Background

I've always been rather intrigued with photographs. Photos could alway's take me places that I could never go; and still today they do. Images hold such a powerful force in society today. Without them, could you possibly imagine a newspaper or magazine?

I began to really grow serious about photography my Junior year in high school. I had recieved my first camera for Christmas the year before, but had not really put much energy into it until then. I attended Asbury College in Wilmore, KY  during my first year of college where I served as photo editor of the school paper. Starting in the fall semester of 2008 I  began attending Kent State University where I am part of their photojournalism program. During the summer and while on breaks, I work as a part-time photographer for The Alliance Review, the local newspaper from my hometown of Alliance, Ohio. I really enjoy my time there and have graciously been given the opportunity to practice and advance my photography skills through my work for them.

The photos below and in the blog archive have been taken for various photo classes, The Alliance Review, The Asbury Collegian, and for my own enjoyment. I hope that you like them!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

HDR Photography

I took this photo using a technique of photography known as HDR photography or High Dynamic Range photography. What I did was take several of the same exact photos (using a tripod of course) using bracketing. This way I could get lights and darks...and so fourth. Then I took the images and put them all together into one in photoshop. After that I took the image into another program and did did some tonemapping. This second program is responsible for the watermark on my photos, because I am using a trial version of the program, so they think I'll get tired of the watermark being on all my photos and so I'll want to buy it. Not quite. Though this type of photography produces great results...often very embellished, I am not all that fond of it, because it takes away from the true essence of what I feel photography is...truth or real life. So, I might continue to dabble in this, even though I could never use it in my photojournalism work, I will always feel somewhat like a cheater, because it is not exactly truth.
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