Jason Hermann Photograpgy – Blog

I was at work the other day ( my real job) when the huge storm just started to hit, and I really wanted to capture how hard it was snowing outside.  I was inside my Van on the way to my first job and stopped real quick to take this shot outside the drivers window.  I put the camera on Tv mode (shutter Priority) and then lowered the shutter speed to 1/25sec.  That allowed the snow to go a bit streaky and create a nice sens of motion in the image.  DO to the low shutter speed I used the trucks window sil for support.  That was the plan anyway, and I think it cam out pretty cool for just goofin around

I used the 5D mark II, and the Canon EF 24-105 f/4 L IS   @ ISO 100, 55mm, f/9, 1/25se, Tv mode

Snowy Day at Work

Michele and I had the pleasure to attend the St. James Camera Club of Goshen, NY as a Guest speaker.

We did a presentation on HDR Photography and discussed the theory behind it with some examples.  Dick was nice enough to lend his awesome PC to do the PDF presentation on the projector   Thanks!  We then fallowed up the slideshow presentation with an actual live demonstration of how to take an HDR photograph. We all went from the activities room into the actual Church.  I then set up the tripod and took a bunch of exposure’s to capture all the dynamic range in the very dimly lit Church. I set the camera to manual mode, ISO 100, f/14, Average metering mode, 4 exposure’s.

Below are the 5 exposure’s I used as well as the final edited HDR Photograph

I also wanted to thank everybody from the Club for being so kind  and warm to us.  A special thanks to Renee for inviting us to speak

Fully edited HDR composite

Here are the 3 raw exposure’s I used for the HDR composite above:

f/14 @ 25 seconds

f/14 @ 6 seconds

f/14 @ 1.6 seconds

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.

Here is 2 more from that Church in NYC. I searched Google maps and tried to figure out what church it is, but it just wasn’t happening

Jay