These photos were all taken in downtown Portland and Washington Park as I began experimenting with motion shots.

Slow Motion: This is my favorite picture from the slow motion shoot. I shot this in a bright room so I used a small apature, and a longer shutter speed. I had the subjects move from their chairs after a few seconds so that they appeared like ghosts.

Effective Camera Shake: Using a longer exposure, I focused in on the light and shook and moved my camera. This was the result.

Panning: Small apature, medium exposure. This is a simple panning shot that I took in washington park.

Freeze Action: I captured this photo just as he was doing a flip. The result was a that the center was in focus while the edges and background were blurry

These three photographs by Deborah Bay caught my eye as I was browsing the Critical Mass 2012  winners. These photos were created by taking pictures of bulletproof Plexiglas that had been shot by different types of ammunitions. What I really liked about these photos is the sort of impressionistic qualities they have. These photos are not of an easily identifiable subject, so as you look at them, your mind is allowed to wander as it tries to figure out what it is that it is perceiving. When I looked at the first photo, I visualized an eyeball, with the iris splayed out electrically around the pupil. When I saw the second photo, I imagined it to be some kind of flying insect, like a moth. The third photo of a 9mm lock ball, looked to me like some kind of comet, or smashed pottery. Even after you make out     the details,  and know exactly what you’re looking at, you can’t help but to imagine what else it could be.  The photographer who took these photos tried to capture the subject in a way to accentuate the abstract nature and in my opinion did a very good job of it.

My Best Photos (1st and 2nd Quarter)

Top Three Pics (1st Quarter)

I took this photo inside of a pet store. I liked the way the colors contrasted with each other in a way that made the foreground of the photo pop.

This photo of a parking meter was taken in downtown Portland. What I liked most about this photo is the way the graffiti's sharp and sloppy turns played against the perfect curved print on the parking meter.

I took this photo with the bright sky in the background to give it a romantic and dreamy mood.