Random

This picture is of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA. I really like it for some reason. It is of her walking into a press conference at the Senate Studio. I like the lighting, and the framing is nice, it feels balanced. It is also cool that she is looking at me and acknowledging that I was there, makes the photo a little more intimate and unique. It makes her feel a little more personable, it shows a side of a politician that most people don't see.

Catch the moment

This pictures is Orrin Hatch, R-UT, talking with Bono after the Tom Lantos memorial service. I was able to go to the floor after the service was over and I saw Bono on the floor and he was talking with people, I ran over so I could get a few shots. Out of the 20 photographers there I was one of 3 who got any of Bono talking with people. There is a slightly distracting blurry white thing at the bottom of the image, I think it is someones hair or something like that. I should probably take that out with photoshop if I were to use this image for print or a portfolio.

Framing

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to shoot at the memorial service for Tom Lantos. The only place I was allowed during the service was on a walkway above Statuary Hall. I tried to incorporate a little of the environment to make this shot a little more interesting. The man speaking is Bono from U2.

Framing and Composition

This is another shot from the wedding reception. We were waiting for our food so I arranged the cups and the name tag and took a few shots. I think they worked out fairly well compositionally. I took one close and one wide for variety. I think I like the close one better, but they are both visually interesting.

Speed and Light

I was at a wedding this weekend and during the reception I had some down time to take a few pictures. This is a light thing the DJ had. The shutter speed was at 1/8 when I took the shot, I wanted to show some of the motion of the light. I also wanted to show the lights on the floor and that is why I framed the image the way I did. I think the lights in the foreground are really interesting.

Back t o Clemens

I thought this related well with framing. I really tried to incorporate my surroundings a little when I took this photo. I framed him in between the two photographers that were in front of me. I think it gives the photo a little different feel, this shot is something that many photographers (especially the 2 guys in front of me) don't often get.

Framing

I think this works for framing. I think there is just enough lead room for her to walk into to make it a successful image. It doesn't look like she is walking out of the frame, it still looks like she is walking into it.

I again was working a little with framing. The rule of 3rds applies here once again. The plate in the front is in the lower 3rd of the image, and the end of the table (the horizon line) is in the lower half of the image as well.

Framing

I was working of framing again. Here I wanted to include both the reflection and the person. I think I did a fairly good job of accomplishing this.

Framing

Sen. Max Baucus. I was working with framing. I used some of the rule of 3rds, with Baucus in the right third. He is the focus of the image, but his hand motion is very important to the feel so that is taking up the other 2/3rds.

Hatch take 2

I think this image works a little better then the previous image of Orrin Hatch. There is more detail in the face and it is a little less washed out. I used curves to add more detail in the face.

B&W 3

Again I was changing things to black and white. This one i desaturated the image. I think there is still some fairly good detail in the image. The face, Senator Elijah Cummings, may be a little blown out on the right side, but overall I think it works fairly well. I think the big head in the foreground is a little distracting, but it works a little so show the congested-ness of the area where the photo was taken.

B&W 2

This image was taken outside Union Station. It was taken soon after the small train accident they had. I wanted to include the building as well and some of the police. I chose to have the angle a little closer to focus on the police, but the building in the back is still very visible and fairly easy to identify. I cut the saturation and played with curves to give it a little more contrast.

B&W

This picture is of Senator Orrin Hatch. It was taken outside the Capital Hill Club. I think the black and white works fairly well for the image, however I feel like I did lose some detail in the face.

One thing I've been looking for while I'm shooting for The Hill is finding little things that most photographers don't get. This is an image of Kevin O'Conner's 3 girls who were dressed the same so, in his words "we don't lose them in this place."

Exposure

I played around with my exposure times. The exposures were around 5 seconds for each picture.

Once again I was working with depth of field. Rep. Wexler and Rep. Holt.

Depth of Field 2

I took this outside the Russell Senate Office Building. I like the depth of field a lot, I love the fuzzy Capital building in the background. I think there is a little nostalgic feel to the image with it being black and white, I think it especially gets that feel with the washed out sky.