Keep it simple

Yesterday, was just another random day again in  my project. We went to New York City as usual but to different location. Doing this time, I decided to keep my work simple and include more compositions. In the illustrated photograph, I decided to fill the frame, blur the background to prevent people from focusing on little detail at the back, and I also kept the object on the third rather than placing it at the center. Finally, I also managed to make the object to disappear at a specific corner. My intention for capturing this photo was therefore to keep the picture simple so that my subjects (viewers) can identify some elements such as repetition, filling the frame and others for themselves.

Origami

On May 27 the Photography Class went to Manhattan to the Brooklyn Bridge. Later we went to National September 11 Memorial & Museum. As we were walking around, there were pieces of origami laying down and I thought to myself this would be a perfect picture to take. I wanted to focus on the origami itself and have the buildings as a background for the picture. This style of picture is called texture.  The shutter speed was 1250, the aperture was f10.0 and the ISO was 400.

Coming to an end

As class is approaching to an end, we took one of our very last trips to New York City, this time to the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge has always fascinated me but I never got the chance to visited it. It was my first time actually walking on the bridge, it was beyond a beautiful experience. It also gave me ideas to one day come with my friends and family to take photos. There is always something going on in New York City which makes it an even better experience. Coming to New York often makes it even more difficult to take artistic photos because one already thinks they took that same photo already but in reality there still tons of photos to be taken. I tried to simplify the background as much as possible also. It was difficult to capture this photo because it was a cloudy day and the lamp was covered by various trees which made it harder to get the perfect picture. 

The Path

I took this photo because of the symmetry I saw. I took multiple photos of this at different exposures and different apertures in order to get a perfect amount of exposure. The positioning for this photo was by far the most difficult part trying to position myself perfectly to capture the best possible way of taking this photo. When I saw this design I just had to take it, it looked like something you'd only see if you were really looking for art. Of all my photos, I am most proud of this one because I did all the settings myself in manual mode and it came out so perfect.

City Hall Park - A. Calderon

I took this photo in a park near the Chipotle where we ate lunch. We used this park as a meeting place due to the fact that we had to split up for lunch because everyone wanted to eat at different places. When we arrived at the park I noticed this cool looking fountain in the center of the park, and decided to take a picture of it. I set my shutter speed to the slowest I could without overexposing the photo, I did this so that the water would look like silk instead of droplets. I ended up taking several versions of this photo because several things had to be adjusted as I went such as: ISO, and white balance. Another reason that I ended up taking several versions of this photo was due to the fact that the shutter speed was so slow. Since the shutter speed was slow even my smallest movement cause the photo to become blurry, so it took a few tries to get it right.

Freedom Tower From Below

In this picture I wanted to use a combination of various elements. One obvious element I used to make this picture creative was the use of reflection. Not only is it possible to see the Freedom Tower's design from below but also a reflection of another building nearby.  Another interesting factor about this picture are the patterns the windows form. These patterns not only lead up to the sky but also give the picture more dimension. Overall, my intention for this picture was to show how beautiful The Freedom tower is all around, hence why I chose to take a picture from an abstract point of view.

Brooklyn Bridge

Today we had another class trip to New York and it was fascinating. We went to the Brooklyn Bridge today and it was a walk but it had many interesting places to take pictures. While we were walking across the bridge I came across these diagonal metal guide wires that supported the bridge, and I knew right away that i had to take a picture of them. I positioned my camera so that the line would end up at the end of the frame. Also not until we got to class that I really concentrated on the picture did I realize that there was another symmetric line right across the other one. To get this picture the shutter speed was 1/1000 and the aperture was 3.3. Also the ISO was 400.

The Cables On The Bridge

Once again our photography class visited New York City. This time we traveled through the city hall area, walked on the Brooklyn Bridge, and  visited the 9/11 memorial. In the beginning of our trip, we walked to the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge. As we walked along the bridge, I was looking for interesting objects to become my subjects for my picture. I stumbled across many interesting objects, but this cable immediately captured my attention. While I was observing the cables, I realized that they were diagonal and vertical lines. The depth of field in the background helps the viewers' eyes to focus on the cables. The most interesting element about this photograph is that I managed to capture the intersection of the two cables on a third. I was able to capture this photo with a 640 shutter speed, a f5.6, and a 200 ISO.

