Neil K Photography

These are some shots from on campus this morning. I really like the series of chairs. We have been focusing on the zone system in class so I was looking for some high contrast scenes. I also really like the parking lot paint one as well.

These were for the most recent shooting assignment from my photo vision assignment. We had to shoot a non-typical (for us)subject in a manner we wouldn't usually choose. This is what I came up with. I figured the exact opposite of natural landscape would be urban landscape. So, this is what I came up with. I really liked how moody they turned out as well. Plus, I finally figured out how to control the color, so the images should look pretty acurate color wise.

This is another one from last November, only it was taken up in Logan at First Dam. Steph and I were standing in the exact spot where we had our first kiss. It was a little windy that day, just look at Steph's hair. The hardest part about this shot was trying to hold a big SLR camera backwards and take a picture. Not as easy as it looks.

This tree has always intrigued me. I had tried shooting it numerous times but I never seemed to end up with the image I was hoping for. Last November I shot this image and i liked it but didn't love it. Well, I tried out my new Photoshop techniques and ended up with an image that I really liked! So, here it is. I really love the vignetting in this image, it adds so much. Believe it or not, I actually bumped up the saturation on this image (i.e. it's not black and white). By the way, this was shot up Farmington Canyon just before the sunset.

I came across another photographer's blog that had some interesting Photoshop tutorials. I tried them out on this black and white image and I'm kind of back and forth as to whether or not I like it. The image is one that I took from the car on the way home from work the other day. I pushed the contrast way over the top just to see what I could do. I really like the old time feel it gives the image.

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These are also from a class assignment. This one is about portraying racism and criminal nature. We had to read a poem about being guilty of something that we can't change/control. It specifically speaks of being oil in water. Well, I shot oil in water and it wasn't that interesting. So, I tried vinegar in oil and it made for some great color. The poem also speaks about being a bleeding wound of history, so I thought the red color of the vinegar more appropriate.

I took Steph over to Farmington Bay on Sunday. We saw six or seven bald eagles, and then a beautiful sunset. The clouds were very cool so I couldn't pass them by. Stay tuned for some bald eagle shots in the future. The man I met there last time said they poison the ponds in a couple of weeks to kill the carp. Last year they had between two and three hundred bald eagles come in for the buffet. I'm looking forward to it.