Aaron Managhan Value, Movement, Balance Flash

There's a range of shots in this set...some from our field trip and some from a recent college-hosted golf tournament at Olympia Golf & Country Club.


This is the one I chose for value. This is shot at Sylvester Park during our field trip. I was initially trying to capture the shadow under the leaf to show its form (which was my focus that day). But when I got back, I realized how many different greens were contained in this one shot, from areas where the sun nearly washes it white, to the darkest shades under the shadow of the leaf itself. This was shot at F/14, 1/125 and ISO 100. I believe I had my white balance on cloudy.



This is the first cart starting the line at the Clipper Scramble golf tournament. I had some solid movement shots of the ball streaking off the blurred club too, but nothing that was as well balanced an overall photo as this one while still showing that motion. Also, I felt like there was implied movement here as well based on where you see the cart hurrying to get to and the fact that the carts line up and move you through the picture. Double whammy so to speak. This was shot at F/9, 1/20 of a sec. and ISO 200; White balance on cloudy. No tripod :)


This one I chose from flash. It's the scholarship recipients of the OG&CC on hand at the tournament. While not a particularly striking or great photo, this was the best shot I had specifically trying to balance the oversaturation of light outside the building (it's literally on the water) with my flash as well. I felt like I was able to get this one darkened down to minimize the window washout, hit the flash strong enough to light the room but not strong enough to notice (at least too overtly). This was shot at F/5.6, 1/200 and ISO 400.

I'm just throwing in this last one cause it was my favorite from our field trip. Again, I was focused on form.


This one is of the statue across the street from the park in front of the state building. It was shot at F/16, 1/60 of a sec and ISO 100. I really liked how the shadows fell across his hands to really show the form rather than the shape. It was exactly this kind of thing I've had a hard time training myself to see in the past, so I was happy that I not only "saw" this shot in my head, but was able to make it come out the way I wanted in the photo too.