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Ray Dillard – More of the same, yet different

by Ray Dillard

This set of slides is a continuation of my experiments in multiple exposure shots. I am using a more mathematical approach in these, calculating different exposure setting to set things in front of or behind one another based on exposure order and timing. Maybe it is working. Maybe I am just kidding myself.

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“The Window” – This is a location I have shot at before. The following two images are also from the same location. Several earlier entries in this Folio have been shot here, also. Always with my Sputnik on Fuji Provia 100F. This image is an attempt to memorize a position in the first exposure and attempting to line up in a very specific way elements of the second exposure. Thus the spiral metal sculpture focusing the eye on “the window”.

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“The Gazebo” – A triple exposure – The title tells the story. Again, I am attempting to create interest between the various objects by not only exposure “math”, but also through placement of critical bits between the two shots. My Sputnik, purchased from John Thurston, has a nice modified viewer which made this “alignment” between shots much easier. I don’t think I could have aligned things this well with the standard viewer!

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“The Apple Gate” – A triple exposure – Actually this is a miss on a couple of fronts. I hoped to get the “gate”, which was the last exposure, in the gap of the arched apple tree limbs. I had also hoped for better focus of the second exposure, which was the apple tree in the foreground. BUT, the exposure of the gate was just what I was hoping for! I was also pleased that my math kept this image from blowing out too far. This is what I love about experimenting!

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“Old and Older” – This was a location my friend and mentor Steven Lederman and I stumbled upon on a day of looking for interesting places to shoot here in Southern Ontario. We wondered onto the property finding this VERY old barn, in the foreground behind a few other building shielding it from view from the road. The barn in the background is certainly well over 100 years old, but the one in the foreground is much older. I will probably post another shot of this older building in the future. I was attracted to the angles of the two structures roofs.

Many thanks to Steven Lederman for not only developing these rolls, but mounting my slides! The mounting is NOT something I have gotten the hang of after many hours of frustrating attempts.

Ray Dillard – August 2016

by Ray Dillard

All three of these images were captured in Elora, Ontario, Canada at the site of an old mill on the Elora River. I was fascinated by how much was left standing of this structure, although all things considered there was more missing than present! Matt Neima and Steven Lederman, featured in this folio, along with some other friends were out for this photo jaunt. It was a bright day, allowing some significant blue skies mixed with the deteriorating building.

RAY DILLARD 1“The Inner Garden” – As per my last run, I am still experimenting with multiple exposures, but this image is the only example I have included this time. It was very bright, so I had to do a bit of calculated guessing at the stacking of the exposure times. I was fascinated by the garden like aspect inside the walls of this building. I also loved the fact I was shooting through a chain length fence. All three images were captured on my Sputnik which I acquired from John Thurston.

RAY DILLARD 2“Under deConstruction” – The strange position of the construction barrel, with the bizarre rebar jutting out of the old foundation caught my eye here. It was also an interesting optical illusion that the supports appear as though they are pushing the crumbling walls over rather than supporting them. The Fuji Provia 100F film did a nice job with the blue sky and drab greys.

RAY DILLARD 3“Stuck in the Corner” – Experimentation is at the core of my shooting. I was intrigued at how much the person in the corner disappeared due to the brightness of parts of the building. My attempt here was to slightly over expose the brightest part of the building, hopefully then under exposing the bottom right area. Maybe it worked…

Thanks to Steven Lederman for developing this film for me.

UVA “Lawn” view towards South

by Boris Starosta

UVA-0618_MFT72_PV_Here we have the renowned UVA Lawn, centerpiece of the Academical Village designed by Thomas Jefferson for the first public University in the United States, which he founded.  The Rotunda is at one end (to the North) and this slide shows the view in the opposite direction, towards Cabell Hall.

Another pretty fall view?   You all know UVA has been in the news of late, so you also know that’s not all this view is about.

Rally for Terry Sullivan at Rotunda, June 2012

by Boris Starosta

In the summer of 2012 the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors attempted the ouster of the university’s president, Theresa Sullivan.  This was a bold and misguided move, which received national attention (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/magazine/teresa-sullivan-uva-ouster.html?_r=0).

Among the events that turned a “done deal” into a retreat by the Board, and a re-instatement of Sullivan, was this rally held in her support on the Lawn in front of Thomas Jefferson’s Rotunda.  Professors quit their jobs amongst a general hue and cry from the academic community, which was heard around the nation.

This image is an accidental double exposure with the Sputnik.  This is not a snapshooting camera!  Besides the many time consuming steps required prior to releasing the shutter, there is always the possibility that in the heat of the action some steps might be forgotten.  In this case, I forgot that I’d already released the shutter, when, probably five seconds later, I decided to do it again!  Fortunately, the tripod mounted camera had not moved, and the result is probably better than either image would have been alone.  For one, the exposure is good!  For another, now the scene is full of interesting stories, as some people moved their positions in that five second interval, whereas others turned their heads (resulting in several two-faced persons), and still others barely moved at all.