Tripp

Tripp and I went to high school together, but it was not until this summer that we met through a mutual friend. When he told me he needed a head shot taken, I jumped at the opportunity to practice taking portraits. Tripp was a good model, but his height required me to be creative in how I would take the shots.
The pictures were taken at his home in Loveland. We used the backyard and his dining room as backdrops. He also loves to play pool, so I thought it would be fun to shoot by the pool table. Here are a few pictures taken from that day.



Photographs: Taken without flash on my nikon D60 and edited in photoshop.

New Website

I have a new photo website.
I will continue to update my blog, but I wanted something a bit more professional.

Please visit the site here.

Munchkin

My niece came over today. Isabelle is (recently) four years old. She has a vivid imagination and likes to make funny faces. Today, we had fun taking pictures together, dressing up, and running through the sprinkler.

Old Photos, New Edits

Mike

Ali

A new website that has become very popular amongst procrastinators is called Stumbleupon. Recently, I "stumbled upon" a website of different techniques used in photoshop. I took a few minutes today to read up on tutorials of how to create different affects on my photos. I didn't follow the tutorials closely; rather, I used them to learn about a few tools that I have not yet used on the photoshop cs3 program.

I like the effects that I produced, but in the future hope to shoot photos with the intent on using the effects to their fullest capacity and impact.
Jen
Sarah

Photographs: The first four photos were taken with my nikon d60. Mike's photo was edited with a cross process. Ali's portrait was edited with high contrast, vinetting, and color changing to make it appear older. Jen's photo was edited with a lot of blurring and gradient to make the light more vibrant. Sarah's photo was edited for soft focus and high contrast.

The last photograph was taken by Luke Potter, a very popular photographer in Athens, OH. I wanted to add a color, light, and pattern affect to this photograph. Make sure to check out his blog!

Cincinnati Conservatory

Over spring break I visited the conservatory in downtown Cincinnati. Although I had been there before, I enjoyed the experience more when I had my camera with me. The following pictures are a few shots that I took while on my short visit. I particularly like the image of the bonsai tree.


Photographs: All the above photographs were shot with the macro setting on my nikon.