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2nd Thirty Days – Day Nine

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Josh Bickel in the photo lab
Josh Bickel | Nikon D50 and 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 48mm; exposed 1/13 sec. @ f/5.6, ISO 1600.

Yesterday, while working for my assistantship, I was trying to illustrate a point to a student in one of the more basic photography classes that is actually taught by a fellow graduate student, Phoebe Sexton, that while I could not equip him with the camera and lens that he wanted because of a lack of availability, even an old Nikon D50 and a basic 18-55mm lens can yield good images.  It’s the experienced hand, not the equipment.  Sure, the gear helps, but still.  Now, if only I had checked the settings he was using before Josh Bickel assisted me in making my point, I would have told it not to add two thirds of a stop too much light…

I’ve also included a couple more images from last night, of my hosts for the evening, Val and Jamie, and some of my closer friends:

2010 Missouri Preservation Honor Awards

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Rita before the ceremony
Rita Reed at the lower level of the capitol rotunda | Canon 5D Mk. II and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 35mm; exposed 1/40 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 1600.

Yesterday, I drove down to Jefferson City, Mo. with Rita Reed and Maggie Walter to photograph their reception of the Missouri Alliance for Historical Preservation’s Osmund Overby Award for their contributions to Arrow Rock: Where the Past is the Future, edited by Abigail Pheiffer, Shane Epping, and Leah Gallo.  Shane was there, as was Alex Cooney, who photographed a portrait series for the book.  I’d never been to the capitol, and the whole thing was a gas.  A few more photos below:

Thirty Days – Day Twenty-eight

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30 Days - Day 28 - Waiting in line at True/False
Waiting in line for standby tickets to The Invention of Dr. NakaMats, Jimmy Weagley, Lauren Croll, and Josh Dillon react to instructions from Emily Rosen, a volunteer for the True/False film festival on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 in Columbia, Mo. Croll said she was "pretty confident we'll get in." | Canon 1D Mk. III and 200mm f/2.8L lens; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/4, ISO 200

Thirty Days – Day Twenty-six

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Thirty Days - Day Twenty-six - Barbie Massage Parlor
"I'm so good at this, I can work the knots out one-handed, Ken. Trust me." | Canon 1D Mark III and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 31mm; exposed 1/160 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 2000.

Last night, while walking past Sen. Claire McCaskill’s senate office in Columbia, Mo. to meet up with some friends, an adjacent business–a masseuse–had this setup in the window front.  Here, we find Barbie’s massage parlor, in miniature.  She’s missing a hand, poor girl, and doesn’t know the difference between ensuring and insuring, but I do hope that she had insurance for the hand.

Thirty Days – Day Fifteen – Garçon?

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Thirty Days - Day 15 - Garçon?
"Garçon?" | Canon 1D Mark III and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens @ 31mm; exposed 1/200 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 1600.

Last Friday, after reviewing our colleagues’ “30 Day” project photos in our Picture Story class, Professor David Rees suggested that we all should start including more people.  I don’t think this was quite what he had in mind.

Here, he rallies our class together after viewing a judging at Pictures of the Year International, an annual photojournalism contest held at the University of Missouri.  People can either sit in on the judging as it happens, or stream it live on their computers.  We chose the former.

Have no fear, David, you won’t be the only person in my 30 Day Project!

On a technical note, this image would have been far better if I’d used fill flash (and exposed for the background).  However, a surprising amount of highlight detail was “recovered” in RAW processing in Lightroom.

Bassnectar & the continuing story of the 7D

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Fans wave glow sticks on the balcony of the Blue Note at the start of the Bassnectar concert, fashioned to be like a rave party.
Fans wave glow sticks on the balcony of the Blue Note at the start of the Bassnectar concert, fashioned to be like a rave party, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 in Columbia, Mo. / Canon 7D and 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens @ 24mm; exposed 1/8 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 4000.

Last Friday I was assigned by Vox Magazine to go to a pseudo rave at a Bassnectar concert held at the Blue Note, a theater-like venue here in Columbia, Mo.  I decided to pack the 1D Mark III and the new 7D, leaving my 5D II on the shelf at home.  While it is a great camera in low light, I was more interested to see how the other two would perform as they are both relative “unknowns” to me.  Risky?  Sure.  But I figured it made sense to have one pro body with me, and my own 1D IIN is terrible in poor lighting conditions.  The only rule imposed on me was “no flash.”  This was going to be ISO 3200+ territory.

More photographs after the jump!

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