Self Portrait in the eye of a Horse

Since I don't remember hearing that the eye had to be of a human. I decided to get a little creative and use a horses eye. I went horseback riding with some friends the other day and brought my camera along with me knowing I would have a chance to take some good photos. While actually riding I left my camera in my car because I didn't want to have to babysit it while riding. I've done that before and it got annoying. So when we got back from the ride, I got it and got in the face of my friends horse that she had just ridden. Hers was just a better candidate for the look I wanted. Mine had red bridle that just stood out more and didn't fit the profile on how a horse should really look in a photo. Anyways on to the whole point of the photo which was to make a self portrait in the eye of the subject that was being shot. I think I did fairly good job at. Once zoomed into the horses eye you can see me holding my camera up to my face in a vertical fashion, with one hand on the camera body and the other supporting the lens. Of course my face is hidden by the camera but that's the way it's suppose to be, I am a photographer after all... The image was shot with my Nikon D7000 at F9 with a shutter speed of 1/125 and an ISO of 125.

Painting with Light

For my painting with light photo I used my Nikon D7000 and kept it indoors where I knew things would be controlled and even under thoe circumstances it was still difficult to get a good photo. I did keep trying though and after many many attempts I  decided this was the best one. As you can see I painted a heart. I wanted to create it in the spirit of Valentines day. Don't worry I won't mushy here or anything like that. I just wanted to create art for this time of the year. Well as I say it took many tries to get a good photo. One would think it would've been simple to create such a simple shape, but it wasn't. Then again this is really my only second time trying to do it.It makes me wonder how many times Picasso did his light paintings. At least a couple times one would think. As for my adventures into painting with light, it's something that I would like to try more of perhaps with a model even that is painting or maybe even myself getting in the frame and painting around her. All ideas that I should write down to remember even though I don't think I'll be forgetting it since it has to do with taking photos. My shutter speed was slow at 8 seconds long, with an aperture of F13 and an ISO of 200.

Photo Challenge: Wedding

This image was shot with my Nikon D7000 at F22 with a shutter speed of 1/160 at an ISO of 100. It was shot in the studio so lighting was used. Two strobes were used triggered by a transmitter. Not the usual type of model was used, by that I mean, she had a whole back tattoo. Great piece but not the most typical thing to find underneath a wedding dress and I wanted to show that off.

Photo Challenge: Sports

My friend called me up and asked if I wanted a short photography gig I said sure of course. It just so happened it was for a little league baseball championship game. I got some great shots using my Nikon D5000 and a 300 mm lens. I was either far away or up closer when there was no action of the game going on. The pitcher really took my interest though and that's why I picked to post his picture.

Photo Challenge: Self Portrait

I don't usually do self portraits but once and awhile I don't mind getting in front of the camera. It actually has the portability of coming out and looking alright. This time however I wasn't really all for it. I forced myself to hold up the Nikon D7000 and take one of those lame shots at 1/40 with an aperture 3.5 along with an ISO500 to make a stand! I didn't address the camera at all, I ignored it. Ignored it's gaze upon me because I feel it didn't deserve my attention at the time. I do love my camera though don't get me wrong..

Photo Challenge: Crime Scene

 

An iPhone has been murder! Such a tragic story... It was frightened so much it was scared out of its own skin. I came across it just laying there dying. It didn't know what to do as I leaned over watching it. I just had to turn away it was too much to watch. While this isn't serious in anyway I was strapped for an idea and decided to go a little goofy with it. While I don't think thats bad I just wanted to let you know this isn't really how I think. Just wanted to be a little different with this one. My settings for my Nikon D7000 were 1/40 with an aperture 3.5 along with an ISO500. Nothing special, and a little blown out on the knife but it fits it with the rest of it being darker.