Bill Wolff Photography

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  • shooting the moon at the blue hour

    shooting the moon at the blue hour

    I’m currently enrolled in an online photography class with Kent Weakley about night photography and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve learned much more than I ever expected. We’ve had a few assignments, the first being to get out and shoot during the blue hour, and the second to shoot the moon. I missed the blue hour shoot the first night and though I was out ready and waiting, the moon was behind haze the second night, so I tried to combine both this evening. Here are some of the shots that I got, in order, with some explanation.

    I was hoping the moon would have appeared nice and bright just to the left of the Ferris Wheel. No such luck:

    Ferris Wheel at Moonrise, Tungsten, Thursday Night
    Panasonic DMC-FZ50
    Tiffen 55mm UV Filter, Tungsten Setting
    ISO 100; F/11; 1/25; 95mm

    Hazy MoonThe Hazy Moon at Moonrise, Wednesday Night
    Panasonic DMC-FZ50
    Tiffen 55mm UV Filter
    ISO 100; F/11; 1/13; 199mm

    First Moon Shot, Thursday Night
    Panasonic DMC-FZ50
    Tiffen 55mm UV Filter
    ISO 100; F/3.6; 1/25; 291mm

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  • Scanning Canon AE-1 Yosemite Negatives

    I’m starting to scan negatives from our summer trip to Yosemite. Before my Canon AE-1 battery ran out, I was shooting with Fuji Acros APA 100 and 400 using yellow or red filters. A problem that I’ve run in to is that the scanning software I use, Silverfast SE, does not have film profile for Fuji Acros.

    After experimenting a bit, I decided that the profile for Kodak T-Max 100 with settings to scan in color instead of black and white created the nicest feel. I converted to black and white in Photoshop CS3 (I’m looking forward to getting CS5 because I had trouble in the vertical with some dust removal). Here are two early results.

    Half Dome (vertical)
    Canon AE-1 with Canon Zoom 58mm Macro Lens FD 7-210 1:4
    Vivitar VMC Skylight 1A, Tiffen Red 1 (25) Filters
    Fuji Acros 100; Scanned in color as Kodak T-Max 100
    Photoshop CS3: Blue Filter; Picasa: Slight Shadows

    Half Dome (horizontal)
    Canon AE-1 with Canon Zoom 58mm Macro Lens FD 7-210 1:4
    Vivitar VMC Skylight 1A, Tiffen Red 1 (25) Filters
    Fuji Acros 100; Scanned in color as Kodak T-Max 100
    Photoshop CS3: High Contrast Blue Filter; Picasa: Slight Shadows

  • four photos showing in the 2010 Holga Show

    Four of my photos are currently showing in The Holga Show (2010). The Holga Show is presented at the Saans Downtown gallery in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s show is curated by renowned Holga photographer, Céline Downen, and judged by Richard Floyd, Director of Collections Management at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (Texas). Three of my photos showed in 2008 and it is great to be included again this year (there was no show in 2009).The show will run until August 16.

    The photos are:

    Cherry Trunk by Bill Wolff

    Cafe Dumont by Bill Wolff

    Wigs by Bill Wolff

    The Nott Memorial by Bill Wolff

    One photo was not accepted:

    Donuts and Milk by Bill Wolff