Photographing for my "mythology" based thesis has been difficult in terms of time. Currently I am working at least 20 hours on campus. Maintenance and TAing for photo are not stressful jobs, but at least I am able to get homework done for COM 495, finance, and management done for the most part. It's just whenever I come home from Allendale, I am exhausted because my day usually begins at 8:00AM and ends around 8:00pm with little free-time in between.
I am confident with myself though. Luckily I am not enrolled for 16 credits along with my jobs. If I did take MKT 350, I would really be struggling with the workload and how much time it consumes throughout the semester. At least with my jobs I am able to make income to afford some supplies and pay my utilities.
Monday (Sept 28th) is Quarter Review with all of the Photo professors there to help critique our progress in our thesis. My thesis idea is well developed, but now I have to photograph new work that is inspiried from the desert.
To narrow my thesis, I want to set a frame for my night exposures based on mythology. While enrolled in ENG 204 World Mythology, we learned about Joseph Campbell who is famous for mythologies and analysis of them. More specifically, we learned all mythologies generally tell the same story through different characters/contexts. The hero of the myth MUST go through a journey, and that's what I will focus my thesis on. I am borrowing from my friend a book called "The Power of the Myth" which is an interview of Campbell with Bill Moyers. This program was aired on PBS back in the late 1980's for a few weeks.......more later
Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
late night...only the beginning though
Right now its 1:37pm and I need to take a short break from my MGT 331 (Concepts in Management assignment) paper that is due tomorrow. I have FIN 320 and MGT 331 back to back from 8:30am -11:15am TR.
Afterwards I am starting my new job. I will be working maintenance on campus for about 12 hours/week along with my two TA shifts 6 hours/week. With 18 hours at minimum wage, this will hopefully help offset some expenses for my senior thesis project. I plan on purchasing some Alien Bee Cyber Sync flash triggers and receivers and afterwards a Canon 580 EX hot shoe flash.
http://www.alienbees.com/remotes.html - Flash triggers
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/486706-USA/Canon_1946B002_580EX_II_Flash.html - Canon 580 flash
Both of these purchases will be useful even after my senior thesis project of course. Before I left for out west I purchased 2 light stands, 2 umbrellas, and 2 hot shoe flash brackets for under $100 at BH Photo Video.
I was planning on purchasing the Canon 16-35mm L series lens for about $1500+ but I think it would be best to hold off on a lens until next semester. As of now I have a 50mm 1.4, a 28-135mm 3.5, and I can borrow the Canon 15 and 20mm 2.8 from GVSU. With all of those lenses I will still be able to photograph my thesis the way I want to. I am more concerned with the flash equipment.
Tonight I was going to photograph but I put off my MGT 331 assignment so that is taking my time. Once I get a full week of school in with work, I will have a better idea of organizing my schedule for the semester. Tomorrow night I will be photographing towards my senior thesis
Afterwards I am starting my new job. I will be working maintenance on campus for about 12 hours/week along with my two TA shifts 6 hours/week. With 18 hours at minimum wage, this will hopefully help offset some expenses for my senior thesis project. I plan on purchasing some Alien Bee Cyber Sync flash triggers and receivers and afterwards a Canon 580 EX hot shoe flash.
http://www.alienbees.com/remotes.html - Flash triggers
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/486706-USA/Canon_1946B002_580EX_II_Flash.html - Canon 580 flash
Both of these purchases will be useful even after my senior thesis project of course. Before I left for out west I purchased 2 light stands, 2 umbrellas, and 2 hot shoe flash brackets for under $100 at BH Photo Video.
I was planning on purchasing the Canon 16-35mm L series lens for about $1500+ but I think it would be best to hold off on a lens until next semester. As of now I have a 50mm 1.4, a 28-135mm 3.5, and I can borrow the Canon 15 and 20mm 2.8 from GVSU. With all of those lenses I will still be able to photograph my thesis the way I want to. I am more concerned with the flash equipment.
Tonight I was going to photograph but I put off my MGT 331 assignment so that is taking my time. Once I get a full week of school in with work, I will have a better idea of organizing my schedule for the semester. Tomorrow night I will be photographing towards my senior thesis
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Starting Thesis.
The above image was a test shot with 3 hot shoe flashes, a pocket-sized maglite, and 2 color gels (blue and yellow). It was photographed at ISO 100, f/5.6 @ 76 seconds (or 1 minute and 16 second exposure). One important thing to mention is the distance of the flash from the camera and the subject. The blue flash was fired off at full power from about 15 feet away from the black footstool at least 5 times. The yellow gel (fired from camera left) was about 8-10 feet away and was fired off only 3 times because it is closer to the camera/subject.The pocketsized maglite I use for detailing or light drawings. For about 20 seconds I drew some "flames" above the black footstoolto add another color to the scene. I "painted" around the footstool to provide more specular highlights.
I really enjoyed making this image more interesting to look at. The repetition of shapes and the selected colors add something more to this image.
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