This is my last update about my current project. The only new image I have currently been working on is a print made during a trip to the Salvador Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida. Near Tampa.

I am currently working on photo shopping out glares, reflections, and the red traffic cone in the distance.



This image will round out my newest portfolio of 20 images. This project illustrates how architectural spaces are used and interacted with. Using the aspect of motion and people, coupled with color relations, I feel this project was successful..

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Project Update

I have continued shooting. I have plans to continue more shots in Kansas City Museums (Bloch, Nelson Atkins, and Kemper Art Museums). I currently have more than 30 total images to choose from, continue editing, or re-shoot. My project has also evolved a little bit since the last check in. I am still working to combine strong colors with the architectural shots themselves, however the images are to illustrate how and why people are using a certain space.



These images were both taken at a convention center in Wichita Kansas. It was a Sunday when the venue was not being used so I had to gain special permission. Through working these projects, I have built up the connections to where it has become quite easy to gain special permission to shoot in these locations.




I also had a day long photoshoot at the Bentonville Art Museum, Crystal Bridges. There are more to come after I finish editing the bulk of these.

I dont have a long post this time. Just a couple of new images taken from Kansas City, Manhattan, and Topeka. I am trying to expand the portfolio but this is by no means a final product.

Project Proposal

My past two projects were both based on architectural photographs. The first of the two was focusing on exterior, long exposure, photographs. It illustrated architectural marvels as withstanding time. Time was shown through the exposures of the clouds and water that added movement to the space. The second project I completed was focused on the detailing, and interior aspect, of architecture. I added movement through some of these images by adding the variable of people. For this next project, I am considering combining both interior and exterior spaces, but showing them in a different way. I want to show the movement through these spaces by having models walk through them and then using the blur created from it. In the past I have focused on shade and shadow, and worked in a grayscale. I want to add the aspect of color into these images.

( Exterior Project ) ( Interior Project ) ( Proposed Project )

A few names that have help me along with my research over the subject were Bernd and Hilla Becher, Alice O’Brien, and Farshid Assassi. Bernd and Hilla Becher’s images were not necessarily interesting to look at or of any historical relevance. Much of their work relates to the industry of mining, some of which are disappearing and/or gone. Their photographs work to preserve these structures as architectural landmarks.

Both Alice O’Brien and Farshid Assassi are architectural photographers who I admire and strive to emulate in my work. Farshid Assassi has mentored me in architectural photography for the past 2 ½ years. I went on a couple architectural shoots with him at Kansas State University and with the firm HNTB. That helped me alot with my first projects, as well as gaining architectural clients to work for. With this project, I want to take that a step further still.

( Alice O’Brien ) ( Farshid Assassi )

The initial step will be to decide where I will take these photographs, or what buildings I will reuse from previous projects. The next step is I will have to figure out some way to use/apprehend models for the shoots. Some of the shoots may be during working hours, and no models will be needed. Other times, though, I may need to find some models for the photograph. I then need to spend a few trial and errors to properly learn how to photograph in this style. Although the initial images will only be printed on letter size sheets, the final images will be printed on an Ink Jet printer onto 24 x 17 inch paper.

This project, like the previous projects, is finding time to travel to these locations. Luckily, through the previous works, I have developed a series of connections that will allow me to travel to these locations. Growing up in Kansas City also allows me many opportunities for this project. I have connections with Boulevard Brewery, The Kauffman Opera House, and Union Station. Kansas City is only a short 2 hour drive away as well. The idea is, like in the previous projects, I travel to nearby cities on the weekends. I will already have scoped the shoot out before hand. I will also have the opportunity to travel over Spring Break. I am not entirely sure where that will be yet, but it will be in a large city like Seattle or Denver.

Rough Edit: Project Timeline:

January 31th: Project Proposal Due.

February 12: Blog Entry 1

February 14: Critique 1

( 1 or 2 complete images, images planned, and locations planned )

March 7: Blog Entry 2

March 12: Critique 2

( 7 + images completed )

March 19 - 21: Spring Break: Denver/Seattle

April 9: Blog Entry 3

April 11: Critique 3

(15 + images completed )

May 1-3: Final Critique

( 20 images completed )

I did create some preliminary work as well. By stitching multiple 1/4" shutter speed images, I was able to create these stitched compositions. These are not final images, but a move in the right direction.

