Final project

We've come a long way from the introductory class to our last couple of weeks.  This is my final project where I played with lighting, color, and the rule of thirds to achieve my final creation dedicated to the life and times of my fellow nursing students.

My fellow nursing students agree to be photographed in a variety of settings, classroom, lab, clinical, outside, and during lectures.  Our teachers and site directors all gave permission to use the spaces seen in the pictures for the final assignment.  It was a long day for us, so we got a little silly (OK a lot of silly).  It was a good outlet for the stress of our upcoming oral presentations.

Upon editing the pictures using Picasa, I found that I played around with colors a lot more to create moods and feelings for them (this can especially be seen in the classroom B&W picture).  I was tentative in some of my edits, but as I began to explore and play with them more, I became more bold and creative in my editing process; much like my pictures transitioned from simple group posed dynamics to more adventurous pictures.  I really like a lot of the final results and hope you do as well.

Movie Slide Photos: Taken with Nikon D90 

Slide 1: Intro slide

Slide 2: Picture 1: Resized, model  (auto focus); Model: Cami Donna

Slide 3: Picture 2: Cropped, resized, “sunlight glow” filter applied (portrait setting); Model: Jessi Roe

Slide 4: Picture 3: Cropped, resized, Daguerreotype filter applied, increased exposure, increased shadows, increased detail, air brushed shine off of head (auto focus); Model: Zack Schwartz

Slide 5: Picture 4: changed picture angle, cropped, resized, applied magenta fade filter, increased exposure, increased detail, added slight red filter (auto focus); Model: Carrie Scribner Abajian

Slide 6: Picture 5: cropped, resized, applied focal B&W filter, increased shadows, increased detail, decreased temperature of color (portrait setting) ; Model: Alexandra Verro

Slide 7: Picture 6: cropped, resized, changed angle of picture, increased exposure, increased shadows, increased detail, and applied 60’s color filter/shape (land scape setting); Models: Carol Santerre, Ann-Elise Johnson, Nicole Davis, & Alexandra Verro

Slide 8: Picture 7: cropped, resized, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (auto focus); Models: Carly Kissane & candy

Slide 9: Picture 8: cropped, resized, red tinted filter applied, increased exposure, increased shadows, increased temperature, increased details (burst setting); Models:  Logan Ordway , Athena Davies, Art Hubble, Amara Andres, & Grace Breer

Slide 10: Picture 9: cropped, resized, changed angle, applied pink tint filter, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (auto focus); Models: Grace Breer, Carole Santerre, Karyna Lessard, Carly Kissane, Cami Donna, & Amy Nutt

Slide 11: Picture 10:  cropped, resized, changed angle, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (auto focus); Models: Carly Kissane, Amy Nutt, & Cami Donna

Slide 12: Picture 11: cropped, resized, changed angle, applied blue tint filter, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (portrait setting); Model: Carly Kissane

Slide 13: Picture 12: cropped, resized, changed angle, applied orange tint filter, increased exposure, increased temperature significantly, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (portrait setting); Model:  Art Hubble

Slide 14: Picture 13: cropped, resized, changed angle, applied Reala 400 filter, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (burst setting); Model: John Earley

Slide 15: Picture 14: cropped, resized, changed angle, applied soft filter, applied Holga-ish filter, applied purple tint filter, applied  increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (auto focus); Models: John Earley, Athena Davies, & Art Hubble

Slide 16: Picture 15: cropped, resized, changed angle, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (auto focus); Models: Cami Donna, Carly Kissane, Amy Nutt, & MediMan

Slide 17: Picture 16: cropped, resized, adjusted angle, applied B&W filter, applied sharp Holga-ish filter, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (landscape setting); Models: VTC ADN Williston Class (assorted) of 2013

Slide 18: Picture 17: cropped, resized, adjusted angle, applied CinemaScope filter, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (land scape setting); Models: VTC LPN Williston Class of 2012 (complete)

Slide 19: Picture 18: cropped, resized, increased exposure, increased temperature, increased detail, increased clarity, increased shadows (portrait setting); Models: Cami Donna, Amy Nutt, & MediMan

Thanks for a great semester :)

The Portrait

This week in photography, we had to take portraits after reading some How To tips.  I choose three of my portraits.

The first one I took with a blanket over the couch and two lights on in the living room.  I like this one because the lines in the blanket behind Bella almost look like wings and they fit perfectly with the lines of her shoulders.  I like how the light in the picture makes her hair glow and she's got this cute little ham face smile going on that looks anything but angelic.  I took a lot of pictures of her posing how she wanted to and this one was one she came up with all by herself.  I really like the lines of her shirt and the blanket on the couch and how soft the image looks.

The next picture is taken of my son Finn at the pool.  He is in the middle of some snuggles.  I took the picture while he was being held by a family member, then I cropped it.   I like how the perspective is face on, but he's looking at the camera upside down so it really catches your eye.  It's not a traditional baby portrait and his head is slightly off-center, so it makes for an interesting portrait that you just keep looking at while moving your head around to see if he's smiling or baby glaring ;-)

The final picture I choose is one of Finn at the base of the stairs at my parents house.  I did burst shots and this was one of the only ones that was not blurry because he was moving so much.  I am leaning over the side railing standing on a little chair in the hallway to be over the top of him.  There were lots of lights on and I like how the angle of the stairs creates movement in the picture.  His expression is priceless; I really like how his face is squished up and not perfect, but he's cracking up so it makes the picture perfect to me.  I really like how sharp and clear I was able to make the picture to bring out more texture in the carpet as well as his skin tones and hair color.  I think it makes for a really great portrait of a very active baby.

As always, comments are always appreciated.