Jayscott Crosley - Assignments 1-4

Assignment #4 Channel your inner Eggleston

The assignment cast a charm of observation. A slow walk up and down a three-block area, three times, and finding the magic in the mundane. Three by Three, let them see!

Left and up

(pictures taken on Bow Street in Beverly MA., while looking left and up)

f5.6 1/1000 ISO 400 "Clothes hoes" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f5.0 1/320 ISO 400 "Couch Jenga" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f8.0 1/1000 ISO 400 "The Porch peek" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f5.0 1/4000 ISO 400 "Wire Web" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f4.0 1/320 ISO 400 "Grave ring" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

Down

(pictures taken on Bow Street in Beverly Ma., while looking down)

f4.0 1/2500 ISO 400 "Covid Barrier" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f4.0 1/1000 ISO 400 "Earth Power" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f5.0 1/250 ISO 400 "Rock Garden" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f4.0 1/800 ISO 400 "Gutter Cable" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f10 1/800 ISO 400 "One Way Down" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

Right and up

(pictures taken on Bow Street in Beverly Ma., while looking right and up)

f4 1/2000 ISO 400 "Moon Stripes" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f7.1 1/800 ISO 400 "Alarming Light" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f5.6 1/640 ISO 400 "Disney Distancing" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f6.3 1/800 ISO 400 "Alley Shapes" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

f7.1 1/100 ISO 400 "Bikes" 12-October-2020_Bow St_Beverly MA_photo by Jayscott Crosley

Assignment #4 Reflection

Channel your inner Eggleston

REFLECTION: With this assignment, the objective was to look around. I was surprised at how much there is to shoot when you slow down and take your time. My shoot was on a Monday holiday during a pandemic, many businesses were closed, and few people about which cleared away the distractions. Bikes, wires, painted rocks all start to appear when the everyday grind vanishes. I have developed an interest in viewing everyday objects and nature at up close and odd angles so Eggleston inspires.
I worked on my assignment prior to the walkabout with low light level shooting, which after watching the video I think things may have come out differently for me. To start with, my instincts for ISO were a bit off, I should have gone higher than 400 to not have the really fast shutter speeds. As I was looking over the grouping after the shoot I was perplexed at the speeds. While watching the video of the walkabout is when I was finally realized viewing the histogram while shooting can be a great tool. This is something I am going to keep in mind going forward.
I believe my camera was metering for the grey of the cloudy day and I should have tried some other techniques. They were all stills, no need to forego a slower speed and a tripod. As I stated above, very few people were around to worry about getting in someone's way.

Assignment #3 Shutter Speed & Panning

f4.0 1/15 ISO 125 - mixer/table saw

f4.0 1/30 ISO 250 - mixer/table saw

f4.0 1/60 ISO 500 - mixer/table saw

f4.0 1/125 ISO 800 - mixer/table saw

f4.0 1/250 ISO 1600 - mixer/table saw

f4.0 1/500 ISO 1600 - mixer/table saw

f16 1/60 ISO 125 - Pan Van

Assignment #3 Reflection

Shutter Speed

REFLECTION: SET ONE
One of the big things I realized with this part of the assignment was just how little light is available inside the house. I started taking these photos in the kitchen where I imagined there would be plenty to work with. However, it became increasingly difficult to work with a fast speed and still not max out my ISO. I ended up in the basement with several clip and fluorescent lights aimed at my mixer on the table saw to be able to get to a low enough ISO at 1/500 of a second. I was going to use the table saw at one point, but that was too fast to capture. It's amazing how different the human eye and the camera sensor are. My flash wouldn't let me get past 1/250 even in the kitchen. I like the end result as the subject is a little odd but still shows off the nature of shutter speed.
Panning
REFLECTION: SET TWO
I had a real difficult time with this portion of the shoot. I took many, many shots and this is the only one that had a blurred background and clear image. There were many attempts where I was pressing the shutter release halfway down to hold the focus and then as the cars were approaching I would press the button fully too soon and got nothing. Another issue I had was on some of the shots were of boats and they were far too slow to get any blur. I imagine this will be one of those skills that will need much more practice.

Assignment #2 Depth of Field / Aperture

f/4.0 1/500 sec iso 320

f/8.0 1/100 sec iso 320

f/16.0 1/100 sec iso 1000

Assignment #2 Reflection

Depth of Field / Aperture part one

REFLECTION: My favorite image of this scene is the middle one - f/8.0 1/100 sec ISO 320. I like that you can see some more light upon the surrounding leaves and their textures. The house in the background is out of focus enough to establish its existence but continues to be unimportant to the scene's focus.

Front f4.0 1/400 iso 250

Front f8.0 1/125 iso 250

Front f16.0 1/30 iso 250

Middle f4.0 1/500 iso 250

Middle f8.0 1/160 iso 250

Middle f16 1/30 iso 250

Back f4.0 1/500 iso 250

Back f8.0 1/125 iso 250

Back f16.0 1/30 iso 250