Photo Essay

Greek Mythology: Aphrodite

Goddess Aphrodite was born from the sea when Kronus cut off Uranus's genitals and threw them into the sea. Aphrodite was known for 4 main attributes, which included a dove, a mirror, an apple, and sea shells. As soon as Aphrodite was born, she was admired as the most beautiful Goddess and was made the Goddess of love and beauty, and so her only duty was to bring love into the world. She was so beautiful that flowers sprang upon her every footstep. As she was such a loving Goddess, she was always showing her emotions. Being the most beautiful Goddess, many of the Gods began to argue and fight over her just to gain her attention. Zeus noticing this ordered her to be married at once to his son, Hephaestus, who was a blacksmith and not a God. As Hephaestus was not as good looking as the Gods, Aphrodite became known for numerous love affairs, which led to many offspring from her various lovers. Some of her most known lovers were the Gods Ares, Dionysus, Hermes, Poseidon, and the mortal, Adonis.

Sky Brothers and Night/Low light Shooting

Mr. Green Jeans
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/500; F-stop is 8

Brother blue sky
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/500; F-stop is 8

Brother Dusky Blue Sky
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/60; F-stop is 8

Brother Dusky Blue Sky
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/80; F-stop is 8

Brother Reflecting Sky
ISO is 800; Shutter speed is 1/2; F-stop is 5

Week 3: Reading option 1 -- Back lighting

For this weeks reading option I chose to pick one of  my sunrise pictures that dealt with back-lighting.  I captured this shot of Spencer one morning when we went to the top of the switchbacks for the sunrise. For this photograph I first focused on the horizon to the right of Spencer, as it was brighter, I then brought the focus back to Spencer and captured the photograph. My ISO was at 100, my shutter speed was at 1/160, and my F-stop was at 8. These settings allowed me to capture the colors of the sunrise and the buildings below,  but make Spencer a dark silhouette. 

Front/Side/Back Light

Back-lit silhouette
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/160; F-stop is 8 

Back-lit silhouette
ISO is 400; Shutter speed is 1/640; F-stop is 4.5

Back-lit with color
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/60; F-stop is 8

Side-lit
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/160; F-stop is 3.5

Front-lit
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/400; F-stop is 5

Dog Shelter

Self Portrait of Buster
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/320; F-stop is 3.5

Self Portrait of a Pointer
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/60; F-stop is 8

Decisive Moment: Happy Kisses
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/100; F-stop is 3.5

Self Portrait of a Husky
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/125; F-stop is 3.5

Self Portrait of Bravo
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/400; F-stop is 4

Decisive Moment: Do You See What I See
ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/640; F-stop is 5

Bri-Bri's Portraits

ISO is 100;  Shutter speed is 1/250; F-stop is 3.5

ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/250; F-stop is 8

ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/125; F-stop is 5.6

ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/640; F-stop is 4.5

ISO is 100; Shutter speed is 1/60; F-stop is 8