This is the first picture I took that I was proud of, and the one that really kicked off my interest in photography. I used my Nikon D7100, and  was shot on auto settings in RAW format using a tri-pod and the timing function on my camera. I used a kit zoom lense that was a jack of all trades master of none. The only post processing that I did was to bring up the exposure and the saturation, while bringing down the highlights. This brightened up and brought more color back to the photo while reducing the glare from the headlights and field lights behind us.

This was the best picture from my first auto-motive photo shoot. Shot with a kit zoom lense in aperture priority at a high F-stop. This was necessary because it was bright out and would keep the photo from being to bright or washed out. The post processing was extensive. The saturation and exposure of the background is all reduced, while the cars have the blacks crushed, and a much lower exposure and highlight that brings out the clarity and shine, especially on the glass parts of the cars.

This is the first good Macro shot I took this semester . I took it using a zoom lense and a small tripod. I found that due to the questionable quality of my cameras LCD, the best way to get a good shot when shooting from this close was to leave my camera in auto and let it do the calculations for me. I used Lightroom to bring down the temperature, as well as crush the whites/blacks to bring more subtle contrast to the picture.

This is the best Macro shot I took as semester. I took it using a zoom lense and a small tripod. I found that due to the questionable quality of my cameras LCD, the best way to get a good shot when shooting from this close was to leave my camera in auto and let it do the calculations for me. This is one of my favorite pictures I have taken all semester, and the only post processing was to whiten the flower and cool the picture down a tad bit.

This is a picture that was taken during the NC championship regatta. I set up my camera on a tri-pod and used a powerful zoom lense. At this point I was still shooting in auto, however the race that preceded this picture is one of the most important I have ever been in and as such this is a very memorable photograph to me. There was very little post processing needed, I brought down the highlights to reduce glare off the water, and crushed the whites and blacks to give it more contrast while preserving the color accuracy.

This is a photo I took at Head of the Hooch Regatta. The boys are from the Jordan Lake Rowing Club and saw some of my pictures from the NC Championship Regatta, and asked me if I could take some pictures of them. This was their favorite picture, and surprisingly the shot came out good enough so that I did little to no post processing. It was shot on aperture priority at a high F-stop to account for the bright sunlight and glare off the water, and using a powerful zoom lense.

This is from my first shoot using a much nicer Nikkor kit lense, as well as my first shoot of my fathers Tesla, which turned out to be my favorite thing to take pictures of. I shot this at lake wheeler in full manual at high F-stop and very fast shutter speed, due to how bright it was. The post processing was extensive, consisting of many different layers of exposure throughout the photo to keep the colors accurate and to bring out the shine of the car. I experimented with Photoshop to remove the lense flare and remove the glare from the water, however I found that by leaving these in it created a much more dramatic mood that fit the car better.

This is from my second shoot of my fathers Tesla.  It was shot using a Nikkor kit lense at a medium F-stop with a fast shutter speed, as it was cloudy I didn't want to be restricted to using a tri-pod. This is my favorite picture of the Tesla that I took this semester, with the angle, wheel turn, and the dark lighting all contributing to a very aggressive look fit for a very aggressive car. The post processing involved lowering the exposure of the car to bring back the deep shine, as well as light color grading to keep the colors accurate.

This is from my final shoot of the Tesla, shot using a Nikkor kit lense at a high F-stop and fast shutter speed to counter the strong sunlight. Instead of trying to glorify the car like in my previous shoots, I went for a much more honest look, with a much less aggressive angle and only light post processing to keep the glass from looking frosted. This preserved the deep blue color of the car, which I believe fits in well with the beautiful fall colors of the background.

This was from a photo shoot I did in downtown Raleigh, using a Nikkor kit lense at a very low F-stop (f2.4), a slow speed, however not so slow that  would need to use a tri-pod, and a medium ISO. While I was able to capture the scene in the lighting that I was looking for, the ISO caused a moderate amount of noise, however I don't think that it was enough to void this picture. I plan to go back to this place with a better model and my uncles Nikon D5, which preforms much better in low lighting, and recreate this scene.

This is a picture I took using a tri-pod and the timer function on my camera. It was shot on auto and using a fixed focal length Nikkor 35mm lense. The post processing I did almost all in Photoshop, and consisted mostly of removing blemishes, as well as whitening the teeth and getting the temperature/white balance right.

This was a more abstract photo that I took at Wellesley college while visiting one of my friends. It was shot on her Canon camera, using a standard kit lense. I have never really had much of an eye for "artsy" or "abstract" photography, however my friend Carter had great interest in the area and recommended some ideas to me.

This is a photo I took of Max while testing my 35mm Nikor lense. I didn't think much of it at the time, and it wasn't part of a shoot, and I certainly don't see any reason that it should be exceptional or extraordinary, however I maintain that it is one of my favorite pictures that I have taken all semester, and as such I do not believe a portfolio of my best work would be complete without it.