More Still Life

Used a different way of exposing color in this one. I like it...

Not really sure if theres much to say about it. The color/grayscale images seem to be working out for me. The framing and composition is satisfactory, and I like the slant to keep things interesting.

Still Life

An experiment in interesting perspectives on not so interesting items...

Was enjoying a fine ale when I decided to take a quick shot. Has a nice mysterious quality, althought the picture could be a lot sharper, just another example of how useful a tripod can be. Used a few filters to boost up the contrast on the bubbles. All in all, not a spectacular picture, but an interesting point of view on a glass of recently poured beer.

I love the repetition in this image. Next time, need to use a tripod and increase the f/stop to get all the lettering in focus. Artistically, theres something cool about it fading to blur, but I'd like to retain the typographic pattern for a bit. Textures real nice too, the light plays nicely on the wooden grain and the corner of the coins. The texture of the coins is beautifully grainy, if that makes any sense...

The exposure is unconventional on this one but I really dig it. Heaps of shadows, heaps of highlights, but it works well. And that one little dot of red on the cell phone really adds to the image I think...pretty stoked about this one.

Rocking the portraits

Man...I love this photo, I really do. I think its because although half of Brynn's face is hidden, you can tell she's smiling just from her eyes. Shes hiding most of her face, but just that little squint gives away the feel of the scene. And hey! it follows the rule of thirds! score! The harsh light that dominates the right side of the frame gives a sense of something that I can't quite put my finger on.
The detail on her hand is really nice too. I worked on this image for at least half an hour in camera raw and photoshop. Added a bit of smart sharpen to really bring out the ridges in her hand, and tweaked with the curves to give a good black and white rendering of this image...I've found that theres a lot more to converting color images to black and white than just punching the desaturate option.

Interesting shot, I like the light coming from behind along with the background, something about the beacon just makes the entire shot more interesting. Composition against the sky can definitely make for an interesting shot.

Another shot with an interesting background. The framing and saturation of the background makes it the subject of the image, whereas Brynn is almost a visitor to this scene entering from frame left. Another different yet interesting approach to portraiture with room to explore.

Portraiture meets landscape. Another shot where the subject is the landscape and the model is more a visitor or an accesory. I like the idea of framing someone against these infinite expanses of the sky and the ocean, it suggests elements of human fragility against nature.

Yet another instance of landscape meets portraiture...I'm really keen on this fusion, tends to work well. Brynn is a visitor to this sunset beach scene, however without her presence this photo would clearly be lacking.

An good example of irregular framing...if Brynn had been framed in the middle of this one, the photo would clearly be lacking. She's placed to the side, and it allows us to see down the scene, however her facial expression and position is enough to capture the eye. Another slightly mysterious portrait; what is she smirking about? I want to run on this idea of having one eye covered, it seems to work. Its interesting how moods can be expressed with only a fraction of one's face visible, same idea as the top image.