photo work by Susan Komer

Some recent photos taken while exploring different dams & parks in Ohio.

O'Shaughnessy Dam Dublin, Ohio Photography by Susan Komer

Yesterday while the twins were at their Spring formal I ventured down to O'Shaughnessy Dam in Dublin, Ohio to kill some time and was able to catch some great images.

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A few new photos by Susan Komer

As promised, I'm trying to keep myself more active here.  These are a few shots from my hike today out at Whetstone park in Columbus, Ohio.  If you enjoy my photography you can also find me on Flickr by clicking the following link.  https://www.flickr.com/photos/123441024@N03/

New works by Susan Komer

New works...

It has been a very busy year as I'm finishing up my last year at OSU.  While trying to complete works for class, I've also been trying to build up work for my personal portfolio.  This past year I've done several new and exciting things including building my own pinhole cameras (the one pictured is a papier-mâché pig where the snout is used as the shutter, images shot onto 4x5 sheet film) and a slit cam (featured with a full length 120mm image) which were featured in a show at the beginning of this year called the Great Camera Build Off.  I've also been working on abstract paintings ( the acrylic paintings in red--relating to my own fathers battle with alcoholism) and some new sculptures which just aren't quite ready to share. The first six images were shot in Mount Sterling Ohio as well as at Deer Creek State Park in Ohio and the double image with me sitting between them began as a class project but have become a growing series of work.  Enjoy!

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Day 58: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "pre-emptive strike"

Day 58: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "pre-emptive strike"

February 27, 2013

The swelling in my eye is going down nicely...that icky jelly medicine really works...but now I'm feeling a cold coming on.  Being on campus is like surfing a petrie dish...there's always something lurking...in wait for a victim...this girl is making a pre-emptive strike to battle off whatever is trying to surface in my sinus cavity, lets hope it works!

Day 55: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "Land of the Lost"

Day 55: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "Land of the Lost"

February 24, 2013

When my hubby brought this get up home...all I could think about was being a kid, coming home from school and running to watch "The Land of the Lost".  Considering I woke up this morning with a horrid stye in my eye...I was most grateful for a way to hide it!

Starting up another blog...

Starting up another blog...

Because of the 365 series I've been working I have decided to start up another blog for other types of work...if you enjoy what I'm doing here...perhaps you can look me up http://susankomer.tumblr.com/ This one started out for a class I'm taking...it will provide more variations of my current & past work...hope to see you all there!

Day 53: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "nap hair"

Day 53: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer "nap hair"

February 22

After a busy day...I nearly fell asleep and missed my image for the day...so today...nap hair is all I have to offer before I lay down and passout for the evening!

Day 51: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "Contemplations"

Day 51: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "Contemplations"

February 20, 2013

All day long I've felt like something is just off...there are plenty of things in my life that are 'off' but today I just felt it.  I've put a lot of pressure on myself, lots of pressure on my family while pursuing my own goals...and even though I've waited 20 years for this...there's always that moment of...am I doing okay...am I doing the right thing...prayers for strength, guidence and success...I think today those thoughts have weighed heavy on my mind.  But I've come so far...and I'm too close to give in or cave in...just knowing that I will someday graduate with my degree...achieve my goal...engage my dream into reality...is it selfish to feel it will all be worth it?  In some ways, I suppose it is...but I don't regret a single moment of it.  I've put value in myself, and have grown into a person I love...finding strength I didn't even know I had...no I'm not sorry I chose me this time...for the first time ever...I can only hope that those around me...who love me...will someday see that its not about putting them aside, but rather making me into the person I've always felt I was inside...I've always supported everyone else...is it so much to ask that they support me as well?

Day 50: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "SUCCESS"

Day 50: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "SUCCESS"

February 19, 2013

Celebrating a little success today!  I had my first completely essay exam a week or two ago in my 500 level art history course which is on the development of sound in narrative film...my first 500 level art history course...which if you're in college/have been to college, than you know these classes are a bit tougher than usual.  I was seriously nervous about this exam, just not knowing what to expect from the teacher or how he graded his written exams...3 questions, 20 minute limits for each and my entire grade rests on 3 of this type of exam...meaning no papers or homework...just exam scores...which in itself can be quite intimidating.  Typically the Professors are known to hand papers back from the highest to lowest scores achieved.  As exams were being handed back...I watched the pile dwindle to a mere 5 test packets...Oh God...I thought I had failed!  When he got to those last five, he announced that though there were other good grades in the class...those last 5 were the only A's!  Yes...one of them was mine!  So I'm celebrating my success tonight....I always work hard at everything I do...feeling like somehow I have more to prove than the others considering I'm old enough to be any one of their Mother's!  Today felt GREAT!  Out of a class of over 60 students, I received one of the top grades in that class...and was asked to read one of my answers aloud so that others could hear what a 'good' essay should sound like!  Holy crap!  Yes...today...no matter what else has or will happen...has been a really good day!

Day 48: 365 self-portraits by Susan Komer "too tired to care"

Day 48: 365 self-portraits by Susan Komer "too tired to care"

February 17, 2013

Day 46: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer 'what if'

Day 46: 365 self portraits by Susan Komer 'what if'

February 15, 2013

I was reading about the beginnings of photography, the microscope and the idea of capturing a 'spirit' using the camera.  There are many interesting ways to produce a 'ghostly' image, the best of them take some staging which I have done many times and enjoy quite a bit.  Tonight I just wanted to see what I could do in a situation where I couldn't control the lighting or conditions...this image has an interesting double...mainly of my hat...but seemed appropriate to what I had read about H.G. Wells and the Invisible Man.  Nothing particularly exciting I suppose, but for me, I enjoy the what if...and I wonder about photography...this is a subject I intend to work with in many different ways the more I explore the 'what if's' in what I do.

Day 45: 365 self-portraits by Susan Komer "All you need is Love"

Day 45: 365 self-portraits by Susan Komer "All you need is Love"

February 14, 2013

When you've been married for as long as we have...this says it all!

Day 44: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "overload"

Day 44: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "overload"

February 13,2013

Today has just been a complete overload...and I'm feeling it...hard. I keep feeling on the edge of tears and I suppose I should just let them flow and release the stress...sometimes a good cry is just what one needs to overcome the overload...

Day 43: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "Fried"

Day 43: 365 portraits by Susan Komer "Fried"

February 12, 2013

You all know what a busy few weeks I've had, and the end is nowhere in sight.  Today I took a timed essay exam that has my hand cramped and my brain flat out fried.  While I feel consumed and overwhelmed with my work load this semester, I'm also amazed at the many things I've learned...things I know now that I had never even realized I didn't know before. The brain is such an amazing machine, the things it is capable of and the knowledge it can store are beyond anything one might imagine.  Each day I learn something new, each day I file away yet another piece of information that at some point my brain will pull from its depths for my use. A lifetime learner, on an entirely new level...I feel proud of that, even if nobody knows it but me.