Fairhaven Environmental Photography

A Good Catch 1/2000, F2.8 ISO1250 Enjoying the Sunset     1/2000, F2.8, ISO1000 On Guard 1/2000, F2.5, ISO6400 Synchronized 1/500, F3.5, ISO200 A prominent struggle I have had with capturing photos of animals, especially birds, is that my camera does not have a good zoom lens at all. It is extremely difficult to capture animals in detail, especially when they are far away or in motion. I find that once I zoom in far enough, it becomes so blurry that I cannot focus on the animal before it moves again. I would really like to try renting a camera with a more efficient zoom lens, since my camera doesn't allow me to attach one. I really love the background of the first two photos since the sunset was absolutely amazing. The bird in the first photo had just captured something, and it was one of my more successful photos, capturing the bird in motion while also turning out mostly focused. Although the bird itself is not very visible in the second photo, I really like the illusion tha...

  This photo is of the train tunnel from our field trip last Thursday. I had just realized my camera had a black and white setting and thought the graffiti and shadow of the tunnel would make for an interesting black and white image. I thought it would be cool to have the train tracks act as a sort of “follow line” into the tunnel. The intense shadow in the tunnel causes a kind of black hole effect in black and white that is quite ominous. I do wish there were some more shadows on the plants and rocks surrounding the image to add some dimension. Despite the lack of shadow, I think the black and white really highlighted the different textures of the plants and rocks. Especially the small rocks on the ground next to the tracks and the ferns on the side of the cliff. Overall, I really like the way black and white photography highlights shadow and texture. Although vibrant color is a huge element in photography, black and white can make an image very striking.

  This photo was taken on our Thursday field trip at Marine Park as the sun was setting. The long light was casting shadows on the ripples in the sand, making the scale of the photo almost indistinguishable. Inspired by our guest speaker's photos, I liked the patterns present here - almost similar to zebra stripes. I chose to put this photo in black and white because the color was not adding much to the photo, the patterns were the focal point. The black and white filter enhanced these patterns by taking away the distraction of color, allowing the viewer to really question what they are looking at. 

  I really enjoyed these black and white shots I took at both Clarks Point and Marine Park. The first one created a fun pattern in the rocks by the railroad and the broken crank claw added depth to my photo. It almost was if it told a story about how nature will always win in the end. The second photo I felt as if I captured an equal balance of water, land, and clouds. The picture seems to stretch far as if it never ends and feels ominous when looking at the photo and thinking about it. The last one was capturing a wing  surfer with birds in the background and captures the nostalgic joy of the surfer and his interaction with the sea. 

 

  My camera, unfortunately, doesn't have a black and white setting, or at least one I could figure out, so I decided to include some Black and White film that I recently got developed. These photos were from one roll over the summer. This photo was taken in a Tuk-Tuk and I was trying to use the driver as both a tool to frame the focal point, while also setting up the photo to give a sense of his viewpoint. This photo didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but I am still fairly satisfied with how it turned out for a moving shot. This photo, I forgot I had a BandW roll and was actually wanting to get this main building, which is bright pink in the center of the shot, which really stood out from the grey tones of Scotland. This photo was taken at sunset, and there was a beautiful orange sky that matched the Singha logo, but unfortunately, that wasn't picked up by this film. I really liked the fractals of light coming through in this shot, but the bagpiper is unfortunately sli...

  Pic 1: I captured this at Marine Park during sunset. The sunset lighting made everything around us very bright. I thought it was very beautiful how the sunset lighting brought out the details on the tree. Specifically highlighting the bareness of the tree and the designs and natural patterns of the branches. I also wanted to point out the core of the tree; to me, it sort of represented the inner working of the tree. It looks similar to the nervous system in the human body. I really like how the black and white filter makes the clouds look like smoke, making the feeling of the photo kind of spooky. Plus, the shadows of the trees in the background add to the spookiness of the photo. I had trouble cropping the photo, so that is something I definitely could work on more.  Pic 2: Unlike the first photo, this one has a lighter tone to it. I think the contrast of the two is pretty cool and draws the eye in. Focusing on natural patterns, the trees in this photo allow the eye to expl...

  In this photograph I was trying to capture the train, but not just the train itself. I felt as if the landscape surrounding the train added to the scene. The train alone would have been interesting as well but having the layers of water to tracks to trees I feel is more compelling. The stillness of the ocean and nearby forest also gives a bit of contrast against the fast-moving train. The way that there is water on either side of the train tracks and the tracks seem to go out into the ocean in a c shape is also something that is unique to this spot and also helps center the train if I wanted to do more cropping. I don’t know if the branch hanging down in front is good or distracting to the subject, but cropping it took too much background landscape out of the picture. I was able to capture the connection of human activity and nature in one photo, which wasn’t my first idea when taking the photo, but I think it makes a compelling picture.

