Spaceship

Building:  Koethe Residence
Location:  Urbandale, IA
Time:  5:00 pm
Composition:  Since this is a private house, I used a telephoto lens to photograph the building.  As a result, the photograph is compressed, making the trees in the foreground appear larger than they really are.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  185mm     f/5     SS: 1/100s     ISO: 100

Willy Sculpture

Building:  Willy
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  2:55 pm
Composition:  I liked the contrast of the black sculpture with the white snow and pale sky.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  26mm     F/5.6     SS: 1/400s     ISO: 100

Boarder and Trowel

Building:  Meredith Corporation Building
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  4:55pm
Composition:  I used the trowel sculpture to balance the composition with the advertised facade.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  25mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/400s     ISO: 100

Towers of Des Moines

Building:  Various buildings of Des Moines (From right to left)  801 Grand (Principal Building), Bankers Trust Building, Des Moines Marriott Hotel, Equitable Building, Wells Fargo, & Plaza Building

Location:  Des Moines, IA

Time:  5:22pm

Composition:  Photograph taken from capital hill.  I am standing on axis with Locust street.  Here, most of the buildings in Des Moines are visible.

Process:  Continued experimenting with long exposure photography.  I cropped out the street because it was over exposed.  Since the subject was the skyline, the street was not needed.

Meta Data:  86mm     f/22     SS: 25s     ISO: 100

World Food at night

Building:  World Food Prize
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:54pm
Composition:  I wanted to experiment with long exposure photography so I stepped the f-stop down as low as I could to have a long shutter opening.  The long shutter opening is responsible for the 'explosion' happening with each light.
Process:  HDRd 3 exposures together in photoshop
Critique:  I took this photo way to late resulting in a sky that is too dark.
Meta Data:  18mm     f/22     SS: 15s     ISO 100

T8 Sculpture

Building:  T8
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  7:50am
Composition:  This image reminds me of the old Soviet Propaganda flags.  The sculpture explodes out of one corner and expands across the image, moving your eyes around the image.
Process:  I played around with the image colors to build up the contrast of the image
Meta Data:  55mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/800s     ISO: 100

Storefront

Building:  Abandoned Autobody Shop
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  4:54pm
Composition:  I walk by this building everyday and until it had snowed, I never noticed the detail on the top of the building.
Process:  Corrected verticals in photoshop
Meta Data:  40mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/320s     ISO: 100

White Boxes

Building:  Modular Piece
Location:  Des Moines
Time:  4:53pm
Composition:  I got up close for this shot.  I wanted to capture the strong contrast between the sculpture and the sky.  I also liked how the shadows interact on the individual members.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100

Farmer and the Moon

Building:  Meredith Corporation
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  4:41pm
Composition:  This is one of those lucky shots when the you're in the right place at the right time and the sun is still hitting the moon.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  102mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/400s     ISO: 400

The Hub

Building:  The Hub Mall
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:33pm
Composition:  Standing on the second floor balcony.  This space allows for unrestricted views into the space below, and on days when there isn't a foot of snow on the roof, views of the sky.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SS: 1/30s     ISO: 1000

A Winter Street

Building:  5th Avenue
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:32pm
Composition:  Once again, standing in the skywalk of Des Moines.  The elevated view gives a different perspective than ones people are use to in a city.
Process:  cropped slightly accentuate the horizontality of the shot and to make the buildings appear taller.
Meta Data:  30mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/30s     ISO: 100

Downtown Alley

Building; Alley next to the Komodo Club
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:28pm
Composition:   I took this photo from an elevated position inside the skywalk.  I liked the tire treads that go in and out of the alley.  I didn't use an effect or anything on this photo, but it reminds me a lot of a miniature effect photo.  I think this is due to the difference in contrast due to sunlight between the ground and the tops of the buildings.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/80s     ISO: 100

Contrast

Building:  3rd Street Apartments
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  1:25pm
Composition:  I liked the contrast between the grey corrugated siting of this building compared to the monotone colors of the surrounding site.
Process:  none
Meta Data  18mm     f/5.6     ISO: 1,1600s     ISO: 100

Sealed Warehouse

Building:  Yugo Auto Salvage
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  1:25pm
Composition:  Here, I was interested in the contrast between the old brick with the concrete blocks uses to fill in the windows.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1000s    ISO: 100

Dappled Light

Building:  US Bankruptcy Court
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  1:23pm
Composition:  I wanted to capture the dappled light that was falling onto the vertical planes of the columns.  The tree shadow is continuous from horizontal to vertical planes.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100

Catt Hall

Building:  Catt Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  3:44pm
Composition:  Standing on axis with the stairs leading up to the second story.  The trees behind me are creating a dappered light on the foreground of the photograph.
Process:  Fixed horizontals in photoshop.  Cropped both sides of the photograph to remove the unwanted windows
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS:1/250s     ISO:  100

