C.L.Roughgarden

Three

clroughgarden — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:21:15 +0000

Three is such a wonderful age. The world is your playground and your imagination is limitless. We should all tap into the child within and believe again that we are only bound by the limit of our imagination. Who is your superhero?

Fashion

clroughgarden — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:32:04 +0000

Our assignment was to shoot a fashion or fantasy photograph. I choose to shoot a young woman in a wedding dress. A friend of mines daughter graciously agreed to be my model. I wanted to have a contrast between the young woman, the old beautiful dress and the rustic surroundings. I loved the late afternoon light at her back emphasizing the texture of the dress.

Game Time

clroughgarden — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:32:44 +0000

With Christmas fast approaching, I look forward to a break from school and time to play with my camera. I took the following shots during my pic a day for 365 days. I’m hoping to add to my game collection. I’m thinking Monopoly and Checkers are next…

In Print

clroughgarden — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:56:17 +0000

A few weeks ago, I was asked if I would submit some photographs to be included in an article in the magazine from my kids school. They were writing an article about the water polo team. I did, and this is the shot they used…

Sports Illustrated Photographer Simon Brunty

clroughgarden — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:42:32 +0000

Had the opportunity to attend a seminar given by Sports Illustrated photographer Simon Brunty yesterday at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. He was very entertaining. It was interesting hearing him talk about all the preparation that was involved in setting up a shoot. The better prepared you are… and the more you know your camera and gear… the better your chances of a successful shoot! Sounds logical to me! Check out his website he has some incredible shots! http://www.simonbruty.com/

The Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

clroughgarden — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:49:13 +0000

Spent the day today volunteering at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. Photographs were submitted from photographers all over the world to be judged as the best for this year. My job was to sit in on the judging and take notes of the comments that the judges were making about the photographs. I learned so much listening to the judges. It was interesting to hear what the judges liked and disliked. A lot of the comments were the same as my Photojournalism instructor has been telling us all semester. One comment in particular rang loud and clear… “It’s not sharp – it’s out!” I was fortunate today to see some amazing photographs. Volunteering again tomorrow, I’m excited to learn some more…

“What is it?” Wednesday

clroughgarden — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:25:21 +0000

It’s Wednesday! So, it’s time to guess what this is a photograph of…

My Morning

clroughgarden — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:01:18 +0000

I’ve been kind of obsessed with the reflections of the fall colors this season. Visiting Stone Mountain Parks several times a week for the past few weeks, I have been watching the leaves turn. I have found a spot along the lake that I keep returning to at different times of day to see how the position of the sun affects the reflection of the trees in the water. This morning I captured the following images of the reflections. The header on my blog was also captured this morning.

GTC Holiday Portraits

clroughgarden — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:00:45 +0000

After many hours of hard work the GTC Holiday Portrait set was ready on Monday. One of the families we photographed on Monday has had their holiday portraits taken at GTC every year for the past 18 years! Would be cool to see their photo album with the different sets through the years.

See our website for the dates and times we will be photographing.

http://www.gtcholidayportraits.blogspot.com/

Photographing Dance

clroughgarden — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:06:31 +0000

Photographed dance this weekend. It was beautiful watching the graceful dancers. Several times I caught myself just watching the show and had to remind myself to shoot. One of the challenges of photographing dance was the frequent change in lighting. I had to shoot with a very high ISO and and constantly adjust the shutter speed and aperture to get enough light but not blown out the image. The following is one of my favorite shots. Even though it is overall very dark I like the rim light on the dancer. I am hoping to be able to practice photographing ballet dancers in a studio setting where I can control the lighting.