Author: danrouth

Greensboro, NC based commercial and editorial photographer.

RCC

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(image copyright 2008 by Dan Routh)

I spent the day yesterday teaching a class at Randolph Community College on digital workflow and post-processing. I enjoyed it very much. Hopefully, I was able to impart some useful information to the students. I had the opportunity to look at some of their work and I can honestly say that I was impressed with what I saw. The students are progressing nicely with digital imaging and show a remarkable understanding of workflow, retouching and image manipulation. There were some nice images on the computer screens. I want to thank the Photography Program for inviting me.

Oriental Lily

Flowers

(image copyright 2008 by Dan Routh)

I got my start in commercial photography shooting still-lifes, primarily products. I believe if you have a good background in lighting still objects and know how to design a studio photograph, that translates into shooting everything else; people, location or whatever.

Back to School

Portraits


It’s that time of year again. Summer is ending and the kids are heading back to school. Though schools start up in August now, the day after Labor Day was traditionally the time children began their new year of study. These images were shot for a local school system reading program.

Tomorrow I get to go to school myself. I’m covering for an instructor and teaching digital workflow and post-production at Randolph Community College in their Photographic Technology program. I’m looking forward to it. I really enjoy the opportunities I get to teach. RCC has a 2 year Associate Degree program in photography that is second to none. The Photography Department blog is http://rccphoto.blogspot.com/.

(images copyright 2008 by Dan Routh)

Labor Day

Work



From the US Dept. of Labor website:

“Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”

Yes, Labor Day is the traditional last fling of summer, the last chance to get away and relax before fall. My son and I spent the day working on a chicken coop.

(images copyright 2008 by Dan Routh)

Phonebooth

Great Britain, Travel

(image copyright 2008 by Dan Routh)

During World War II, my father was stationed at Wattisham near Ipswich, in Suffolk, UK. He was a fighter pilot with the 435th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group of the Eighth Air Force. He flew 39 combat missions in a P-51 Mustang escorting bombers of the 8th over Germany. During his service, he had the opportunity to go into London on leave. He spent VE Day there. Dad always told stories of his experiences, and he often spoke of the red phone boxes he saw all over England. They are still there in places, but becoming fewer in number. This one is in London, near Parliament.

My Dad

Personal


Sylvan Roscoe Routh 1924-2007

Today is my Dad’s birthday. We lost him last year at the age of 83. Dad was a fighter pilot, an Elon College alumni, a dairy farmer and a school teacher and principal. He was a church and community leader, a husband, a father, a grandfather and most of all a friend. He was my rock. I miss him.

(US Army Air Corps photographs)

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I’ve topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew –
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer Gillespie Magee
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941

For more info about my Dad’s World War II experience, go to http://www.carolinacommunities.com/nws/fly28.html

ASMP/North Carolina Hosts Jack Reznicki

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Register and come join ASMP/North Carolina Tuesday, September 9 on the RCC campus in Asheboro, NC for a fun and informative evening with Jack Reznicki, one of the original Canon Explorers of Light.

Humor, wit, and more than a passing familiarity with the absurd have all helped Jack Reznicki become one of the most sought-after illustrative and people photographers in New York. In recent years he may be best know for his expressive photographs of kids or as he says, “Kids as kids.” Jack will go over how to direct people to get those expressions he’s so well know for. He believes the people and kids in front of your camera should not be there just to reflect light; they should actually look full of life, regardless of what type of photography you do.

Always insightful, entertainingly outspoken, and refreshingly candid, Jack will discuss in this far-reaching session, his commercial and personal work and how they interact, his vision of the future of our industry, copyright and licensing issues, and his popular “Lighting Concepts.”

For more information, including registration forms, go to: http://www.asmp-nc.org/ReznickiCanon0809PR.php
(info courtesy of ASMP-NC)