This is a photo of a rose in my garden. To get the rich colors, I shot the picture in Canon’s RAW format, which allowed me to deepen the color profile when I brought it into my editor, helping me to bring in more vibrancy and shadows to an otherwise flat image.
This is a photo of my brother dressed up as Santa Claus. To give him a shadowy look, and make it seem like he was moving very fast, I set the shutter speed to a really low value of 1.6 seconds, and had him walk around to get the faint silhouette.
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 …
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 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 faceless self-portrait is of my Cross Country-race shoes, with a low kelvin number of 2500k for the blue glow effect. I used a simple flashlight off to the side to light up the shot and put my camera on a small book to get the right angle. I like the blue reflection on the …