contemporaries to follow in his footsteps. I'm talking about Arnold Newman. I first fell in love with his work while attending college at the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara when we all had no real idea of who we were as photographers yet. I, like my peers, bounced photo genres with an eerie correlation to the kind of assignments we happened to be shooting that week. Before I fell in love with photographing the landscape, and far before I started shooting architecture I fancied myself a portrait photographer. Up until I found Newman, portrait photography in my mind was equated with senior portraits and traditional wedding photography (although today, those two genres are venturing deep into the fashion/editorial look breaking all traditional molds and looking great doing it). I found Arnold Newman buried in the library and instantly recognized the genius. He told entire stories with single frames and eloquently portrayed his models personality with exquisitely composed images. Incorporating the individual's environment spoke volumes to each image. A portrait of painter Willem de Kooning peeking through a split in a paint splattered tarp, showing only half his face and taking up a tenth of the frame tells you all you need to know about the man. The legendary image of composer Igor Stravinsky leaning on his silhouetted grand piano echoes a single musical note from one of his powerful scores. The images are not flashy, they are not timely, nor are they meant to fill space in another overpopulated pedestrian publication, destined for the recycle bun. They are meant for history, to show his subjects as they were, not as they appeared. My fleeting brush with portrait photography came and went, I was destined to photograph the natural world, but do yourself a favor and browse this book, your creative with forever thank you.<br />
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Book: Arnold Newman<br />
By: Philip Brookman<br />
Copyright 2000 Benedikt Taschen Veriag GmbH<br />
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<a href="http://www.archdaily.com/57367/the-truffle-ensamble-estudio/">The Truffle House Link</a><br />
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-Be yourself, let your personality come through, connect with them as a human, not as a customer. <br />
-If it helps to have a script, have one, but practice it so it doesn't sound like you're reading.<br />
-Understand your potential clients, where their coming from, their needs not yours.<br />
-Ask more than tell. Listen.<br />
-Keep the 'tell' short and simple; who you are and why you're calling.<br />
-Get to know their particular problem(s) and figure out how to solve them.<br />
-Smile while talking, it comes through in your voice.<br />
-You're not going to make a sale with a cold call, that's not the point. The main point is making a connection, an introduction, and if all goes well a face-to-face meeting.<br />
-I like to stand when I'm on the phone, it keeps energy up and allows me to get my whole body into it. <br />
-You are a distraction for their day, accept it and move on with your conversation.<br />
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This is a first step in the relationship building process, which is how it should be viewed. A strong relationship with a client will have them coming back for more and referring you to peers and colleagues.<br />
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Cheers all!Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-24904390524974783602010-04-06T09:34:00.000-07:002010-04-06T09:34:43.068-07:00Oldies but GoodiesIt's fun to browse back through the old contact sheets and negative boxes to see what was skipped over during initial edits. I found these three, shot in 2005 on a most wonderful excursion throughout the Southwest.<br />
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Heavily focusing on a single photographic subject forces you to evaluate it in extreme detail, to learn its' subtle nuances, to see it in a light that perhaps is unconsciously ignored by the passerby. Until I started to truly look at architecture through my lens, with eyes honed from years of patiently photographing the landscape, I failed to appreciate the level of manufactured grace that comes from the understanding of space and how to fill it with man-made constructs. I've come to be inspired by something that compositionally resembles the natural world, but otherwise is the exact opposite. I now see architecture as a three dimensional canvas that has two very different, yet symbiotic, functions. It must be usable, and at the same time visually powerful. The space must tell a story, whatever that story may be is up to the architect. Perhaps it's one of integration into the surroundings, or a narrative on the use of sustainable materials. I see it, as an architectural photographer, to capture all these things in two very simple dimensions. To show the viewer the power of a building or beauty of a space, to communicate the architects intent. I love my job.<br />
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</div>Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-43383694477722696242010-02-24T05:00:00.000-08:002010-02-24T05:00:01.982-08:00CoexistenceCanon's 5D mark II DSLR has been out on the market for quite some time. Long enough for several high end videos to get shot through its HD video capability. Some are almost feature length, most I suppose are merely add-ons to already exhaustive shoot days. With this simple affordable camera, high end video has come to the masses, or at lease to the myriad of photographers who have one. A once well defined boundary has suddenly blurred. Still photography has always existed separate from that other world. The world of Burbank, Hollywood, DP's and unionized card carrying member-only workforces. That line seems to be vanishing fast. I wonder how Hollywood will react when most still shooters can offer motion picture add-ons to the products they are already photographing still. Turn the well established system on its head? I think not. Even though the likes of National Geographic TV is now excepting some of its footage from this camera, it'll always be a completely different medium from still photography. They have coexisted for more than a century. Both have their creative and commercial use and the simple fact that technology is racing to bring both mediums into the hands of a single person doesn't change that fact. Regardless of what piece of equipment either form is shot from, broken into their most basic principles, one is still and one moves, and that will never change.Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31824231.post-79113232985457420662010-02-23T09:02:00.000-08:002010-02-23T09:03:17.091-08:00ObservationI think it's necessary for a photographer to be an acute observer. Even more so than participation. To learn observation, with and without a camera takes patience. How many times have you sat and watched the immediate world around you. The unfolding scenes surrounding your perimeter. Whenever I do this the first thing I notice, if I happen to be in a populated area, is how fast people move through. As I sit and watch I also become aware of emerging patterns within my little world. How light and wind interact with my little scene, insect life, which at first seems random but eventually patterns emerge even there. Without touching a camera I learn about this patch of world by simply watching, removing myself from participating in what I see. I've always considered myself a watcher of things, a self described, or prescribed, naturalist.<i> </i> After sitting awhile I decide to wander on to my next patch and I come to recognize the innumerable places I myself have simply sped by, never taking the time. But once in awhile it's good to stop, sit down and watch.<br />
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Short but sweet, cheers all!Scott Mansfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051235411154161163noreply@blogger.com0