Water Shots

Watershots using my Nikon Fe 35mm camera.
I used a 50mm lens while shooting these.  Shot a roll
of film then hopped in the water myself and surfed for a couple hours.

Sand Dollar

Big Sur at Sand Dollar Beach.  This is a mile wide cove that is protected nearly from every direction. Its a beach break with really clean long lines unlike HB or NB it actually is good.  Long lines that push towards shore.  I surfed my single fin that I shaped the entire time while I was in Big Sur.  It worked really well for me in overhead sets here.  These shots are from the second day and shot with my 35mm Nikon FE and Ikelite waterhousing.  I had already surfed for a couple hours and really wanted to get some shots.  These are two of my favorite shots from the entire trip including the ones I shot out of the water.  This place is truly amazing would not mind living here for an extended amount of time at one point in my life.

Double Exposures

Double exposure done with my 35mm Nikon FE.  I did a bunch of these types of shots for an art display I had they all came out great in my opinion.  No editing was done to any of these photos.

Shallow Depth of Field

Both of the following pictures I use a wide open shutter speed to create two different feelings for the images that really brought the images together in the end.

Nature is amazing this is a shot I took while on my get away in Eugene Oregon.  One of my good friends lives there and attends the university and he took me to this awesome forest which is literally 6 minute bike from the campus.  These vines or plants looked so cool and the picture just came together with the pine cone. I chose to shoot a wide open aperture so I could have a shallow depth of field.  I believe this was shot at 1.4 or 2 on my 50mm lens.  As i had hoped it gave the image a mystical feel with the background washed out visions of the same leaves.  

 The below image is also from my Oregon trip.  It is an incense though to me it felt like an artists utensil to the work which surrounded it.  This is taken inside my friends house and I actually relocated the object as to get a backlit scenario.  This lighting was more of a side light but it looked really pleasing through the Venetian blinds.  Once again I shot in an open aperture this time to provide a quite and thoughtful environment.  I then shifted the black n white image to cobalt-gold colour scheme.  I hope you enjoy my photos leave a comment if you wish to ask questions or want to see certain types of images.

Bikes

Took a bike ride through the Oregon wilderness.  35mm nikon Fe more photos from the trip to come.

Update/ Walks of Life

Just Got Back from a trip to Oregon shot black n White ISO 400 film with my Nikon Fe.  Once I get the film processed I will have a bunch to post; some double exposures and then some high contrast nature shots with the huge range of color due to the presence of seasons also got a couple airport shots that are more street photography-esque.

In the Meantime here is a shot taken with said Nikon Fe.  It took about five minutes to expose the shot due to the little amount of light that was availble.  The photo almost shows every part/type of living in Newport beach with fashion island and the houses of CDM in the distant background.

35 Min

This is taken with my Nikon FE and a 28mm wide angle lens.  Nearly Everything in this picture is in focus due to using an aperture of f22.  The image took 35min to take with 100 speed 35mm film.  The only source of light was the lamps located onto of the pier.  On the horizon there is a white line which was created by a boat that was slowly moving towards the harbor.

Stained Glass

This is a photo I shot for a school project where the assignment was to shoot a religious leader.  This is my favourite shot from the day.  This shot came to be as almost a mistake I had to readjust some lights that were behind the stain glass and thats when I envisioned this shot

Mr. Ferris

This is from the Orange County Fairgrounds earlier this year.  Taken with my Canon 7D the exposure was about 10 seconds.  This is one of many long exposures I have taken lately as I have been experimenting with them.  I have been doing quite a bit of them with my 35mm camera which can be tricky due to the Reciprocity Law Failure.

Barrel

My Names Luke Dawson and I am a Photographer, Student, Surfer and normal person. Welcome to the beginnings. The Photo above is a shot I took while shooting photos for the Ezekiel surf guys.