Monday, December 6, 2010
Flickr
Friday, June 4, 2010
More and More......
Anyways.....the Prom was a completely new experience for me because I had never really done a party before, I have done portraits and other things of that sort but nothing like this. It was also the first time I have ever used a speedlight, and I didn't realize how hard it was to use one!
During the past few weeks I've been mentored by Todd Kerr, the main photographer for the Piedmont Post. He has taught me so much about doing events and parties. I already know how to do sports well enough. I needed to get a jump start on the parties part. His style of doing things makes so much sense and works incredibly well. I remember many things that he told me but a couple stood out. Here are a couple of the ones that stood out...."My goal is to get everybody in this whole building tonight, and if i don't get everybody then I failed", "Being a storyteller you have to make sure to get every possible moment in the night whether its serving food or just standing around bull shitting", "You have the groups of kids,...losers, jocks, cool kids....and so on".
Those quotes made an impact on the photos I took and will ever take. They were incredibly helpful and made so much sense. All of my credit goes to him, he has helped me so much over the last couple of months.
Here are the best photos I got, i screwed up the order so it starts at the end of the night and goes to the beginning.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Piedmont Post
Of course these are the best shots, because they put them in the paper.
These were not in the paper but they are still rather good. I love the fast frame shooting! You can get every single movement, so awesome!
A few things I can work on looking at these shots are getting more of the ground rather than the sky, but I was trying to make sure and get the whole lacrosse stick. Also keeping the camera level with the track and the surface that was around the players, I didn't realize how far off it was until one of the main photographers of the Post pointed it out.
I'll have more up soon of all the jobs that I'm doing and more D.C. pictures are on the way! Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated! Everything helps!
-Kellan
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Crab and Street Performers
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Washington D.C. #1
So, every single building that you go in has security guards and metal detectors. It is extremely irritating to have to go through one even if you want to just go to the bathroom. I guess they just don't want anybody to blow stuff up. Anyways, if you take any shots near the security checkpoints or of something that they don't want you to take pictures of, they will make you delete all of the shots you took.
Arlington Cemetery was by far one of my favorite places that we went to. It was just absolutely beautiful and peaceful. The graves of soldiers and many other people just went on forever out into the distance. They never stopped going, it was truly amazing. We went in early evening when the Sun was setting and I got some good shots with the graves, but one of the coolest parts of the Cemetery was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
These are from the Tomb of the unknown soldier. These are the guards who guard the tomb 24/7. The change the guards out every half hour.
A couple shots of the thousands of graves that are in the whole cemetery. The graves seriously went on so far in the distance you couldn't see the end of them.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Fire Arts
The spinning and movent shots I have done before. You just set the exposure for a couple of seconds and the flame trails just fill the whole screen. Thats the easy part, and I have been doing those shots for a couple of years. Here are some from the past and present. Charlie, my friend, has been spinning fire with me for a few years.
One of the more recent ones. A shorter exposure making look darker. This is my friend Charlie.
Charlie spinning again. A longer exposure, a little brighter than before.
First shot we did with the studio light trying to just light up the subject. Charlie is spinning for these two.
A little later, more of a flame but the subject is still a tad blurry.
After getting used to the lighting we tried a few a little darker. You can still see the background a little. This is me for these two. Charlie took both of these shots with me in them. Thank You!
Well this is one of the last ones that we did, the background was almost completely blacked out, but I reached my goal with all of the ratios of shutter speed and what not.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
These two shots were definitely my favorite from the whole trip, I don't really know why though. All I know is that they look really cool!
Well that's it for this one, more will be coming in the near future. Any comments or advice is greatly appreciated! :)
-Kellan
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Crab Apple
This post is on a Crab Apple Tree that is right across the street from my house. It is now spring and all of the plants and trees are in bloom. I walked out of my house one morning on my way to get a bagel and some tea, and this tree just caught my eye. It was a rather cloudy morning but there was a break in the clouds. I ran in and got my camera and this is what I got.........
I especially love flowers and plants. Especially really close up so you can see all of the details. I don't have a macro lens so i just make do with the ones that I have. They work really well for me right now, but I am slowly starting to acquire new and much more advanced equipment. Its a big change from what I used to shoot with, I'm still trying to get used to it.
Anyways back to the Crab Apples, this tree is a huge tree and I only really focused on one part. Just one little branch and then I tried some stuff that was a little higher up. The tree was up on a ledge, and I couldn't get too close to it so I tried my best to zoom in and get wide angle shots. They turned out really well. These are five of 400 shots that I took. They are the best, of course.
One of the things that I'm not sure whether I can change or try and overcome is when you focus on a subject up close and you can only get a small part of the subject to be clear and in focus. I really noticed it in these shots for some reason. I guess I just never really noticed it that much before............
This is one of my favorites.
Well that's all for this post, I'll try to get a bunch of stuff up in the next week or so. I just have so much to go through, and look at. Anybody with comments or advice please post them, everything helps!
-Kellan