May 26, 2015

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Shutter Speed: 1/250

Aperture: 3.2

ISO: 80

Shutter Speed: 1/60

Aperture: 6.3

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Shutter Speed: 1/160

Aperture: 3.4

I took these photographs for a friend of mine who asked me to do her senior pictures. I'm not exactly sure where we went to take the pictures, but I am glad we went there. The scenery was beautiful, as you will see in my later blogs. The images above this were taken at her house, I spent two days processing the pictures for her and I am happy with the way these turned out. 

June 4, 2015

 ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/50

Aperture: 4.0

 ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/50

Aperture: 4.5

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/50

Aperture: 4.0

June 2, 2015

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 13

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ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 10

I love how the grass almost outlines her as if she were in a picture frame. I feel that it gives the images more character. I do not see anything that I would like to change about these photographs. 

May 28, 2015

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 9.0

 ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 9.0

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 9.0

These images are processed and the only thing I would like to be different is how the bottom image is somewhat blurry on her face. I know Kim will love these pictures and that makes me happt. 

May 21, 2015

ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/100

Aperture: 11.0

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/100

Aperture: 13.0

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/80

Aperture: 13.0

I took these images one day on my way home. As you can tell it was raining, I had my phone at first and wanted to take picture of the windshield to put onto my instagram account and then remembered that I had my camera with me. I had to wait for the windshield to get covered with raindrops and then I went to take the photo. I really like how these images turned out and I know that parts of the images are weak, but I feel like these were great for a first time shooting instead of instagraming.

May 19, 2015

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/250

Aperture: 5.6

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: 7.1

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/320

Aperture: 6.3

These are more images of Lawrence Cope, I still do not like the background I have for him but it was the best I could do because of car problems. Doing his pictures was a good experience for me, not only because I was shooting photographs that would be fixed on the "clients" liking and for mine, but shooting photographs with darker skin is a little more difficult than shooting images of people with lighter skin. I was truly nervous on how the images would end up turning out. Although I do not like the images and feel like I did a not so great job with these, Lawrence ended up liking the images so I'm okay with that.

May 14, 2015

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/125

Aperture: 4.0

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/200

Aperture: 10.0

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/250

Aperture: 5.0

These photos are taken of Lawrence Cope outside of my house. He asked me to take his senior pictures for him because he thinks "I'm a really good photographer.". I told him I would do them for him and would do the best that I could, mainly because I didn't want to mess up any of his pictures for him. I had never taken pictures for someone and it be serious... I've always done pictures for people as a group of friends ad they were being silly through almost all of the images. Agreeing to take his pictures for him was not only something I did because I'm his friend or because I really enjoy taking pictures, but because I knew that this would be a challenge and that I had to start somewhere. I ha bigger plans on the surroundings for his photographs, but plans had to be changed due to car troubles.

May 12, 2015

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: 3.2

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/3200

Aperture: 2.8

The first image is of Skyler Height and was taken during Spirit Week at Texas High School. This was the beginning of the school year when I was first learning how to use a Canon Rebel. The second image is of Alma Martinez and was taken later on in the school year. At that point in time, I was more familiar with the camera and had a better understanding on what I was doing. There are a few things I would like to change about both of the images. In the first image I wish there was less things on the table so there would be less/no clutter on the bottom of the image. I would also like to change the fact that there was a woman standing in the background wearing bright clothing. I feel like she takes away from the image. In the second image I wish The paper was not as bright as it appears to be, showing everyone that Alma is not looking down but studying for an up coming test. I also would like if you could see more of the other side of her face, I feel like the connection people could make with her through this image would be so much greater.

May 7, 2015

These are some of my favorite pictures that I have taken in the past few months. I processed these images and feel good about them. Photography is not just clicking a button, there is an art behind it. Angles make a photo better than it could be just plainly shot by any person. 

May 5, 2015

ISO: 800

Shutter Speed: 1/250

Aperture: 1.8

ISO: 200

Shutter Speed: 1/25

Aperture: 16

This blog is to show the progress I have made throughout the year. I used to think I was a great photographer, until Mr. Smith taught me a few things and corrected me tremendously. I have come a long way my senior year, and there is one person behind the progress whom I thank so much and appreciate him. I could not be happier, I know that because of this class I am closer to reaching my dream of being a professional photographer.

April 30, 2015

Not long ago I was shooting architecture photographs for an upcoming competition that my photography team participated in. I am not going to lie, going through all of the pictures together I was starting to get a little discouraged. The people in my team are really good, and I enjoy being a part of them. When we started picking the photographs that would be in our portfolio for the competition I got nervous. I'm my own worst critic and kept telling myself that none of my imagss were going to be used, to my surprise one of them was. We tweaked my picture a little bit to make it catch the eye better and hold more interest in it. My team did GREAT in the competition and I am so proud of them. We placed third in the architecture catatory, we all wanted a higher ranking but we were one of the top three schools to place which is pretty good. :)

April 28, 2015

These photos are of a few people in the group I went to prom with. I could not have had a better group of people. Prom night was probably one of the best nights I have had during my senior year

April 23, 2015

April 21, 2015

Pre-Processed 

ISO: 3200

Shutter Speed: 0"3

Aperture: 13

This are my picture I took for Childhood Fears. I could not get anyone to help me take the pictures so I had to make my own "kid" to be in the photograph. I tried to be creative, but with what I was working with it was kind of hard to be creative. I know that not having a child is my fault, and that this image isn't spectacular, but I tried to get whatever I was able to get for this photo assignment. 

April 16, 2015

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: 7.1

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/250

Aperture: 5.6

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/400

Aperture: 7.1

These are a few images I took for Heather Sellers's Senior Pictures. We drive around and found a field and decided that we could get some good images for her here. I took over 100 pictures of her that day and really feel like it was a success.