The Portfolio (Warning – Long Post)

This semester has been stressful to say the least. There have been a lot of demands on my time these past few months. This doesn’t even count all the things going on beyond my control, such as rising prices, getting sick, and presidential elections, that affect me. In a few days it will all be over and I will be able to relax (relatively speaking) for a few months before the next semester starts.

I may take Photography II again as it will help me grow as a photographer. I know the professor will help me go in new directions. However, I won’t really be learning anything new by taking the course again. I wouldn’t mind taking a more advanced photography course at the University of Houston, but that costs a lot more money than the local community college. Hmmm… I’m sure there are other options.

But before I start daydreaming again, I have settled on my final portfolio. I made some changes from my last post by taking a couple of pictures out and adding in a few others. I tried to make the flow a little more logical through the pictures before taking a radical turn at the end. You can see for yourself when you view the photos. Speaking of the photos, without further adieu, here they are:

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

Ok, 15 pictures are ready for the portfolio. There is no overlying theme to them, but there is definitely a flow to them. For the uninitiated, here goes:

1. Sunset at Padre Island, a suburb of Corpus Christi, TX;
2. A man walking along the seawall just off Shoreline Drive in Corpus Christi, TX;
3. Downtown Corpus Christi from the piers;
4. The courtyard at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Brenham, TX;
5. Mill Creek Church in Bellville, TX;
6. The dome at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Galveston, TX;
7. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Schulenburg, TX;
8. The Chapel at the Houston National Cemetery in Houston, TX;
9. The northwest corner of Downtown Houston, TX taken from the bank of Buffalo Bayou;
10. The traffic circle coming from the 1500 Louisiana building (formerly Enron II) in Downtown Houston, TX;
11. The cello player sculpture in front of the Lyric Center in Downtown Houston;
12. Waylon of the band Mushroomhead during their performance in Houston, TX on April 12, 2008;
13. Nothing of the band Mushroomhead during their performance in Houston, TX on April 12, 2008;
14. Nate Johnson of the band Since The Flood during their performance in Houston, TX on April 3, 2008;
15. Rick of the band Since The Flood during their performance in Houston, TX on April 3, 2008.

As you can see, there is a flow to the way the photographs are arranged. It took a bit of thinking to get that together. Numbers 2 and 3 were film shots taken with my Pentax 645 on Kodak Portra 160NC color film. All the rest were taken with my DSLR. All of the photos except 10, 12, and 15 are printed on archival inkjet paper using an Epson 2200 printer. Numbers 10, 12, and 15 are printed on photo paper using the chromira process.

Barring any last minute order tweaking (we are always second guessing ourselves), this is the final portfolio this semester. Let me know what you think as I need the feedback to grow.