Final Photos

ISO 200 F/8.0 1/200

ISO 1600 F/13 1/500

ISO 200 F/11 1/125

ISO 1600 F/7.1 1/160

ISO 200 F/5.0 1/160

ISO 400 F/20 1/200

ISO 100 F/8.0 1/200

ISO 100 F/6.3 1/100

ISO 100 F/6.3 1/100

ISO 200 F/8.0 1/160

ISO 400 F/8.0 1/200

ISO 200 F/5.6 1/125

ISO 200 F/11 1/125

ISO 400 F/14 1/200

ISO 200 F/4.5 1/100

I had a flash on the camera.

ISO 800 F/4 1/50 

I had a flash on top of the camera. 

ISO 6400 F/7.1 1/125

ISO 3200 F/5.6 30.0 Seconds

ISO 3200 F/5.6 30.0 Seconds

ISO 200 F/5.6 1/100

ISO 6400 F/7.1 1/125

ISO 3200 F/5.6 3.0 Seconds

ISO 1600 F/5.6 1/160

ISO 400 F/4.0 1/60

ISO 1600 F/5.0 1/125

I had a flash on top of the camera

NOT stumbleupon

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/nature-landscape-photos/

Here are some pretty cool National Geographic photos I found, all by myself, and thought were pretty interesting. They are a mix of landscape and animal photos by various photographers from all over the world.
Enjoy

Yay for StumbleUpon!  Here are some very beautiful photos of different animals that I found on Stumbleupon.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2wfUq0/:1ajVpTp_J:Hc7qsYB./www.beautiful-animals.com/25-most-beautiful-animals-photography-on-stumbleupon/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qKpxd8hzOcQ

This really isn't on any of our current photography topics currently but it's so awesome I HAD to blog it, there were no other options. Enjoy

http://www.redclaysoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Red-Clay-Soul-Patagonia-Ad-Roy-Fitz.jpg

This is a Patagonia Ad. The man is in bright colors and looking down, allowing the viewer to identify with the products rather than the human. The photographer did leave a large blank space in the sky for text but Patagonia  didn't use it.

http://www.pete-kellen.com/media/jpg/brooks/brooks_suffer.jpg

This ad is for the shoe brand Brooks, The photographer left a huge blank space and the company failed to use it properly. They text is tiny and hard to read. I also don't know why they would use a photo of a women resting to advertise how great their running shoes are.

http://newsfromthepen.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/camping-mag-dps.jpg?w=550

Here is an ad for a Multimat tent, showing a family setting the tent up in their backyard. It's sweet, but not really the target market for the tent, right? A family setting the tent up in the forest would be more effective. They did do a good job to have the only bright color fabric be the tent and having the people wear cooler colors.

http://iris.backcountry.com/image/view/44416/440/440

Here is a Black Diamond tent ad, without any text but there is room for plenty. The shovel is distracting, doesn't add to the photo and easily could have been moved.

http://engauged.com/images/thumbnails/nightvision.jpg

This is a Coleman ad for a lantern. This may be my favorite of my 5 photos since it really focuses on the product and what the product can do - light up a dark area.

Once again it's time for my weekly blog, one day I swear to have something worthwhile to post. As usual I went to StumbleUpon for my blog inspiration and came back with a few links.

This site claims to be the most popular photography on SU, how they can actually prove their popularity is puzzling but the photos are still very interesting.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2H7bcr/www.myrandomstuff.se/?page_id=4771/

Then this site is much better. Most of these photos are stunning and of much better quality than the other site.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1WajtF/www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/12/these-50-photos-will-blow-you-away/

This is a photo of Forest Westwood. For another class, I had an interview with Jaci Webb from the Gazette about life after college for art majors. My professor gave Jaci the option to assign something to us for the Gazette, she asked us to take a photo that we thought best represented Billings, MT.  Forest stands at the intersection of 24th and central whenever he has free time to ask passing strangers to smile. This sort of kindness represents Billings most days. The photo will be published next week.

Here are a few photos of the Northern Lights a few weeks before a volcanic eruption in Europe. The photographer is James Appleton and he took the photos in Iceland.

http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/03/photog-takes-on-arctic-white-out-to-get-dream-shot/

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2kkUoJ/www.wired.com/rawfile/2012/02/objects-come-to-life-with-photographers-bent-sense-of-humor?pid=1782&pageid=7195/

Landscapes

Here a link to some amazing landscape photos! There's so beautiful.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2Yb6Ck/www.thecoolhunter.co.uk/article/detail/1957/amazing-places-to-experience-around-the-globe-part-1

Stumble Stumble

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6wgrGK/www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/liu-bolin-is-invisible_n_1279640.html?1329335783/

This week's blog is also from StumbleUpon! This concept is really cool, the photographer camouflages himself into his pictures.

Better Late Than Never...right?

Recently all my nephew will talk about has been volcanoes, and last night while on Stumbleupon the first site it sends me too is this: 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1Wppwc/pinktentacle.com/2010/02/photos-of-sakurajima-volcano/

Makes me wish I could see an actual volcano eruption, from a safe distance. 

On to the next assignment!

http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/35-superb-examples-of-still-life-photography/

We are just about to start assignment #2, Studio Still Life, and assignment #1 is sort of close to being done. And by that I mean we have 2 or 3 of the 7 photos done. Still life should be an interesting time, having complete control of the entire shoot will be a nice change. I also have to put together a portfolio of my art so that may lead into a two birds, one big ol' rock type situation.

Today I Googled 'still like photography' and found a link to "35 Superb Examples of Still Life Photography", and they are rather excellent. A few are pretty typical, they show a firm understanding of photography and lighting techniques but they lack creativity quite a bit.

Light Photography

http://www.designer-daily.com/20-amazing-examples-of-light-photography-7628

Just read this article on light photography, something I've never done but can't wait to try in the near future. It seems to have endless options, and would never be a dull shoot.

http://photo.net/learn/portraits/

I just read this article about portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman. It's not a very in-depth article about the technical aspects of portrait photography but it does emphasize the importance of the people skills required of the photographer to be truly successful. It also discusses environmental portraiture, which is part of our assignment, and lighting ideas if a studio is not available to the photographer. 

Portaits

I just started my last semester at Rocky Mountain College, an incredibly bittersweet feeling. One of the classes I am taking is a photography class and already I know it will be a great experience, even if I do feel a bit in over my head. Our first assignment will be studio portraits in groups, so I've been looking at different portraits on Google for inspiration and to focus on lighting. I am trying to determine what the light set-up might be for each photo I come across, which is what we did in class on Thursday.