The other day I got to frame this picture and hang it on the wall in the printing room. We had a contest over one of the brakes between quarters. We where suppose to shoot over the brake and bring it in to show to Ms.Finch. She just happened to like this picture.
Author Archives: Cooper Ricketts
Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar.
There is going to be a seminar for photojournalism at the begging of December. The seminar will concisest of work shops, speakers and a contest of the different elements of photojournalism. My self Brett May, Damain Aching, Amanda Gardener, and Lisa Cave will all be volunteering at the seminar I cant tell you how excited I am for this opportunity toContinue reading “Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar.”
Canon 1D Mark 4
I had talked about Canon celebrating their birthday by unveiling a new camera and they did. Canons new camera is called the 1D Mark 4. It is a 16 mega pixel camera and can do 10 frames per second which is really fast considering most camera do 3 fps. In addition to that the 1D markContinue reading “Canon 1D Mark 4”
Apples New Mouse
Apples magic mouse is kinda cool its wireless and has a seamless touch surface like on the iphone. Also it has a laser tracking engine, sounds complicated, it just means its more sensitive on more surfaces. I haven’t used this mouse but I’m kinda interested to see if it makes photoshop easier or harder. Read moreContinue reading “Apples New Mouse”
Feature Photography
I went to the fair this past weekend it was the last day of the fair I was shooting for a feature for photojournalism. I got to talk to a lot of interesting people and got some good pictures.
Low Key
Yesterday I had to photograph a low key assignment in the studio. I had a lot of fun shooting this and I think my teacher is happy with the results. The above pictures is of my fellow classmate William Twitty and a contact sheet I made for Mrs. Harkins
Possible Internship.
Its a ways off but not to soon to start thinking about who would I want to intern with. I have always liked concerts and musicians, I stubbed upon Danny Clinch about a year ago and i really like his work he is based out of New York so if he will let me internContinue reading “Possible Internship.”
Shooting in the studio tomarow
portraiture low key shoot tomorrow, low key photography is when most of your subject or set is black. It gives your subject mater a mysterious feel. I am really siked about this shoot I think it should go well.
Jerry Uelsmann.
Uelsmann was a huge inspiration to me when I first got in to photography I really like the dream like feel he evokes. The interesting thing about him is he was doing modern day compositing in the darkroom! He is pritty remarkable. Here is a link to his websitehttp://www.uelsmann.com/
Canon Turns 51!
Canon is throwing a big celebration to celebrate 50 years of camera making. This info comes from Canon Australia The event on the 20th of October in Australia is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Canon SLR’s. I can’t think of a better way to start of 51 than with a new camera. I thinkContinue reading “Canon Turns 51!”
