April 29, 2010 - Earth, Art, & Everything In Between.

Long day. Nothing to say. Red filter for contrast.

April 28, 2010 - A Deep Fried Grave

Today it finally happened. De'Angelo and I have been arguing about the appeal of the KFC Double Down for a couple of weeks now. Tonight he picked one up, brought it over, and took it down to China town. I decided it would make a perfect photo essay. Not only are there some fun images, but it documents the beginning of his early death. Enjoy!

April 27, 2010

Yesterday, I was sitting in class, and there was a mini-discussion about a student's photo that could have/should have been taken with a long exposure to create a desired feeling of motion that this student seemed to be looking for. The student sitting in front of me then asked, "Couldn't you just use a motion blur filter?". The teacher agreed that this would be one possible way to achieve a feeling of motion. The student who took the photo continued to discuss the photo, and explained how she needed to wait until a certain time to achieve the desired color of her subject. The questioning student then asked, "Couldn't you just adjust the color with a hue/saturation adjustment layer?". Before the professor could take that one, I decided to jump in. I had heard enough. Unfortunately due to my frustration I wasn't as eloquent as I would have liked, but I made the point that if you just use your camera to take the desired photo you don't have to rely on PHOTOSHOP to try and achieve the desired effect. I'm sure those of you who are photographers can agree with me. With this in mind, I decided to take some multiple exposure photographs today. With all of the talk about composite images I have heard this semester, I wanted to get back to the original composite: multiple exposures within the same frame. Take a look and tell me what you think. Regards.

One A Day...So Far

Last week I started a fairly common personal photo project that I like to call, "One A Day". It's a technique used by writers and artists alike, and I feel like it has already started to help me expand my mind even further when I am photographing. I originally started showing my peers this project via Facebook, but I now that I have a bit of an audience, I'd like to start posting them to my blog so I can narrate how I see fit a bit more seamlessly. With this first post, I just wanted to bring the blog up to speed with what I have already posted. So here is April 21-26.

Ready, Set, Swap!

This past weekend I shot a lovely little event at The Urban Hive put on by my friend Liz, as well as a couple lovely co-hostesses. It was a smashing non-profit event that went swimmingly. Check out the rest of the set here.

Mr. & Mrs. Rosskelly

Wow. I have really been slacking on updating the ol' blog here. A couple of weeks ago I shot my first wedding. It was a success if I do say so myself. Check out the rest of the set here.