Final Project Preview

In the style of Arno Rafael Minkkinen these photo's repersent the natural body in a natural setting. In these photo's I self portrayed myself reaching out to nature and stepping in nature. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/640

ISO 400

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/160

ISO 400

Journal #15 Bejeweled Eye's

This shot was really hard to get because he wouldn't stop walking towards me, Uggggg. I kept laying on my stomach and I kept having to back up in order to get him, so I didn't have much time to focus on the shot. I then brought this picture into photoshop where I added a layer to increase the green in the eyes and nose. Then, I added a layer to that to kill the saturation a bit so the eyes could stand out and you would be drawn to them. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/80

ISO 400

Journal #14 The Farm

The Farm across from the Tick center has much photo potential. This photo was taken in the fall while the leaves were still changing. Although I used photoshop to enhance the red in the barn, I did not do much of anything else. I like how this photo portrays the working life of a farm and how everything is cluttered and in a way neat. I also like how the photo is not grainy even though i took this photo from far away. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/1000

ISO 400

Night Time and People Part 2

Night Time Landscape

With this photo I turned it into an HDR. By turning it into an HDR the photo was brighter, and you are able to see more details. When i was out shooting, it was snowing so you can see some white blurs which are light from the flash I used being captured. Also with all the flashing and me merging the pictures together the light with each photo made the snow glow and almost have a yellow hue. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 20.0

ISO:110

Self Portrait 

For this I flipped my curtains inside out to get a mostly white background. For this picture I was trying to portray how I sink into the background and how I mask myself. I also included the color in my pants because I love to play sports, and the color in my hair because I'm always changing how I look. I used a tripod and a 10 second timer. I also set up a full length mirror that was rested on the tripod, so I could see how i wanted to angle myself and look. 

Camera Settings: 

Aperture: f/9.0

Shutter Speed: 3.0

ISO 400

Night Time City

This was taken on the go, in down town Brattleboro. I do admit I was scared to be out on the streets in the dark so I took this from my truck as I was at some stop lights. I wasn't sure if this would come out because I didn't use a tripod, but I took the chance anyways. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/8

ISO 400

Candid Photo

This is a picture where the kids where watching cars go by as they waited for the bus to come to bring them to school. For this picture to work, my friend was driving while I raised my camera to take the shot. So they didn't see me I took the shot with out looking through the view finder, but set the lends to auto. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/7.1

Shutter Speed: 1/160

ISO 800

Journal #13 A flower

This was taken of fake flowers, even though they do look real. I love how the colors are so vibrant. I did not use any photoshop for this picture, even though if I were to go back I would probably go back and crop. The picture was also taken inside. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/640

ISO 400

Night Time and People Part 1

Painting in the Dark

This was taking indoors with only two lights. One light was a blue glow stick and the other was a glow in the dark tooth brush that changed from green to red. For this photo I had my model sit as still as possible while I pained around him with the blue. I did put a 10 second timer on the picture so I would be able to get over near him and draw. I do like the swirly blue circle above the model, which i achieved by swinging the light around using the string that was attached. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/4.5

Shutter Speed: 15.0

ISO 400

Smokey 

After a long night, the cat finally settled down enough for me to get this photo. This photo is for my loved ones picture. I first tried to take a picture of my friend holding him, but I decided that it would look better if it was just him sitting on the bed. I converted this photo to a black and white with color, but I decided to include the blankets color because it added to the mojo look. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/4.8

Shutter Speed: 1/20

ISO 200

Strangers Portrait 

This is Tarren. Tarren is 4 years old and loves to hang out and play. I met Tarren last night when i went to a friends house, and asked if i could take his picture, and he was more than happy and couldn't stop asking about how i was tang the photo. He was very thankful when it was over because he was getting tired of the flash going off. This photo was actually taking in the morning when he was distracted. I like this photo more than the ones I took at night because this one doesn't have the harsh shadows, that were created by the flash. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/4.8

Shutter Speed: 1/20

ISO 200

Journal #12 Seeing Double

This was a composed picture of two photographs. I do like the picture, but if you look for a long ti,e you can see the indifference of the two horses. If I was to go back I would try to smooth out the edges to give it a better look. I also love how the pictures shadows worked. 

