White Balance assignment...

So here is a sample of me playing with the white balance in the wee hours of the morning.  It was dark out, and I only had on our overhead kitchen light, and I set the white balance to "sunny" to see the difference between that and "AWB".  The darker, blurrier, warmer pictures are the ones with the sunny setting, and the colder crisper photos are taken with AWB (which is auto white balance).  I can see the advantages of both depending on what mood is trying to be captured.  The warmth in the "sunny" setting photos could be great if that tonal range and texture are what you are after.  

4X4

Here is one of the sinks from a painting studio upstairs...

Favorite Scans

Topher...

Simple, crystal clear, and with the single egg in movement in the lower right my eye travels around this really well.

Sam...

Scary series...  but the emotion in this shot feels so real!  

Scanner as Camera

I have always struggled with spirituality.  I was in the army for a while, and spent a year in Iraq, and that only made things in my mind cloudier.  This series of seven "portraits" hints at a personal doubt in religion, and an embrace of the everyday concrete life.
I really got into this process and enjoyed the strange ability to capture light and movement in a different way.  I should have made a better effort to keep the glass cleaner, but I guess I can edit that stuff out later in photoshop.
Thanks for viewing...

Kitchen Assignment... Top 2 or 3

Head Shots or Class Portrait Contact Sheet

Golden Means Top 6

So my photo of the "Modern Launderette" is my favorite of the assignment, and these 5 round out my top 6.