Halloween cemetary extra credit

For this assignment, we had to shoot people at a cemetary using slow shutter speeds. I went to Sandy city cemetary with my friend Kabir, who is the person in all my shots. I was there at around noon, so it was too bright to use any shutter speed slower than 1/30 or 1/20. I had to make Kabir run all over the place as fast as he could to get any blur, but I bought him a slushee at 7/11 afterwards. I learned a lot from this assignment, and I had a lot of fun. I like the shot when he is running in front of me with the tree in the background. You can make out his leg on the ground, but his body is just a blur on top, that was my favorite shot of the day, and the first one I shot that had any amount of blur.

Assignment #4: high key low key:

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For this assignment I tried to make the high key objects very white, except for some dark, bold shadows, which I brought out a little bit in post modulation. I tried to put a small glint of light in my low key shots too. I used a clean sheet of paper as my background for all my high key shots, and various black surfaces for low key. All my shots were taken outside with natural light.

Irving Penn

Penn using a simple background to bring out the expression of the model.
Example of "wedging" subject into a corner
Another example of the corner background technique. Gives his photographs a different feel.




Irving Penn was an american artist who drew, painted, and photographed. He was famous for his portraiture and photos for fashion magazines. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, where he studied under Alexey Brodovich, in 1938. He worked as a photographer for Vogue fashion magazine for many years, and ended up marrying his favorite model in 1950. He posed his subjects against a simple grey or white background, often creating a bold corner, and "wedging" his subjects inside. Most of his portraits were lit with natural light even though Penn was skilled with the studio flash, he even created a portable studio with a special skylight. Penn died at 92 years old in his Manhattan home on Oct. 7, 2009.

Assignment #3 before and afters

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This is a picture of the planes engine, which I was lucky enough to be right next to.
It gives you a sense of how high the plane is.


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This is a shot from the Oklahoma river. This is the first and second place boats of the womens masters doubles competition pulling in to dock. I'm glad I got this shot, because its the first time the atheletes get to relax since they went out, and one girl is even smiling after winning her race. I hope it comes across how the girls in the boat are still tensed up, but the girls on land are more relaxed and calm.









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This is a shot of spectators watching a double race by. I tried to make the shade more like it was in real life.






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This is my friend Charlie sleeping by the river after our race. I hope it comes across how peaceful this location is. Even though the pictures don't look that different, I did make the shade a bit darker and the sun a bit brighter.

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This is a shot of spectators watching a double race by. I tried to make the shade more like it was in real life

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This is a shot of the planes engine, which I was right next to. I like the way it contrasts with the ground below, and you kind of get a sense of haw high up the plane is.

Im happy I could make my images look more like they are in real life, and how we would see them, rather than how a camera sees them. All my shots are either on the plane, or at the dock in Oklahoma. I feel I should have gotten more shots of the actual boats on the water, because thats not something commonly seen. The Afters aren't really that different from the Befores, but I think that small amount of adjustment to the black and white really makes the image better and gives you a better feel of how the object actually is.

With some enhancement

Without any enhancement

This is a shot from the dock at the Oklahoma river. This is the first and second place boats of the women's doubles competition pulling in and finally being able to think about anything other than rowing. I'm glad I got this shot, because it is the first moment since they've been out on the water that the atheletes can relax. I hope it comes across that the girls still in their boat are all tensed up, while the girls on land and more relaxed and loose, one is even smiling after winning her race.