Rings
by James Howe on Apr.02, 2009, under University of Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 37mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/160 sec @ f/4)
This shot was taken in front of Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The front area of the auditorium has a large plaza area, and near the edge of the plaza there are drainage areas. These areas are covered by the decorative metal work you see here. I originally worked with the color version of this image (seen here), but after revisiting, I decided that black and white might be good as well. I liked the color version because it highlighted the rusty color, but I like the black and white version because it focuses more on the geometric pattern.
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State Theatre – Ann Arbor
by James Howe on Apr.01, 2009, under Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 14mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/500 sec @ f/6.3)
This is a picture of the State Theatre in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The theater is located in the central campus area of the University of Michigan. The theater was designed by C. Howard Crane, who also designed the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. The theater was built in 1942. Originally a single screen theater with balcony, it was carved into four theaters in 1979. Later, the bottom two theaters were closed and converted to retail space. The two upper theaters remain, occupying the original balcony space.
This image was created from a color original and converted to black & white using Photoshop CS4.
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Stephen Ross School of Business
by James Howe on Mar.30, 2009, under Architecture, Michigan, University of Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 7-14mm at 7mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/400 sec @ f/8.0)
One day I was sitting at home when I noticed that some interesting clouds were forming in the sky. I took this opportunity to head in to town and do some architecture shooting. I had been wanting to get some more shots of the new Stephen Ross School of Business building on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The building offers some interesting opportunities for architectural photography. There are many different colors, textures and shapes to explore. For this shot, I used my ultra-wide angle lens at 7mm (with a 2x crop factor). I kept the camera parallel to the building to minimize distortion. For some time I’ve been experimenting with using black skies in architecture shots when the sky is blue. I decided to see what this would look like with the dark sky, but some interesting clouds shapes. I like the way it came out, but I have a color version that I think I like about as much.
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Pierce Arrow Mascot – In Blue
by James Howe on Mar.27, 2009, under Automobiles
(Olympus E-3, 70-300mm at 120mm (2x crop factor), ISO 320, exposure 1/1000 sec @ f/5.6)
I love taking pictures of classic automobiles and so I took a short road trip to the Gilmore Car Museum to attend one of their outdoor classic car shows. This shot shows the hood ornament, or ‘mascot’, of a Pierce Arrow automobile. I was lucky that the car was parked next to another car with such an interesting color, since it gave me a nice background. I think the blue goes quite well with the chrome of the figure and the gold of the arrow. I used a long lens to get a very narrow field of focus, but my preference would be for more of the figure to be in sharp focus. Maybe this year…
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City Body
by James Howe on Mar.26, 2009, under Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 70-300mm at 70mm (2x crop factor), ISO 200, exposure 1/1000 sec @ f/4.5)
This image was taken in the Depot Town area of Ypsilanti, Michigan. I was visiting the area to attend the annual Orphan Car Show held nearby. As I was walking to the show, I saw this sign. I really liked the vintage character of it. This part of town has some really nice old buildings and many of them have been rehabilitated. I took this shot with my 70-300mm lens on my Olympus E-3. Processing was fairly minimal, mostly added a bit more contrast and color.
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