An Advertising Photograph with Amateur Models

 Two Women

This photograph of two women, presumably a young woman and her grandmother, is one of my favorite photos from the extensive advertising and promotional campaign I photographed for the launching of Women's East Pavilion, a new women's hospital in Chattanooga.

The women are not actually related to each other, nor are they professional models. My ability to find real people and direct them to get professional results was a key factor in many of the advertising assignments I received, because our clients often did not have the budget for professional models.

The campaign included a brochure, mailing pieces, and large prints that hung on the walls at the hospital's opening and for years afterward. The Creative Director and I both won "Addy" awards from the Chattanooga Advertising Federation for our work.

The camera was my faithful, medium-format Mamiya RB-67 with the 127mm Mamiya-Sekor lens -- my studio workhorse. The film, as always, was Fujichrome 100 in 120 size. The primary light was a studio electronic flash in a 30x40-inch softbox on my right, plus a weaker light on the gray, seamless paper background to outline their shapes. The highlights and shadows bring out the warmth and richness of their features, while a direct, straight-on flash would make everything look flat and lifeless.

The years when I had a studio in downtown Chattanooga were often hectic, but always enjoyable. I still miss my studio sometimes, but life moves on.

If you like my photographs, you can see more of them in my online gallery at https://davejenkins.pixels.com/  Looking is free, and, who knows? You might find something you want to keep.

The second edition of my book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia will be released in June, 2023. 

Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.

I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.

Soli Gloria Deo -- For the glory of God alone.

The Alabama Snow Barn

Rock City Barn AL-11:  U.S. 11 in DeKalb County, five miles north of Hammondsville.

 

It's been a while since I've posted a Rock City barn picture. This one has always been one of my favorites. I think of it as "the Alabama Snow Barn."

One morning in the winter of 1995 I work up to find a beautiful, sunny day with a few inches of snow on the ground that had fallen overnight. I knew it wouldn't be long before it melted, so I hopped in my old Chevy Blazer and drove up and over Lookout Mountain to U.S. Highway 11 in the northeast corner of Alabama.

Over the years this barn has been painted with two different messages. If you click on the photo you can see a larger version that should enable you to read them both. The clearer one says "Bring Your Camera to ROCK CITY. It's a Photographer's Paradise." The other message is harder to read, but I think it says "See ROCK CITY Today." See what you think.

The camera was a Canon EOS-A2 fitted with a Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 EF lens. The film, as usual, was Fujichrome 100D slide film.

If you like my photographs, you can see more of them in my online gallery at https://davejenkins.pixels.com/  Looking is free, and, who knows? You might find something you want to keep.

The second edition of my book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia will be released in June, 2023. 

Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.

I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.

Soli Gloria Deo -- For the glory of God alone.

Photographing Education

 Dissecting Piglet: Science class at Tennessee Temple University

Through the years of my career in professional photography, I found one type of assignment particularly enjoyable -- photographing in schools and colleges. In Chattanooga I photographed for Tennessee Temple University, Temple Elementary School, Southern University, the McCallie School, and several schools for the Public Education Foundation. For Bryan College in Dayton, Lee in Cleveland, Memphis State, David Lipscomb in Nashville, and many others.

In each case I sought to document the life, activities and spirit of the school. As a teacher myself for four years (I tell people I'm a retired teacher), I loved  being in the classroom with the students, but didn't love lesson plans and grading papers enough to continue in that profession. As a photographer I could enjoy being with the students and faculty members while doing the work I loved most.

I was always given free rein to move about each school, looking for and photographing things I found interesting and that would present the school in the best light -- because the purpose of my picture-making was always to promote the school and its mission.

It was fun, and I miss it.

If you like my photographs, you can see more of them in my online gallery at https://davejenkins.pixels.com/  Looking is free, and, who knows? You might find something you want to keep.

The second edition of my book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia will be released in June, 2023. 

Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.

I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.

Soli Gloria Deo -- For the glory of God alone.

Too Tired to Write!

 Sunset over Mobile Bay, Alabama

I hope you enjoy the picture of sunset over Mobile Bay, because I don't feel like writing much this evening. I finished unloading our stuff from the storage unit in north Georgia and rearranging it all on shelf units in the garage today. I'm glad to have that job behind me. Moving is not much fun.

If you like my photographs, you can see more of them in my online gallery at https://davejenkins.pixels.com/  Looking is free, and, who knows? You might find something you want to keep.

The second edition of my book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia will be released in June, 2023. 

Photograph and text copyright 2023 David B.Jenkins.

I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.

Soli Gloria Deo -- For the glory of God alone.