JRN 521: The Moment

ISO: 250 Shutter Speed: 1/40 Aperature: f/8.0

Senior Alise Merrin comforts Christy Hatch after a worship set at Lake Ann Camp on February 27,2010. “When something like the impact of your own sin hits you like a ton of bricks, all you can do is cry, and look for someone that understands,” said Hatch.

JRN 521: Ambient Light

Light from lamp post over Bedreau's head, and light from spot light under chandelier.

ISO:800 Shutter Speed: Bulb Aperature: 4.0

Midland resident, Ted Bedreau admires The Iris Chandelier at the Dow Gardens in Midland, MI on February 13, 2010. WinterGarden Glass featured the glass artwork of Craig Mitchell Smith.




Light from lamp post overhead along with lamp post camera left, and Christmas lights camera left as well. Some of these photos had use of a flash set at 1/16th power and a reflector, however, this photo did not utilize those.

ISO:800 Shutter Speed: 1/30 Aperature: 4.0

Midland senior Joe Vercellino sits on a street corner in down town Mt. Pleasant and plays the guitar on a Sunday night. "I don't play for money, I just play so people can listen," says Vercellino.

Inspiration

As I'm coming to a close on my career at CMU, I'm trying to figure out what direction I want to go with my photography. Every class I've taken has brought me closer to realizing what it is that I truly enjoy. One of these areas of photography just so happens to be documentary photography.

Someone who has inspired me is Brent Stirton. He is the senior staff photographer for the assignment division at Getty Images. His photos have been used in publications ranging from National Geographic to GQ and many more. He is given the opportunity to travel nine months out of the year, and has won many awards from many different clubs and publications, one in particular being the National Press Photographers Association.

What really stuck out about Stirton's work was his use of lighting, composition, and color. In his project of a tribe in Papua New Guinea, he accentuates the color of the tribe's painted faces, and uses angles and situations that drive home the idea that these people do not live the way the rest of the world as we see it lives. The access he must have is simply incredible, and he uses that to his advantage to make amazing photos that others are not privy to. If I could ever aspire to be as good as someone, he would be it.
http://www.brentstirton.com/index.php