Weekly Challenge 2

For this weekly challenge I chose to rework my portraiture project.  I absolutely hated portraiture when I studied it in Digital Art and Photography, so I chose to rework and take some risks.  My only opportunity for shooting this weekend was midday, a time when I feel the lighting is never optimal for good photos.  To combat this problem, I decided to really push the effects of midday on photography by overexposing all of my photos .25 to .5 of a stop.  This allowed me to really get some interesting photos because the background is blown out and blurry while the subject is in focus due to f/1.8.  I thought that having my subject be backlit by the sun would also provide somewhat of a halo effect on her hair.

Weekly Challenge 1

For this challenge I attempted to emulate Ansel Adams.  By using HDR, I tried to emulate his "photo bath" technique and his use of "analog HDR."

Ansel Adams Emulation WC1

Summer Artwork 2013

For my summer art, I chose to use photos that I thought evoked strange emotions in the viewer. I feel like I accomplished this in both of my images by using rule of thirds and unusual horizon lines. 

 For the barn photo, I was in Missouri on a road trip and went out at sunset and shot in HDR for my first time.  

The ocean self-portrait was shot in Maine on a partially overcast day.  I incorporated the headless portion because I thought that it would hide something that is expected when a body is seen.  

The final photo was one that I though would be interesting because I used a telephoto at night and changed the focal point every ten seconds on a 30 second exposure.  

I am planning on doing a Concentration series titled: Suspended Personality and basing it off of this photo.

"Suspended Personality"

"White Barn HDR"

"Ship(s)"