Innocence

My family is a very important part of my life, they will always be there for you through it all. Here's a few shots of my niece's Anya (top) and Vera (bottom). Shot with a Nikon D5000.

Saint Rose of Lima, Rochester, MA

I enjoy shooting statues that have interesting positions. This Statue (B&W at bottom) is no more than 3 feet tall, and this angle makes the viewer think that it could be a life like statue. I didn't really notice how much the angle changed this shot until I opened it up on my macbook. I made it black and white because I wanted the viewer to focus on the angle of the shot.

The shots of the flowers with the statue behind are a couple of my favorites from this shoot. I usually do not use my flash to prevent distortion of the subject matter, which I think ruins the shot. But the I used the flash for about 20 different shots on the flower to get the veins of the flower to show in the image.

The photograph of the sign at the very top is another thing I like to do. I really like to angle my shots because sometimes you can distort the image in a good way. Angle can elongate or widen most inadament objects. This was a super fun shoot in which I took over 200 shots.

Elements of Contrast

This photo is from a shoot I did at the Rochester Congregational Church. I took both my Cannon AE-1 35 mm & my Nikon D5000 dslr. I used a color filter for this shot so I could get the deep pop of the flower that you see. The contrast in this photo is what makes it. Again you can see hints of my love for depth of field. Color filters can always be fun to play around with on shoots. Thanks for checking it out, Cheers!

Cruisin' Newport

These are a few select shot's from a trip I took to Newport, RI earlier this summer, Shot with my Nikon D5000. The more I shoot the more I utilize depth of field into my work. This was just a spur of the moment trip, not intending to shoot anything, I just took some quick shots to document the trip.

Here are a few pictures from my Cereal Box project in 2 dimensional design. Based of a the Hokusai wave I constructed a functional cereal box from bristol board. I reinforced it with cardboard on the insides applying the cardboard with spray adhesive. Painted with Black and White Acrylics, this was one of my most time consuming projects. Enjoy

Hey people, it's been a while since I have posted anything so I though I would put a few drawings from my portfolio up. The figure drawing at the top was done in pencil and it is of a female nude model from my drawing II class. The bottom is a recreation of a master drawing original done in a different medium than mine. Mine is done in ink and I tried to focus on cross hatching and little scratchy marks to make this piece. Although it is not my best piece it is certainly one of my favorites. Sorry for the poor image quality but they were just some quick snapshots. Thanks for checking them out, cheers.

This piece is a functional work. I started with a blank skateboard deck with just a finish on it, sanded it down so all of the finish was completely off. After that I applied three coats of Gesso ( a thick white paste like medium). I then proceeded to lay down my graphic with graphite artist pencils, and then sealed it in with a coat of watered down white acrylic paint. The last part was taking white, black and grey acrylics and applying them to my skateboard. This is a depiction of the Empire State building, and a street sign in front painted black so it will pop to the viewers eye. The lines that you see are all 1/32 in. The overall taping of my board to get straight lines took over 2 1/2 hrs. Finally I used Krylon clear spray to give this a glossy finish.