Pics Taken

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Pictures I've taken

Ok, I know I'm not a great photographer, but I just thought I'd put some pictures I've taken on the internet. And since this is, after all, MY SITE, I can do just that. Don't like it? Tough.

In a quest to see how well I could take pictures, I decided to try it out at the women's basketball Phillips 66 Invitational at Cuesta, with an official Cuestonian digital camera. However, I failed to turn the flash on, so almost all of the images had extreme motion blur on them. Yet, as I was going through them, a photographer friend of mine said that they were "very cool." We couldn't print them in the paper, but I did agree, the motion blur did make for some cool pictures. Check out the better ones below out.

Athletic Director Bob Mariucci. (He'll kill me if he sees this on here, so enjoy it, I might take it off later.)

Star player Heidi Wittstrom, after shooting a free throw (with some very cool "ghost" effects)

The ghost effects in this are so great, you can't even tell who the players are. We're the ones in white.

This is actually the only picture I took that were even remotely considered for print. And if our photographer, Bob, hadn't turned in some incredible photos for that issue, then this would have gone in.

Original shot.

Ready for print picture, after going through PhotoShop.

Well, I finally did get a picture printed, in the April 12, 2002 issue of the Cuestonian. They had a History Day for local grade school and high school kids at Cuesta! Here's the photo that I took that went with my article:

Hey, just so you all know, everything on this website is © 2004 by ME, unless otherwise noted. So that means no stealing, "borrowing," or taking without my permission. I probably won't mind if you use it, just ask me first.