Fast Shutter Speed

Caption: A frog statue spits out water in the fountain area in front of the Whittenger business building. The Frog Baby fountain area is a popular spot among Ball State students. ©2012, Abraham Falcon

I was walking around campus one day and it was really sunny, so I decided to take a photo with using a 1/4000 shutter speed on my Nikon D5100.

Lighting with Flash in the Shade

Caption: Visual Communications major Kait Mahl adds finishing touches to her Valentine's Day card for her boyfriend. Inside the card, Mahl listed facts about the human heart to correlate her feelings for him. ©2013, Abraham Falcon

I took this photo for my lighting class where we were to shoot a subject in the shade and use a hand-held flash to to make the subject's exposure one stop less than the background.