Ashley Ross Photography

Photographer's first newborn shoot...

2012-01-11T19:25:00.001-05:00

I was lucky enough to spend some time with the Mercury-Rea family, shooting 2-week old Nico.

Red Hair at the Beach

2011-05-21T03:14:00.007-04:00

Pop

2011-05-21T03:09:00.008-04:00

Soul

2010-06-08T01:53:00.008-04:00

Chinese New Year Parade in SF

2010-03-02T16:16:00.009-05:00

I'm not a huge fan of parades in general, but apparently this is billed as one of the top ten in the world...it was sooo crowded.

Old Dog

2010-03-02T16:02:00.009-05:00

My friend E.P. has adopted a very old dog with many health problems - his name is Abel, but everyone just calls him Old Dog. I often want to call him Arbus.

Dia de los Muertos

2009-11-14T17:14:00.032-05:00

The Day of the Dead celebration in San Francisco was my first, and it was pretty spectacular. This city has life.

My 4x5 pinhole worked!

2009-09-20T03:48:00.004-04:00

Before I took off for the west I realized I had a bunch of left over 4x5 film and no 4x5 camera, so I made a pinhole - these shots are from the road trip - Rushmore, Badlands...more to come!

Excuse me Sur..

2009-09-10T23:57:00.014-04:00

Oak Island '09

2009-08-25T12:25:00.012-04:00

Finally got some film from, June is it?, developed..Oh, I will miss the Atlantic.

Yank Your Blue Jeans

2009-06-07T11:49:00.004-04:00

Teresa Staley and Noah Howard are Yank Your Blue Jeans -

What I've bean doing...

2009-02-27T21:54:00.005-05:00

A first in a series of portraits, Julie dons a bean and lentil headdress with flair and pizazz.

Prez' 'Naug

2009-01-23T03:17:00.000-05:00

Madeline

2008-08-27T18:14:00.005-04:00

Some shots of my amazingly beautiful little cousin Maddy, who knows how to do the Worm and can outwit know-it-alls like it aint no thang.

Tough as Hot Pink Nails

2008-07-21T19:04:00.004-04:00

These are some of the portraits and singles of the Blue Ridge Roller Girls - A combination of Asheville's two roller derby teams: The Wham! Bam! Thank you Ma'ams and the Candy Apple Razorblades. To see the full gallery and video (done by Erin Brethauer) visit www.citizen-times.com.

Frenchmen on Stilts: The Ultimate Antidepressant

2008-07-20T19:59:00.010-04:00

The strife experienced before hand just washed away when I walked into this situation. (Performance by Lous Gouyats de L'adou of Dax, France as part of this year's Folkmoot festival in Waynesville).

Carly and Matthew

2008-07-20T19:46:00.005-04:00

Carly was a counselor at Mountain Adventure camp for autistic individuals of all ages and levels of functioning this summer, and I spent several hours with her and Matthew, her assigned camper for the adult week I experienced. I wish I had spent more time with them, but this is what I got - Click here for the entire project that Erin Brethauer, Ashley Wilson and I worked on.
p.s. there's not supposed to be any audio for this

Reclaim Awkward

2008-06-25T01:07:00.004-04:00

Scott Firefighters Combat Challenge

2008-05-25T23:02:00.007-04:00

This was fun to watch, despite the farmer's sunburn I acquired.

The Swerve is On

2008-05-25T22:54:00.011-04:00

I've been around a lot of dancing lately, and I aint complainin'.

Precious Moments

2008-05-22T22:54:00.005-04:00

While shooting a Little League game at a park, I found there to be more going on around the periphery compared to the infield. Well, really I just got bored and walked around instead of focusing on the game. Yay kids!

Enough About Human Rights

2008-05-19T23:30:00.004-04:00

While interning in Asheville, I came upon a PETA demonstration downtown. Member Shawn Hervold was wrapped up like a package of meat in an effort to make meat-eating passersby aware of their hypocrisy. Whether it made the impact they hoped for or not is clear in an unclear manner of speaking - I think it would have been more effective in any place other than downtown Asheville, but that's just me. In any case, most of the photos were too family-unfriendly for use, even on the paper's website. So in a state of ennui I created this redundant little slide show for your viewing pleasure, or displeasure. This slide show contains brief nudity and uncomfortable positions

Teresa - The Movie

2008-05-05T15:08:00.004-04:00

This is more or less my first attempt at a long-term photo story with one person as the focus. Teresa was cool enough to let me follow her around everywhere for the past 3 weeks - thank you Teresa!

Asheboro basketball

2008-04-21T12:44:00.005-04:00

Jessey and I hung out at the basketball courts in Asheboro for a multimedia project- I haven't put a slide show together yet but here are some shots.

It's a community show

2008-04-21T12:33:00.001-04:00

Really feel like you're really there, really.

2008-04-14T12:22:00.005-04:00

Diane Teer.

2008-04-08T04:52:00.007-04:00

Diane Teer, who works the 3rd shift some nights at Jan's House diner in Greensboro, is a woman of many wigs. She's been in the diner business for 23 years to pay her way through school - at Jan's for 8. She has a Master's degree in criminal justice and is compiling a book of napkin art left in the diner - which is very amusing might I add. Basically, she's full of good ideas.

