Photography Samples
My main experience has been in videography, yet many of the principles of photography and videography are the same. I have been fortunate to have photography experience on film cameras as well as digital cameras (handheld and cellphone). I have also taught Photojournalism on the college level with digital cameras.
Below are some samples of my photography as well as some of my thoughts. Although a few photos might benefit from a touch-up in a photo editing program, I have not manipulated these in one in order to more accurately portray my photography.
Photography is a combination of being at the right place at the right time, and knowing how to use your camera and your camera eye for composition. A slower shutter speed can make the dark city night come alive with lights, or a faster shutter speed can capture thousands of water droplets in the air as a polar bear shakes himself dry.
Top Left: Sunset at Cathedral Rock, Sedona, Arizona
Top Right: Winter in Bryce Canyon, Utah
Middle Left: Double rainbow in Paris
Middle Right: A pier in Florida
Bottom Left: Paris Fountain at Night (slow shutter speed)
Bottom Right: A polar bear shakes himself dry at Portland, Oregon Zoo (fast shutter speed)
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Picasso may have made this famous, but the rear curtain sync setting on your camera might make you famous, as you can literally write your name in lights! By leaving the shutter open longer, you can get some cool effects, including capturing the entire path of a sparkler, cars leaving light trails, and a brighter-than-normal Eiffel Tower at night.
Top Left: My wife Jennifer writes with a sparkler
Top Right: Eiffel Tower in Paris with blurred cars
Bottom Left: Blurred cars in Paris
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Sometimes the scenery is bigger than your lens, but you do the best you can with a panorama.
Top Left: Death Valley, California
Top Right: Bryce Canyon, Utah
Bottom Left: Sedona, Arizona
Bottom Right: Grand Canyon, Arizona
Move your mouse left and right to scan the panoramas.
Death Valley, California
Bryce Canyon, Utah
Sedona, Arizona
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Photography is about capturing moments. One of the best moments I ever captured with a camera was the look on my wife's face when we picked up our Corgi dog named Jack that she had wanted for years.
I offer here pictures of my beautiful wife and others we have been fortunate enough to have in our family.
Top Left: Jennifer picks up Jack The Dog (Gotcha Day)
Top Right: Jack The Dog (rare photo where Jack actually looked toward the camera)
Middle Left: Jennifer in a hot-air balloon over Palm Springs, California (portrait with shallow depth of field)
Middle Right: Jennifer and Jack at Lake Superior
Bottom Left: Oliver and Jack, brothers from different mothers
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