Artist Statement

The reason why I love taking photographs is because photos can freeze time. Photos are the closes things we have to an actual time machine. By looking at a photo we can take a glimpse of the past. Photos can take us all the way back to the civil war. They can make us remember how cute our children were or funny story at a party. Photos tell a story no matter how simple it is. I take photos to tell a story to other people.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Flying Sparrow

Flying Sparrow: I have always tried to capture motion in my photos and this one definetly captures just that. It is one of my best frozen moments photos.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Edited Pokewalkers

Original Pokewalker: This is my original photo of the pokewalker. I am practicing editing with my new program.

Colored Pokewalker: This one I focused on the pokewalker by making them colorful and everything else black and white. It has been my goal to do just this with one of my photos and now I have done it.

Blurred Black and White: This one I feel tells the history of pokemon itself. It began on a crappy gameboy with black and white with crappy graphics but kids still loved it. That is why I like this one. It appears that those pokewalkers were dragged out from the past and are having trouble existing.


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Snowy Rock Egret

Snowy Rock Egret: This is something we just bought this summer. What I think is cool about this photo is how the egret appears in the middle of all this whiteness. In reality, it was by a lot of other small things, but those were covered in snow.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Woodpecker Wing

Woodpecker Wing: This is a photo of a woodpecker that was caught while we were banding hawks. It is a funny story of how we caught it. We were waiting for a hawk to fly by when we all see the woodpecker hopping around just outside of the blind. Then the woodpecker suddenly jumps into the net and they caught a woodpecker! I love the focus on this photo I got of the bird. It shows the hairy's spots really well, and is a great wing shot.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Do NOT Pull This!

Do NOT pull this!: This is a sign I took at the tea garden. I have always liked the looks of signs and how they turn out in photos. This one I love the color of the snow and the sky through the door. If I fixed anything I would make the actual sign a little less dark, but it isn't that bad!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Cardinal

Cardinal: This is a photo of a cardinal, female, I took that flew to the deck. I took it through a glass door which I think helped caused the blurry background. If I changed anything I would have the cardinal a little bit more in focus.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Owl Face

Owl Face: This is a photo of an owl I saw at a fair. I believe it is a short eared, but I still have to work on my owl identification. I love how the owl is looking up.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Hey Camera!


Hey Camera!: This photo was taken at Underwater World. I like almost everything except I would aim a little lower next time getting more of my friends head and less of the water above. Otherwise I like everything about it.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Cat Eye

Cat Eye: This is a close up photo of my cat Hiro. What I like about this photo and the cat are the eyes. Hiro has orange eyes and come out really pretty in photos.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Rough Legged Hawk

The Rough Legged Hawk: I took this photo when I was banding hawks. I really like how it appears to have sepia, but doesn't in truth. Also it would not be as good of a photo if the posture of the hawk was any different.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Photo of Rough-Legged Hawk

Photo of a Rough-Legged Hawk: This is a photo I told my dad to take when I was holding the rough-legged hawk. I really like the angle and the positioning of the people. As to the reason why it is now my heading, it fits my title and I have always had an obessesiong for hawks.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Great Horned

Great Horned: This is a photo I took with my Nikon Coolpix when the raptor center visited my school. Great horned owls are really pretty birds, and I particularly liked how this photo turned out. Hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Black and White Flowers


Black and White Flowers: This is a simple picture of a some flowers at french park. I had taken a couple shots before, but this one was the best of the bunch. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Knight in Shining Armor


Knight in Shining Armor: This is another reniassance festival photo. It was taken with my Nikon D90, I just pointed and shot the picture in hopes to get something and this is what I got.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Baiting Redtail


Baiting Redtail: This is a photo of a red tailed hawk from the raptor center baiting at one of thier shows. The photo is good cause you can see every single feather, and also that it is in motion.

Soaring Eagle


Soaring Eagle: This photo I took at the raptor release in September. The eagle is blury, with that hat in focus and it tells you how close that eagle was.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Hunting Raptors


Raptors Hunting: This is yet another plastic dinosaur photo this time starring my three raptor dinos. Though I am not 100% sure they are dinos.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Elephant Eye


Elephant Eye: The photo of the day is the close up of an elephant that was giving rides at the reniassance festival.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus: The photo of the week is of my plastic stegosaurus 'eating' a dandilion. I am taking Photography and had taken four roles of film to try and get this photo. I finally just took a digital as a back up. The assignment was called Staged Photography so I had to set it up.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Pokewalker


My Photo of the day is Pokewalker. The model is my brother Connor. I liked how the sun hit his clothing and arms and also his posture.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Black and White Chess Board


This is the photo above full size. It is a picture of a chess board at the Renaissance festival.

Friday, October 8, 2010


This is a photo I took on my Apostle Islands trip. It was a very sunny day and I was expirementing with sun photos. This one turned out really pretty.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Pheonix Overlooking School

This photo is a photo I took at my scool of a plastic pheonix. It was taken with a pin hole camera.