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| Contact Sheet |
This was an exciting and long project of multiple categories; Stop Action, Blurred Motion, Helix H20, and Light Trails. Each category took in the concept of light and varying times of exposures. It was important to keep in mind what ISO you were using and how you wanted to capture the image.
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| Blowing in the Wind |
This is one of the trees on the El Cajon Valley School campus by the history building. This area gets a lot of wind and students like to sit beneath these trees and watch the yellow blossoms, which have already fallen this year, cascade down. I like this image because most of the time I spend under these trees I'm watching the branches bend and bow under the wind. In this image you can see how the thin tips of the branches are easily swayed into motion while the stronger, thicker branches near the base stay stand firm against the wind. For this shot I had my shutter speed at 1/4th of a second and a f32 aperture.
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| Spreading The Seeds |
This is one of my first stop action attempts. When I was taking these shots with Alexis Ayala I didn't expect them to be so amazing because I was still practicing. Stop action calls for a lot of attention to detail. One cannot have the shutter speed too high and the ISO has to be just right for the lighting. I suppose they came out rather well because the seeds drift away rather slowly and it was a relatively bright day. For this shot I had my shutter speed at 1/1250th of a second and a f22 aperture.
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| A Strong Heart |
Light Trails were an especially fun project. I took many shots using a bright blue flashlight, a tripod, and the help of Sabby, Genesis, and Alexis Ayala. They took turns drawing images and patiently following my directions. The image above was supposed to be a heart with an arrow sticking out of it, but I think it came out much better than it would have come out. I like how the spikes shoulder the left hand of the heart like armor and a spike sticks out from the right side like a saber. I reminds me of the heart of a knight in shining armor. For this image I had my shutter open for 10 seconds and a f29 aperture.
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| Oil Spill |
This was a magnificent shot of an oil stream from someones drive through. The recent shower had cascaded a rainbow of oil on the cement driveway that I was passing. In this shot you see the oil and water drowning a plant that lives in the crack of the pavement only to join the other thinning oils in the street I like this image because of the contrast of something organic and good compared to the industrial evils of man yet everything is so beautiful and vibrant. This image was shot on a cloudy day with a 1/60th of a second shutter speed and a f stop of 5.6.