Video 1-Nostalgia

Well another week and another assignment are upon us! This weeks assignment is to take a 30 second video with the prompt of Nostalgia. I waited until late to shoot some video of my daughter in a low light setting so I could get lots of grain in the video. I was thinking of the old Super 8 video strips that had lots of grain and I might add lots of character.


 

MVI 1091 from Joe Thacker on Vimeo.

Reflections

This weeks assignment was to record reflections. So, let me reflect on my reflections! I waited for a bright and sunny day (albeit cold) to capture my reflections throughout Ashland. What you find is that anything shiny can be used to capture a reflection. A car window, calm water or even a chromed bumper or gear shifter will do the trick. You just have to get the angle you want (laying on the concrete to get the bridge shots) and capture the image.

Car window with sun flare

Pond in Central Park reflecting a beautiful sky

The gazebo reflected in the pond

Car window with a self-portrait of the photographer!

Bridge picture with bridge in focus

Bridge picture with reflection in focus

 

Gear shifter with self-portrait again

Red

For this weeks assignment I chose the color red as my prompt. This could be for Valentine's Day or for love (red is the color of love). I chose something I see everyday, the Winter decorations on my front door. I edited these images and used my creative juices to make them pop!  I used a Canon 50 mm prime f/1.4 lens on all of these images. Enjoy!

I love the red berries and how they shine.  I am a sucker for bokeh!

I love the vintage feel on this one. I think Dorthy Hamill hung these up when she went inside.

Sun flare

The View

This weeks assignment was to capture what the world outside your window looks like. The snow storm gave me the opportunity to capture Ashland and my children embracing the white blanket of winter.

The gazebo in Central Park

Wintry trees

The icy pond

The sign says it all

Icy snow flakes

A lonely bridge

My three enjoying some family time!

Hang time!

Jill in her element