I took these photos yesterday for my intro photography class at MCTC.
Artist Statement:
In our busy lives, we can’t always stop to take a look around and see the photos in everyday life. Here I tried to capture interesting angles here at MCTC’s Technical Building.
Images:
I wanted this image to be a combination of line and space. I was fortunate to have both the lines of the ceiling and the ones of the pillars. I also think space is created nicely through the receding forms of the pillars. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 0.4 seconds @ f/16; f = 30mm.As with the last image, I wanted to combine line and space, but also to show the outside. I was lucking enough to capture a bit of the outdoors as the windows were tinted enough to bring down the exposure and bring in detail of the windows. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 0.4 seconds @ f/16; f = 28mm.Instead of focusing on line and space, I wanted to shoot with just line. Here I pointed the camera straight up to get both the “I‑beams” and the skylights. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 0.4 seconds @ f/16; f = 28mm.I wanted to capture the I‑beams again, but from a different angle, so I backed up as far as possible and got them from the side. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 0.8 seconds @ f/16; f = 28mm.One of the exits out of the T Building. Like the others, I chose not to include people in this picture. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 1 second @ f/16; f = 28mm.Here I threw all the rules all of the rules out the window and just shot this as abstract art. (It was pointed out to me in class that I still kept the rule of thirds, but whatever.) Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 1/16 seconds @ f/16; f = 40mm.MCTC is full of nice-looking signs, here is one of them. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Sigma 70–200 f/2.8; ISO 100; 0.6 seconds @ f/8.0; f = 135mm.Another of MCTC’s signs. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Sigma 70–200 f/2.8; ISO 100; 1/13 seconds @ f/8.0; f = 200mm.I noticed this rocking chair while shooting the rest of the T building. It was just sitting there, a bit alone. Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Sigma 70–200 f/2.8; ISO 100; 1/13 seconds @ f/4.0; f = 110mm.
But wait, there’s more, here’s an HDR:
Tech Specs: Canon 30D& Canon 28–105mm f/3.5 – 4.5; ISO 100; 1/6, 0.6 and 0.8 seconds @ f/16; f = 28mm.
I was bracketing for a good exposure between the windows and the light of the indoors when I realized that this would be an ideal candidate for an HDR image.
While not much is gained through the HDR, enough of the outside is exposed properly for this to work.
Thanks for looking and as always, comments/questions/concerns/critiques welcome.
