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WEEK 2: Same assignment - different camera settings.

30-40 4x6 prints of one person, place, or thing
The predetermined settings for the assignment are: 
Manual mode (M) : controls shutter speed and aperture independently.
File type: RAW & jpg
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed and Aperture
Experimenting with depth of field

Amber Riley

 

NYCSALT

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one thing

Pretty sure my subject will be bicycles.

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ

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Seeing the shapes/forms & darks/lights of surrounding objects...

apartment buildings along 7th avenue, NYC

one person, place or thing??

Right now, I am torn between two different subjects for this project: bicycles OR the Post Office on 8th Avenue.

Since they are both very attainable and convenient to my commute I am going to experiment with both and see what wins out in the end...

Definitely looking for some feedback along the way!

US Post Office 421 8th Ave

New York, NY

school's started!

Last night was my first class at School of Visual Arts and I couldn't be more excited!

The class is Digital Photography I and our first assignment is to bring 30-40 4x6 prints of one person, place, or thing.  The subject is not important as long as it is consistent through out the series.  

The predetermined settings for the assignment are: 
Program mode (P)
File type: RAW & jpg
ISO: 400
White Balance: Auto white balance (AWB)
Focus mode: Auto Focus (single focus in the center)
Turn OFF LSD screen (also saves on battery life!), but the point is not to pre-edit your work - brilliant because I always do this!

The sideshow and lecture the teacher, Mathew Baum, gave was really thoughtful and gave me a lot of insight in how to take successful exposures.  Here are some highlights that really stuck:

Photography is...
both abstraction and description  
shapes/forms & darks/lights

Taking pictures shouldn't be butterfly collecting.

Think of the frame as your canvas, everything on the canvas should be considered!

got sidetracked by a farmers market...

but it was a lot of fun!  This will definitely be a future project.

Columbus Circle, NYC 10:41am

Columbus Circle, NYC 10:45am