Their Game is as Tight as Their Spandex.

   For the Girls' Volleyball pictures I took this team picture of them at this unique angle. I love the coloring of this photograph and like that it isn't taken the way pictures usually are and is slanted differently. The only thing I would change is that they were more in a circle instead of a oval.
Aperture: f/5, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 18 mm, Flash: None

  In this criss-cross photo of the team, I chose to make the picture this color because I like the way it bolds everything in importance, such as jerseys, the "N" and their hair. I like the way that the line up goes from short, tall, then short again.
Aperture: f/5, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 18 mm, Flash: None

   Of all the photos I took for these lovely ladies, this one would have to be my favorite. I love the bright colors, angle, and the placement of everything. I boosted the colors a little bit in this photo just to make sure everything popped!
Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 18 mm Flash: None

   This here is another group shot of the team in their country apparel. I love how the wind catches their hair just slightly and how soft the colors are. I faded the colors while editing this because they were almost taking over the photo and I thought that this color goes better with the background.
Aperture: f/6.3, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 20 mm, Flash: Yes

   Here is just a shot of two girls from the group. Again I used the sepia color because I like the way it changes the photo. The jeans are darker and your eyes go right to what they are pointing at, their numbers.
Aperture: f/4.5, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 18 mm, Flash: None

  This is another group photo where they are in a wing like order. I had them line up where the shortest are in front and the tallest are in back. I wish the coloring was a little different but with this photo I think they still work. Another thing I that I would change about this photo is the glare of the lights on the wooden floor.
Aperture: f/5, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 18 mm, Flash: None

Photoshop.

Before

After

   Here is a before and after shot of a picture I had cloned out one flower and cloned a different flower into several different places. I turned down the white balance in the after photo so the flower would not be so bright and made sure when i cloned the new flowers I kept the reflection in the water underneath them. 

Before

After

  In this case, I cut out the cross country runner and pasted her onto a blank background. 

Reflections

  The main subject in this photography are the sunglasses and the secondary subject is the reflections of me in them. I like how the sky is so clear in the reflection and the way the sunglasses look; however, I wish the reflection was more defined. I took this picture because when I think of reflections I think of looking into someone's aviators and seeing yourself as if it was a mirror. This assignment was to take a picture of a reflection.
Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 100,  Focal Length: 55 mm Flash: None

  In this photo you see a reflection of a flower off the water. The main subject is the flower and the second subject is my hand. I love the coloring of this photograph and think the reflection was perfect. The only thing I would change in this picture would be that the fingers holding the flower weren't so bright. This assignment was to take a picture of a reflection.
Aperture: f/5, ISO: 400, Focal Length: 41 mm, Flash: Yes

  For this reflection, I took while laying on the hood of my car. The main subject is me and the secondary subject is my reflection. I love how clear the reflection is and the angle of the photograph. I took this photo because I like it when you are standing next to a car and you can see your reflection so I decided this would be a good picture to portray reflection. This assignment was to take a picture of a reflection.
Aperture: f/3.5, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 23 mm, Flash: None

Seasons Change

 When I think of seasons four things come to mind..

  Usually when you ask people what they think of when saying seasons change they think of Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter. To show how the leaves are changing colors for fall time I took a picture of a tree turning from green to red. I like how the top of the tree is blurry and the bottom is in focus. I brightened the colors in the leaves to show the dramatic change in color. 

Aperture: f/7.1, ISO: 200, Focal Length: 18 mm, Flash: None

  Another thing that comes to mind when talking about seasons are sports. This year for our senior guys is really changing, not only with the new coaches, but realizing that every game is getting closer to their last. This picture was taken as a pile-up began at the Neillsville vs. Osseo game. I love how the picture is darker on the outside but brighter in the middle to focus on the three men in the middle.
Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 194 mm, Flash: Yes

  Seasons don't only change for humans but also birds. As the weather starts to change the birds are moving around a whole lot more and getting ready to fly south from the cold weather. I took this picture of a hawk flying through the skies right about the tops of the trees. I like this picture in black and white because it has a peer white background where all you see is the bird at flight. 

Aperture: f/8, ISO: 200, Focal Length: 220 mm, Flash: None

 Lastly, when I think of "Seasons Change", season-ing is something that could also be in this grouping. Some people like to change and experiment with seasonings and I took this picture because I liked the vintage look of these shakers. I made the color sepia because I wanted to give the picture an older look and I like that the paper is coming off the pepper shaker and there is dirt on them also, those characteristics give the image more unique quality.
Aperture: f/5, ISO: 1600, Focal Length: 40 mm, Flash: Yes

Sepia Switch.

