Luke Johnson

Mr. Doth grew up in Twin Cities Minnesota with a burning passion for adventure and the outdoors. Like many people however, when it was time to head off to college he did not know what exactly he wanted to do for a profession. Eventually he came to the decision that he wanted to get a PhD and become a college professor where he would be able to work on the research projects of his choice. Graduate school has a hefty price for any college student so Mr. Doth decided he would start working as a school teacher till he could comfortably pay for the extra education. One thing he didn’t plan on was falling in love with teaching, which was exactly what happened. When he realized how much he enjoyed high school he discovered that he was never going to go back to the idea of being a college professor. But instead, he would spend his time teaching in middle, and high schools.

With as much as Mr. Doth enjoyed teaching there was still something missing. His life was lacking that outdoors passion he had always had growing up. When he moved to Alaska that passion to do something with the outdoors became a reality. He started a guiding business called Adventure Outfitters Alaska. This business allows him to get away from the busy, stressful, environment of the middle school classroom he spends ten months of the year teaching in. He now enjoys the best of both worlds. He continues to better his community through teaching while he is also able to enjoy a long loved passion for the outdoors.

For this project I wanted to try and capture a long range of elements. I was able to get textures from brick, metal, wood, and water. The other thing I tried with these shots was to do all the editing manually. What I mean by that is that none of these images have been touched by a computer. What you see is what was shot.

I am going to try and recreate this image of the star trails. I really enjoy the night photography and I want to combine that with the light painting in a very special way. By leaving the shutter open for a very long time I will hope to capture Earths rotation thus making the stars streak across the sky. I really like all the lines in contrast with the silhouette of the trees.

I was able to capture the star trails to an extent but because I had a very bright moon to my back I had too much light so I was not able to leave the shutter open long enough to capture ful circles.