Camera Settings: 

Aperture: f/ 14.0

Shutter Speed: 1/1000

ISO 1600

Journal #11 A complete Surprise

In search for finding a photo for this weeks journal, I came across this picture that I took in September. I had completely forgot that I took this photo. I really like the angle that this photo has and the depth in color that the boards have. When looking at this photo you can really see the grains and textures in the wood and even in the grass in the lower right of the picture. 

Camera Settings: 

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/1250

ISO 400

Action Photography Part 2

Pan Shot

About 30 minutes into this shot I was getting frustrated because I couldn't get the blur in the background but after many tries Ryan (my subject) showed me how to create a blurred shot by using the zoom. This shot is a zoom pan and I thing it turned out great, I do wish Ryan wasn't as blurry though. 

Camera Settings:

Aperture: 4.2

Shutter Speed: 1/5

ISO 500

Pan Shot 

It was very difficult to get this shot as I was struggling to get the blur in the background. It took many tries to get a shot where the background was blurry but the subject was clear. I love the coloring in the sky, the only photoshop used was to get the black circle around my subject.  

Camera Settings:

Aperture: f/5.0

Shutter Speed: 1/30

ISO 1400

Journal #10 A Different View

This was taken the other day before it got dark. I flipped this photo upside down. I love how the wires makes it look like your tight rope walking, and how it looks like your looking down on earth. 

Camera Settings:

Shutter Speed: 1/30

Aperture: f/5.0

ISO 100

Action Photography PART 1

Frozen Action

This was during a warm up at one of Twin Valley High Schools playoff games. This is a picture of both the boys captions. 

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/640

ISO 320

Sequence Shot

Aperture: f/5.0

Shutter Speed: 1/640

ISO 220

Frozen Action

For this photo to work I used the tripod on the shortest height it could do and a 30 second delay on the camera. 

Aperture: f/22.0

Shutter Speed: 1/400

ISO 1600

Journal #9 Leaping Lenny

This was my first attempt at action photography! I think it came out well, besides somethings being blurred. I used a tripod and a remote trigger, I used the setting where there was a two second delay, so I could actually press the button when I was jumping. Setting for this picture were:

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: f/32.0

ISO 1600 

Journal #8 Frozen Capture

This photo was taken in Brattleboro after noon. I like this photo because the fence really sticks out like if it was frosted over. I also like how the one leave is popping with color while the others are a plain white. And how this photo portrays how the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. 

Aperture: f/7.1  

Shutter Speed: 1/250 

ISO 400

Land Scape Photography -- Part Two

Soft Water

Aperture: f/4.5

Shutter Speed: 1/40

ISO 400

Taken on 10/12/14 around noon. Location was at a brooke near my gramps place. Took me many tries to get this photo. I love how it looks like it was painted!

Close Up in Nature Vertical

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/60

ISO 400

Taken on 10/12/14 around 2pm. The lady bug was placed as well as the pumpkin to achieve the grass in the background instead of wood. The lady bug was very corruptive and patiently got its photo taken before flying away. 

Close Up in Nature Horizontal

Aperture: f/5.6

Shutter Speed: 1/1600

ISO 400

Taken on 10/12/14 around 2pm. I climbed up a tree to capture this lone leaf, trying to hang on to the last of life. 

Journal #7 Natural Framing

This photo was taken on 10/2/14 at 5:37pm. 

Shutter speed 0.6

Aperture f/5.6 

ISO 200

I really like this photo because it shows natural framing and it's something you don't see everyday. If I could retake this photo i would want to increase the Shutter speed, so its not as blurry, I would also want to get it at a different angle so more of the road is in the mirror, instead of the bed of my truck. 

