january 2007 - Professional Photographer Magazine

©Tom McDonald
from the files of the PPA Loan Collection, Folio is a monthly sample of awardwinning
photography by PPA members. The Loan Collection is a select group of some
folio|Culled
500 photographs chosen annually by the PPA print judges from more than 5,000 entries.
TOM MCDONALD
Learning of the last mule farmer in Craighead County, Tom McDonald, M.Photog.Cr., F-ASP, of McDonald Photography, Inc., in Jonesboro, Ariz.,
wanted to document the passing of a way of life. Photographing with a Hasselblad 503CM medium-format camera and Carl Zeiss Sonnar T*
150mm f/4 CF lens, McDonald exposed Fujicolor NPS 160 Professional film for 1/125 second at f/8. “When I heard that Rufus
Laine was still farming with a mule, I visited his 40-acre farm,” says McDonald. “I was so fascinated with Mr. and Mrs. Laine’s simple farm
life that I wound up spending two days with them.” The image is aptly titled, “The Last Mule Farmer.”
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©Lori Grice
LORI GRICE
As part of a modeling portfolio for a client, Lori Grice, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, of Lori Grice Fine Art Photography, Inc. in Statesboro,
Ga., captured “Moireéd and Morphed” with a Canon EOS 10D digital SLR and Canon 80-200mm f/2.8 L EF USM lens. She
exposed the image for 1/60 second at f/8, ISO 200. A 1,250WS Photogenic PowerLight 1250 DR behind a 4x6-foot Larson Soff
Box provided the main lighting, with a 1,800WS White Lightning / Paul C. Buff Ultra 1800 flash and Photoflex LiteDome Q39
slightly behind and to the left of the subject. A Photogenic PhotoMaster strobe with Photogenic Frezzolini umbrella served as a
hair light, with a 600WS White Lightning / Paul C. Buff Ultra 600 flash behind barn doors and grid lighting the background and
highlighting the muscles. Finally, Grice placed two 30x40-inch sheets of foam board to left of the subject. She performed minor
retouching in Adobe Photoshop CS. The image is part of the ASP Traveling Loan Collection.