PHOTOGRAPH INFO

This photograph was taken this afternoon. I wanted to create some local "atmosphere" for a portrait series I'm working on and I thought it would be interesting to experiment with some flour as the atmospheric agent. It was a beautiful summer afternoon so I thought - what the heck, let's see what happens.

We used a step ladder, a sieve and a bag of flour. One person was on the step ladder shaking the flour through the sieve and one person was below the step ladder being photographed.

Lessons learned: 1) Don't do this on a windy day, or even a lightly breezy day. Airbourne flour travels very quickly, far and wide. 2) Wear clothes AND shoes that you don't care too much about. 3) Make sure you have an air can handy for the camera. 4) Leave the dog indoors. 5) Do not attempt to rinse flour out of your hair with a hose. The flour turns into dough. Shake your dry head thoroughly before rinsing it in water.

I'll have more from this portrait series as I go along.

Post-processing: Shot with the Canon EOS 5D and the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens at 52mm, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/1000s and aperture f/2.8. Converted the RAW file to B&W by using the gradient map, basic curves adjustment for contrast, very light color balancing for tone.

Thank you for visiting (flour-y) Durham Township!

--Kathleen

Very good ByW digital conversion, subjet is ok! :-)

I love this frame.