This is Captain Greyskull. He comes around my apartment everyday. Rain or shine.
Check out a couple more and some other new photos here:
at night
For my next and final illustration assignment of the semester, I am suppose to do a watercolor painting of a scene that shows exterior and interior lighting at the exact same time. It sounds difficult, and probably will be. We are allowed to work from a photography, which is the handy thing about this situation, so last night I went out to take photos of ways to explore the concept and give an interesting narrative. I started taking photos at dusk with the lights on in my apartment but i couldn’t find an interesting enough perspective. So I ventured a bit out of my territory to another one of the apartment complexes near me that have a more interesting architecture (they are kind of dumps actually, but at least at night they are interesting to look at). Walking around felt kinda creepy considering I could see into a bunch of people’s apartment, and while having a camera made me out to be some type weirdo so I had to keep out of sight for the most part. (I actually think I found a guy trying to steal a bike, that was weird) The nice thing about taking these pictures was that there was this cold purple from the sky and the excellent warm glow of the lights inside, as well as some outside that are on the top of the building making for some really great lighting situations. So, armed with my tripod and a couple second exposures I had my shots.
The next step is to actually translate this into a black and white drawing before I turn it into a watercolor. So I’m looking forward to that. I’ll post the sketches of what photo I end up using later so you can watch it from start to finish. But thats all for now. Here is the photo I am thinking of using:
Go check out my Flickr to see some more!
snow day
Yesterday brought the good fortune of nearly a foot of snow here. For once it actually worked out that I now have an entire extra week to study for an exam in Design Research. The snow was far too beautiful to pass up. It did not stop once all day it seemed, but the temperature was just right for an adventure around the Kent State University campus. I have a panorama up right now, and some of the eclipse. I will post the rest later.
The photograph below was taken by my fellow Undead Design partner Jes Mellen. click the photo, it’ll take you to some of her other photography that is on Flickr. Check back, there will be a bunch of photos up soon. I was out doing a study in linear perspective, we’ll see how the results show up. Try it friday.
left overs
I recently have rediscovered a boat load of photography that I had done during my Photography 28000 class at Kent State University. I was often really focused on achieving a certain goal that some of the shots I was taking didn’t fall into the right category to fit the requirements and I over looked them completely. So they are about a year old, but I wanted to share them anyhow. Take a look:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsthejameson/
The ones at the top of the page are from the Quality Muffler Shop just outside of Kent on Mogadore Road. I had passed it at one point the year previous with my father as we were making our way to Interstate 76. I had noticed that the property was up for sale, but with an eyesore like this around, its not surprised that they recently knocked it down. I am not sure how long it had been unattended but it looks like a decent portion of time had passed. I eventually made my way back to the location sometime in April of 2007 and took a bunch of photographs. The ones I posted where some of the better ones. I really enjoy being able to see and experience these types of things. There is a bit of serenity in knowing that this place was used, loud, and now that it is not used is silent, empty and in complete disrepair. I also took photos that day of an abandoned house on that same property. I’ll post them next.
The photos after that of the bridge are from the section of the Cleveland Metroparks where Interstate 480 and Brookpark Road cross the valley. It has become something I am used to seeing, but I will never forget how impressive it was as a child to see these massive structures built solely for the purpose of mass transportation. They are getting pretty old now, and the Brookpark Road one being the most attractive, showing a difference in the technology used between when the bridges were built and how much they can withstand. I visit these sites fairly often, I’m about due to go back again, so you can expect to see more as I look for new angles I haven’t hit yet.
Till next time.
Chromogenic.net 
This is the photoblog of Justin Ouellette. He is an incredibly talented photographer that I’ve been following for the last couple of years. Based in New York, he shoots mostly film of a large variety of subjects. You should check it out, or check out his Tumblr blog here: jstn.cc
