This is a photo of Josh Hannan running the 1600m at a dual meet of Mountain View vs Los Gatos. To get him separated from the background, I used a lower f-stop, and turned up the shutter speed to make the subject less blurry. This is another center-frame portrait, of my dog fast asleep. To …
Water droplets during a storm. I set a higher shutter speed, to catch each individual droplet, and tinted it blue by turning down the Kelvin, to give the water droplets and background a more chilled look.
For my holiday tradition photo, I decided to take a picture of the lights outside our house during a cool foggy night. Unfortunately, this was the widest shot I could get, while including the Christmas tree, however, I think that this snapshot encapsulates our tradition of setting up lights before Christmas. Because it was so …
For this leading lines photo, I sat at the bottom of the stairs to capture my youngest sister in a hoodie. I wanted an ominous look, so I didn’t black out the window to give a backlight. The stair railings and stairs themselves create leading lines that give a tunnel sort of effect, drawing you …
This is a photo of the sunset at Morro bay. To bring out the colors more in the shot, I set the white balance to a low kelvin number to highlight the orange hues. Then, in post-production, I overlayed the photo, and painted a layer over the sunset area to create an even bigger contrast …
While taking photos of plants in my grandma’s garden, we came across a hummingbird. This was the best photo I got of it, because it took forever to focus on it, as it was moving so fast!
This is a photo of Oliver Markelz after a cross country meet. I edited using blend modes in adobe photoshop, and ended up with a glowing Oliver!
This is a photo taken in the hills surrounding the Crystal Springs Reservoir. I liked how through the clouds, a beam of light was shining down on the hill, and I instantly went to take a photo. I used my wide lens to get a closer up view, as the hill is about a mile …
This is a photo of Caleb Gray during a cross country race, during his final kick to the finish line. For most of my XC (Cross Country) photos I use the 75-300mm lens as it gives me a range to shoot from, as the runners travel from far away to closer. In this photo, I …
This photo of my dog has her eyes centered between the top right intersection of the rule of thirds. While she sat on the sofa, I saw this as a perfect opportunity to get a nicely framed and composed shot of her, when usually she moves before I can get a good photo!