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The image was taken in Tilghman Island, MD of a charter fishing boat crewman cleaning the catch of Striped Bass.
Please visit www.tasphoto.com to see more of Todd's work.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Alexandria Art League October 2010
The October 2010 Alexandria Art League Gallery show theme was "Dinner Party". My entry "Dressing for Dinner" was juried into the show.
The image was taken in Tilghman Island, MD of a charter fishing boat crewman cleaning the catch of Striped Bass.
The image was taken in Tilghman Island, MD of a charter fishing boat crewman cleaning the catch of Striped Bass.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Basket Case
Who says you can't photograph animals with large format? I saw this cat in Iwakuni, Japan, taking a nap in the bicycle's basket and thought it would make an interesting picture. I only had my 4x5 with me, and knew with a shot like this, it's now or never.
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I set up my Toyo 45AII on my tripod around a corner as not to disturb the cat. I quickly took a spot meter reading, set the lens to the exposure and readied a film back loaded with Fuji NPS sheet film. Picked up the camera and set it down, looked though the ground glass, framed the image and checked focus with my loupe. Loaded the film holder, pulled the dark slide and took the shoot. This took less than 30 seconds which is very fast for large format.
The cat never woke up.
Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see more of Todd's work.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Alexandria Art League, June 2010
My image of the polo player at Great Meadow Polo in Great Meadow, VA title "The Attack" was juried into the June 2010 all media show at the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, VA.
While my specialty is architecture, I enjoy equine photography in my spare time. The fast paced grace is really an enjoyable change from the more static discipline of architecture.
Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see more of Todd's work.
While my specialty is architecture, I enjoy equine photography in my spare time. The fast paced grace is really an enjoyable change from the more static discipline of architecture.
Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see more of Todd's work.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Alexandria Art League July 2009
My image of the paper mill in Iwakuni, Japan, titled "Proximity" was juried into the July 2009 all media show at the Alexandria Art League Gallery in Alexandria, VA. "Proximity" also won an Honorable Mention from guest juror Kate Frazer owner of the Frazer Gallery in Bethesda, MD.
The title "Proximity" comes from the closeness of the paper mill to the residential neighborhood, and how the residents have to breath the fall-out from the smoke stacks. The paper mill runs 24/7.
The get this angle, I had to climb a ten story fire escape on an apartment building at night. I waited for the unique weather condition of a still, rainy night to capture the smoke rising straight into the atmosphere. Normally, the smoke is blown out to sea by the prevailing winds.
I used my medium format Mamiya SLR with Kodak Tri-X black and white film. The exposure was several seconds and determined by using my spotmeter.
Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see more of Todd's work.
The title "Proximity" comes from the closeness of the paper mill to the residential neighborhood, and how the residents have to breath the fall-out from the smoke stacks. The paper mill runs 24/7.
The get this angle, I had to climb a ten story fire escape on an apartment building at night. I waited for the unique weather condition of a still, rainy night to capture the smoke rising straight into the atmosphere. Normally, the smoke is blown out to sea by the prevailing winds.
I used my medium format Mamiya SLR with Kodak Tri-X black and white film. The exposure was several seconds and determined by using my spotmeter.
Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see more of Todd's work.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Washington National Cathedral Lighting to Unite
On May 10th, 2008 the Washington National Cathedral held "Lighting to Unite". World-renowned Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter illuminated the Cathedral with his lighting designs projected from several huge spotlights. Please click on images to enlarge.
Out of the thousands of people attending, I saw I was one of very few who had their camera on a tripod. I used one of my favorite architectural photography tools, a PC lens, to capture the Cathedral's perspectives accurately.
Todd A. Smith is a No. VA, VA, DC DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA architectural photographer with offices in Alexandria, VA and Spring Lake, NJ. Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see examples of his architectural photography.
Out of the thousands of people attending, I saw I was one of very few who had their camera on a tripod. I used one of my favorite architectural photography tools, a PC lens, to capture the Cathedral's perspectives accurately.
Todd A. Smith is a No. VA, VA, DC DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA architectural photographer with offices in Alexandria, VA and Spring Lake, NJ. Please visit http://www.tasphoto.com/ to see examples of his architectural photography.
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