LandScape Photography -- Part one

HDR Sunrise

Aperture: f/14 

Shutter Speed: 1/4000 

ISO 400

This Photo was taken in Wilmington, VT at 6:27 Am. This was when the ground was still frosted over and the sun was just getting to its peak. I really like this photo because with the HDR their is a lot more detail and it looks very surrealistic. 

HDR Foggy Pond

Aperture: f/16 

Shutter Speed: 1/400

 ISO 400

This was taken in Wilmington, VT at 6:29 AM. This is also an HDR photo. I love how in this photo the fog makes it look ghostly and surrealistic. 

Black & White Pond

Aperture: f/10 

Shutter Speed: 1/160

 ISO 400

This was taken on your way to Bennington at 4:21 PM. I like how the black and white makes the details pop. This was a stormy/rainy day so their was many details in the clouds. 

A truck out of Place

This was taken Saturday at the lake. I was just messing around with the angles. If i had more time i would probably run it through photo shop to change the contrast and balance out the colors. 

ISO - 100, f/4.5, and 1/50

Journal #6 Big Green Tractor

I took this photo with the DSL camera. The settings were f/6.3 - 1/500 - ISO 400. I took the photo at school around noon and really wanted the focus on the tractor, so I blurred the background. I personally think the photo looks better like this. If I could change anything I would want the tractor in a farm setting. 

First Project "Line, Shape, Texture, Pattern"

Line

Aperture f/6.3

Shutter Speed 1/400

ISO 1600

This photo was taken at 9:33 AM, outdoors in the round pen. I worked around in photo shop to get the horses back to stick out. I love how the strip on his back and his neck conjoin and make you look to the center of his back. 

Shape

Aperture f/4.5 

Shutter Speed 1/60

ISO 1600

I was at the barn when i took this photo. I actually moved the horse shoe to where i wanted it to get this photo. In photo shop I increased the shadows to get the dark shaded look. I like this photo a lot. 

Pattern 

Aperture f/22.0

Shutter Speed 1/200

ISO 1600

This photo was taken at 1:16 and turned out very well. The wind was blowing that day and i was surprised i could get the leaves with such clarity. 

Texture

Aperture f/18.0

Shutter Speed 1/100

ISO 1600

I decided to use the texture of a roosters wing and tail for this assignment. This photo was taken at 1:18 PM and was very over exposed. The wings are a little blurry but i think it just adds to the look. 

Journal #5 Indian Pony

I took this photo at the stables on September 20, 2014 at 9:29 Am. I like this photo because it makes the horse look like an indian pony with him looking at the smoke in the back ground. I wish i didn't have the medal fence in the picture and I would of liked the horse more focussed. I used a digital DSL  camera.
Camera Settings:
 Aperture:f/6.3
Shutter speed: 1/80
ISO 1600

Journal #4 Ocean Veiw

This was taken Sunday, September 13th 2014, on a deep sea fishing trip

I like this photo because it shows the waves coming off the back of the boat, i also love that i got to capture some sea gulls, at the right time. I haven't edited this photo but i would like to so it is not as blurry. I did take this photo with my iPod. It was kind of a blind shot, because it was so sunny that day I couldn't see my screen . I hope you like it as much as I do!

Journal #3 Deer in Ohio

This was taken with my IPod at a farm in Ohio. This was taken about a year and a half ago. I did not add a filter. If I would change anything about the photo it would be cropping the other deer's legs out of the shot.

Journal #2 Final Resting Place

This was taken in 2014 around July at my dads cemetery. I would like to edit this photo, to balance the colors and put more focus onto the flag and light coming in. I love how the sun's rays are shinning over the flag and kind of aluminates the grave stone, so it looks like their is a ghost.

Journal #1 Twin Valley Stream

Twin Valley Stream photo was taken in late summer of 2013, at the Twin Valley High School. I love how this was a photo that was taken by chance. I also love how this photo's focus is on the steam, and it shows the beauty of nature. I wouldn't change anything about the photo.