Brooklyn Bridge

Our third visit to New York City was great we visited the Brooklyn Bridge and walked on it.  My teacher had told us that nobody had ever taken a photo from this point of view so I decided to take the picture and this is what I got. I like the background of this picture and how it makes the bridge look. To get this picture i had to change my ISO to 800 and my white balance to cloudy.

Concrete Jungle

While on our trip to Ny we were able to be right next to and touch the New Freedom Tower. In this picture you are seeing the reflection of 2 buildings from the glass of the freedom tower. Also there is a reflection of the freedom tower from the building on the right. Its almost like they mirror each other. So it may sound confusing but this is a reflection inside of a reflection. I find that this could be particularly rare in photography because I really dont see it much. So when I saw the opportunity to take this picture I jumped at it and im satisfied with the outcome.

Diagonal Leading Line

On our third trip to NYC we went to the Brooklyn Bridge and New York City Hall. My picture was taken at the Brooklyn Bridge. This picture shows texture, leading line, and diagonal that ends in a corner. The camera settings are shutter: 1/400, Aperture: f 9.0, ISO Speed: 200.

Deeper Meaning

Yesterday we went to NY again but this time instead of going to time square we went to the Brooklyn Bridge. Upon arrival to the bridge there were so many things to take pictures of but i wanted to find the right one. I wanted to find the picture that no one in my class would think about taking. With that in mind i took this picture. I believe that this picture has a deeper meaning to it. I believe that the pole represent NY and the different stickers represent the different people that come to NY. But the key element in here in the lock. I believe it means that no matter who you are NY brings everyone together and locks them as one and unites them.

Colors and Trump

The SBP photography class visited New York City for a second time. We visited the Empire State Building, The New York Public Library, Niketown, and Times Square. This photo was taken near Niketown which is near central park. Trump Tower. I like how the building starts in the corners of the photo and ends around the middle. I also like the shapes and designs included on the building. Almost all the rectangles include a different shade. The name "Trump Tower"I think really blends into the darkness of the building and the grayness of the sky. The main compositional element in this photo is diagonal lines because of my angel that I took the photo on. The shutter speed is 1/3999. The aperture value is 9.0. The ISO is 1600. I really like this photo and I hope you do too!

My Experience in the City of the World

We took our second trip to New York City and it was a wonderful experience. There was a whole lot of difficulty when trying to take an artistic photo because of all the people walking through your photo when you think you had the perfect shot. We walked a more than we would usually but that was no problem because it was in the city and everything is nice there. One of the most difficult shots were photos of buildings because of the point of view we were usually position in. Going to New York as a photography student was new to me because I usually go to New York as more of a tourist due to the beautiful pictures we can capture. What was fairly more difficult was taking photos of simple objects that no one would usually take snaps of because it is just ordinary. The photo I chose caught my attention a whole lot because of the beautiful gold and black on it and with the building in the background to make it stand out even more. Not only did that capture my attention but I positioned the photo on the third which is a technique that is used a lot for objects such as this. What was also difficult was the lighting because it was cloudy but what was positive about that was there was usually no shadows in the picture. New York is a great place to take photos but it isn't something that is fairly easy.

NYC Second Trip

Recently, our class took a trip to New York City where we walked around and took photos of things we found interesting or just photos that looked nice. This photo was taken when we visited the Trump Towers, inside the towers they had an indoor garden of sorts that included bamboo. While keeping in mind the things that Dr. Lansing had taught us in class I made sure that the diagonal line ended in the corner. Along with this I also made only one part in focus while the rest of the photo remained blurred which draws the attention of the viewer to the only parts that is in focus resulting in a very nice looking photo. Sadly, I didn't take too many photos while on the trip because I simply couldn't see anything that I thought would look interesting.

Empire State of Mind

Yesterday on our trip to New York we traveled around Times Square.It was a very long and tiring journey but it was worth it for the photos we were able to capture. When taking this photo I was siting down on the red stairs in Times Square. I was just siting there looking for inspiration and something to take a picture of. Then I saw the stair railings that I was sitting next to and thought to myself that this could come out to be a really nice photo. So I first moved the railings into focus and recomposed so that the diagonal line led right into the corner of view in my camera. This gave the picture an effect that makes you feel like you can slide right down the railings and it really leads you into the photo.

