Durand Eastman Beach in January.
I love how most of the beach front was frozen except for this area. The sky was so blue it was beautifully reflected in the still water but I chose to go black and white with this picture to create an arctic atmosphere. The ice mounds in the background almost look like distant mountains. 
Check out more ice shots at my flickr site. 

Film Texture

Shooting on film is a lot of fun, it's a mystery what you're photo will turn out like. Recently I've been getting more into Lomography, a style of shooting that allows light leaks, unfocused subjects, and color splashes all in the name of art. I love the look of it, and decided to do some of my own experimenting.

I took an old Nikon camera and taped a piece of transparency paper onto the back frame to get added texture to each photograph. The results are very grainy and give an aged, faded, dark look to each photo. I really love the textured look! Check out more from this shoot, and another time I tried the same experiment on a macro lens.

Reel of Reels

A new reel for a new year!

I call it my reel of reels because it includes some of my best work from the past and present. 

All footage is © 2013 by Laura Crombe.

2013 Reel of Reels from Laura C on Vimeo.

Custom Fish Eye

Machining a custom made accessory to allow the Panansonic Fish Eye and Macro lens adapters fit my Lumix GH2 camera.

Panasonic adapters allow for great pictures without spending $700 on a new lens but of course the DMW-GMC1 and DMW-GFC1 adapters don't fit the normal lenses that come with the GH2. That is where my dad comes in to make miracles happen.

Check out his lathe set up to make a metal ring to 

fit inside my lens and screw onto the adapters! 

See the results from the AACA Meet

Neighborhood Sunset

I was biking my normal route around the neighborhood when I looked up and saw these amazing popcorn clouds.
I raced back for my camera and made it back just in time for the sunset!

This shot is composed from two separate exposures.

To see more pictures, visit my set on flickr. 

Published

My mother's beadwork was recently featured in
Heidi Kummli's new book "The Spirit of Bead Embroidery"
as was my photography since I was the hired photographer.

You can see her pieces Travel Through the Looking Glass,
I'm Nuts-oh Crazy About You, and Northern Lights in the book.

This is one of her newer pieces.

Flower City Worship

I recently had the privilege to help out with the Rochester Flower City Workcamp. Unlike most teens involved, instead of fixing up homes I followed teams around with a camera documenting the changes that were taking place. It was incredibly moving to see so many young people worshiping, praising God,  and helping to better the community.

To see more pictures, visit my set on flickr.

Letchworth State Park, NY

I love strolling through parks in my neighborhood, but recently I felt a little more adventurous and decided to stroll through Letchworth State Park. What a beautiful spot! It provided a great overlook of the gorge, and a magnificent waterfall that sprayed a mist as you walked by. It was a perfect day to enjoy the majestic surroundings of upstate New York.

To see more pictures visit my set on flikr.

New Blog

I started a new blog that will act as my website at lauracrombe.blogspot.com

Atomic Number blog will now show what I've updated to the Laura Crombe site, such as new picture albums, video clips, and the like.
Thanks for looking!

Video Internship

A successful season at the 2011 Glimmerglass Festival!
This is My flickr photostream

As the first video intern at the Opera house, I started with:

A Look Behind the Scenes
Check it out!

My next video series included a sneak peak into each of the four opera productions we did this season:
Spotlight on Later the Same Evening
Spotlight on A Blizzard On Marblehead Neck
Spotlight on Medea
Spotlight on Carmen

Check back soon for an introduction to the 2012 Season. 

Producing the Thesis

Organization was the key to creating a successful thesis film this year. I found my obsession with lists proved useful in planning 20 weeks of shooting.

Example of winter shooting schedule:

Reel

Laura Crombe 2011 Reel
Films I have shot and produced. 

Thesis

The Book of Derric (originally titled Psalm 22)

2011 Senior Thesis
Screened at RIT on May 14th.

Recent News: Nominated for the RIT honor show

For the Longest Time

First Composite attempt using the Apple program Shake
"For the Longest Time"
1 Minute
2010
Starring the musical styling of Jon Lavalley and composited by Rachel Rood and Laura Crombe

Night Light at Film Festival

May 7th 2010
Night Light made it into the
Women of SoFA Film Festival, part of the
360/365 Film Festival

ManJams Commercial

ManJams
30 Second Commercial
2010

A technical experiment to track the progression of human movement & interaction with objects & people.

Night Light Experimental

Night Light
5 Minute Experimental Film
2009

A poetic interpretation of the distortions our minds go through as we experience fear. Our dilemmas in life unite us but only through opening a window into oneself can we confront such issues as being left alone, or growing old.