Pick-A-Something ---- Tree Bark

           I decided to make my theme about mostly nature since it is my favourite thing to photograph. It didn't take long for me to decide that bark would definitely be most interesting. Each photo has a small aspect that was different for each. Different textures and different styles. I tried to get all different trees as well but I don't know the difference between some of them. I edited every picture to brighten it and make the colours pop. Some are black and white because they just looked a little cleaner that way. Me and my friend Brianna went through some dense forest, just so I could find amazing trees to capture. 

The little moss in this picture reminded me of a flower. It is the perfect tint of blue. The small splotches of yellow moss also draws me in. I love the cracks in the small sections of bark. 

The background for this picture is definitely my favourite. An orangey-green makes it catch your eye. I love the knobs in wood. It seems to tell a story of its past trials.

Brianna loved the background for this one too. It was white and green before editing. She called it "a Logan Carter worthy photo". 

I like how the light from the sun is reflecting off the moss on one side, making it a firelike red. I also believe that some red moss and died the tree a light pinkish.

This isn't exactly a picture of bark but it was taken off of a tree. The thick layer of moss really makes this photo more interesting than the others. 

My favourite part of this photo is the cobwebs on the thin branch. I thought making it black and white would help them to pop out better rather than having colour. 

This tree to me looks painted. The reds makes it surreal and it caught my eye while we were walking. The small strip that was torn off really makes this picture worthwhile. 

Photography Review

Logan Carters work influences mine in a lot of ways. We both really enjoy traveling to capture the perfect photographs. I would definitely aspire to become a successful photographer like he is. He mostly likes to work with nature and his favourite thing to photograph is waterfalls. He really cares about how the reflections works in many of his water photographs such as the Thailand one in my examples post. He has gone to many countries in search of the perfect photo opportunities. His strengths are definitely for nature such as reflections in lakes or waterfalls. He uses the GoPro so he never knows what will come out of the picture. Normally it's used for underwater photos but he uses it to broaden the horizons and such. I think his other strength is whenever he uses the panorama settings. Every single panorama he has done has turned out beautifully and it really pushes out the deepness of the places he has seen. All of his images are really strong and I see no flaws in them.

Logan Inspired Pictures

Logan Carter Biography

            Logan Carter is a young photographer from Calgary, Alberta. He was born on January 16th, 1991. At a young age his family traveled the United States and him and his little sister, Jenna, was being home schooled. They both spent their last four years of high school at Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle Washington. He graduated there in 2009. He later went to Walla Walla University in Walla Walla. He more recently became interested in photography when he made videos for his University film class. He now is a freelance filmmaker/photographer and gets hired to film and edit events such as student mission trips or even home renovation videos from local churches.
            Logan recently came back from a big trip with his friend Devin in December. They visited China, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh. He was called to Thailand and Bangladesh to create promotional videos for their Adventist schools and communities. He brought back images from orphanages and Universities and they all came out completely beautiful. Once they were done taking pictures and videos, they had vacation time in Kho Phi Phi Island and spent days their rock climbing with old school friends and riding mopeds around the island. In Nepal, They climbed the Annapurna Mountain Trail.
            At the moment, He is working as an independent contractor (freelance) for ROW Adventures, an outdoor travel company that takes adventures all around the globe. He isn't performing any photography for his travels but he is creating a series of promotional films. He will only use pictures for personal interest. He will be working until September and will travel to Ecuador, Peru and the Galapagos, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and BC, and perhaps Europe and Africa. 
            Logan hasn't won any awards for his work, but he has been a finalist two times in his "Best of College Photography" competition. Two of his pictures have been published in their books. Everything he uses for photography is digital. He preferred editing use is Photoshop CS6 and the plug-in that goes with it called "Camera Raw".

All the Equipment used in his Career:
Nikon D40
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7000
Nikon 18-105mm kit lens
Nikon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens
Nikon 55-300mm telephoto lens
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 wide-angle lens
Manfrotto 546B tripod legs with fluid video head
4 Class 10 SD Cards of varying sizes
GoPro Hero3

Logan made a small video of all his best filming moments. Including Africa and local shots:

                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ckxd2nlUnk&feature=player_embedded

May 17 - Spring Time

I took these with Macro setting on my Canon Rebel T4i. They were in my backyard after a few minutes of rain and sunshine mixed. :)

Logan Carter Photo Examples

Metlako Falls, Oregon - December 20th 2011

Prayer Wheels in Kathmandu, Nepal - November 13th, 2012

Namibian Plains - April 14th, 2011

Mount Robson, British Columbia - August 29th, 2012

Skeleton Coast, Namibia - April 14th, 2011

Koh Phi Phi, Thailand - December 18th, 2012

Sossusvlei, Namibia - April 14th, 2011

*All pictures taken from Logan's website: www.logancarterproductions.com

All pictures shot with the Nikon D7000 and the Canon Rebel T4i*

May 10 - Shoes that tell a story

These shoes belong to my best friend and boy, does he have stories to tell. :)