Ryan McDonell Photography

tulip

I tried to maintain some detail in portions while using a nice shallow depth of field for softness in other areas.
All shots: f2.8, 1/25 sec, ISO 50, 200mm

equipment: Canon EOS 1D Mark II/Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L

reflections in glass

Two quick shots of a girl approaching a door to let me in, the first has more reflection, the second obviously has more of her and less reflection off the door.

student light experiment video

http://vimeo.com/20103805

It's that time of year again, when we start scrounging up trash or recyclables to make full functioning pinhole cameras. Here's a few that took great shots from last year, now we begin building our new cameras which we hope look much better, but function as well, if not better.

ancient inspirations

It's interesting to see how the students start a sculpture project, and where the end up. I think I'm beginning to like process more than products? Here's a couple parts in the making.

weird moments

Diversity Assembly

A couple shots from a Black History Month diversity assembly today.

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.