photography by Joseph K Cowdell
Giant carpenter bees buzzed by my head as I tried to steal a shot. My heart raced every time one of them flew near my ear. Luckily, Debbie’s wisteria plants had plenty of blossoms to keep them occupied.
On a side note, does anyone have a good solution for seasonal allergies?
Please make a vaccine for allergies.
#bees #wisteria #carpenterbee #carpenterbees #macros #macro #macrophotography#allergies #vaccines #vaccine
My wife asked me to take some photos today for a school field trip. Luckily, the field trip was at Dixie Rock which is one of my favorite places to hike around and shoot photos. While they were up on the Sugarloaf shooting a music video, I hiked around and snapped some pictures of the event. After about an hour, I thought I heard someone repeatedly shouting my name. I thought I must be delirious from the sun, or the fact I didn’t eat breakfast. I kept hearing, “Joe Cowdell! Joe Cowdell!” Feeling anxious, I called my wife to double-check my sanity. She reassured me that it was Alex Boyé calling my name and that my daughter, just talked to him. I didn’t really know who he was before today, and I doubt I will forget this memorable day at the Sugarloaf.
# From Wikipedia #
Alex Boyé (born August 16, 1970) is a British-American singer and actor. He was named the “2017 Rising Artist of the Year” in a contest sponsored by Pepsi and Hard Rock Cafe.
We took a car trip to snow covered mountains nearby. Hiking a steep asphalt road with an icy crust left us laughing all the way down the hill. Pine Valley, Utah sits on the United States’ largest laccolith.
Shooting someone’s eye is very personal and requires much patience. Have a place for your model to rest their head or try to stabilize it. Try not to blink!
Due Thursday by 3:15 pm Points 100 Submitting a file upload File Types jpg New moon is Oct. 1st. That means you have a unique opportunity for a few days on either side of that date to photograph dark skies and stars. In the spirit of pre-visualizing, planning, and executing your photographs, your assignment is:
1. Find a landmark you’d like to photograph with stars and/or star trails behind it.
2. Download Stellarium from www.stellarium.org and use it to determine when you could photograph the milky way in the same composition as your chosen landmark.
3. Take your photographs (you’ll want to determine how to focus your lens to infinity in advance, so you don’t have to figure that out in the dark).
Your final deliverable will be two .jpg images. One should be exposed such that the stars are points in your photograph, as opposed to streaks. The second should be either a very long exposure to create star trails (probably at least a one hour exposure), or a series of star photos stacked to create star trails (this is usually the more pleasing approach. Again, you’d probably want the series exposed at regular intervals over the course of at least an hour).
Please be safe and don’t go anywhere dangerous or alone. Don’t trespass and don’t fail to bring adequate supplies for your comfort and safety (you’ll probably need a coat. . . what am I, your mother?).
Hint: You’ll probably need a remote shutter release for this assignment. These are available from online retailers such as Amazon for a few dollars.
Hint 2: You can check the clear night skies forecast here: http://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
Hint 3: Here is a list of common “correct” exposure settings for common apertures while taking night sky shots:
f/1.4, ISO800 = 30s
f/2.8, ISO3200 = 30s
f/4.0, ISO6400 = 30s
f/5.6, ISO12800 = 30s
Hint 4: Here are four tutorials that can help you:
http://petapixel.com/2013/03/18/how-to-photograph-star-trails-from-start-to-finish/
http://petapixel.com/2013/04/25/a-complete-guide-to-star-trailing/
http://petapixel.com/2014/01/29/picking-great-lens-milky-way-photography/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rydg7JGTAbw
Hint 5: Make sure your batteries are fully charged.
This assignment is for Digital Photography course (ART 3040) at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah taught by Alex Chamberlain in the Fall of 2016.
Rubber Rabbitbrush Milky Way with a setting moon.
Captured near Central, Utah
This assignment is for Digital Photography course (ART 2060) at Dixie State University in St. George, Utah taught by Alex Chamberlain.
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Smartphone and tablet users rarely notice what is going on around them.
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Work. Play. Learn. Communicate. Research. Consume. Sleep?
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Smartphones have consumed conversation at the dinner table.
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Minor distractions while driving can cause major problems.
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Quality time spent together is healthy for any relationship, but a smartphone will disrupt that.
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People who use smartphones to communicate have difficulties communicating with other people.
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Playing games with the people you love will not be enjoyable for them if you use a tablet the whole time.
