Night Time Portraits

"Low-Light" photos are extremely hard to accomplish when dealing with a moving subject. To get them to come out perfectly you have to ask the subject to try to sit as still as they possibly can, which for some people is actually pretty hard to do. In this case she was kneeling down giving herself leverage, making it easier for her to sit still. Taking these low-light photos were pretty fun to take and it's a really creative way to take portraits.

How did you end your day?

 I just loved the colors of this sunset it was absolutely breathtaking so of course I had to take pictures! I love the depth of field in the second photo, and how even though the grass was in focus my eye is still drawn to that beautiful orange color of the sun. Sunsets are my favorite things to watch.

Love is in the Air

Had such a fun time photographing these two this weekend, they share such an amazing bond and you can just feel the love in the air when you're with them. The pictures came out great and I can't wait for them to see them!

Fall has Arrived

While playing around with my depth of field I fell in love with these fall colors in New York City last weekend. Something about the plants just caught my eye and I knew this was one of my assignments so I just shot away. I really love these pictures because of the colors and the clear focus. Playing with depth of field has been my favorite thing so far.

If at first you don't succeed, try try again

It took many, many tries to get the image that I was going for. I had to have her skate back and forth at least 15 times. But I love how this photo came out. I now know that panning is extremely hard and takes a lot of practice. But the effects of the image are worth it.

A Starry Night

Playing with a long exposure, I was able to take photos of the stars and clouds at night. I was so excited to find these pictures come out as well as they did. I used my tripod and an exposure of 30 seconds to get all the stars to come out. I was having trouble focusing on the stars so I took a bunch of images and kept adjusting the focus a little bit each time, hopefully I'll be able to learn an easier technique. If you look on the bottom half of the imagine you can see a line of light, that was a plane flying by, which is what I found so awesome about this image.

Portraiting

While experimenting for my project on white balances, I happen to fall in love with these pictures. These were taken in a dark room with a flashlight used for the lighting and a long exposure, while my camera was on the tripod. I like the glow of the light that the flashlight gives and I will most definitely be playing with exposures more often. I had a lot of fun doing the white balance project.