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Boundary Series - Last Day

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/8, 1/250, iso 320

I saved what I feel is the strongest image of this series for last. This really looks like a posed image to me, but I assure it isn't. Just a fleeting moment that I recorded. This one sums up "boundary" for me.

Generally I'm pretty happy with what I come up with for the photo club themes. I do think this was one of my best. I was really pleased with how the theme evolved for me as I began shooting. Involving people with the places made it both more difficult and rewarding.

Let me know what you think of the series. Tomorrow we will start something new...

Boundary Series - Day Eight

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/6.3, 1/30, iso 320

I was heading up an escalator when I looked to my left and saw this scene. Wow, talk about boundaries. I was so mesmerized I didn't even lift up my camera. So go back down, then up again, fortunately everyone was still in their place.

Boundary Series - Day Seven

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/7.1, 1/30, iso 320

You know when you get interested in a make/model of car that is new to you, you start seeing it everywhere? So it is with these assignment themes. You get the concept in your head and your brain starts interrupting you to notice scenes right in front of you. That previously you would just walk by. One of my favorites in this series.

Boundary Series - Day Six

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/7.1, 1/250, iso 160

I found this vantage point from up high in the building, shooting through a window. This time I did have to wait quite a while to get an interesting composition of people.

 

Boundary Series - Day Five

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/8, 1/1000, iso 160

One of the buildings was on a college campus. I decided to do some walking around and see if anything struck me as being in the theme. I found this temporary wall and thought it was perfect. I liked how the faces were watching everyone. I didn't have to wait long for a nice arrangement of people.

Boundary Series - Day Four

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/5, 1/250, iso 640

When I found this spot I was pretty excited. There were several boundaries going on here. Inside, outside, even between. Then when these riders got on and I captured this moment, it seemed to me that there was even a boundary between them.

Boundary Series - Day Three

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/4.5, 1/250, iso 320

My theme was evolving from just boundaries within a building, to the boundary between inside and outside the building. I liked the trees and the lines on the ground outside this highly structured set of windows. I was going up and down an escalator to get this POV when I saw this woman come into frame. I only had one shot, and I wanted to make sure I got her whole body isolated. Was a bit lucky perhaps.

This one image changed the theme for me. "Boundary" was now for me the interaction of people and these interesting buildings. This made the challenge a bit more difficult, but much more interesting I felt.

Comments are welcome (on the Continue link below).

Boundary Series - Day Two

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f8, 1/250, iso 320

I began looking for boundaries in this building. They were not hard to find.

Boundary Series - Day One

Panasonic GH2, 14-140mm, f/7.1, 1/320, iso 160

In the Sonoma County based photography club I belong too, we have monthly "themes." A theme is chosen and we each interpret that theme with 10 images. A recent them was "boundary."

I thought about this one a lot. Nothing creative came to me for quite a while. Then one day I was in a very interesting building and it came to me that perhaps this was the subject matter I was looking for. This image has "boundary" written all over it for me.

This theme had more in store for me however, as you will see over the next week.

Perspectives Series - Day 10

Canon 5D Mark II, 14mm F/2.8, f/4.5, 1/50, iso 800

Last day. I guess you have to be an architecture buff to have made it this far with the Perspectives series?  I had some waiting to do in the various locations to get my shots without people in them. I would often wait quite awhile at the bottom or top of the escalator, for the people to clear out.

Then this couple came along. On a hunch, I jumped on after them. Somehow I felt that including a couple of people would humanize the building, in my images. This place is actually FULL of people all the time. Yes, I was shooting "perspectives," but to be true to the subject I think some people shots are important.

I clicked off a few shots with them looking down as we all do when riding an elevator. Then she slowly turned around and looked right at me. A moment of doubt, on my part. Do I just go ahead and be "a creeper" as the young people call older dudes looking or shooting images of them?  Pretend I'm just shooting the escalator?

The strength of this scene overcame any shyness and I fired away. I could explain to them later what I was doing if necessary. This shot simply had to be taken. Maybe some of my street shooting has made me bolder. In the end, she just turned around and they went on with their day.

And that brings us to the end of this series. Please let me know what you think of this series, the comments are free for the forseeable future!