Jim Brandenburg photos

Why Jim did his project

"In autumn I set out to make one photograph - one single exposure---each day for 90 days. I hoped with patience and endurance to renew my vision of the natural world." -Jim Brandenburg.  He did this project to rejuvinate his love for nature photography.

Jim Brandenburg- my favorite photo

My favorite photo by Jim Brandenburg is 'wilderness loons' I love how the island looks on the lake, and the loon flapping its wings.  Also, the sunrise/sunset looks majestic in the background.

Critique of my Depth of Field photos

My  first depth of field picture was of the fence at the tennis courts in my neighborhood.  I was very happy with how this picture turned out!  My second picture was of the dock and the lake in the background.  I thought I could have made the background a little more focused but overall, I was very happy with these two photos

Long Depth of Field

This photo had a smaller aperature, such as, f/16
This picture also had a small aperature.
All three of these photos had a small aperature thus giving them a greater depth of field.

Shallow Depth of Field pictures

This photo had a large aperature such as f/2
This photo also had a wider aperature.
All three of these photos had a shallow depth of field because they had a wider aperature.

Critique of My Line Photos

My first line picture is of pearl necklaces of a mall.  I like that there are shapes repeating.  It could have had less distracting elements in the background, but othere than that I was happy overall with the picture.  My second picture was of the lake.  I was pleased with how the ripples in the water turned out.  I should have made the detail in the trees stand out more.

5 Line Pictures

I like this picture because railroad tracks generally attract my eye.

Also the lines lead my eyes to a spot in the picture.

I like the beach picture because the lines lead into the ocean which looks pretty cool.

I like this picture because it is in focus at first then goes out of focus.      

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I like this picture because the lines lead my eyes to a spot toward the back of the photo.

Critique of My motion images

My first motion image is my dog running for a ball.  I was really happy with the image because the timing was great, and it had a slightly blurred background.  I probably could have used a slower shutter speed to blur the background more though.  My second image was a friend jumping into a pool.  Again, my timing was great, but the image turned out darker than I wanted.  The action was frozen with no blur so I was happy with that.

Blurred Movement

Blurred Movement:

A slower shutter speed was used for this picture, maybe 1/60

A slow shutter speed was used. Possibly, 1/20

A slow shutter speed was used for this picture.

Frozen Movement

Frozen Movement:

A fast shutter speed was used...maybe 1/1000

A faster shutter speed was used such as 1/500

A fast shutter speed was used.  Maybe 1/2000

Textbook Image

I like this image because of the motion and panning.  I can use this technique when shooting people playing in sports.  Since I play soccer, I can try and use the panning technique when the players are running.

Map of my Neighborhood

This is a house of my neighborhood!

Things I would like to photograph:

1. Garland's house:P

2. Our lake

3. tennis courts