Week 1- Prior Photography

 

Honda Civic Si on a country road

May 24, 2010; 5pm; near Moody Creek, Idaho

f/9; 1/80; Sony A100; 18-55mm f/3.5@50mm

 Amy (sister's senior pictures)

November 3, 2010; 4pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/2; 1/160; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Iguana

July 22, 2008; 3pm; Valsayn, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

f/4.9; 1/60; Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2

 Piers

October 8, 2010; 3pm; Palisades, Wyoming

f/4.5; 1/200; Canon EOS T2i; 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6@ 35mm

Circular Polarizer

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

November 11, 2008; 8pm; Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.

f/6.2; 1", Canon SD790; tripod

Nic

October 26, 2010; 11pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/1.8; 1/125; Canon EOS T2i, 20mm f/1.8
(He has a 70-200mm f/4L, if anyone's wondering)

Self Portrait

September 8, 2010; 6pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/1.8; 1/80; Canon EOS T2i; 50mm f/1.8
Tripod and self-timer

Alex

January 1, 2011; 8pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/4; 1/40; Canon EOS T2i; 17-40mm f/4L@ 40mm

Prepping for a wedding shoot

November 5, 2010; 5pm; Rexburg, Idaho

f/6.3; 1/4000; Canon EOS T2i; 100mm f/2

Desert Film Shoot

August 18, 2010; 3pm; near Skull Canyon, Idaho

f/10; 1/30; Canon EOS T2i; 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6@ 55mm
Circular Polarizer

These photos were taken over the course of three years.  On my mission, I had a few different point and shoots with manual settings, and when I got home I eventually bought a Canon DSLR, mostly for filmmaking.  I've noticed that if you don't know how to use the manual settings or different lenses on a camera, it really doesn't matter if you spent $200 on a point and shoot or $1500 on a DSLR- your pictures will turn out just about the same.  I enjoy taking pictures with a variety of subjects and locations.  Some of these pictures came from different projects I've had- a commercial shoot, a music video and a film shoot.  I lightly adjusted the saturation, color balance and levels on all these photos- with the exception of the car.  For that photo, I cut out the car and completely desaturated the background and boosted the luminance on the car to give it more of an advertisement feel. For the picture of the building in Trinidad, I set up the camera on a tripod and left the shutter open to capture the star and the colors of the building and sky.