Monday, August 30, 2010

Portraits in Class






Today in photography class we took portraits of some of the class associates. Tony gave us some great tips on how to work with people to get better portraits.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Vintage Travel Poster


For our final project in the photo editing class I took last summer we had to create a vintage travel poster. I tried to recreate a 1950's look before the TWA Jet Set posters of the 60's became the rage.

Summer 2010 Trip


When summer semester ended I went to New England to see my brother and sister. It was a great time. On the return trip I went down the Jersey Shore, took the ferry across Delaware Bay, and drove down the coast to Ocean City and Virginia Beach. Here are some places I went:


National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton OH
Wright Brothers National Memorial and Visitor Center, Dayton OH
Mashantucket Pequot Museum, Mashantucket CT
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, Windsor CT
Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell MA
Black Pond Nature Preserve, Norwell MA a deep glacial kettle hole surrounded by a bog, Atlantic cedar swamp, red maple swamp and a pine – oak forest.
Jersey Shore at Wildwood NJ
Cape May Ferry across Delaware Bay
Beach at Ocean City MD
Nassawango Iron Furnace, Nassawango Preserve of The Nature Conservancy, Nassawango Swamp, Pocomke Forest and Pocomoke Swamp, Snow Hill MD
Virginia Cooperative Extension, Northampton County Office
Barrier Islands Center, Machipongo VA
Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond VA
Drewry’s Bluff Battle Site, Richmond VA
Cold Harbor Battle Site, Richmond VA
Monticello
Shenandoah National Park Skyline Drive from Rockfish Gap to Swift Run Gap