Chelsea Ray

ISO: 100   35mm   f/4.5   1/500sec

17-50 lens

         I got a photo assignment to take picture of Chelsea Ray by her car. Yearbook is doing a story on how she got her license on the same day she got a job. One thing that was really difficult was the glare on her car window. I tried really hard to eliminate that as much as possible but this was about as good as it got. They didn't give me a lot to go on except that they wanted a horizontal picture of her by her car. So I just had her open her car door so it would be a little more interesting. 

Best Homework I've Ever Eaten!

ISO: 800   35mm   f/2.8   1/15sec

17-50 lens

        I had to shoot part of the food assignments for newspaper. I had to get enchiladas and queso from Zapatas. It wasn't very bright in the restaurant but it wasn't super dark either so my shutter speed only went down to 1/15 sec. In this picture I wanted to to make the enchiladas more in focus with the queso a little blurred. In processing, I cropped the the picture a little and brought up the exposure and contrast. 

Varsity Football! :)

 ISO: 1250   300mm   f/2.8   1/200sec

ISO: 1250   120mm   f/2.8   1/160sec

          That was the fastest 3rd quarter ever. But it was one of the best. I finally got to shoot varsity football!  I only ended up getting like 15 pictures and only 4 were even good, but I'm really looking forward to hopefully shooting more games next year. In the first picture, Mt. Pleasant was kicking an extra point and I just happened to get the picture when they were blocking it. Its not completely in focus but its not bad. In the second picture, I believe it was during a timeout, the coach and the players were right in front of me so I decided to take the picture. It may have just been some random picture but I actually like how it came out. 

Volleyball!!

* This is the blog for October 6

ISO: 1250   39mm   f/2.8   1/160sec

17-50 lens

       I think I'm finally getting the hang of volleyball...well sorta. I've gotten better at timing and stuff but I still have problems with focusing. I constantly take pictures that were taken at the perfect moment but the wrong thins is ALWAYS in focus. I know I will get better with time though. I like this picture because the ball is in it, you can see eyes,  the timing was pretty good, and our players were in focus. In processing, I cropped the picture and brought up the exposure a little. 

Homecoming was a fail.

ISO: 2000   17mm   f/2.8   1/4000sec

        Fifteen minutes. That was all I had to shoot. Not one good picture. By the time I finally figured out how I should shoot and all that.. the flash died. At first, on half of my pictures, the flash didn't go off. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't. Then I finally realized the flash was dying and I needed to change the batteries. By the time I changed the batteries, my shift was over. I was definitely the person who bombed this assignment. This was my best picture, and its not good at all. However, I've learned from this. 

Oh How I Love Black and White!

 ISO: 1250   29mm   f/3.2   1/10sec

One night I was just messing around with different stuff. This is a wind-chime in my backyard. When I went to process I wanted to see how it looked in black and white. After I changed it, I messed with the brightness, sharpness, and moved up the blacks. You could also see my Direct-TV satellite to the left of the birds, so I just kept messing with different settings in order to make it bled it with the tress and darkness. 

ISO: 800   41mm   f/4.0   1/13sec

To get the black background, I taped a black pillow case to the wall and had it draped across the floor. I took my tutu from 80's day and a tiara I just had laying around, and just started taking pictures from different angles. I had most of the direct light in the room turned off so not that much was getting to the stuff. I really wanted to practice using flash. In processing, I changed it to black and white and used the sharpness and brightness levels to bring out the jewels in the tiara.  

I used a 17-50 lens with a 580 flash for both pictures

Football!!

ISO: 400    91mm   f/4.0   1/4000

        First attempt at football went alright...I guess. I had maybe 15 decent pictures. I learned MANY things while shooting these games. One thing I learned is how hard it is to shoot in direct sunlight and trying to adjust between the sun, motion, and placement on the field. Football is definitely not as easy as I thought it was going to be. But I'm determined to work on being able to shoot more football games and becoming better. 

       This picture was one of my favorites. This was the Freshman B-Team who played at 4, so the shadows were very harsh. The lighting was definitely a challenge throughout the entire game. 

Volleyball!

ISO: 1600   f/3.2   1/200 sec

        As hard as volleyball is, I think this picture is pretty decent. Good things in this picture are the ball in the picture, and I also like how the other player on the right is yelling for the middle girl. I feel this shows a lot of emotion. I also enjoy the fact that the players are not blurry. I do wish the players were more in focus, however, and the background not as much in focus.