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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
one thing
Pretty sure my subject will be bicycles.
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
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| Washington Street : Hoboken, NJ |
Friday, September 24, 2010
abstraction<<>>discription
Seeing the shapes/forms & darks/lights of surrounding objects...
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| 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!
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!
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US Post Office 421 8th Ave New York, NY |
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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!
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!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
got sidetracked by a farmers market...
but it was a lot of fun! This will definitely be a future project.
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Columbus Circle, NYC 10:41am |
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Columbus Circle, NYC 10:45am |
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
inspiring words from photographer Peter Lindbergh
CREATIVITY
Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can't others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?
Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow 'reborn' from all our experiences and perspectives.
Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our reservoir of experience, dreams, desires and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be... I don't think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.
Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go...
by Peter Lindbergh
with Lily, New York, June 1996
Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can't others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?
Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow 'reborn' from all our experiences and perspectives.
Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our reservoir of experience, dreams, desires and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be... I don't think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.
Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go...
by Peter Lindbergh
with Lily, New York, June 1996
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
sil·hou·ette (noun)
A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black.
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| Denville, NJ train station 7:36am |
For the month of September I will be doing a project on silhouettes. I'm not trying to hit a specific amount of posts for this assignment, but I am excited to see how the project evolves over the next month! I will do my best to carry around a camera where ever I go so I don't miss an opportunity and this will hopefully give me plenty of chances to experiment. This will be the beginning of monthly projects where I will be trying different techniques, focusing on aspects of photography, and eventually trying different equipment! If you are looking for a bit of inspiration check out this book PHOTO OP by Kevin Meredith.
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