 

 I tend to take a lot of my photographs in sepia because I like the antique look it gives. In these two pictures, you can see the difference between the faded sepida like the first photograph, where there are more shadows and a dark exterior, and the bright sepia with the boosted coloring, like in the second. Each photo has a main subject of the people starring in them. I tend to take my photos at an angle so the main subjects are slanted or off to the side, instead of in the middle. The secondary subject in the first picture is the waterfall coming off the dam. I like how your eye follows the line of the the fall taking it arcoss the image. For the second photo I believe the secondary subject is the sign he is holding on the side of the road that leads into the horizon.

Portraying Portraits.

  In this photograph I have slid the main subject (the girl) upwards to overlap the image. I took this photo because I loved the lighting and the color of the door, which is the secondary subject. This photo turned out just as I wanted, brights against darks and a strong profile of her face.

  This picture is another portrait I took for a friend's senior pictures. Alleah is my beautiful subject in her  lime green prom dress sitting on my secondary subjects, the rocks. I love the faded color I chose in this picture where the dress and grass does not pop out too much. I would only change that her eyes were more open!

  Here again is a senior picture of a friend that I took on top of a small dam. I loved the colors of the cement underneath her so I brightened those colors and it also made her eyes pop more. I took this photo because I enjoy trying new things with my photography and have never tried this before.

  In this photograph my main subject, Sarah, is in the middle of bright, creamy colored soy beans and I like this because the dark color of her hair, shirt and jeans makes your eyes focus on her and not the background.

 Another bright and colorful portrait but this time I used a softball player as my main subject. The thing I love about this picture is that even though her eyes are almost covered by her helmet they are so well emphasized anyway.

For the Long Run.

Meena

Josh

Jared

  

  

  One of the things I like to do is take pictures of sports, such as Cross Country. In these photographs, the main subjects are the people running (Meena, Josh, and Jared). To me, the secondary subjects are the people in the background. I love all the bright and brilliant colors in the photographs and tried to blur out the backgrounds as much as possible. I can't say I'd change anything in the photographs one or three but for the second photograph I wish the subject was a little less blurry and more infocus.

Skateboarder.

Soaring through the sky.

Half Pipe.

  These are some of my favorite skateboarding photographs. This is an "at whim" photo shoot I had at the Neillsville skate park with both photo's main subject being the skateboarder (Aaron). The secondary objects in these are the ramps below him. My favorite thing in "Soaring through the sky" is that the sky is bright at everything else is very dark. The best part about "Half Pipe" is his facial expression. I love everything about these photos, even the editing, I wouldn't change anything. This is a "free post".

Guys with Guns.

  The handsome men in this photograph would be the main subjects and the guns would be the secondary subjects. I love the angle of this photo and the beautiful colors in it. The only thing I wish to fix is the line up with the guns, I would prefer them at a better angle to them. I took this photo for friends of mine (the subjects) at the Neillsville Gun Club as a favor. I had the most fun working with them.. even though they were not my typical models. This is one of my "free posts".

Open Themed

  In this photograph, I have my dog as the main subject. The secondary subject is the couch he is laying on; however, because of the way I have darkened the image you can not see it as well. I love the darks and lights of this photograph. My main object of this photo was to highlight my dog and by having such a dark background your eye goes right to him. Although the coloring turned out how I planed, I think the characteristics of his face could of been more defined. I took this photo because I liked the shadows that were against him and I just like the way he always lays on the back of the couch. This assignment was open themed.
Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: f/4.0 ISO: 400 Focal Length: 18 mm Flash: on

  This photograph's main subject  is the first yellow flower and the secondary subjects is the bottom flower and the leaves surrounding the ground. I think the colors of this photo work well together and I like how the middle of the flowers are defined. I also like the way the leaves are swirling around the subject. I wish that there were less shadows in this and the ground was slightly lighter then the deep red but I think it still works. I took this pictures because I love how pictures of flowers turn out and I think they were really beautiful. The assignment was opened themed.

Shutter Speed: 1/800 Aperture: f/4.5 ISO: 100 Focal Length: 30 mm Flash: off

  The primary subject in this photography to me is the rock because your eyes are brought right to it while looking at it. The secondary would be the birdbath. I love the colors in the picture because it reminds me of fall, which is not only the reason I took this photo but also my favorite part about it. The thing that I think doesn't work the best in here is that I wish the grass was more green around the birdbath. The assignment was open themed.

Shutter Speed:1/250 Aperture: f/4.5 Focal Length: 32 mm Flash: Off

Test Post

This is a picture I took for my friend Amy's senior pictures. I boosted the coloring in this photo and highlighted the shadows. I love the colors in the blanket and think her shirt blends well with them.