Image Set From Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL







All the new images (as well as the older ones) are finished being edited and have been uploaded to my website. www.naterossphoto.com

More in progress images

New Set of Images

Proposal of work

Interior Architecture

1. Project Overview

I will produce a series of black and white interior photographs of architectural structures. I want to use people in these photographs to create a sense of movement throughout the space. The intention is to create a more balanced portfolio to work from.

2. Aim

The aim of this series is to create a series of interior photographs of multiple different architectural locations. With the use of people in the photographs, I also hope to achieve a sense of movement throughout the spaces. Farshid Assassi and Alise O’brien are two photographers who I am using as references for this project. They are both admired architectural photographers in the profession. However, unlike these two photographers, I am thinking of using a grayscale in order to exemplify the shadows and highlights throughout the architecture.

(Farshid Assassi)(Alise O’brien)

3. Objectives

Due to the nature of interior photography, I will be using a large combination of filters to create the desired effect. I will have a remote in order to control the length of the multiple exposure I will be taking. I am also considering the use of colored gels to help with the interior lighting. To create a balance with the images already in my portfolio, I will create a series of 20 images at the same size, 17 x 24” prints. The images themselves will be a bit smaller, with a 3” border on all sides. An inkjet printer will be used for the duration of the project and the images with it. Many of the interior spaces being photographed will be located in Kansas City and the surrounding areas.

4. Procedure

I will be using a Canon, Rebel T2i, DSLR for all my images. Through past projects, I have already purchased multiple filters (Such as Red and High Density) as well as a remote timer that I will need to be using for this project. I still need to research and possibly purchase a series of gels to help with the interior shots. While many of the interiors photographed are part of public spaces, I will be obtaining permission for the numerous private locations I have already scouted for this project. Using a tripod and a sketch pad for notes, I will experiment with multiple exposure times as well as angles in which to shoot the locations. As always, I will finish the prints by enhancing them from within photoshop.

5. Plan of Work/Schedule (Using Class Dates)

August 22 - 31: Finalize my idea as well as begin research

September 5 - 12: Begin experimental shooting, begin receiving permission to photograph spaces

September 14 - 19: Prepare for the first Critique 1 and have a solid plan going forward

September 26 - 28: Travel to Kansas City and begin photographing interiors

October 3: Critique 2 (Print at full size)

October 5: Begin photographing the spaces chosen around Manhattan

October 10 - 12: Have a private critique with colleagues in the school of architecture to get their opinions

October 17 - 19: Critique 3 (Print at full size)

October 24 - 26: Schedule a time to photograph the interiors of the new College of Architecture building on campus

October 31: Critique 4 (Print at full size)

November 2 - 16: Continue editing and enhancing all previously taken photographs. Finish photographing all spaces on and around campus

November 21 - 30: Thanksgiving -Finish photographing all spaces in and around Kansas City, Finish web updating and editing web portfolio

December 5 - 7: Finish everything still not completed. Final Critique (print final images), Hand in all work.

Three images I have attempted in the Bloch Building by Steven Hall in Kansas City

At this point in the project, I am steering towards interior shots such as these three, and towards this image by Joel Tjintjelaar. I am trying to emulate the ghost trails.

Blog Entry 7

This is my 7th and last blog entry for this series. I have 18 of 20 images completed, edited, and printed as 18 x 14  prints on 22 x 17 sheets. The last two have been scouted and are ready to shoot. The weather has been an obstacle as of late because it has been raining so much. Below I am showing the newest images I have been working on.


IIT Campus Union / CTA Stop


Skyscrapers in Chicago


Dallas Theater


Frank Lloyd Wright House at Crystal Bridges, Arkansas

Blog Entry 6

Blog Entry 5

I have, since the last blog entry, been to Chicago and returned with a series of images that I would like to work with. The union/CTA stop on the IIT campus, the Frank Gehry amphitheater, the Aqua Tower, Marina Towers, and numerous others. I hadn't got to editing them yet as I had been waiting for the critique to see what everyone else thought. Below are some of the compositions that I thought may work well with the series of work.


Aqua Tower


Union CTA Stop


Marina Towers


The Art Institute of Chicago

I have also begun printing the final images on an ink jet printer on 17 x 24 in matte, luster photo paper. The images themselves are around 14 x 19 in size. It adds a sizable border and makes them seem a bit more professional. I have also given thought into the display options for my B.F.A. exhibition next year. Some of these images are possible candidates for that. I would like to show them using a technique where the photos are mounted with plexiglass. The 1/4" thick plexi adds depth into the photograph.

       
(Gallery Mounting and display ideas)