16Sep 2015 by Ryan No Comments
Caravaggio’s Cecco’ Serigraph Portfolio

Caravaggio’s Cecco’ Serigraph Portfolio

Exhibitions, Series and Works
This Portfolio is one of the last Printmaking Projects that I worked on while attending CSU Chico, a little over a year ago. I've been thinking of Printmaking a lot more recently and wishing that I could get back into printing (no press, and not much space). This portfolio was entered and selected to be in the CSU Chico 59th Annual Juried Student Exhibition my portfolio was selected for exhibition and the juror Glen Helfand made a mention of the work in his Exhibition Statement.  I really enjoyed working on this series and watching it evolve from early works that I wasn't really sure what the end goal was, into a cohesive work. Over a year ago when I was working on the early stages of this portfolio I made a couple blog…
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08Sep 2015 by Ryan 1 Comment

Hiking in Lassen; Chaos Crags

Series and Works
Last week I hiked part of the Chaos Crags trail in Lassen, the trail follows Manzanita Creek at the start and then winds through the forest. At the end of the trail you have a good view of Chaos Crags, and possible a seasonal lake. My hiking partner wimped out about halfway down the trail after a really long day so we just turned around. Here are some of the photographs leading up to that point, and a Panorama Sphere of the turn around point. [caption id="attachment_160" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A Panorama from the trail.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_159" align="aligncenter" width="666"] Some moss covered trees[/caption] [sphere 161]   We parked next to the Loomis Museum and started from there and while messing around I made a quick panorama of the museum. The museum was built…
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01Sep 2015 by Ryan No Comments

More Waterballoons Photographs

Series and Works
I have continued to experiment with some Waterballoon Photography, I've gotten to the point where most of the waterballoons I can capture an image of, and only occasionally will the Flash not fire. I believe that happens when there is not enough air inside of the balloon to create a pop sound. I also decided to photograph some on a solid black background, mostly just to see how much detail I am able to capture. I've also been thinking about what a series using this technique would look like and I have a few ideas that I'm hoping to explore soon. Photographing waterballoons is fun to do, but I don't find the resulting photographs particularly interesting past the initial wow factor anyways. The Textured background makes them more interesting to me…
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25Aug 2015 by Ryan No Comments

Hiking In Lassen; Mill Creek Falls Trail

Series and Works
Last week I hiked the Mill Creek Falls Trail This trail was not among one of my favorites. The Waterfall itself is really nice, but leading up to it the trail was just not that interesting. We did have three animal encounters on the trail. The first one was a beaver, and he quickly ran across the trail and out of sight, and out of camera range. The other two I captured photographs of. [caption id="attachment_136" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] This chipmunk was sitting there on the way out, and let us get close.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_137" align="aligncenter" width="625"] This Doe had a fawn with her but the fawn ran off quickly.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_139" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] A panorama of the forest with a few fallen trees.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_138" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Panorama of Mill Creek…
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21Aug 2015 by Ryan No Comments

Waterballoon Photography

Series and Works
I recently purchased a TriggerTrap Flash Adapter. I was intrigued after reading about a few articles that mentioned using a long camera exposure and then a flash to create the image. That and I also just like gadgets especially when they can connect to my camera. I have a Book project in mind for a larger body of work that has to do with creating an image from a Flash. But the first 10 or so water-balloons came out as the following, minus the failed attempts. These Photographs are all around a 10 second exposure, and taken outside at night. 100 iso, f/11, and the flash units turned down to the lowest setting. I'm not sure on the Textured background, but I wanted to try it. I'll have to view…
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19Aug 2015 by Ryan No Comments

World Photography Day 2015

Series and Works
August 19th was World Photography Day, this date is Photography day because it was when one of the early photography processes was revealed to the world. The daguerreotype was released by the French government and became one of the first commercially available photography processes in 1839 by the 1860 there were other less expensive process available. For the daguerreotype was relatively expensive as it required a polished silver plated copper sheet. World photography day is dedicated as a way to celebrate Photography and all that it is and can be. Today I spent the bulk of the day working on Photography related projects, such as this blog I added a new Panorama-Sphere plugin to. [sphere 121] This Panorama Sphere is my contribution to World Photography Day. I created this in our Vegetable Garden…
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18Aug 2015 by Ryan No Comments

Hiking in Lassen; Sifford Lakes Trail

Series and Works
Recently I hiked the Sifford Lakes trail for the first time... I'm not really sure why I've never done this trail before, because there are some stunning locations on the trail. Sifford Lakes is a grouping of around 6 to 8 small lakes, some of them do dry up during the summer months. We could see where there should have been two more lakes. Because the lakes are relatively small and exposed to the sun they make for relatively good swimming. I stopped for a swim on the way back in one of the first lakes that you reach. There is also a offshoot path that goes out to some crags that have a great view of the Warner Valley, and the Devils Kitchen geothermal area. This was our chosen…
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12Aug 2015 by Ryan No Comments

Timelapse Photography

Series and Works
The other day the light really caught my eye... something that I'm sure most photographers have experienced a multitude of times. But what really caught my attention was the cloud movement around the light spot. It was stormy outside, and nearing sunset time, so I scrambled and grab my camera, Tripod, and Triggertrap mobile (with an old Iphone 4) then I just let it run with a five second delay between photographs. The plan was to allow the timelapse to run until it was dark, and then in processing I would select the bit that I wanted. But in the scramble to capture the scene I forgot to clear the memory card so I ended up with 304 images for this timelapse instead of the 900+ I had planned on having.…
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29Jul 2015 by Ryan No Comments

New Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

Series and Works
I recently purchased a new lens, I've been considering purchasing a 50mm Prime lens for years now, but was never thrilled by the plastic lens mount and the 5 blade aperture of Canon's old 1.8 lens. When Canon released their new f/1.8 in early May, I followed the news and waited for the reviews. Having heard nothing bad about the lens I decided to just go for it. The Speed of this Lens is great, I'm shooting on an older cropped Canon body so the actual focus length is around 80-85. The Stepping Motor is quick to focus and near silent. The only drawback of the Stepping Motor is that it seems tricky to manual focus because there is a slight delay between when the focus responds. But Auto Focus…
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