  With the shooting of my photo for humans in the environment assignment it felt like everything came together so perfect for this shot. I was able to get on the same day as my black and white photo, that being the Thursday, February 25 th field trip to Clark’s point. The day and location was simply perfect for the assignment, the weather had the most beautiful overcast that really highlighted the subtle beauties of locations such as this and similar in the pacific northwest. Also having everyone in the class interacting with nature in the way of photography really just tied the bow on how perfect this day was for completing this assignment. While this photo was not staged or created exactly the way the assignment is laid out on canvas, I feel like it upholds the nature and premise of it well. In this photo I captured Tyler sitting on the rocks alone on the shore of Clarks Point presumably capturing shots of the gorgeous water and waves. I feel I captured a few feelings, emotion...

  To preface with this photo I unfortunately could not figure out how to get a black and white effect with the settings on my camera so I unfortunately had to use editing software to get a black and white photo. In terms of the actual photo itself I found myself quite happy with the fact that a random bird decided to be the perfect subject for a photo. Perfectly perched up on the random thing sticking up out of the water, the right place at the right time. Seems to be one of the beautiful things about photography, so many good photos in the most mundane stuff you wouldn’t think about. I feel like black and white was absolutely perfect for this photo, the bird and what it stands upon becomes a perfect shadow. Contrasting everything that is behind it. The sky is a perfect greyish white color to the black of our foreground and darker gray of the clouds. My main regret is that I had to use editing software for this photo rather than getting perfect settings on my camera. I think being ...

  My favorite is the middle photo. The one that depicts the textures and highlights the depth of the image. My images of the sky were not great when converting to black and white and there was not enough texture to make the edit look as good. With these photos I tried to get that texture dimension, away from direct sunlight. I know this is inside, but the glass and the tips from last classes in this environment produced wonderful results. 

  f/9 | 1/200 | ISO 200 Taking Flight  I really like this photo, but I might crop out or try to get rid of the water disturbance in the left of the photo. I wish I had a longer lens or was lower to the ground. It was difficult capturing the flight of a bird, but I am proud of this image, which is probably why I don't want to edit it yet. I like the reflection of the houses in the background. This image feels comforting to me. Safe, but free.  f/16 | 1/30 | ISO 5000 The Adopted Child of Kiv and Me If I was able to get a photo with a background that could let the colors of the foreground pop, that would be ideal. I would also experiment with closer up images or use the black jacket as a background so the colors don't blend so much. In hindsight, I could have cleaned the oyster (I'm not sure what it is) a bit more. I was unsure of what I was hoping to capture with this image since I just wanted to capture it. I like the layers it has, as if like a tree, each line represents ...

  Surprisingly, what I was trying to capture in this image was the colors of everything. The whole scene is a brilliant orange and I was trying to capture that quality. When thinking about this project, I decided to set my computer's visuals to grayscale and scroll through all the photos I had taken over this course when I stumbled across this photo. I was trying to capture the dark on light of the sky contrasted with the light on dark of the ground. This ended up working even better in black and white since it removed the hue information that made this contrast less obvious. Another thing I payed close attention to when taking this photo is the driftwood in the bottom left corner. I saw this sort of as a grounding point that allowed the person looking at the photo to judge the scale of the environment while also giving a concrete idea of perspective.

  Photo 1 - Shutterspeed - 1/500, ISO - 100, f/8 Photo 2 - Shutterspeed - 1/100, ISO - 800, f/8 I chose the first photo because the river acts as a great leading line for the photo, leading into the skyline and the clouds create a nice pattern that works well in black and white. When taking this photo, I wasn’t thinking about turning it black and white as much as the subject and composition of the photo using the river as the center focus leading out into the landscape. I decided to crop it in a way that has the river cross into the left third of the photo rather than how it was originally taken with the river in the center of the image for the sake of framing and making sure the entirety of the photo is taken up by something interesting to look at.  The second photo was taken with the hopes of getting a good picture of the seagull, as they were all moving around quite a lot, with the background pattern of the water to help it stand out. I also made sure the bushes in front we...

  Although this photo didn't capture as clear as I wanted it to, I really like that the water is soft in the black and white filter, and that the harbor seal's head is central amidst the patterns of the waves. Generally I was just trying to capture the seal itself, and wasn't paying any attention to the water or anything else. I was then happy when I looked at the image later when I realized how well its head contrasted with the simplicity of everything else, and that I had captured both of its eyes!  I also didn't apply much of a filter to this image.. The water was turning pretty black and white on the overcast day, and the seal's colors are normally b&w on its own. 

This sunset at Marine Park was so beautiful! I love how the setting sun is casting rays into the clouds and how it falls to define the layers of trees and mountains on the horizon, and I think it translates fairly well for the assignment. I used the photo app on iPhone to translate this one to black and white, tweaking settings like saturation, contrast, sharpness, gradient, and finally putting it through the monocolor filter once I was satisfied with the exaggerations I made with the color version.  Originally, I picked a sunset photo that was mostly water, but then I decided that the composition was unbalanced. This choice is much more visually stimulating with the clouds and the 50/50 split between the water and the rest of the scene.     ISO500  //  120mm  //  f13  //  1/1000s  Alas, I couldn't pick just one photo, because I really liked how this other one came out! I still haven't gotten the hang of getting things in focus cons...