Jan 15

Impress me please

This assignment was our last project of this semester. So almost all of these photos that were chosen had a lot of thought put into them. I recently went to Paris, France for Christmas vacation. There I saw many wonderful things I went to almost all of the tourist attractions and more. I had the wonderful privilege to take pictures of all that Paris has to offer. For some pictures I put more thought in, for example when I took the picture of the Eiffel Tower there was a lot of effort and thought. On Christmas we decided to go up the Eiffel Tower so while we were waiting for our scheduled time I decided to venture off and take pictures of the family with the Eiffel Tower. I literally laid down on the ground for about ten minutes just taking pictures of the Eiffel Tower out of the 12 I took about 7 of them turned out really well. As you can see there was effort in that photo especially taking into account the outfit I ruined because of my dedication to photography. For some of the pictures I used very minimal to no effort whatsoever to get the picture I wanted. For example the picture of the christmas tree with the purple lights. I was in the mall walking around and was walking and saw a spot that had a nice little view of the tree and all that was around it, right behind the cashiers desk. I asked the cashier if I could take a picture and in one shot I had the picture I had envisioned. Maybe even better than how I thought it would turn out. My all time favorite picture of this album is the one of the lady in all white looking in the direction of the Eiffel Tower. I love the contrast between her all white outfit and the Eiffel Tower and the stairs. The picture is by far in my opinion one of the best pictures I have ever taken. I also really enjoyed taking the picture of the Statue of Liberty. That picture is very family oriented. If you look closely at the bottom of the picture you can see a mom and a dad with their child in between them. To me that is an amazing picture and a really in the moment shot. It adds so much life to the picture and makes it feel so much like home. That could have been the first time that child had ever seen the Statue of Liberty in Paris. It adds a bit of personal experience to the photo. It makes you think of the first time you ever saw an important monument with your family. For me it makes me think of the 4th grade when my dad surprised me one weekend and took me to St. Louis to see the Gateway Arch. I will always remember that weekend as one of the best quality trips with my father. I hope that whoever looks at these photos enjoys them just as much as I do. Also feel free to comment on any suggestions you have or on anything you want.

Jan 8

Honey!! Its our aniversary

This photography project was to tell a story. I have no idea how to take pictures of a story..SO as you can see they are not the best. We were in Paris, France and it was our last day. We decided to go to the Statue of Liberty the Paris version. Which is actually a lot bigger than I thought it would be. So I was taking a picture of this old woman walking up the stairs and I turned around and saw my dad giving my mom a Tiffany box. Inside the box was a necklace with Love engraved on it. So i decided to take the pictures. I think the emotions of this moment was very well portrayed, at least as far as I can take them. Also after he had given her the necklace I decided to get the pictures from a different angle and those turned out very good. My parents look really good and look really in love.

Dec 5

Dubai vs. Florida who will win?

The UAE is very different from my hometown in Miami Florida. For our photography project we had to capture aspects of Dubai that we don’t have back where we are from. So I decided to take pictures of many things, Since I came from Florida where it is sunny all the time except for Hurricane season, I am used to green lush vegetation and beautifully decorated roads and everything being appealing to the eyes, not just the buildings. Where as here in Dubai we do not have the luxury of rain so we cannot afford to have everything be lush and green. When this project was assigned I had went on a desert safari and took wonderful pictures of objects and scenery we do not have back home in Florida. For one we do not have deserts we have everglades. We do not have easy access to falcons we have Alligators. We have nice beaches that are very gorgeous, but we do not have as nice of a scenery as Dubai, because of its special landmarks like the Burj Al-Arrab. Also we do not have camels we have horses but no Camels, in fact the only time I ever saw a camel prior to moving to Dubai was when I was at the San Diego Zoo.

Nov 24

Life is but a box of chocolates

For this unit we took pictures of food. We had to take pictures of food and make them look delicious to the eye, and essentially make them perfect. I enjoyed this project but at some times hated it. I had a great idea of something and envisioned it a certain way and when I would take the picture it would turn out completely different. I had placed a couple of apples and limes in a decretive bowl and thought the pictures would turn out beautiful. Unfortunately they did not, the lighting was all wrong. Then I tried to take pictures of other things like toast with kiwi and again had the same problem with lighting. So after a couple hours of pondering how i would solve the problem it hit me. Get the lamp from my parents room and take pictures using that! So I got the lamp and took pictures of pomegranate seeds in a small bowl and they turned out wonderful. I also added a clock in the background to give it more of a homey effect. For example you just had a long day and just want to lay in bed and eat pomegranate seeds. I also took some pictures of our Thanksgiving feast. The lighting was not so good but I really had no control over that because the party was not hosted at my house. I took pictures of a broccoli dish that was still on the oven but looked delicious and actually turned out great in the photo. I also took pictures of some powdered brownies and pumpkin pie. They did not turn as good as I hoped but they did turn out okay. This is just some of my pictures I have described for you, if I describe any more I will probably bore you. Hopefully you enjoyed the pictures