Second Adventure in NYC

Yesterday, May 21, 2015 in New York City was another new experience for me. As we journeyed into the City and hit some of the streets, wandering about, what I would photographed was my worry. Although the city is full of many beautiful buildings, art work, streets and other scenes, this tempted me and I begin to capture some of the artwork. I later realized that as a photographer, you don't only have to photograph the beauty of what nature presents you but rather manipulate what seem to be awkward in order to create a beautiful photo. When we had walked about two miles, then I saw these chairs unorganized and then I decided to produce a photo that can  attracts the attentions of many. Therefore, this led me with the idea that we can produce or create images from something which seem to be awkward in nature.

Times Square Circle

  On May 22nd our class went out to adventure in the city again. This time it was a lot more interesting since we knew a lot more about lighting rules. For this picture my main focus was to fill in the whole frame. I love the way this picture captures the the lights of this chandelier. The angle I chose was abnormal. Hence, this point of view makes the picture look very different and more interesting than a normal point of view. I had a medium ISO since there was some shade but I was still outdoors. My shutter speed was in auto mode and my aperture as well. I had an  auto white balance that allowed me to get the best color from this photo. 

Second Trip to New York

Today was another typical day in photography class except that today we went on another field trip to New York. We were sent on a specific challenge today and it was to try and get a portrait from someone in NY. It sounds easy to do, but it is easier said then done, especially in NY where everyone  is moving and it's just chaos. So we started the day with an hour path ride to NY then we had to walk to our destination for the day, which was about a forty five to an hour walk. The class as well as I took many pictures which was kind of an easy task because we were close to Time Square and there were many interesting and fascinating sites. I took one particular picture of a clock but as we learned in class you have to take many versions of one photo and that was the mistake I made, i didn't take more than one version of the photo and it came out overexposed which is not fixable. So we kept walking and then I came across these railings which had the element of strong diagonals as we learned in class. These railing also have the element of repetition. So I took a picture of it but only this time I took more than one version of it.

Times Square

Our photography class took a second trip to New York City, but this time we traveled through the midtown area. Our journey through the city began when we walked under the Empire State Building. I made several attempts to take an artistic photo of the building, but I was unable to successfully take one. After taking pictures of the Empire State Building, we walked through fifth avenue from 34th street to 53rd street. As we walked through fifth avenue, I was observing the environment around me for a potential masterpiece. Along the way I spotted a few opportunities, but I reacted too slow and missed the opportunities. When we reached 53rd street, we walked back to Times Square and sat on the red stairs. While sitting on the top of the red stairs, I took this picture of Times Square. In the picture, I managed to create leading lines which will attract the viewers' eyes to the center of Times Square. The screens on the sides also give balance and symmetry to the photograph.

New York City

On May 21, the photography class went to NYC to take pictures. As we walked around New York and took pictures of what captured our eyes, this stood out to me the most.  When taking this picture I wanted to fill the frame with the flags. The technique I used on this picture was a low point of view to draw a dramatic event. Since it was a cloudy day I changed the ISO to 800 and changed the white balance to cloudy to get a more dynamic picture. I really like this picture because it shows that photography doesn't always have to be something extraordinary , it can be something simple like this.

Many Elements

At New York yesterday it was difficult to take pictures because whenever you wanted to take a picture someone would get in your way and it would ruin the whole picture. There are too many people in the city to be able to take an artsy photo. Yesterday was also cloudy and this caused no sharp shadows to show which would make a nice picture because of all the nice buildings. But as we walked into NikeTown and I saw all these basketballs lined up I knew I had to get this picture. I really like this picture because it contained many elements of composition. This photo contains texture, repetition, filling the frame and leading line. I really like how my camera was able to focus this much on that one basketball and this picture is only possible with my lens. The light that was hitting these basketball's was great, because light was coming from above it made the basketball's shine nicely. I also liked that the picture looked as if the whole room was dark but that only one light was on. But in reality the room was all lit up.

NYC Trip

         
Today our class went on our second trip to New York City, where we went to look at many places such as the Empire State Building, New York Public Library, and Times Square. Even though the long walks hurt my feet, I still thought it was fun. New York City is filled with interesting things. I chose this photo because of its texture and it shows motion of the water.

