Club colors

Using the lighting to create a picture with shadows and give a sense of the atmosphere.

Light adds drama

SO if you just take a shot...no flash, no extra light, it's harder to focus...as is obvious. I do like the natural, faded look though. It could easily be made more transparent to lay text over the top or to layer images.

The is something alluring, though, about what can be done with light. A simple exercise...just the addition of a light on the central objects of the shot adds shadows and heightens the sense of colors and importance. Just an extra level of interest, I think.

It takes more muscles to frown.

Ummm...I just felt like this face needed to be documented...I didn't know it was physically possible.

Easter in 1 shot

My youngest cousin, Thomas.

easter break

home for break.

what do you expect from irish catholic students?

...minus the miller lite?

Frisbee

Probably the best action shot of the day.

i miss florida...

In the details.

The beach.

just a funky picture from the covered outdoor patio from last week. The rain came pouring down and it looked really cool especially with their lights.

back from the impound...

So...my van was stolen sometime after I left for spring break...and ended up in the impound lot out in the middle of nowhere before I even knew it was gone...and this is the $600 worth of damage for a 2 block joyride from CUA to rhode island ave... :-/ (the ignition)

Color Temperature

DVDs at 6800 (approximately the outdoor light temp)

DVDs at 3600 (approximate indoor light temp)

I think the higher temp helps to emphasize the leading lines and the rich color of the shelves, but leaves the DVDs as the secondary object whereas the more true-temperature of the second shot lets the eye focus on the DVDs first. Perhaps some layermasking to combine could help this photo. I might try that, but for now--it just depends on the focus...so I'd have to go with the 3600 shot. It is called "DVDs at 3600."

"Rubber Ducky: You're the one"

Why is this stuff still on the counter? I have no idea. Why do we have a rubber duck? Another blank one on my end...but it makes for an interesting photo. After checking out the shots from yesterday, I realized that the angle blocked almost all of the duck and left too much in focus, so i tried to change the angle a little bit and to have the surrounding objects bleed out of the frame and out of focus. While there are still background objects that could be distracting, the fact that they are blurred still allows the viewer to see the biggest, boldest, brightest, most in-focus object in that rare little creature...rubber ducky.

Aperture/SS games

...just working on balancing the aperture and shutter speed to get the best exposure.
of course...these same 4 images could probably have been achieved with one of the RAW images I shot and a little bit of playing with the exposure in photoshop. It feels like more is accomplished by getting it right by adjusting the camera settings...that IS the point of learning digital, right?

More good times at the beach

Beach Essentials.

Swing life away.

Coming up for air.

Matt said "position is everything" and it's obvious from my shots from the SJFC bball games that this is true. So...as dangerous as it could have been...sometimes you just need to get in the water to catch a fun shot. Nick...swimming laps.

Poolside Portraits

The overcast day at the pool was one of the best of spring break for photos. Frank...playing in the pool.

I've been trying to work on getting better portrait shots since the beginning of the class and I finally caught this of Amy while we were hanging out at the pool. I think it helped that the lighting wasn't strong because it was a stormy day, and it's just really natural. I LIKE IT!

Again...photographing other people as they photograph...I really like how this picture tells the story of what she is photographing without seeing the actual object. As Matt and I discussed, though, perhaps it should be cropped from the right a bit so that Mo wasn't so centered in the frame (common rookie mistake--I'll work on it!) The light from the sunset was so cool I had to catch it in a less head-on way.

Pictures of pictures

I have a thing about taking pictures of other people taking pictures. haha. I really liked how Mo was positioned while she was taking photos from our balcony and the way the sun was coming in causing a semi-silhouette.

looking for a photo

I was trying to find some atypical shots and liked how i could capture an idea of where I was by the shadows casted on the porch...that typical balcony railing shadow and the palm leaves. Light and shadow can be fun to catch instead of the objects, themselves.

that southern sunlight