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MCTC T Building

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

- Caleb

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Minneapolis Farmers Market

Friday, July 17th, 2009

My next shoot was at the Min­neapo­lis Farm­ers Mar­ket in Min­neapo­lis, Minn. on July 12, 2009.

All pho­tos taken with a com­bi­na­tion of the following:

Canon 30D
Canon 28-105mm  f/3.5-f/4.5
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
Canon 580EX II

Thanks,

- Caleb

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Minneapolis airport dog park

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Hey guys,

My next up­date is a shoot I did at the Min­neapo­lis Saint Paul In­ter­na­tional Air­port dog park in south Min­neapo­lis, Minn. on July 11, 2009.

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Thanks for looking,

- Caleb

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More Saints game images

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Here are four im­ages from my edit of my “top” five im­ages for the June 23 Saints game. En­joy. You have seen two of them so far and will get an­other one to­mor­row for the Fourth of July.

Pregame:

A young girl plays with an Elmo toy before a St. Paul Saints game on June 23, 2009.

A young girl plays with an Elmo toy be­fore a St. Paul Saints game on June 23, 2009.

One from the game:

The Souix Falls Canaries right fielder slides to make a catch during a game against the Saint Paul Saints on June 23, 2009. The Saints won the game 12-3.

The Souix Falls Ca­naries right fielder slides to make a catch dur­ing a game against the Saint Paul Saints on June 23, 2009. The Saints won the game 12–3.

But wait, there’s more, here are two more im­ages you have al­ready seen, but larger and ready for the web.

Ja­cob But­ler celebrating:

St. Paul Saints outfielder Jacob Butler celebrates with first-base coach Charlie Ruud after Butler hit his second of two home runs of the inning as part of an 11-run bottom-of-the-sixth for the Saints. The Saints beat the Sioux Falls Canaries 12-3, in part due to Butlers 5 RBI, on June 23 at Midway Stadium in Saint Paul. In celebration of Minnesota?s history in the Negro Leagues, both teams donned uniforms of past Negro League teams. The Saints wore the uniform of the Homestead (Penn.) Grays while the Canaries donned the uniform of the Newark (N.J.) Eagles.

St. Paul Saints out­fielder Ja­cob But­ler cel­e­brates with first-base coach Char­lie Ruud af­ter But­ler hit his sec­ond of two home runs of the in­ning as part of an 11-run bottom-of-the-sixth for the Saints. The Saints beat the Sioux Falls Ca­naries 12–3, in part due to But­lers 5 RBI, on June 23 at Mid­way Sta­dium in Saint Paul. In cel­e­bra­tion of Minnesota?s his­tory in the Ne­gro Leagues, both teams donned uni­forms of past Ne­gro League teams. The Saints wore the uni­form of the Home­stead (Penn.) Grays while the Ca­naries donned the uni­form of the Newark (N.J.) Eagles.

Mike Wylie pitch­ing (recrop):

St. Paul Saints pitcher Mitch Wylie throws a fastball during a game againts the Souix Falls Canaries on June 23, 2009. Wylie pitched six innings, giving up just three runs, all in the first two innings, while striking out six batters. Wylie improved his record to 5-2 with the win.

St. Paul Saints pitcher Mitch Wylie throws a fast­ball dur­ing a game againts the Souix Falls Ca­naries on June 23, 2009. Wylie pitched six in­nings, giv­ing up just three runs, all in the first two in­nings, while strik­ing out six bat­ters. Wylie im­proved his record to 5–2 with the win.

Thanks for lookings,

- Caleb

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Elements of Photography: Color

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Just some stuff I sub­mit­ted for class.

achromatic

achro­matic

analogous

anal­o­gous

complementary

com­ple­men­tary

High Saturation

High Sat­u­ra­tion

Low Saturation

Low Sat­u­ra­tion

monochromatic

mono­chro­matic

You may rec­og­nize the penul­ti­mate one as one sub­mit­ted before.

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