NY Trip

 

Our second trip to New York was pretty fun. We got to see a lot more things and walked more but this time it was a lot harder to get pictures. Outside was really cloudy so I had to change my white balance to cloudy to get the better pictures and had to change my ISO to 800 because we were outside. I like this specific picture because it shows texture and that the three was focus and the people in the background weren't.   

NYC Photography Trip

During my first photography trip in New York City, I was wondering about how I was going to spend my time in taking photos. Although, as a photographer, you should have an intention about what you want to photograph, during this trip, I was completely out of focus. But as I came across these city bike, I quickly plan of a composition in photographing I could use to compose this work. As seem in the image, it's compose of the composition pattern or repetition and leading line. Therefore, without me having any intention in capturing this image, the use of  these composition won't had been included.

Perfect Exposure for the Perfect Picture

During our time in New York, we visited Ground Zero and Staten Island. The boat ride to Staten Island was the best part of the picture. There was not much to take pictures of in Staten Island but I came across this perfect idea for a photo. It was simple and really stood out. For this photo I used an aperture of f5.0, a shutter speed of 1/640, an ISO of 100, and white balance is automatic. The compositional element of this photo is symmetry. New York was a great experience and I can not wait to go back on Thursday.

Repetition

During our trip to New York City, we took a ferry to Staten Island. Once we arrived at Staten Island, I walked along the walkway near the shore observing all the items around me. Suddenly, I stumbled across a white monument with a pattern on one of its sides. While I was observing it, I remembered that the most obvious photographic element was repetition. I immediately prepared my camera and took the photo. However, I was not completely satisfied with the shots I took. I decided to take another one and I achieved the shot I wanted to take.
Shutter: 1600 Aperture: f8 ISO: 400 White Balance: Automatic

Inside the Cube

In this photo, I used the compositional element of framing. I used leading lines as well. I took this photo near Wall Street, New York where we visited May 15, 2015. In this photo, I like how the light at the end of the circle pops out and the reflection of the building is the subject.  I took this photo at the end of the day and it was very cloudy. I was outside but I put my camera inside the cube to take the photo.
-Shutter Speed: 1/200
-Aperture Value: 4.0
-ISO:100
-M Mode
-White Balance:Cloudy

Rough Times in NY

We went on our first class trip on Friday and we went to the perfect place to take pictures, New York. Our day started off on a rush as we had to hurry to catch the Path to NY, and once we got there we had to rush again to catch the ferry to Long Island. As soon as we got off the ferry I could already see all the amazing pictures that were going to be taken that day. After a while of taking pictures I sat down on a rocky ledge where I saw this picture. I decided to get on a lower angle of the ledge and tilt the camera a bit to get this picture. The element that is easily seen is texture, the rough rocky texture makes you want to touch it. The blurry background also makes it easy to concentrate on the surface of the ledge. For my shutter speed I used 1/320. I also had to change the aperture of the camera to f 8.0 to make the picture look like this and the ISO to 200 because we were outdoors. The white balance was automatic.

New York City

Last Friday was our first trip to New York City in photography class, it was pretty great I took a lot of photos but I thought that this picture was my greatest. My cameras ISO was on 400, and my white balance was on sunny. This picture shows leading lines and low point of view the leading lines are on the side of the picture and the low point of view is how low the picture is compare to the object.

The Light Post Pattern

Our Photography class went on a field trip to New York.
During the trip we took a ferry that took us to Staten Island where I took this photo of light posts. This photo shows pattern and repetition. Out of all the photos I took today I think this one was the most artistic. Here is a list of the settings on my camera when I took this photo.

Shutter Speed: 1/400
Aperture: f6.3
Exposure Bias: 0.00
ISO Speed: 200

NY

When I first saw this I immediately thought about the framing that was possible. This point of view was very interesting because usually no one ever looks at  a bench this way. Something I tried having in my picture were clear leading lines. The lines are what make this picture so interesting because it gives the picture a sense of purpose but at the same time you can not find the subject of the picture. I used a low ISO since I took this picture outdoors and I had a medium aperture to have clarity and try getting the most as possible objects in focus without having to loose the focus on the bench. By using these exposure and intent techniques I made my picture interesting and clear.

