Category: Member Works

I love working with a variety of historic film formats, including making cyanotypes. These two photos were taken using a Holga film camera. The Holga is a medium-format film camera where the film is twice as tall as traditional 35mm film. These plastic cameras have all sorts of light leaks and quirks which make them fun to work with. You never know what you’re going to get. Both images were taken outside this Uxbridge gallery during a Holga workshop.

The double exposure image is not Photoshop. It was wholly done within the camera. I took one photo of a tire. I then did not “wind the film forward”. I then took a photo of a sign. The sign photo went right on top of the tire photo on the film itself. I did not use Photoshop on it.

The grill photo is an abstract done right here on Main Street. I love looking for reflections and unusual views of the world. Again, no Photoshop was used. That is what the camera captured.

Here is an image of the Holga cameras. Since I have multiple Holgas, I label each one with the type of film I have in it.

These images are part of the Blackstone Valley Art Association Anything Goes Photography Show 2019

For a full gallery of Lisa Shea’s images visit:

https://bvaa.org/galleries/gallery-lisa-shea/

Bob See explores a variety of photography with both a digital Canon EOS 7D Mark II digital camera and a film camera. This collection of images includes photos from Ireland, Machias Seal Island in Maine, Tucson Arizona, Old Sturbridge Village, the Cape Cod Canal, Myrtle Beach SC, and more.

Ask for information about a particular image and in getting it in print or notecard form.

Please follow him at https://www.facebook.com/BobSeePhotography/

This pair of two short videos gives brief insight into how talented artist Betty Havens paints her pet portraits with watercolor. She does her pet portraits “live on demand” at several of our events throughout the year. She’s also available for custom pet portraits.

Please visit her page at https://www.facebook.com/Bettyhavenscreations/ for more information!

The challenge for the week of Feb 26 to March 4, 2018 at 52Frames.com is the theme of “Depth of Field”. This is about exploring the ways in which the aperture setting on a camera cause a shallow area of focus in an image. Here’s an example done by Lisa Shea, of a flower blossom.

See how the petunia itself is in focus, while the world behind it is out of focus? This is created with a shallow depth of field. The aperture of the lens was wide open, causing that to happen.

Be sure to sign up at https://www.52frames.com so you can participate in future weekly challenges! This is a great way to stretch your photography wings :).

The challenge for the week of Feb 19 to 25, 2018 at 52Frames.com was the theme of “Common Objects”. Here is the photo that Lisa Shea took:

What did you take? Share it so we can take a look!

Don’t forget to sign up at https://www.52frames.com so you can participate in future weekly challenges! This is a great way to stretch your photography wings :).

The 52Frames.com challenge for this week (ending Feb 18 2018) was Levitation – here’s the entry by Lisa Shea – what did you submit?

She wanted to do something trickier with a meditation cushion but ran out of time. Only 24 hours in a day!

This week’s 52Frames.com challenge is Architecture with extra credit of using a wide-angle lens. What will you try for? Get it in by Sunday, February 11th, 2018!

https://52frames.com/challenge/weekly-photo-challenge/

This is an old photo by Lisa Shea – she has to take a new image this week. She doesn’t have a wide angle lens for her ‘real camera’ so she’s going to play with the one she got for her cellphone.

Here’s what she took for this week. It’s using a lens add-on for her cell phone – you can see it here – Cell Phone Lens Kit

Here is what the scene looks like without the add-on. Lisa is standing in the exact same location. You can see that the wide angle expanded it in all four directions, although it also made it fuzzier.

What are you submitting? Let us know!

Kudos to BVAA member and talented photographer Al Weems!

His black and white photograph “Leather and Lace” was presented in the Providence Art Club Exhibiting Members Exhibition. It is on display now thru February 16th, 2018.

The image won the Dr. Stanley Summer Award for Photography at the Winter Members’ Show at the Providence Art Club! The Awards Judge was painter Justine Hill.

Providence Art Club
11 Thomas St.
Providence, RI 02903

https://providenceartclub.org/

Congrats to Mike Zeis – his photo of the Blue Spruce Motel in upstate New York is in the Griffith Museum’s Tree Talk exhibit, Lafayette City Center Passageway, Downtown Crossing Boston Jan 30-May 30. Reception Jan 30. Open to the public 10am-6pm

https://griffinmuseum.org/show/tree-talk/

This reception is happening NOW Friday 1/5/2018 from 4:30-7:30pm at the @AlternativesMA Whitinsville location – come on out!

https://bvaa.org/2018/01/03/bringing-light-to-the-darkness-exploring-abandoned-asylums/