Tuesday, May 14, 2013

10 Minutes

During my Spring 2013 semester, I was privileged to take a Digital Photography course! For our first assignment, we were given the task to travel 10 minutes from our home, explore and shoot! The following photos were taken during the last few weeks of Winter when we finally had some snow! The pictures were taken at a boat dock within my neighborhood.

f/5, 1/200 sec, ISO-100, 50mm - Canon T3i
I loved photographing this bench covered in snow. The drastic color change between the bright red bench covered in untouched snow with grass peaking through on the ground, provides a sense of life through all times of life. The sky was a perfect "snow gray" which only seemed to enhance the contrast in colors. If only I could have a man smoking a pipe while wearing a black pea-coat and top hat, that would give this picture even more character.

f/5, 1/200 sec, ISO-100, 50mm - Canon T3i
This picture is a great way to show leading lines that can be seen in photos. I particularly love the linear feel and the fact that you cannot see where the fence posts leads. The contrast of the snow on the leaves and the tan fence posts also provide a solemn feel to the photo. The contrast of white and tan colors is nice with the bare trees and the water in the background.

f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO-100, 53mm - Canon T3i
As the snow began to melt the next day, I took my camera out with a different lens. I was delighted to find duck prints leading directly to the water. It continues with the feel and theme that life can be seen throughout the seasons. The grass poking through the duck prints is a nice contrast to the bright snow.

f/5.6, 1/160 sec., ISO-100, 53mm - Canon T3i
This is my favorite picture out of the bunch. The different layers of ice and the post going into the water is  a fun look at the different things once can see during an east coast winter! The water actually froze over leaves that were just at surface level and made its own ring around the post. Nature in its element is cold, frigid, and  still very much alive.

f/4.5, 1/160 sec., ISO-125, 33mm - Canon T3i
While shooting for this particular assigment, I decided to take both portrait and landscape type photos. However, I also wanted to step out of the box. I literally walked into the shrubbery, looked down, focused in on the stems, held my breathe, and shot! I was able to focus in on the tallest stems to get a good depth of field. I feel like this is a more artistic photo.

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