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Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart : Winona, MN

Brady Whealon — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:39:08 +0000

This photograph is not your normal run of the mill picture of the inside of a Church. Following in Shutter Scripts footsteps I decided to broaden my horizons and challenge myself again. This image is a series of 6 HDR images that have been stitched together to form a 2×3 Panoramic photo of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart here in Winona MN. The Cathedral recently remodeled the entire inside of the church and I have to say the modern amenities and accessibility is a welcome change.. Not to mention is it simply gorgeous. For those of you that dont know HDR is a special photographic technique to capture as much detail as possible in an image. In this case the end result is an amazingly sharp 28 megapixel image. The file on my hard drive while I was editing it was over 4 Gigabytes in size but now saved it is a little over 337 megabytes in size. I posted the image a little bit larger so that you can see just how much detail there is in the highlights and in the image itself.

HDR imaging is accomplished by taking three pictures at different exposures and blending them together in a program like photoshop. This gives you the maximum dynamic range possible. This technique is not always applicable because of the need of a tripod and a still subject. Newer video cameras employ a similar technology where the lens actually splits the light and sends it to three sensors one for red, blue, and green. These 3ccd cameras have a much better image quality than most with just one.

Racquetball : Crazy Intense Scary Sport… For Photographers that is….

Brady Whealon — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:03:55 +0000

One recent assignment from Winona State put me and my new assistant in harms way as we attempted to photograph students playing on the racquetball courts during class time. Initially the instructor had us above in an observatory style overlook where the instructor could give feedback and watch from a safe distance. Photographically speaking it was very very uninteresting. Both Chelsey and I decided to hit the floor and see what we could come up with. The students were thrilled to have us there and some even put on a show for us. I had a few close calls with serves and spikes but we both managed to come out unscathed. A photographer on a forum I posted these images on gave me a little insight when he said ” It’s not the ball you need to worry about… It’s the racquet…”. After the fact I realize that it would be awfully hard to explain to the doctors at the hospital how I got the gash in my head… I hope you enjoy the image and please take the time to leave feedback if you care to! Thanks again!

Erica and Joshua Guyse Wedding Gallery.

Brady Whealon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:20:09 +0000

As promised here is another wedding gallery to share with friends and family. I had a lovely time with Erica and Josh and want to thank them again for their hospitality. Best wishes in the future!

Thankfully spring break has been a blessing in the sense that it has provided me with much needed time for rest and recuperation. Part of that process has been hanging out with friends but the biggest weight off of my shoulders is getting to work ahead on some of these projects that have been nibbling at my toes for the last few months. I will continue to update my website with more pictures and galleries as I can but there is only so much I can do at one time. Next on my list is compiling a gallery for all of the sports photos I have taken in the last 6 months. And for those of you who don’t know it would amount to almost 25,000 still frames. Of course I wont post them all but there are plenty that fit into my favorites category. I am very excited for this summer and the opportunities a head and I cant wait to work with you all more. Thanks for your support!

Fragments: Apple Insomnia Film Festival 2007

Brady Whealon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:02:12 +0000

I am proud to present our video submission to the Apple Insomnia Film Festival 2007. My friends Timmy Johnson, Steven Frank, and Jef Clements roped me into participating in this ridiculous challenge. For those of you that don’t know what it is all about; The challenge is to pick from the criteria that they release the morning of the competition and write, cast, shoot, edit, and master a three minute movie that meets all of their criteria in less than 24 hours. Sounds easy right? Without the help of our crew we would have never made it.. and even then it was a close call.

Most of the shooting was done by me, Steve is our master editor, Timmy was the main character and audio guy and Jef was our villain and general supporting mastermind. All in all it was the craziest 24 hours I have had in a long time. Any feedback is welcome :)