nifty toy at wal-mart

I was at the local Wal-mart buying who knows what, and I stumbled across this lighting studio kit for only 50 dollars. It comes with a carrying case, two high output lights, two colored backgrounds, and a mini tripod. I couldn't not buy it, so I did, and i used it as soon as i got back home! For the picture below, I did not use the lights, but rather the afternoon sunlight that comes in my bedroom window. The box's sides softened the light and created a very soft look to the photo.



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cold feet

While working on an assignment for my digital photography class, one of my roommates suggested "hey take a picture of shoes in a totally random place, like the freezer." At first I thought of how I could make this idea work. I decided to put the shoes in the refrigerator instead... the first several shots were the of the shoes only, but they were lacking in something, so I grabbed the egg carton and arranged the shoes and snapped a few, and came out with this.

follow the yellow road

This photo was taken in the Lexington Cemetery in early September. I placed the camera on the ground to get the unusual perspective. Taking the same picture at a higher angle would not have accomplished the same visual interest.

pinhole danny

This photo was taken for photography 120 in the Spring of 2007 with a pinhole camera. The pinhole camera I made was approximately one inch in depth, this allowed the exposure time to be very quick and reduce the chance for image blurring. Beginning the photography class with the pinhole project allowed me to better understand the qualities and aspects of the photo sensitive materials, and camera controls.