Serendipity
has its own rewards, especially when you go out wandering with eyes wide-open
and a camera in hand. Our assignment for this month was "Found Still
Life," the pictures that present themselves to you as you make your
way on a trip, or just on the way to work. Each step is a journey, and
a photographer is never bored, especially when the world is filled with
such unexpected feasts for the eyes.
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Postal Colors: J.R. Dotson describes this as a "handheld shot
on a lazy afternoon"
made in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He used a Nikon D100 with a Tamron 28-300mm
lens and exposed at 1/400 sec at f/10 with his D100's ISO set
at 200.
© 2003, J.R. Dotson, All Rights Reserved
Tables And Chairs: Made with available light using his Canon Elan IIE
loaded with Ilford 50 black and white film, Richard Lotman Brown captured
this modern, abstract view of a nightclub basement before opening time.
© 2003, Richard L. Brown, All Rights Reserved
Balance And Frame: Framing a found still life is half the battle. Helen
Anderson isolated these stumps in a juxtaposed way while photographing
in Wildlife Prairie State Park in Illinois. She used a Canon EOS D60
and a Canon 100-400mm IS lens.
© 2003, Helen Anderson, All Rights Reserved
Broom Design: These colorful brooms in Billy Creek Village in Rockville,
Indiana, were photographed by Theodore R. Woolet with his Olympus E-10.
His exposure was f/2.2 at 1/250 sec.
© 2003, Theodore R. Woolet, All Rights Reserved
Beachcomber Artist: Carrie Walker Horvath sent us a collection of found
beach art created by campers and other beach denizens in Ventura, California.
She caught this one with her Nikon 990 camera with an exposure of f/7
at 1/330 sec.
© 2003, Carrie W. Horvath, All Rights Reserved
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Paris Café: Sometimes people put a picture down right in front
of you. Albert E. Stiegman's waiter in this café turned out
to be a secret Art Director, and Stiegman saw the shot. He photographed
with a Nikon F100 and a 17-35mm lens on Kodak High Definition 400 film.
© 2003, Albert E. Stiegman's, All Rights Reserved
Cabin Wall: Found on an old cabin wall in the San Bernadino mountains,
this profusion of color and design was captured by David M. Brickman with
a Toyo 45A and Fujinon 150mm lens on Kodak Ektachrome film.
© 2003, David M. Brickman, All Rights Reserved
White And Light: Janelle Underriner caught all the beauty and repose of
this old house at the Hornbek Homestead in Florissant, Colorado, with
her Fuji S2Pro rated at ISO 1600 and an exposure of 1/250 sec at f/5.6.
© 2003, Janelle Underriner, All Rights Reserved
Nature's Due: Of course the most awesome and enduring art is created
by nature, here displayed in a mushroom cluster growing behind photographer
Don Loring's home. He photographed with a Nikon D100 and a Tamron
24-135mm lens at 1/60 sec at f/4.5 with
fill flash.
© 2003, Donald W. Loring, All Rights Reserved
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© 2003, Grace Schaub, All Rights Reserved
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Picture This! -
Our Next Assignment
Signs Of The Times
Signs, placards, and posters are like captions on the real world. They
are the unavoidable text that leap out and put a literal exclamation point
on the world. They can be ironic, humorous, or a sign of protest about
what's happening. In some cases they become more emphatic because
of the context in which they sit; in others they may just strike us as
a wry comment on current events. So, as you move down the road keep your
eye out for those signs, be they handmade or slick, and send them in for
our next Picture This! assignment. This photo was made by Grace Schaub
outside the weekend flea market north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. It seems
that photographers were doing more picture taking than buying.
Please Read This
It is important that you read and follow these guidelines. We need to
follow this procedure because of the large volume of images we receive.
1) Images sent to us cannot be returned. You retain complete copyright
over the
images, but do grant us permission to print your image(s) in the magazine
and on our
web site, www.shutterbug.net
2) Because images are not returned please send a quality print or duplicate
transparency. We will not accept or view images on CD, ZIP, or any other
electronic media.
3) Images will be selected on the basis of content and technical quality.
Please mark your outer envelope with the topic of the month (for example,
"Wide View").
4) Enclose a short caption with the image stating camera, lens, film and
exposure, plus location. If you are submitting an image with a recognizable
person we must have a model release or signed permission from that person
to reproduce their image in the magazine and on the web site.
Send your image
and information to:
Picture This! Shutterbug Magazine,
1419 Chaffee Dr. Suite #1, Titusville, FL 32780
Deadline for submission: February 15, 2004
Images will appear in our May 2004 issue
Our next topic: Super Wide
Deadline: March 15, 2004
Publication Date: June, 2004
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