Ryan McDonell Photography

Variations

I Took a simple shot that had some varying light and shadows. I had my Photo 2 students who are new to Photoshop open and adjust the RAW file to their liking, export it into the normal Photoshop window, perform a 13 step set of adjustments, and ultimately save it as a JPEG. It's fun to see how they chose to adjust the same shot. Granted some of the colors were a little wild and the detail was lost, they still learned some basics and had fun. Everyone goes a bit crazy with all the options and filters at first.

more 100-300mm zoom shots

Above: f 9, 1/640 sec, ISO 200, Focal length 300mm

river walk with my 100-300mm

Walking around, and trying out my100-300mm canon rediscovered old lens.

Not from Chicago

My "deep dish" attempt wasn't a total failure it was just more of a NY style "pan pizza".

EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM

This is shot with an old lens from my film days I kinda forgot about. It's a
EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM, so it still works with my Canon EOS 1D, but it's really slow indoors. Not bad detail for hand held, f4.5 1/40s ISO800 100mm. I'm going to use it for carry around to avoid breaking an L series lens again which I need for weddings. Below was sharper due to more light, f10, 1/400, ISO 200, 100mm.

think about it...

Cherie shot this, I held the light and adjusted the level, no photoshop trickery...

can't stop

I have to stop playing with odd lighting combos, but we're having too much fun, and learning about our sensors capabilities/limitations in the process.

My favorite axe for many reasons.

Tuff Gnarl

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Some low-fi video made using a cheap helmet cam (for safety) and still images that represent a stream of consciousness, or set of thoughts that go through ones head when traveling. I set it to a Sonic Youth song "Tuff Gnarl" because I often find myself listening to them, and the album "Sister" especially when I drive.