Career Photographer

Michael Ray Bio

Michael Ray graduated from art school in 1978. Michael started his career in photography at Image Studio in Lexington, Kentucky as the in-house photographer. Michael deepened his understanding of photography’s role in complementing design while he was working with the firm’s graphic designers. He started taking pictures of food and started up his passion for the art of shows flavors and scents through visual photos. He moved to Chicago shortly after. There he accepted a place as staff photographer at a big photograph company. He has worked for Sears, Montgomery Ward, and Spiegel. This allowed Michael to gain great skill in lighting and shooting food but also other subjects like glassware.

http://www.foodportfolio.com/pages/rangefinder05.html

Career Photography Notes

Sports Photographers

• You get passes to get up close to the game
• You must know the sport
• You need to know when something is going to happen so you are ready to get the shot
• Set the player in the center of the shot; a 3/4 picture won't work
• Use a remote trigger
• Out of focus shots are useless
• Faces are very important
• Fill flash helps with shadows
• Sports photographers have a saying - "If you see it, you didn't get it."

Sun Prints

Before

After

Mercy Week

The Great Hall

Here is a picture from The Great Hall during our group photo exploration.

Photojournalism

The Scene is of a girl from Pakistan. There is no real event it was used in a National Geographic as the front page and is a well known picture. This picture is important because there are rarely ever pictures of women from Pakistan taken. The person that took the picture is Steve McCurry. They emphasized on her eyes. The mood of the photo is sadness.

The scene is of a bride coming out of Taco Bell. There is no real event. This picture is not that important but I thought that this was a funny picture. The person that took this picture is Miller + Miller. They emphasized on her and the Taco Bell building. The mood of this picture is fun.

The scene of this picture is a homeless man holding a sign on the side of a street. This is important because it shows that if you give him a smile it would be the same as money to him. This picture is taken by Joey Laurence. They framed it in the three fourths format. They emphasized on the homeless man and his sign. The mood of this picture is a little sad.

The scene of this picture is of  smoke stacks and smoke coming out of them. There is no real event for this picture. I do not know who took this photo. They emphasized the smoke coming out of the smoke stacks and the smoke surrounding them. The mood of this photo is gloomy.

The scene of this picture is a dog or puppy in a gated area. The person that took this shot is Brian Poulsen. They shot an up close shot of the dog. They emphasized how the dog looked sad and trapped in the gated area. The mood of this photo might be sad.  

Line/Shape/Form Photos

These are the telephone wires next to my house.

This is my neighbor's fence.

I really like the shadows and lines in this picture.