Industrial Hallway

Building:  TASF
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  5:36pm
Composition: The hallway is only illuminated by a string of lights on the left side.  I took the photo on the right side on the hallway to put more attention on these lights.  I also wanted to stand under the tubing so that it would direct the eye down the hallway. 
Process:  none
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SS: 1/13s     ISO: 100

Columns

Building:  TASF
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  5:36pm
Composition:  The columns create a series of layers in the space.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SS: 1/13s     ISO: 100

Molly Bio Atrium Space

Building:  Molecular Biology
Location:  Ames, IA
Time: 5:28pm
Composition:  I took the photo low to the ground so that I could get more of the ceiling in the photograph.  This also made the tile floor look much larger that it actually is.
Process:  Straightened verticals in Photoshop.
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SS: 1/4s     ISO: 100

Reflecting Doors

Building:  Molecular Biology
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  5:27pm
Composition:  The different sized windows on these doors caught me off guard.  The doors are reflecting the building across the street.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  46mm     f/5.6    SS: 1/5s     ISO: 100

Shadow Grid

Building:  King Paviliom
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:14pm
Composition:  The steel handrails create this shadow when illuminated by the sun.   The shadows add an appealing texture to the ramped walkway.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  18mm     f/8     SS: 1/250s     ISO: 200

Gridded Reflection

Building:  Memorial Union
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:39 pm
Composition:   The photograph shows the new addition to memorial union reflecting the original Memorial Union.  The gridded glass distorts the reflection of the building giving it a curvaceous appearance.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  34mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/250s  ISO: 100

Winged Light

Building:  Memorial Union
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:42 pm
Composition: This lighting fixture reminds me of opening a book.  Seeing how this image was taken from the doorway of a library it seems fitting.  To me, the light represents the story coming out of said book.  I really enjoy how the panels are slightly separated to allow a little light to come through between them and not rely completely on reflection.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  26mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/6s     ISO: 100

Ramp Landing

Building:  The President's House
Location:   Ames, IA
Time:  2:35 pm
Composition:  Crouched on the landing of a ramp.  I like how the curve of the ramp disappears into the thin brich divide.  The ramps keep the eye moving around the frame.
Process:  none
Critique:  The sky is washed out
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS:1/50s     ISO: 100

Lighting Situations

Building:  Beardshear
Location:  Ames, IA
Time: 2:25 pm
Composition:  The information center at Beardshear has 8 different individual lighting conditions.  This video shows each lighting condition and what they look like when all are on
Process:  Merged multiple stills together in iMovie with a 'fade' transition between each image.
Meta Data:  18mm  f/5.6     SS: 1/500s     ISO: 100

V-Support

Building:  Howe Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:11 pm
Composition:  The two columns are angled to mimic the way forces move down a structure.  If the columns were simply vertical, they would have to be thicker to resist twisting or have a support between them.  The angles allow for thing columns and reduce the likelihood of the structure getting knocked over.
Process:  None
Meta Data: 18mm     f/5     SS: 1/2s     ISO:100

Perforated Staircase

Building:  Howe Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:11 PM
Composition:  The stair railings are made 4 perforated metal templates that are flipped and rearranged to give the appearance of 16 different panels.  From this angle, the panels allow one to see what is on the other side.  The most interesting part is to see the exterior light coming through the panels.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  40mm     f/5.3     SS: 1/13s     ISO: 100

Sea of Chairs

Building:  Howe Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:07 pm
Composition:  The newly constructed study room with colored chairs arranged for students to take a test.
Process:  none
Meta Data:  24mm     f/5     SS: 1/10s     ISO: 400

Entryway

Building:  Coover Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:10 pm
Composition:  Looking at the main entry of the renovation.  I chose this angle to include the butterfly structure that sits in front of the building.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5     SS: 1/100     ISO: 100

Balcony Structure

Building:  Howe Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  2:10 pm
Composition:  The overlay of angled pieces on a grid creates an interesting layering.
Process:  Straightened the main supports in the photo
Meta Data:  22mm     f/5     SS: 1/40s     ISO:400

Angled Atrium

Building:  Howe Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time: 2:07pm
Composition:  Standing under the connection between the angled glass wall and the flat roof.  The area is usually brightly lit with day light.
Process:  Used Dodge to bring out a little detail
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5     SS: 1/50s     ISO: 100

Shaded Model

Building:  Rural Retreat:
Location: Ames, IA
Time: 2:24 pm
Composition:  I figured since I'm spending all of my time making a model I would share a progress picture.  I oriented the model so that there are two light sources acting on it.  One light source represents morning and the other represents evening.  As you can see the two light sources are inversely related when acting on the model. 
Process: None
Meta Data:  18mm     F/5.6     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100