Photographs

Catalog showcasing the images I created while attending EDUC 5616: Multimedia Creation at Austin Peay State University. Moreover, to highlight some of the skills learned, including framing, lighting, and image composition among others. Image descriptions and personal evaluations are included to provide viewers with relevant information about the camera used, settings, the reasoning and what I was trying to achieve as a photographer. Please hover over the images and click on them to browse Google Photos albums.

Photo montage using and Austin Peay State University sign, stationary, and a McDonald's Happy Meal toy. The purpose of this image is to demonstrate institutional pride but above all that it is possible for educators to compose great images using props without needing to spend any money.

  • Name: Cyborg for Governor
  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: NEX-3N
  • F-stop: f/4
  • Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-1600
  • Focal Length: 16mm
  • Exposure Program: Aperture Priority


The purpose of these images is to demonstrate how lighting affects image composition. Professional photographers recommend shooting landscape images during what is known as "the golden hour" which is the period shortly after sunrise or before sunset. The main reason being that daylight is redder and softer than at any time throughout the day. I chose to take pictures of my surrounding neighborhood due to our recent weather events. I shot some of these images before sunset and others early in the morning while kids were in their way school.

  • Location: Ellington Chase & Gait, Clarksville, TN
  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: NEX-3N
  • F-stop: f/4
  • Exposure Time: 1/4000 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-200
  • Focal Length: 16 mm
  • Exposure Program: Aperture Priority

Portrait of my son while visiting the Dinosaurs exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New York this past summer. I shot this image with no flash using my Smartphone and cropped the original for a more dramatic shot. Moreover, to demonstrate how simple tweaks like cropping can aid the framing of images.

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • F-stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: ISO-100
  • Focal Length: 4.6 mm

Close-up images using the scene selection mode. The first one is of two old elves I adopted while stationed in Germany. They are still very much in love after eighteen years together and hang around my office daily. The second is a battery-operated paper stapler I got as a gift while stationed in the Netherlands.

Image: 1

  • Title: Elves in Love
  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: NEX-3N
  • F-stop: f/3.5
  • Exposure Time: 1/100 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-3200
  • Focal Length: 16mm

Image: 2

  • Title: Groovy Stapler
  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: NEX-3N
  • F-stop: f/3.5
  • Exposure Time: 1/80 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-3200
  • Focal Length: 16 mm


Images shot with my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 while visiting all the different memorials and monuments around the Washington D. C. National Mall. The first image is at the Korean War Veterans Memorial; the second is the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial, and the last one is at the memorial for our 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The intended purpose of these images was to capture patriotic and inspirational scenes around the capitol city.

Image: 1

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/377 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 31 mm

Image: 2

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 31 mm

Image: 3

Camera: Samsung

Model: Galaxy Note 4

Mode: RAW

F-Stop: f/2.2

Exposure Time: 1/1148 sec.

ISO Speed: ISO-40

Focal Length: 31 mm



Panorama images of my neighborhood shot from my DJI Mavic Pro quadcopter drone from a height of 300 ft. ASL (Above Sea Level). I took about 80 photos from that altitude and got these three lovely panoramas out of them. These shots were taken around 7:00 pm, September 7, 2017, well within the golden hour rule.

  • Camera: DJI Mavic Pro
  • Model: FC220
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/100 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-107
  • Focal Length: 26 mm


Two sets of images modified using GIMP to demonstrate some of the many manipulation features in this application. The first set of pictures are shots at the National Air and Space Museum. For this set, I added the puzzle effect to the image. The second set is a shot of the "Three Soldiers" a sculpture located close by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D. C. I used the transparency layer and lasso effect in GIMP to remove the background of the image then superimposed it atop the United States flag for a more patriotic feeling surrounding this composition.

First Set: National Air and Space Museum

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: Auto
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 4.6 mm

Second Set: Vietnam Memorial

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: Auto
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/127
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 4.6 mm

The purpose of this image is to demonstrate some of the capabilities of GIMP when using filters. One of the advantages of using this application is that most Adobe Photoshop filters are easily imported into it for free. For this image, I used the vignette filter to apply black smoke halo to the image and give it a portrait studio feel. I took this portrait of my son back in 2009 while visiting the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park at Cañon City, Colorado.