Swirling fun

I found our trip to New York to be quite fun, I took this photo while on the island. Finding out how to take this photo was quite hard because i knew what I wanted but i did not know how to capture it. After a few photos I finally realized I had to lay down and take the picture from a looking up point of view. It was quite a sunny day and so I did not have to adjust the exposure value at all for this photo.
SS- 1/50  Ap-4.5  Expo-0.00

White Balance Error

As we arrived to Staten Island I saw this lamp post and I quickly knew that this would be a great picture. So as I took this picture I made sure that I got it in one of the thirds. But I made one huge mistake, my white balance was completely wrong. This is an example of how a small error can change or mess up a picture completely. The shutter speed for this picture was 1/800, the aperture was f11.0 and the ISO was 800.

White Balance

I took these photos when the sun was shining pretty brightly so the first photo came out a little too overexposed. After changing the white balance on my camera the exposure was fixed so I retook the photo, while making sure that the subject stayed in the exact same pose as before which was difficult. The pose that the subject took wasn't actually planned; in between photos, the subject was simply talking and relaxed. Since I thought it would make a good photo, I took the photo. The photo itself was taken near the CDC building, next to the upper field which caused some really nice shadows.

Alfredo Portrait

I always thought portrait pictures were among the easiest pictures to take until I tried taking one myself. The camera has to be set in the correct settings to make a picture look natural. During the shoot I tried two different settings to compare the difference in color. Adjusting the white balance in the camera to have a more natural looking picture was the easiest part of the shoot compared to the other factors required for a portrait picture. Choosing a correct pose for the subject of my picture required a couple of trials and errors. I tried using the rule of thirds to make my picture more interesting and have my subject more focused.

How a Good Picture can Easily Be Ruined

So once again our class went on assignment, but this time a challenge came along with the pictures we had to take. Other than this time it had to be a portrait, which was hard enough on its own, we also had to take two different versions of one picture. For the correct one the white balance had to be on shade, but as you can see there is also a blue picture and that is because we had to switch the white balance to Incandescent. A portrait is difficult on its own because if you think you have a good picture that is artistic, the one being photographed may not see the same thing the photographer sees. It is the photographers job on the other hand to tell the "model" where to move and how to pose. Also simplifying the background made this photo easier on the eye concentrating only on the model.  

Taking a Potrait of my Friend

       This was kind of an easy job, my friend did everything I said to do. The only hard part about this task was finding a good place, getting a good pose, filling the frame, and trying to find a simple back ground. As you can see in the first picture the white balance is in shade. And the second picture the white balance is on tungsten light so this makes the picture bluish. It didn't take many attempts to get all the elements together for the right picture.

How to Avoid White Balance Errors

When someone sees something that really captures their attention, they often try to capture the moment. However, the person's attempt to take the photo will most likely look like the picture on the right. The photograph on the right is the wrong way to take a photo because the white balance settings are not correct. In order to take the perfect picture similar to the photograph on the left, the photographer must correct the white balance settings on their digital camera. Once the photographer fixes the white balance settings, he must also compensate other factors that will affect the exposure of the picture such as the shutter speed, the size of the aperture, and the ISO.  Therefore, by setting the correct white balance settings the photographer will be able to take a picture similar to the one on the left.

An Introduction to Portraits

This task wasn't easy because of how much work it took. Getting these pictures took about 15 shots just to get the perfect one. There were also many factors like the subject leaning the wrong way or blinking. The white balance in the camera had to be in shadow because the picture was taken next to a tree. The second picture was taking using the wrong format, incandescent. Therefore the picture is blue. 

Experiments with White Balance and Portraits

This photo makes me think about what he is thinking about. The photo on the left shows a lower quality of the photo and I used the white balance and it came out blue. In the photo of the right, is a better one because it does not have any noise and contains specific detail of his face. This photo took me about five minutes to compose because I had tell the model to move his hand to where it is and I had to include his shoulders and his complete face. I decided to keep the background simple and in my opinion, it is one of my best portrait photos!

Portraiture

On this assignment, our class had to do portraiture and it is very hard because of conflict of interest. What I mean is that sometimes my subject was not pleased with the photos I was taking. But even so I took a photo we both liked. On the first photo the picture was well done because it has a correct white balance which was shady. In the other it was not so good because it had an incorrect white balance which makes the picture look grayish-blue.