RIT Honors Show

Each year RIT does an Honors show where any photo student may enter up to three photos or series to be judged on by the faculty.  Out of over 400 entries only about 80 are selected.  Originally, I was not even going to enter but then a series of events took place and I had acquired a window mat with a few hours before the deadline.  So, I grabbed one of my free prints from one of the paper companies showing their paper earlier in the year and I finished the mat in time to submit it.  I was not selected for the show, prints needed nine votes or a gold star from a faculty member.  I went to pick up my print today and found I had seven votes.  I was actually quite surprised at this, as I had just last minute put it together and was not expecting to even get close.  I am definitely happy with these results and will actually plan to enter the contest next year.

Sign Language Madness

I took this about a month ago for a friends Deaf Art and Cinema project.  She wanted some sort of motion in her hands for the portrait and originally I was going to try to get some motion blur in her hands, but after awhile of that I started playing with the settings on the power pack and found a very controllable strobe light setting.  This allowed me to get three flashes synced with her signing to get the full sign in one frame.

Making Some Noise

Taken from my new book this photo of a coffee cup shattering on the floor was shot using a microphone to trigger the flash.  The photo cage has a device that can connect to the flash cord and when the device picks up a noise the flash is fired.  A bulb (Shutter is opened when depressed and closes when released) setting must be used on the camera to ensure the flash goes off while the shutter is open.  The user can change the sensitivity of the microphone to trigger the flash at the slightest whisper or not go off unless someone shouts at the top of their lungs.  There is also a delay setting to prevent the flash from firing for a certain amount of time.  This allowed me to capture cups shattering at precise times during the fall.  I'm sure I will use this little devicemuch more during my time at RIT.

My Book

The past couple weeks I have been hard at work on my final project and it has finally come together. You can preview a few pages of it online or find me if you want to see the hard copy. Of course there is also the option of buying the book so you can always look at the images of Taylor Schultz.