  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: DSC-W150
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/3.3
  • Exposure Time: 1/200 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-10
  • Focal Length: 5 mm

The use of several techniques is demonstrated in these images. The first one being cropping, followed by resizing the original image to bring Jefferson's Memorial closer to the front. I then removed some clouds, a piece of brush, buildings, and cranes from the background. Afterwards, I used a transparency layer and the lasso effect to remove the skyline. Finally, I superimposed the transparent image on top of two different horizons including one with a mirror effect.

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/1080 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 5 mm

Picture of a rose sculpture at the Ronald Reagan building courtyard in Washington, D. C. The original image was 2.62 MB with the export coming in at 112 KB. When you look at both images side by side, you will not notice any significant loss of image quality due to the use of progressive compression and Huffman optimization resulting in a significant file size reduction with minimal quality loss. The use of highly compressed images is essential to improving webpage loading times, .pdf documents, and PowerPoint presentations. Finally, using Adobe Photoshop, I added some brush and texture effects ballooning the image size back up to 7.2 MB. However, after re-sampling and compressing the image again, the final file size was even smaller at 0.88 MB on the last picture.

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/588 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 5 mm

Washington Metro sign rotated 90° right so that anyone can read the route vertically instead of trying to go from left to right to figure out the stops.

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/10 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-320
  • Focal Length: 5 mm

Adobe Photoshop image manipulation to enhance a photo of the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Catholic Cathedral in Township, Indiana. I first straightened the shot to adjust the angular perspective of the image. Afterwards, I then played around with the contrast settings on the second image, and finally with the lighting, exposure, and color settings on the third picture in this set.

  • Camera: Samsung Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/30 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-160
  • Focal Length: 4.6 mm

I used Adobe Photoshop to add filters to this shot of the "Seated Ballerina" by Jeff Koons at Rockefeller Center in New York City guarded by one of the Tritons in the Channel Gardens. First, I added a frame to the image and then used the toy camera, tint, and seasons filters. Moreover, this picture could be used as a thank you card or perhaps an invitation for an informal coffee meeting. Finally, I compressed and resized all of the images for web viewing.

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/1444 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 4.6 mm

Information cards about the Liberty Bell and a Benjamin Franklin 3-D bust atop the One Liberty Observation deck in Philadelphia. I used Adobe Photoshop to remove the background from both of these images, transparency layers, color fill, and text effects to create the final compositions. Additionally, I used the contrast and lighting controls to change the color of the bust to Chrome Gray.

Liberty Bell

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/40 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-40
  • Focal Length: 31 mm

Benjamin Franklin

  • Camera: Samsung
  • Model: Galaxy Note 4
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/2.2
  • Exposure Time: 1/30 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-100
  • Focal Length: 31 mm

I worked through two of Nick Saporito's YouTube tutorials to create the two images in this set. The first one demonstrates how to work with multiple layers and the use of superimposed images to create an illusion. The second one is intended to highlight smoke coming out of portrait of myself.

The purpose of this series is to demonstrate how easy it is to enhance and manipulate images online using Adobe Photoshop Express and an image of the center square in Prague, the Czech Republic. Although not as advanced as the full-blown version of Photoshop I found it quite useful and with lots of features for quick edits without having to install anything on your computer.

For this picture, I applied the sketch filter, enhanced the white balance, converted it to black and white, and finally used a bronze tint for an old fashion look. My opinion is that as an online editor Photoshop Express can be handy for those times when I am away from my main computer or working on a computer without image editing software. I would not use it as my go-to editor daily, but would certainly recommend to educators looking for something free and easy to use.

  • Camera: SONY
  • Model: MVCCD500 CD
  • Mode: RAW
  • F-Stop: f/8
  • Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.
  • ISO Speed: ISO-100
  • Focal Length: 7 mm


Images edited online to poke fun at myself and showcase what is possible through the creation of attention getting images. I started with a self-portrait and used Facestache to spice it up. I then moved onto Fun Photo Box to create a magazine cover and Beverly Hills billboard. My last creation was a dollar bill with my portrait.

Although I tend to be on the serious side of things in the classroom, these images could be used as conversation starters or to break the ice with your learners. For you to make fun of yourself and to have fun by having students come up with their creations.