Portrait of the Artist as a Young Classmate

(September 29, 2009) Taylor Glascock, a junior studying Photojournalism, poses for a portrait in Lee Hills Hall at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. She loves everything to do with birds. When asked about her fondness she said, "It's hard to explain. I just think they are beautiful and so free."


A+B+C, ISO 100, F/22, 1/125, 28 mm, -1 stop


(September 29, 2009) Taylor Glascock, a junior studying Photojournalism, poses for a portrait in Lee Hills Hall at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Taylor practices yoga regularly stating that "the first time I tried it, it just felt right and peaceful." She added, "My mom stood like a flamingo when I was growing up... I didn't know it was a yoga pose until this summer."


Isolate A, B+C, ISO 100, F/13, 1/125, 28 mm, Full power

Fancyfied

I had a fancy dinner with these fancy people at a restaurant called Sycamore. Brian and Aimee are good people and I wanted to share them with you all (and also to make Anjali even more homesick).

Portrait of Choice

Major Claude Eatherly, pilot at Hiroshima, 1963
Photo credit: Richard Avedon | view here.

As typical as it is to choose an Avedon when told to pick a portrait, I did it anyways. Avedon was the master of capturing the real moment. And trying to capture a real moment with actors, politicians, and musicians isn't exactly that easy. This portrait stands out most to me, however, because the only reason this man was photographed was because he was involved in dropping an atomic bomb on 140,000 humans. And his expression captures the anguish I can only imagine he had to live with.

Copy Test and White Balance Exploration

To Rita and Jarrad, here are my shots. To everyone else, these shots are from a copy test and white balance exploration assignment. The photo of Quinten Tarantino and the frogs are pictures of pictures (before scanners, you took a picture of a picture). The other two are explorations in white balance, one is shot on daylight and the other on tungsten. To me, these photos suck, but the semester has just begun.


Tungsten WB

Daylight WB

Stump the chump
Photo credit: Oophaga Pumilio

Mood lighting
Photo credit: Mark Seliger