Film Photography

    Another example of directional lighting. Below is a test strip of various different exposures this photo went through.

    I didn’t notice this until after the photo was developed but the wall debris gives the appearance of the contraction, I’m. Essentially the (staged) subject is confronted with the idea of what he thinks of himself. Given his body language i.e. looking down, solemn expression he doesn’t appear to view himself highly. This

    I love portraiture, my favorite subject nature of photography. I tried to mix up the framing of the picture with having the person not be directly centered and taking up 50% or less of the photo. My professor liked the interpretation that you can’t tell what the source of joy is for the

    We were on a mission trip in the great St. Louis and on the day we left, we made a quick trip to see the Arch. This is a wall near the monument and its particular design gave me the sense of harsh heaviness. The image captured- someone framed very close to the

    We had to experiment with our aperture and shutter speed, to “freeze” motion one needs to use a fast/high shutter speed. Riverside is a great source to capture action with all the bikers and runners.

    This shot of a bench in Utica Square was taken during one of my very first shoots using a film camera. The assignment was to record shots of directional lighting; in this case, it was a sunny day so the sunlight shone directly above highlighting the texture of the seat.