Study Group 11
Mark Southard

January - All Gone

How I did it -

'All Gone' is a cell phone image with an app called Word Foto. This is a dessert dish after the mint ice cream was 'all gone'.

COMMENTS:
 

Angelo Meini	.The effect of slow or drop of water is really interesting, the image opens up new lines of perspective. The delicate colours accompany the eye during the observation. Very Nice.
Anne Davey	.What a fun image. I like the bit of color on the plate and spoon..
Betty Billingham	.An interesting image, and idea, though I see no hint of the mint Ice-cream! Did you lick the dish?.
Bill Thompson	.This is definitely All Gone. Super work with a cell phone image. I wonder why I have all the Nikon stuff. .
Bob Feinberg	.Cool graphic art. I might like to see some remnants of the mint ice cream. I know this isn't creative but I try to evaluate images by asking "would I put that on my wall". I can't say I would with this particular image. .
Kathy Potter	..

Member's Biography
	Mark Southard I joined PSA in 1994; Served as International Publicity Director, then as Vice President - Conventions. I ran Conventions in Orlando, Florida and Toronto, Canada and selected Albuquerque, New Mexico and San Diego, California as future sites. Retired from Sears in 1993 after 35 years, mostly in corporate buying functions. My last assignment was as Managing Director of Purchasing for Northern Asia while residing in Seoul, Korea from 1988 -1992.
I am active in the Chicago Nature Camera Club, the Wright Camera Club, and the newest club in Chicago, the Pixel Image Camera Club. I also served in numerous capacities for individual clubs as well as for CACCA, the Chicago Area Camera Club Association. I teach basic black & white fine art printing at Wright College. Also give workshops on matting and framing and since 1995, have been a Consumer Use Consultant for Polaroid, giving workshops on Creative Art Photography, i.e. Image and Emulsion transfers and Time Zero manipulation. I use a Nikon N-90; a Nikon 8008; an Olympus point and shoot (for prints); a medium format Holga (costs around $15); and a lot of Nikon lenses, my favorite of which is the 105 macro. I also use a Nikon Coolpix 990 and a Dimage 7 (for digital infrared) The digital equipment consists of a Power Spec desk top model with 1gb of RAM and 120 gb hard drive. I also have a Nikon slide scanner, a Umax flat bed scanner, an Epson Photo Stylus printer and an Epson 2000 printer, plus a HP laptop. Software is Adobe Photoshop CS, and Elements. I am a native of New Mexico but have lived in Chicago for 35 years (minus the time spent overseas in Asia).