I like macro-ni

2008-03-21T19:52:00.008-04:00

I thought I'd try my hand at macro, this was my 2nd time with it, and turned out better than the last attempt I think. All were taken with a D200, 55mm Nikormat plus PB-6 bellows.

Potters have more fun

2008-03-16T19:42:00.011-04:00

UNC vs. Wake Forest

2008-03-16T19:22:00.006-04:00

These are from the aforementioned game that occurred several weeks ago. UNC won. Yep.

Bar Kid

2008-03-10T00:11:00.005-04:00

For the sake of posting something new, which just so happens to be kind of old, here are some photos of a very rambunctious kid I met in a bar in Chapel Hill during the POY weekend. I wish I had as much energy as he...

Experiments with light painting

2008-01-29T13:08:00.001-05:00

My good friend Emily let me tinker around in her new gallery space downtown - an old flaky building that used to be a department store (hence the Tonka trucks). I used a small flashlight and an SB 28.

Filmy

2008-01-17T21:57:00.000-05:00

Just some dated film I recently processed - shot on my Minolta SR-1 and Bill's (thanks Bill) fancy Leica something or other over the course of the summer and fall.

More faces

2008-01-13T04:05:00.000-05:00

I'm a sucker for dimples.

Some portraits

2008-01-13T03:49:00.000-05:00

I have decided that I need to document my family and what is left of it, and wish I always had as long as I knew how to operate a camera. We all should document how we see our families when we have the chance. Over the winter break I spent some time with one of my first cousins - Colleen. She's one less arm, in stage four of a rare sarcoma that has spread from her amputated right arm to her lungs, thanks to a misdiagnosis. Colleen is possibly the most honest person I will ever know.

Trench art guy

2007-12-15T16:00:00.000-05:00

So I had to take a portrait of this guy Matt Beckwitz of the Alamance County Genealogical Society at City Hall, which is a pretty unimpressive building for photos. But the story was about the preservation of trench art, which isn't something you hear about every day, so I really wanted to make it interesting somehow. I got there, and the guy seemed to feel rushed, well I wasn't sure because he wasn't much of a talker. So I took something not so great and let him on his way. And then the sky became marvelous, right as he went back inside - should I try this again? Would he be into that? Well, I got him to come back outside, and he was nice enough to concede. I thought - there's this gorgeous sky, and the thing he's holding is a plane - and look, there are flags- an American flag even! Well, there are plenty of things I would do differently, like spin that plane around going the opposite direction, and maybe have a third light in there somewhere. But I guess I got my sky portrait out of the way.

2007 Atlanta Photojournalism Conference

2007-12-15T15:43:00.000-05:00

This is how I will always remember the 2007 Photojournalism Conference in Atlanta...

A light

A plant

An Ashley

There were other things to remember as well, but this pretty much sums it up.

feechers

2007-12-09T15:16:00.000-05:00

Julie Moore of Burlington has trained her German Shepherd Ripley to jump over hurdles at the K-9 Corner adjacent to the Beth Schmidt Park in Elon Tuesday afternoon.

Eric Larwa adjusts the exhaust pipe on a crane Tuesday for a tower extension off of Huffman Mill Road in Burlington. The project is overseen by Andrew Systems, Inc., based in Garner.

Carolina vs. S.C. State and Duke

2007-12-09T14:59:00.000-05:00

So I've been pretty slack about updating this blog-(sorry!) But you really haven't missed that much. My internship at the Burlington Times-News is culminating in a few weeks, I will stay until I have to go back to class and hopefully be able to go to a few games after it officially ends. Here is some stuff I took a while back- for my first college basketball game which was a Carolina game. I got hit on the head with a basketball, and had a really good ball scramble frame in which the uniform was blown out. I had a really good time overall and learned a few things about things. For these I used a combination of D2H and D1H with a 70-200 and 50mmm.

These are from the Carolina vs. Duke game a couple of weeks ago - a real hair-splitter. Greg Little saved the day-that's him in the middle there (8), in the bottom photo.

Woohoo!

Spoits

2007-11-16T20:48:00.000-05:00

Elon vs. NC Central - D2H w/ Q flashes / Soccer is Elon vs. Appalachian State-D2H

Old things

2007-10-11T19:35:00.000-04:00

I dug these out from my pre-RCC archives...

Football moments

2007-10-11T18:07:00.000-04:00

Moments from last Friday night's game; Southern Guilford Highschool defeated the McMichael Pheonixes 34-3.

Photo illustration and panoramic

2007-10-03T19:57:00.000-04:00

My photo illustration is meant to depict the contentious relationship between patriotism and freedom of speech in America's classrooms. The flag was taken in the studio, pretty simply with a 750 Fresnell- I didn't light the classroom, although I meant to (the radio slave did not work).

Below is my panoramic - "too many twins". Although I like to call it "Conga Time." I cannot think of anyone who would be more perfect for this than E.P.Li! I used two alien bees on either side of the "line" and a D100 with a 17mm lens.

