Jason Hermann Photograpgy – Blog

The famous Green Bridge located up in Sullivan County, NY just down the road from our house.  Michele grew up just around the corner and this bridge was 1 of those paces that all the kids would hang out at and play.  It was built in 1879 and the sign says Groton Bridge & MFG CO. Builders, Groton NY.  Being a Bridge lover myself I had to inspect this engineering marvel of it’s day more closely with the Canon 5D mark II and a few lenses of course

My goal here was to be a Photojournalist.  I wanted to capture the bridge’s beauty and history the best I could without any crazy editing or anything. All these images are un-edited except for the 1st image because I printed it large and framed it for Michele Merry Christmas!!  All the other images just have a white balance correction in Adobe Lightroom, and some minor exposure adjustments.
I also tried to find some history on the Bridge, but came up dry.  Please email me if you have any info!

Here is a link to Google Maps if you want to see it for yourself The Green Bridge

For Lenses I used the Canon EF 24-107mm f/4L IS, and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS.

I was driving through Middletown, NY the other day on the way home and finally got a shot of this awesome Church I’ve been eyeballing for years.  There was no cars parked in front so it was a perfect opportunity to grab a few photos

The first image is actually a vertical panoramic image comprised of 2 frames.  I was using the Canon 5D mark II along with the Canon 24-105 f/4L IS.  I was at 24mm f/13 for the first image and couldn’t fit the whole church in there and the wide angle lens was n the car.  Do to the freezing cold I opted for a Pano instead.  It turned out pretty good I think

The second image is for documentary purposes, but I like how the depth of feild turned out.  It was shot at 84mm, f/4, 1/2500sec.

I was driving around the other day and came across these sleeping giants    I’m a huge fan of pretty much all machinery, but I particularly love excavating equipment!

It was really muddy, but luckily it was early enough in the morning that the mud was still mostly frozen.  Only the top 1/2 inch or so was soft.

From the photography perspective I really wanted to make these Giants seem as big as possible so I opted for my wide angle lens   The Canon 17-40 f/4L and the Canon 5D Mark II  alone with my Manfrotto Tr-pod.

These are all HDR images comprised of 3 exposure’s. f/16 @ -2,0,+2, and I used Abobe Photoshop and Photomatix Pro to process the images.

Best,
Jay