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Digital Imaging Project 3-Camera Control

Photo #1

Title:Truffles
Camera Control Technique:Shallow Depth of Field
Aperture: 3.0
Shutter Speed: 1/90
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
I am a huge choc-o-holic and I really enjoy quality chocolates like truffles. I try not to be a snob about it, but Hershey's or Russel Stovers is downright nasty chocolate and should be avoided (unless you are making smores.. then it is ok). I used a bit of worms eye view and shallow depth of field (which really tend to go well together) to create an interesting shot of some truffles I picked up on my last trip to Sioux Falls. I also enhanced the truffles to bring out the colors and make them much more appealing. Rest assured, they will be consumed when I get back to them. Om Nom Nom Nom.

Photo #2

Title: Roadway
Camera Control Technique: Wide Depth of Field
Aperture: 8.0
Shutter Speed: 1/180
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
This is a shot of Kline street right out in front of NSU (along 12th). I have a very wide depth of field as just about everything is in focus; although the foreground is a bit out of focus. I enhanced the tree so it would stand out as a major focal point.

Photo: #3

Title: The Dismount
Camera Control Technique: Stop Action
Aperture: 8.0
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
You see my brother in law getting off of his motorcycle. He bought it before coming back from Kuwait and it was at our house in Aberdeen and he didn't have his license. So I had to ride his motorcycle to his place for him. It was a very cold ride at 75 mph. I cropped the photo to realyl emphasize the two imaginary lines coming from the angle of his body and the motorcycle.

Photo# 4

Title: The Runner
Camera Control Technique: Blurred Action
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/45
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
I took a photo of my wife's dog as she called. I managed to get a great shot of Stormy as she went running to my wife. The original photo was pretty bright so instead of trying the normal route of messing with the levels, I made a copy of the background layer and used Multiply to darken the image.

Digital Imaging Project 2-Compositions

Photo #1

Title: Modern Big Wheel
Composition: Worm's Eye View
Aperture: 5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
This is a shot of the front tire of my wife's motorcycle. It reminded me of back in the day when I used to have a Big Wheel.  I partially converted the photo to B&W. I think that the B&W sky looks neat, while still getting a bit of that blue of the sky in the reflections from the chrome. With the way the sun hits the bike, the purple has turned to black.

Photo #2

Title: Parallel Lines
Composition: Implied Lines
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
I was waiting at the gas station when I noticed that the shadow from the gas awning was running parallel to the curb. I thought it was a bit of implied line from the shadow and the actual line from curb. I also think that the shadow and curb have high contrast; that helps draw focus to that area.

Photo: #3

Title: Anachronism
Composition: Rule of Thirds
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/750
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
I was dirving through town and I noticed that one of the buildings near downtown Aberdeen was getting a facelift. After they removed part of the "new" facade, they revealed an old brick advertisement that looks almost brand new. You can see a few of these on other buildings around town, but nothing in this good of shape. It's anachronism because you have the modern skyline next to an advert from the 30's or 40's.

Photo# 4

Title: Waiting
Composition: Bird's Eye
Aperture: 2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/750
Exposure: P Auto
Description:
I was taking photos of the skyline in Aberdeen and I had happened to look down and see my wife impatiently waiting for me to hurry up.

Digital Imaging-Artists of Inspiration

Reichstag Flag
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Why: It is an iconic photo from WWII that shows Russia conquering Berlin.

Evelyn Mchale
Photographer: Robert Wiles
Why:This was a photo of great opportunity and shows that death is not always ugly.

Lunchtime atop a skyscraper
Photographer: Charles C. Ebbets
Why:Another iconic photo of how even an ordinary task of eating lunch can be monumental.

James Barnett
2Fort_Red
Why: I like Fauvinism, which is painting with highly contrasting colors. Both of these photos are great because the artitst used video game levels for his inspiration.

James Barnett
Megaton

Francisco Goya
Saturn Devouring his son
Why:I have always been drawing to this painting and I can't really explain why. I think it's the crazy eyes.

Pablo Picasso
Guernica

Digital Imaging: My Life