This is from a photo story I did about a year ago.
Denis J. Jiménez
Photojournalist, Project Manager, Certified SF Admin
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Bill Eiler shows the scars left from the surgery he underwent to donate one of his kidneys to another person. His kidney went to Candi Little, a woman from Attica, Ind. suffering from kidney faliure. His act of kindness started the first all-Indiana kidney chain. -
Recently, I was asked by Rodger Johnson to take pictures of the IUPUI’s Speaker’s Lab’s staff. People wanted to have fun. So, they decided they wanted to have a ‘jumping’ shot. I am usually against those because they are so over done. However, fellow photographer Mike Wolanin showed up right at the nick of time. He had his Canon Speedlite 430EX and I used that as a slave while I shot with a 580 EX. And this came out.
IUPUI's Speaker's Lab staffer from left to right, Brittany A. Lecher, Savahanna Wise. -
I always wanted to take a picture of a Muslim girl wearing a scarf. But, I never had the courage to ask because I didn’t want to offend anyone. On Wednesday, September 1, 2010, however, I was walking in the IUPUI Campus Center when I saw Sairah Safdar. Sairah, a Pakistani, was promoting a dinner sponsored by the IUPUI Muslim Student Association. As fellow photographer and J-school friend, Mike Wolanin and I were walking towards the desk, she looked up and asked Mike if he wanted to know about the dinner. I saw this as my chance and I said, “We’ll go if you let me take a picture of you.” She said yes. Like a photographer taught by Jim W. Brown, I ended up taking like 50 photos. And out of all those, this was the best. I took it with my EOS 1D Mark II. I used a f/1.4 50mm lens. I shot it at f/1.6 at 1/1000 sec.
IUPUI student Sairah Safdar looks on while promoting IUPUI's Muslim Student Association on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. -
As you can probably tell, Rose Soliven is the subject of many of my photos. I don’t think there is a particular reason aside from the fact that she happens to be around a lot when I get a moment of creativity. This may look “photoshopped.” But, it isn’t. It was actually shot with a Canon 1D Mark II at ISO 400 f/3.2 at 1/200 with a 70-200mm Canon f/2.8.
Rose Soliven talks on the phone. -
Dean Brown and I went to McNivens, a Scottish restaurant in downtown Indianapolis, today. As we sat there talking photography (actually, it was more him talking and me listening), I saw his reflection in one of the frames by our table. I took my camera and shot. The photo is really grainy because I shot at ISO 1600 f/2.8 at 1/20 of a second. And it came out better than I thought it did.
Jim W. Brown, also known as "The all-knowing ex-dean," looks on during a converstion at McNivens restaurant in dowtown Indianapolis on Wednesday, August 24, 2010.
