Watchtower

1/21/11

"All Above the Watchtower"

Today, I took a quick photo over by the University of Wisconsin's Red Gym. Not much else to say about this one.

Day 82

9/30/10

"University Club in Fall"

Continuing with my theme of fall, I decided to just quick take a picture of the UW-Madison's University Club, with its beautiful brick facade that goes so well with the colors of fall.

Day 66

9/14/10

"Artistry (HDR)"

Today's photo is of Music Hall on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus. Through this process of shooting in the bright sun, I realized that I could use all this light to shoot HDR photos without a tripod by setting my camera on burst mode (motor-drive) and Auto-Exposure Bracketing and the photos came out perfect for an HDR. Instead of my normal realistic HDRs, I decided to go for the surreal look instead. Hope you enjoy.

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Bonus Shots: Packers Preseason Game Tailgating 8/14

Here are some bonus shots of tailgating before the game tonight. Click to see any of these full size, and enjoy!

Day 20

f7/30/10

"Imagining Italy"

As a friend spends time in Italy, I envy the sights she's seeing and pictures she's taking. For my 20th photo in this project, I decided to take a photo of a Roman or Italian-esque scene because of what I feel like I am missing out on, and to remind me what things I am getting to see. I am getting to see scenes that I've only passingly looked at, and see them in a whole new light. I was just amazed by the intricacy of the black lines in the tile work that you can see when you look at the large 4288 x 2848 pixel image. I wanted to use this angle to try to convey a large, cavernous space, giving this space (one of the entrances to the second floor of the Memorial Union) a look of grandeur that it normally might not project.


A short side note, the last four images I've taken have all been manually focused, and I love the raw element to it and how much more it involves me in the photograph. Additionally, I believe that so far, all of my photos have been done on Manual mode for both aperture and shutter speed, as well as what ISO the photo is done at. No using the camera as a crutch. I'm quite happy with the very little I've used photo editing. I don't have the ability to "fix" any problems with photos, and I only slightly adjust the exposure, contrast, saturation, etc, if anything at all. I only use photo editing software to compliment the beauty of my photos, not to force a good photo where there is none, and I'm very happy with the results.

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