Rising Structure

Building:  Hancock Building
Location:  Chicago, Illinois
Time:  1:38pm
Composition:  I choose not to fix the verticals of the image to emphasize the verticality of the image.
Process:  Non
Meta Data:  12mm     f/8     SS: 1/250s     iSO: 100

Miniature Chicago

Building:  West Chicago from the 96th floor of the Hancock Building (Signature Lounge)

Location:  Chicago, Illinois

Composition:  Used the shift-tilt effect to give the appearance that the foreground is a miniature model. This gave the effect that I was higher above the city than I actually was.

Process:  None

Meta Data:  12mm     f/10     SS: 1/250s     ISO: 200

Enfilade

Building:  Bessey Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  11:55am
Composition:  Looking through a series of doorways that connect numerous greenhouses on the roof of the building.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  24mm     f/8     SS: 1/30s     ISO: 100

Decorated Cloud

Building:  Fighting Burrito
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  3:23pm
Composition:  The main feature of this restaurant is the ceiling cloud that is decorated after the Des Moines skyline.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/8     SS: 1/40s     ISO: 100

Empty Auditorium

Building:  Hoover Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  10:06am
Composition:   in this image I wanted to capture the curved of the ceiling.  Using a wide angle lens, I took the photo so that the ceiling curves into the center of the lens, creating a slight exaggeration of the curve.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/8     SS: 1/4s     ISO: 100

Extruded Walkway

Building:  Howe and Hoover Hall
Location:  Ames, IA
Time: 11:58am
Composition:  From this view, the elevated skywalk appears to be extruding from Howe Hall.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  24mm     f/8     SS: 1/500s     ISO: 100

Teleconference Center

Building:  Nationwide Teleconference Room
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  1:56pm
Composition:  By hiding extra furniture in the room, the room feels larger and the teleconference center appears larger than it actually is.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/4     SS: 1/13s     ISO: 100

Pointing the Way

Building:  Principle River Walk main pavilion
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:58pm
Composition:  I used the corner of the pavilion as the center point of the image so that everything on the periphery draws the eye inward.  What I really liked about the image was the rays of light coming from the left side of the image and the reflections they made on glass railing that is also on the left.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/4     SS: 1/1,000s     ISO: 100

Private Park

Building: World Food Prize

Location:  Des Moines, IA

Time:  5:52pm

Composition:  In experimenting with my wide angle lens, I took this shot and noticed how objects in the center of the frame appear to be further away while objects on the periphery of the image seem to appear closer.  This is seen in the building that is in the background, where the perspective is slightly distorted.

Process:  None

Meta Data:  12mm     f/4     SS: 1/1,600s     ISO 100

Performance Preparation

Building:  CY Stevens
Location:  Ames, IA
Time:  4:35pm
Composition:  On axis with the center of the stage.  The balconies are cropped to give the appearance that they are leaning into the stage.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/4     SS: 1/15     ISO: 1600

Steel Yard

Building:  CB & i Inc.
Location:  Clive, IA
Time:  5:13pm
Composition:  The blue braces are used to guide lifts from the warehouse out to the yard.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  12mm     f/4     SS: 1/2500s     ISO: 100

Colored Bridge

Building:  Gray's Lake Bridge
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  9:39pm
Composition:  By standing off to the left of the bridge, I was able to capture the Des Moines skyline in the image, which shows the relationship between the bridge and the city.  In addition, the sweep of the bridge is easier to see.  Unfortunately, I got to the bridge a little later than planned due to traffic and missed the dusk period, as a result I had to bump up my ISO and shutter speed to get a decent amount of light into the picture, which sadly resulted in some noise in the sky.
Process:  Used Photoshop Raw to increase the saturation of the colored lights on the bridge.
Meta Data:  24mm     f/25     SS: 20s     ISO: 800

Spectral Liberation

Building:  Des Moines Botanical Center and Special Liberation Sculpture
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:22pm
Composition:  Focus was on the relationship between the botanical center and the sculpture.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SS: 1/2,000s    ISO: 100

Chinese Roof

Building:  Robert D Ray Asian Garden
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:45pm
Composition:  I liked the contrast between the colors in this image.  The soffit projects into the frame slicing the image in two.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  45mm     f/5.3     SS: 1/320s     ISO: 100

Corner Office Lighting

Building:  JE Dunn Office
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  4:51pm
Composition: This image shows the relationship between the outdoors, corner office, and cubicles of the office. 
Process:  I took 5 exposures of this shot because there was so much natural light coming from the windows that even the shortest exposure came out over exposed.  I spent a lot of time manually revealing and hiding light with layers.  I removed a majority of reflections from the glass wall to give a geater relationship between the corner office and cubical.
Meta Data:  18mm     f/8     SS: 1/60s     ISO: 100

