Hansen Digital Photojournalism

Monday, April 24, 2017

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It's been a pleasure. Thank you Eric for all your insightful lectures, practical knowledge and application. I hope my peers benefitted from this class as much as I did.

Monday, April 17, 2017

Feature: Easter Services at Tuacahn

Calvary Chapel St. George, a non-denominational church, holds Easter Sunday service at the Tuacahn Amphitheater.

80mm | f/4 | ISO 800 | 1/500th

There were two services, 8 AM and 11 AM. Both consisting of worship and a message from the church's senior pastor Rick Nerud. Nerud was proud to boast this was their 10th year worshipping at the Tuacahn Amphitheater.

210mm | f/4 | ISO 640 | 1/2000th

Nerud giving his Easter themed sermon.

The services have a distinct theme, "The Name of Jesus", which is hailed during a song that spoke of the "beautiful, wonderful, powerful" name of Jesus. This was reflected in a larger than life banner, raised in the middle of said song.

50mm | f/4 | ISO 500 | 1/2000th

210mm | f/4 | ISO 800 | 1/1000th

Nerud gave a message of who Jesus is, what Jesus did and will do. Interestingly enough, Nerud's goal seemed to be to remove Jesus from religion. In a an area, let alone a state, where religious influence is abundant, this message, while still being religious in nature, was in a sense counter cultural. The evangelical nature of this message was front and center.

The worship band offered a blend of old and new, mixing traditional hymns with contemporary Christian music. Regardless, the amphitheater was surprisingly booming.

210mm | f/4 | ISO 800 | 1/500th

55mm | f/4 | ISO 800 | 1/500th

Naturally, the first service had less in attendance, but of those there, they seemed eager and happy to be.

18mm | f/2.8 | ISO 800 | 1/2000th

The overall experience was quite sensational as far as church services go. It would seem Calvary Chapel is making an effort to stand out and stay relevant in this day and age.

Bonus Pic: Pseudo Tilt-Shift

Some metadata may be inaccurate as I was using an older long zoom (80-210mm) with an adapter for some shots. They ought to be in the ballpark, though.

Peer Edit

From Daxton's feature post:

For this shot, I wanted to crop it and level it. Also, place the subject in an intersection (Rule of 3rd's).
After

Also manipulated highlights, shadows, whites and blacks.
After

Similar edits as the previous photo, this time focusing on the man (3rd from left).
Before

After

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Context

Physical context is illustrated in the subjects; everyday items that consumers may or may not be knowledgeable about.

The psychological context is found with the juxtaposition of the objects and what shouldn't be there. The viewer may see how certain objects perform a different task than illustrated (i.e. a condom as a preventative and safe measure).

In our American culture, we somewhat pride ourselves with excess; excessive serving sizes for one, and excessive amounts of sugar in our foods and drinks.

Regarding social context, we as a society understand that drug addiction is an issue, one that is constantly talked about. When it comes to sugary drinks and unhealthy foods, the conversation is never really as in depth, but it is still a problem.

The temporal context is found with the prevalence of unhealthy foods in our stores. They definitely saturate our day-to-day shopping experiences and it's debatable whether or not majority of consumers are even aware of what they're consuming.

56mm | f/1.8 | ISO 3200 | 1/500th
A play on what we're really drinking buying juices. There's a Minute Maid and an Arizona behind the glass, both of which are filled with 60+ grams of sugar, most of which is addictive, not from natural fruit juice.

23mm | f/1.8 | ISO 3200 | 1/500th
With this photo I wanted to illustrate that we should not take gambles with our food; that as consumers, we should be knowledgeable concerning the production and handling of what we consume.

23mm | f/1.8 | ISO 3200 | 1/500th
I wanted to depict sugar as a drug, in the sense that abuse of it is dangerous to our health. I desaturated the image a bit as well.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Exterior Lighting

Natural light, shooting outdoors.

55mm | f/4.5 | ISO 320 | 1/500th
The sunlight created a nice, even split on Kaden's face.

55mm | f/5.6 | ISO 320 | 1/500th

55mm | f/4.0 | ISO 320 | 1/2000th
The high-noon sunlight was even harsh under the shade.

Shooting indoors, natural light.

A difficulty I found with the interior photos, using exterior sunlight, is the difficulty to pull a decent highlight off the cheek. Obviously, the exterior is blown out, and with a blonde subject, it was a bit difficult to properly expose without also losing detail in her hair.