Professional Photographers

The first photographer I picked was Kurt Ross. I picked him because of how unique his photos look to me. At first they look like they were painting that he painted witch I thought was interesting, and the fact that most of the pictures were taken out side drew me in even more. I can relate to his work because it is mostly outside, nature objects, and that it was I enjoy talking pictures of. I think it is an emotional connection because it is outside and he enjoys that and so do I .

Here are two examples of his work:

    

http://www.kurtross.com/set6.html

The next photographer is John MacLean. I like his pictures because they are more real, not as edited as my other photographer. The reason I picked him is because he has a large variety in his work, form nature to people, or from black and white to food. I can relate to the fact that he does nature and that subject matter, but I don't think I could take pictures of food or buildings. I think I again connect with an emotional because of the outdoors photos that he does. 

Two examples are:

Texture

For an assignment for my photography class we had to find texture. I we looking around my house and found a snowshoe that my great uncle had made my dad and took the picture of only to leather part of the shoe. I do not think that there is any secondary subjects in the picture.

Aperture:f 3.5

Shutter Speed:1/30

ISO:200

Focal Length:10.3

Next I found this piece of rope that we use as molding in the living room in my house. i cropped this picture so that the rope would be the only subject in my picture.

Aperture:f 2.8

Shutter Speed:1/30

ISO:200

Focal Length:4.6

This is the picture of the wall in my house. When my mom was painting our house she use a duster to paint the feathery designs on the wall. There is no secondary subjects.

Aperture:f 2.8

Shutter Speed:1/24

ISO:400

Focal Length:4.6mm

Best of, well so far!

I picked this one for my best of because I love the detail you get from the pine comb. I also like how there are only several green pieces of grass with the pine comb. 

I picked this picture because it is something I love. I also like the fact that it goes from focused to unfocused. I also like how the lines lead you across the volleyball net.

I chose this one because I like how the leaf and the background are identical in color, but the leaf still pops out and is still the subject in the picture,.

I love the sly in this picture and how the sun is almost out of the picture, but still seen. I also like how the trees are colorless. 

I picked this one because of how simple it is. I also like the pattern you see in the picture. 

Re-edited, But Just As Great!

Compared to the first and the second one I straightened the picture, made it a little brighter, covered up some of the scuff marks,and covered up the writing on the volleyball.

The only thing I did to this picture was put it into black and white. I think this picture is great either way.

With this picture I cropped it in a bit of a different way, also made the colors stand out more. 

Lighting

I picked these three pictures because I thought they showed the most contrast in the lighting of different times of the day. All of the subjects are taken by the lake in Hatfield, WI. I think that evening light is the best. I think it is the best because it is the most dramatic of all the lighting, but also it can take away from the more important subjects if there are any. I think that mid-day night is the worst because it has no special effect on the picture. 

Picture 1: Morning

Aperture:f 5.0

Focal Length:11.8mm

ISO:160

Shutter Speed:1/60

Picture 2: Mid-Day

Aperture:f 5.0

Focal Length:4.6mm

ISO:160

Shutter Speed:1/60

Picture 3: Evening

Aperture:f 5.0

Focal Length:120mm

ISO:160

Shutter Speed:1/60

Reflections

For class we had to do a reflection shooting assignment. I like how the trees reflected off the water. I wish there would have been more colors involved in this picture.

Aperture:f 6.3

Shutter Speed:1/60

ISO:160

Focal Length:16.9mm

Again I like the trees reflecting off the water, and this one has more of a verity in colors. Maybe if i could have gotten more of the trees and less of the beach it would have been better.

Aperture:f 5.0

Shutter Speed:1/60

ISO:160

Focal Length:37.7mm

I like how the fallen leaves are apart of the picture and you can also see the reflection of the tree in which they could have fallen from. Again the brown leave are boring so maybe if there was more color.

Aperture:f 3.2

Shutter Speed:1/80

ISO:160

Focal Length:9.41mm

Animal Morph

For an assignment in my photography class we had to take a picture of yourself, and another picture of an animal. I took a picture of a bob cat and a bear that I had in my house and replaced the eyes and mouth on both of the animals. I really liked this assignment because we got to be creative and it was really fun to do!