Stained Glass at Village Glass Works

So I went to Village Glass Works to photograph Molly Fiegel creating a stained glass mosaic. Here's my favorite of the bunch:

And the other ones that I captioned:

A wind chime hangs by the entrance of the Village Glass Works, located at 315 N. 10th Street, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The Village Glass Works is located in the Samuel H. and Isabel Smith Elkins House, built around 1882, and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places.

A wind chime hangs by the entrance of the Village Glass Works, located at 315 N. 10th Street, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The Village Glass Works was established in 1976 and is Columbia's oldest continuously operating stained glass studio. It offers classes in glass beadmaking, copper foiling, lead cane, fusing, and mosaics.

Molly Fiegel helps Justin McMillen search for glass used in making beads at the Village Glass Works on Friday, November 13, 2009. Beyond glass beadmaking, McMillen also makes small vases, useful for holding a flower or perfume, which are displayed and sold in the shop.

Vox Cemetery Assignment

Here's the pictures that I took for a Vox assignment on Columbia-area cemeteries.

This is my favorite of the bunch.


A smoke stack of the University's reactor echoes the obelisks of Columbia Cemetery on October 20, 2009. The Columbia Cemetery, located off of Broadway Blvd. between N. Garth and Providence Roads, has been in use since 1820 and holds many of the University of Missouri's former presidents, faculty, and curators including Richard H. Jesse, James S. Rollins, and Walter Williams.

I like how the smoke stack echoes the obelisks of the cemetery.

I also really like this one:


The setting sun peaks over a grave at Columbia Cemetery on October 20, 2009. The Columbia Cemetery, located off of Broadway Blvd. between N. Garth and Providence Roads, has been in use since 1820 and holds many of the University of Missouri's former presidents, faculty, and curators including Richard H. Jesse, James S. Rollins, and Walter Williams.

Breaking Football Stereotypes

Today I did a studio assignment for Vox. Last night, when I heard that I was going to have to do studio work, my reaction was 'crap!' I felt like I'd forgotten everything that I'd learned in Advanced Techniques. But once I got into the studio and started doing it, it came back.

So, my assignment was to photograph a football player in a way that breaks the stereo of the dumb jock. I got advice from Josh on how to light it and I came up with the idea of putting Andrew behind a desk with a pile of books and a pyramid of apples on it. And for a little something extra, there would be a pear in the pyramid for the observant.

But, when I got there, I found out that the idea that Andrew had discussed with Beth was just the torso of the athlete, with him holding some books. I ended up adding an apple.

Here's the shots I captioned:







One of the challenges for me was trying to get rid of the shadow that cast by Andrew's hand/arm onto his chest and getting rid of the reflection on the apple of my two lights. None of the pictures chosen were ones where the reflection was gone. (I achieved that by having him bend the apple back slightly.)

Quirky Columbia Bookstores

Okay, it's my first Vox assignment, to photograph two of the many quirky bookstores around town. And since it's Vox, I'm thinking that it should be more artsy than a picture for the newspaper.

First up, Get Lost Books on 9th Street. It was a rainy day, so business was slow. Here's the shots that I captioned:


Bookshop owner, Meghan Dilliss, pauses briefly from work at Get Lost Bookshop, on Friday, August 28, 2009. Dillis opened the shop partly because she wanted to bring back the community bookstore to Ninth Street and The District.


A hand-written sign delineates the "History and Criticism of the Arts" section of Get Lost Bookshop, located at the intersection of Broadway and Ninth. Owner Meghan Dilliss chooses her books by personal and customer preference: "I like to carry things that I would read." Photo taken on Friday, August 28, 2009.