Sorry for the long wait folks! I’m excited to begin working with this site more to give you more frequent and enjoyable updates! These are photos shot on the Rhode Island College campus- I was experimenting with long exposures with the Nikon D70s, which I found out isn’t great for that purpose. In any case I am very happy with the outcome.
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I’ll be entering three of the following images into a photography contest. This will be my first entrance into one. If I win I get $2,000 and a Nikon D90! If I lose…Well that’s not gonna happen. No matter what this is a win, I get recognition and experience in contests. Please let me know what your favorites are and enjoy!
Let me know which ones you think are winners! and wish me luck- I don’t own my own camera yet, it would be more convenient if I did. Thanks =)
My weekend was one that yielded new and interesting experiences and new and exciting photographs! The flower below is called a starfighter I believe. The editing gives it an exciting plasma/neon look. The flower is naturally beautiful so it really didn’t need any help but I had fun doing it.
I was driving through Peterborough center and I saw the man in the picture below working on the Unitarian church. My dad used to work for them and I lived there in an apartment they gave us. It was practically my home at one point. I used to stand at the exact spot I took this photo everyday when I waited for the schoolbus.
Our little friend below was scampering along the fence to my dads property. I was walking by to go to my car and it just froze. So I decided that I would try to get as close as I could. If you look closely you can see me taking the photo in it’s eye.
The image of the sheep below is one of two that I’ve posted. The other is posted in my update of “B&W- the Beauty of Contrast”. I was driving back into town when I passed a farm with sheep standing behind a fence near the road. I pulled my car into a driveway and took some pictures. I grew up working with farm animals so it was fun to get out of the car and smell the farm and pet the sheep.
I have quite a few more pictures of the weekend but have to process them all. When I do, I have some wonderful pictures of the annual Jaffrey fireworks, and the night., that I’m sure everyone can enjoy! Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for enjoying photograpy with me =)
The two photos you see here are from the same picture. To begin I’d like to say that working in photoshop can be just as much an art as taking a photo. It is such a powerful program, with a multifarious design, that you can use it to create almost anything. Now I’d like to add that few people are able to use photoshop in it’s full capacity.
I have been working with photoshop for about 7 months now and just starting to get the hang of the basics. These are some that I edited.
The photo on the left is of a flowering plant where I work in New Hampshire.
I did to this photo what a professional would do to a cover model. Although you can tell this isn’t an as-shot piece, it has a certain pull to it simply because you know it’s been a little edited. Although I didn’t have to touch the color, nature did all that for me.
The picture of the coffee cups is one that I only made into a greyscale image, it has no other photoshop editing done to it. I liked the pattern on the sides of the cups and coffee really represents my lifestyle so I thought it was nice.
The road that you see below is another photo that has little photoshop work done to it. I simply grayed out the background in order to draw more attention to the foreground and the yellow lines. The picture interested me because of the vanishing point effect as well as the different textures in the photo, like the pavement. The blurred foreground leading into the focus is a fun depth of field effect. 
The shot of the stop sign below has been touched up a little. Nothing has been edited except for the saturation. I bumped it up just because I like the effect of it. I like things to be colorful and fun! Why not?
Ever time I do an update on this blog I just want to go out and take more pictures. It really is a great way of looking at my work in a different way and learning from it. I can’t wait for my next photo shoot this weekend with my friend Eric in NH. It’s gonna be a”blast”…I’m kidding nothing will be exploding but it’ll be a “riot”…ok maybe not, but I promise it will be fun!
Let me know what you think, post a comment! =)