Festival of India

2007-10-03T19:29:00.000-04:00

Narada and Yatuka (far left) Baba of Hillsborough find solace in the meditation room at Prabhupada Village in Sandy Ridge, N.C. during the
annual Festival of India celebration. The Baba family resides at the Hare Krishna temple in
Hillsborough.

(below) An edifice of Hanuman, the Hindu simian symbol of strength adorns a passageway to Prabhupada Village's Hare Krishna temple during a kirtan service. A kirtan combines music, chanting and insence in tribute to the spirit Govinda, or Krishna.

Feelin' crabby

2007-09-26T15:01:00.000-04:00

Teresa Heavlin, volunteer of the Natural Science Center in Greensboro, N.C. displays Peter Parker, a 3-year-old spider crab at the shallow water exhibit.

Sports Portrait

2007-09-26T14:54:00.000-04:00

Here is my first attempt at a sports portrait - this is Jordan Clodfelter, attack of the Guilford College Quaker Women's Lacrosse team. Clodfelter placed second at the Allodac Lacrosse conference last season.
This was taken at around 10 in the morning, and the lighting was much harsher than I would have liked. I used a Nikon D100 with a 17-35mm lens in addition to an SB-80 on a light stand illuminating her. I wanted her to be against the sky, but the streamers showed up more clearly against the trees. The background is too busy - I could not darken it enough without underexposing the subject. My next attempt will be in studio and/or at dusk if on location.

More Woods

2007-09-20T17:02:00.000-04:00

Here are some extra photos I took at the Spooky Woods. The gentleman with the scarecrow goes by the name of Tom Rover-he is from Greensboro and everyone at the Maize Maze calls him "the Builder."

Spooky Woods

2007-09-20T16:47:00.000-04:00

This layout comes from the Spooky Woods attraction in High Point. I used a Nikon D100 with a 24-80mm lens.

Somewhere near San José

2007-09-13T18:05:00.000-04:00

My friend Arghavon lives near San José in northern California and we hiked up what seemed like a moderately-sized hill, but in actuality was nearly a mountain towering through the clouds. From the top, you can see the cities of San José, Santa Cruz, San Fransisco, and Oakland. I shot this using 800 ISO film with a yellow filter and lens hood.

Guadalajara, Mexico

2007-09-13T17:52:00.000-04:00

These were shot a couple of years ago when I was in Guadalajara. Specifically, they were taken in the colonial center downtown. The fountain was found in the plaza and the building is actually the courthouse, or El Palacio de Gobierno. You can see the 1937 Orozco mural depicting Father Miguel Hidalgo leading Mexico against such tyrannies as Communism, Capitalism, Catholicism and Fascism. It's a little out of focus but I like the way the light came through.

Women's Only Running School

2007-09-07T10:03:00.000-04:00

I took these for a 3-picture layout-the running school was started and coached by Liz and Jim Halsch to train runners for the Women's Only 5K race. The race is fund raiser for breast cancer research and will take place at the Moses Cone Women's Hospital in Greensboro on October 6th.

Friday Night Football

2007-09-05T18:37:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple of shots from this past Friday night at a varsity game at Northwest Guilford High school in Greensboro. The NW Guilford Vikings won against Ragsdale High School 14-0. At some point during the game one of the coaches jokingly accused me of having a "thing" for teenage boys- a great experience overall.

First Feature

2007-08-29T14:45:00.001-04:00

I just moved near Lee St. in Greensboro and I caught this guy welding a gate on a construction site. His name is Edgar Hunter, and he was in the process of doing so for his soon-to-be White's Auto Body Shop.

First Year Glimpses

2007-08-29T13:48:00.001-04:00

These were good guys-I found them hanging out in Center City Park in downtown Greensboro and shot this for my "up close and personal" small format assignment. I used my Minolta SR-1 with a 24mm wide angle lens and fill flash.

For design lab II we had an assignment pertaining to fruit-we could only use one light source, and it was one of our first studio experiences. I used my Mamiya RB67 with Tmax 100 and a 750 Fresnell on a paper backdrop.

These "asparaguys" posed for me with little hassle-a color print assignment involving fruits/vegetables in a saturated and desaturated composition. This one is supposed to be desaturated-I increased cyan tones slightly for the effect of frigidity.

I call the one below "a healthy alternative"-which made more sense in my head-it is the saturated portion of the assignment. I used a Farrall and Speedotron for both of these, and used a Calumet 4x5 with Portra 125 c-41 film sheets.

Profile photo

2007-08-23T13:57:00.001-04:00

Here is my profile photo. I think it really says a lot about me, in particular how I am the world's greatest dad. I used a 4x5 Sinar Alpina with Ilford Delta 100. The setup involved a Farrall light and Speedotron, with a Speedotron power pack. Jessica Benton helped by popping the flash on my cues and occasionally laughing at me.

Here is the rest of my large format summer portfolio...
The wonderful Carolyn Deberry helped me here-in addition to the Farrall, two directional 750 Fresnells were used for facial illumination.

This was the first one I tried-I had help from several people including Emily Veon, Jessey Dearing, Octavio Jones, Robert Franklin, Carolyn Deberry and Christy Bullins.