Fall is Upon Us!!

One thing that I must say is that I'm really happy that I moved up North. Fall is one of my favorite seasons due to the color changes and everything along those lines. Here are a few pictures that I took when I was done classes last Friday at my college. 

~Enjoy

Don Diva Mag Shoot ft. Birdman

When I was in Miami I got the opportunity to shoot Birdman. This was an unbelievable experience for me. I was grateful that it made front page.

More Wedding Pictures

HDR (High-Dynamic-Range) Photos

With this series of photographs, I wanted to show my ability of taking HDR photos. For those of you that do not know what a HDR image is, it's where you take the highlights of a photograph (over-exposing the picture two stops more than normal), a normal picture correctly exposed (regular exposure as if you were taking a proper picture), and the shadows of the picture (under-exposing the picture down two stops so that its darker than normal and that you get the shadows and dark areas of the picture itself). I took a couple of these shots in the Miami area while I was studying there for school. The top photo is Jade Beach in Sunny Isles. The next two are at a mansion that I was photographing a party at and I decided to take a few pictures of the sunset in the backyard. The last image is in Bal Harbour, Florida, where I would this scenery pretty amazing. In the background is the city of Miami; while in the foreground a storm approaches. 

Wedding

This was a wedding that I did a few years ago. I had the blessing of being at a friends wedding and experience the true love that they had for each other. It was also a blessing to be able to shoot a wedding of the purple and white colors. I feel as over the time, my skills and knowledge of weddings grew. Weddings are important events and milestones for people. Every wedding that I shoot, I shoot, as it was my wedding and what people want to see.

  

New Series

I’m starting a new series titles "The Self Portraits of a Rising Star". I am doing these portraits because I feel like I never shoot me. I hating being in front of the camera, however I love being behind the camera and telling people how to pose or whatever it is I’m shooting. I need to express myself with these photographs and there will be a detailed description that goes with every photo. 

Artist Startement

Joseph Rodgers

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Artist Statement

I use photography as a means of self-expression. Sports photography captures the action and movement of athletes in their field of play. Being able to capture that split second of action and excitement, in my pictures is why I choose to shoot this genre of photography. My work consists of shooting from the first kick off of preseason to the final second of the Super Bowl; From the first pitch of spring training to the last out of the World Series; From the first tap off of the MLS to the final whistle of the World Cup; And of course from the tip off of preseason basketball to the last slam of the Finals. These moments are what I work so hard to capture and when captured there is nothing more exciting to my viewers or myself. 

The next part of my work is very different, but at the same time can be just as eventful, exciting, and detailed. I often ask myself what the perfect picture is, and I often think to myself that perfect picture is a picture that fills the viewer with some sort of emotion. This side of my work incorporates wildlife and their natural habitats. No image can warm someone’s heart more than seeing a mama bear tend to her cub; a robin feeding her babies; or even a lion bringing food to her cubs. Each image should be viewed as a stepping-stone to the next. Therefore, while the moment attracts the attention of the viewer, my goal is to ultimately hold their attention.

The final part of my photography has to deal with the ins and outs of fashion. The fashion world continues to grow every day with new designs, new color ways, or the smallest detail. I feel that fashion is sometimes over looked in the photography world. People tend to say oh there’s another photographer for clothes. NO. Yes it has a big part about the clothes, however, what if the clothes aren’t there? What do you have now? You have a model that is posing for you without the clothes. My intent to capture fashion is not only to draw that viewer to see the clothing and the smallest stitch of that Gucci handbag or the pair of red Balenciaga sneakers, but to show how the model themselves bring their own creative visual to the scenes to make the product POP.