At the site Wednesday, I did a bit of work with object photography. It was an interesting experience; there are a lot of different rules and things to take into consideration when photographing artifacts. You want to have as accurate a photo as possible, so you need to use a very long depth of field and play with lighting and shadows in order to represent all of the small details of the piece. I actually found it quite enjoyable. After work, we went to an area along the coast where we could jump off of the small cliffs into the sea. Knowing me, I was pretty nervous about it, but I eventually stopped over thinking and just jumped. It was fun, but I was done after two jumps. Especially when the wind and waves picked up.
Brittany and I on top of the cliff we jumped from
After risking our lives for the thrill of it, we got all cleaned up and headed over to the home of Tim and Lita, our dig director and his wife, for a small cookout. The food was delicious, and everyone who had been at the site the past few weeks was there. There was also a Greek Archaeologist there who showed us pictures of his work excavating graves along the highways. He showed us some very interesting things, many of which we would've never had access to. We were pretty lucky to get the chance to see them.
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