Andrew Burgess - FOJ Photo Project 2018

FOUNDATIONS OF JOURNALISM

PHOTO PROJECT 2018 BY ANDREW BURGESS

Headlights and taillights blur in a 3 second exposure over the Burlington Street bridge, taken from the Capitol Street garage.

This project challenged me as a photographer as a student. I’ve had experience as a photographer and have taken many Instagram-worthy photos, but not being able to use them as the main content forced me to actually go out and take photos instead on relying on previous work.

I brushed up on a lot of basics and learned some new techniques, and it was a great learning experience.

FRAMING Hunter Herman ‘18 takes the perfect shot of a bleak Iowa City skyline from a window in the Voxman music building.

Desperate to meet the Foundations of Journalism photography requirements, Herman shoots photos in a somewhat unconventional location - the bottom of a flight of stairs in the Voxman building.

LINES Spikes installed on the window ledges of the Voxman building to deter urban climbers stands out against a layered sunset. These potential climbers may not be aware of the fact that Voxman does, in fact, has elevators.

A bench on the Voxman building’s expansive patio creates a great linear perspective shot, fading into glass reflecting a brilliant orange sunset.

SHUTTER SPEED Cars turn onto Clinton street. This image marks my first successful attempt at shooting a 1 second exposure handheld -- if success is defined by the lack of ungodly amounts of motion blur.

String lights against graffiti on the walls of the patio of Gabe’s provides a great opportunity for experimentation with light effects. This photo was t

APERTURE A succulent suspended outside Anthony Arnone’s office in the Voxman building framed against the hallway provides a perfect example for testing aperture settings. Taken with f 5.6.

A very similar photo, this was taken with f 22. The background, although blurred, is considerably more recognizable than the lower aperture photo.

PERSPECTIVE

Two students eat takeout overlooking Voxman’s lobby and Burlington street.

Many students use the building for studying and hanging out, as its convenient location and design make it ideal for these activities.

Herman takes a shot of Clinton street above while in a great position in front of the Johnson County Clerk of Court.

PORTRAITURE

Chris Kim ‘20 takes the opportunity of an unusually warm January day to pose for photos outside of West High.

Claudia Chia ‘20 captures a photo using light from a West High staircases impressive window space.

LIGHT Herman ‘18 reviews his recent shots on an inset bench in the Voxman orchestra hallway.

Herman poses in an interestingly lit doorway in an alley off of the Pedestrian Mall. “This is the best photo anyone’s taken of me,” Herman says.

SEIBA 2018

Mike Conrad, Masters of Jazz Composition and Arranging from Eastman, directs the SEIBA Honors Jazz Band.

Yangtian Shangguan ‘19 solos over the Honors Jazz Band’s first song, Full Circle, a piece by Mike Conrad, commissioned for SEIBA.

Dominic Weston ‘18 takes over Shangguan’s solo.

Dr. Andrew Mast conducts the SEIBA Honors Band.

Paras Bassuk ‘21 (left), Rob Medd (center), and Mike Conrad (right) clear the stage after the Honors Band performance.

FREE FORM

The sun’s last rays reflect on sandstone on California’s Sand Dollar Beach.

We drove to California to surf, but the northern waters were numbingly and life-decision-reevaluating-ly cold, so I found photo opportunities instead.

A weathered tree stands out against the sunset on Mount Sanitas overlooking Boulder, Colorado. As soon as the sun set, hot air stopped rising from the ground and all wind ceased completely, resulting in an eerily quiet hike down.

Sandstone cliffs take in the last rays of Southern Utah’s setting sun. After driving back from a vacation in California, we pulled off the freeway into a scenic overlook to watch the setting sun. Not pictured: atrocious tan lines and a

In an attempt to make my photos look more National Geographic-y, I tried taking a blurred waterfall photo by resting the camera on a bridge handrail. This is the fourteenth attempt.

Buffalo Mountain, near Silverthorne, Colorado, seems to glow in the brilliant alpine sunset. The product of another lucky scenic overlook visit, this photo was taken using an HDR setting and a tripod resting on the only spot of flat asphalt in the lot - right behind my car.