Tag Archives: Film

Photographer’s Choice – Megan Hutton

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Hand Tinted Still Life, B&W Film

Megan Hutton - Hanging Basket

Megan Hutton - Hanging Basket

Megan captured this well composed still life as an assignment while a student at Wilkes Community. The original was taken on black and white film, scanned to digitize the image and brought into Photoshop where she very carefully hand tinted the various objects. The image has a subdued color which is quite different from that taken with color film or a digital camera. It helps to convey an old world timeliness well suited to the various components. There is no “wow” factor here. Rather it’s a calming and comfortable effect, as the photographer intended.
As a bonus, here’s another photo from Megan. This time it’s a digital image taken in September of 2011 with a Nikon Coolpix P7000. A good example of getting close to your subject. Great detail and lighting.

Photo of the Week – Kelly Clampitt

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Who’s Looking Out Looking In?

Kelly Clampitt - Cowboy Boots

Kelly Clampitt - Cowboy Boots

A photograph can certainly tell a story. Or better yet capture a scene that allows the viewer to write his/her own story. Perhaps even ask questions of a philosophical bent regarding the transience of human endeavor as nature inevitably regains the upper hand. Perhaps that thought is a little over the top but the image above does indeed tell a story. Kelly says, “Fascinated by the textures of old homes in decay and curiosity at what gets left behind, I explored my Cousin’s abandoned house in a cow pasture in Oklahoma. Using an old press 4×5 film camera, I took several different exposures which were combined to better balance the indoor/outdoor light contrast. The cows blank expression looking in at me and the folly of humans…..contrasting with the importance of eating grass all day.”