Wine Tasting

Building:  Jasper Winery
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:00pm
Composition:  This image shows how the wine barrels that are used to age the wine surround the main wine tasting table.
Process:  Cropped the image so that the table and light fixture were in the center of the photograph
Meta Data:  18mm     f/3.5     SSL 1.20s

Cloudy Pavilion

Building:  Gray's Lake Pavilion
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  4:08pm
Composition:  This shot shows how the pavilion was adapted to fit the landscape of the site.  By taking the photo low to the ground, the sky is able to be seen between each archway.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  32mm     f/8     SS: 1/500s     ISO: 100

Tilted Support

Building:  Dart Bus Terminal
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:30pm
Composition:  By not tilting the camera to match the column, the photograph shows how the column is tilted.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  135mm     f/8      SS: 1/800s     ISO: 100

Decorated Keystone

Building:  Polk County Courthouse
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:26pm
Composition:  The second level courthouse windows all feature a unique keystone.  I choses to photographic this one because it was one of the the few that had direct sunlight, which allowed the details of the face to be more easily read.
Process:  Cropped the photo slightly to position the keystone in the center of the image
Meta Data:  300mm     f/8     SS: 1/125s     ISO: 100

Hawkeye Insurance

Building:  Hawkeye Iowa Insurance Building
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:22pm
Composition:  I wanted to capture the hooded windows, eaves, and color that belongs to the italiante architecture style.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  55mm     f/8     SS: 1/320s     ISO: 100

Art Deco Entry

Building:  US Bank
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:45pm
Composition:  Looking up at the entry light source.  I wanted to capture the symmetry in the entry of this building.  The window reflection adds some interest to what was originally darkness behind the golden light.
Process:  Used RAW conversion to bring out the blue reflection in the window
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/60s     ISO: 100

Catholic Pastoral Center

Building:  Catholic Pastoral Center
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:12pm
Composition:  One point perspective of the building.  By taking off to the right, I was able to get more detail in the expressed steel beams on the facade.  In addition I took the photo from a lower angle to show the coffers (which are unfortunately covered up by vents) on the underside of the 2nd level.
Process:  Cropped the top and left of the image and converted image to greyscale in Photoshop
Process:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/100s     ISO: 100

Gnomes

Building:  Equitable Building
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  5:34pm
Composition:  "Gargoyal" that decorates an exterior column of the building.  I wanted to capture the face of the gnome.  The immediate foreground and background are blurred to put more emphasis of the gnome.
Process:  Cropped the image so that both the top and bottom corner of the "gargoyle" was clipped to give the appearance that it was larger than it actually is.
Meta Data:  210mm     f/5.3     SS: 1/100s     ISO: 100

Wire Awning

Building:  Hilton Garden Inn
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  2:16pm
Composition:  Using the awning to guide the eye into the picture.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/320s     ISO: 100

Lantern

Building:  Riverfront Principle Pavilion

Location:  Des Moines, IA

Time:  7:30pm

Composition:  On axis with the stairway leading up to the pavilion entrance. I wanted I show the pathway on both sides of the pavilion to show how circulation flows around the building. 

Process:  None

Meta Data:  18mm     F/3.5     SS: 1/10s     ISO: 100

Street Entry

Building:  Jordan Creek Crossing
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  2:04 pm
Composition:  Capturing the entry between one of the facility buildings and the clock tower.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100

Courtyard Gazebo

Building:  Arbor Springs Courtyard
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  11:25am
Composition:  I positioned myself off of the path so that the path would lead the eye into the photograph.
Process:  I used the stamp tool to remove cover up the chunks of the sidewalk that were missing.  In addition, I used a long exposure shot to bring out some detail for the interior of the gazebo.
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1250s     ISO: 100

Arbor Springs

Building:  Arbor Springs
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  11:37am
Composition:  I chose this composition to get a different perspective on the entrance.  Typically people walk straight up to the entrance and would not normally see the entrance from this angle.
Process:  The image is bracketed and HDR'd to bring out the detail under the awning.
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/640s     ISO: 100

Light Shadows

Building:  River Hills Business Park
Location:  Des Moines, IA
Time:  10:18am
Composition:  On center with the line running down the facade at the center light.  In the afternoon the light does not his this facade and the entire facade is in shadow.  I happened to be walking to my car in the early morning and saw how the light casts shadows along the facade.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/1000s     ISO: 100

Covered Bridge

Building:  Cedar Bridge
Location: Madison County, IA
Time:  1:52pm  
Composition:  As of now, the bridge has been heavily vandalized.  From a distance the vandalism is hard to make out.  The bridge currently, is one of the few covered bridges of Iowa remaining and is one of even fewer that are allowed to be driven on.  The composition gives the appearance that the bridge is going from a lush green area to an open clearing.
Process:  None
Meta Data:  18mm     f/5.6     SS: 1/400s     ISO: 100