Category Archives: Machinery

Photo of the Week – Mike Acquesta

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The Possibilities Are Endless With Photography

Swing Ride at the NC State Fairground - Oct 2009

Swing Ride at the NC State Fairground - Oct 2009

This could be a finely detailed woodcut or a reversed pen and ink drawing but it’s actually an excellent image captured with a Canon 40D. Mike was taking a course at Wake Tech to get up to speed on digital technology after some years away from photography. The class visited the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to practice night shots and the use of a slow shutter to indicate motion. “I decided to try it as B&W because there were basically only 2 colors in the picture, the yellowish lights of the ride itself and the black background of the sky. I think it works nicely because of the stark contrast”, says Mike. There is a grace and lightness in the almost feathery tracings of light radiating from the center that makes the photograph something special. In spite of all the lines, it’s clean and uncluttered.

Photo of the Week – Dale Forrest

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Creative Response to “Working” Assignment

Dale Forrest - "Workin" Drill Press

Dale Forrest - "Workin" Drill Press

This week’s photo is a preview look at one of many submitted in response to the “Working” theme assignment for May. Dale is a member who knows how to best use his equipment to transform his creative ideas into a striking photographic image. To help offset the low ambient light, he attached a very fast f/1.5 lens, a Russian made 85mm Helios 40, to his Sony A700 DSLR. An ISO of 640 and a relatively slow shutter of 1/60 second were selected, allowing sharp focus of the stationary elements and a motion capture of the rapidly spinning drill chuck and bit. Those ghostly appearing horizontal streaks are metal shavings clinging to the drill bit as it penetrates the metal object. It’s the inclusion of the fingers and the cleaning brush that lifts the final image out of the ordinary, adding the human element to the cold blue of the machinery.