Nov 17

Portraits

This was a very challenging project but fun all the same. The main focus was to take a portrait of someone using your light in an effective way. That was the hardest part trying to find the balance between  getting a good quality picture with excellent use of lighting. So when we went out during the class time we had to take some pictures I had Almitra hide behind some bushes and act like she was a forest fairy and did not want to be discovered. When we did the portraits in class with the specific lighting for these types of photos, none of them turned out how I wanted. So I took separate ones of two classmates. I loved how they came out. I had bits of natural light and special lights on them which accented the photo beautifully. I also got to capture their essence in a wonderful way. The pictures of the lady in green were very difficult to take because I was in an area of very low light, but thankfully I had one that turned out nice. Then I got my sisters to get dressed up in upcoming festive outfits for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We went around our neighborhood and took pictures. The one picture of my sister where her face is mainly what is lit up and the surrounding is black turned out beautifully.

Oct 7

Zoom Zoom Zoom

These Photos were all taken using zoom and manual focus. All of my pictures were taken without flash and each one had a lot of thought put into them. There are some that I have edited. Some of the pictures were taken in class, but the majority of them were taken at Atlantis in Dubai. The 1st photo I did was Starburst it is a shell and I have enhanced it. I was looking around the hotel room at Atlantis and I saw this sculpture and thought it would make a wonderful piece for my project. So I zoomed in enough that you could get the up close and personal affect and enough to maintain its ora. The 2nd photo I have is Smokey Waves I saw the mirror with this wavy border I thought it would look really neat up close. So I took this picture and it turned out to be one of my favorite photos. The 3rd picture called Amber Waves was another mirror with a unique border. I had to maneuver my body to get the perfect up close picture. I had to lean up against the wall and stay perfectly still to get the best shot. For the final product I had to choose between this one and three others. The 4th picture I took was Follow your heart in that photo I found this sculpture and thought the lines sticking out of it was very eccentric and I just had to have it in my picture. All the other photos in my blog either have some aspect of Zoom or Focusing on a specific item. The Picture titled Summertime Sadness was my best friend Maya who volunteered to be in my blog. I took the picture of half her face and then made it black and white. Another picture I took was Pretty Flower this was an identical picture of one I had taken earlier in class when we were allowed to go out and take pictures after I re took it I went to Photoshop and used the techniques I learned in class and made just the flower maintain its color and the rest was made black and white.

Oct 1

Composition Photos Project

These are the ten photos I chose that best represented the compositional aspects of the pictures. The tree stump picture I was focusing on just the stump and trying to unfocused all the other background stuff. I wanted to capture all the creases and the center how it was cut. In the picture of the flowers I took the photo using the rule of threes and made the flowers descend at  the top and follow through to the other side. I made it black and white because it gives it a more classy feel to it. The picture of Papí where he was running I was trying to capture his essence when he was running but also incorporating the different perspective, where I am taking the picture at his level, and zoomed in also he is on the left side using the rule of three’s, but I wasn’t intentionally thinking about the rule of three’s at the time. When I took the picture of the chew toy I thought the object looked very unique and thought it would be very good for this project. The picture of the flower bud I was outside in my backyard looking for things I could take pictures of, I saw the flower and how it had not yet bloomed and how the leaves were not completely surrounding it and the branch it came from is a contrasting line, So I put that one up. For the sunset picture I got down in the street during the evening and wanted to get a professional photo of my dog with the sunset in the background. Unfortunately it did not end up that way, Papí is out of focus but it fits the project even though it is not a good picture. Even though I enjoy to look at it I hope you do too. 🙂 For the picture of the Flower with no flash I went outside and took into consideration what Mr. Nelson said in class about not using flash for pictures, due to the fact that they take the color away. So I had to try to take that picture about 5 times until I got it perfect (by holding my breath and looking like a complete dork). In that picture I also wanted to get all the detail of the two flowers and there contrasting colors. For my last picture is the Sprinklers, I had to get on the floor and set the sprinklers to be on the right hand side of my shot.

So these are my photos of Composition. I also took the alcohol pictures using different points of perspective but those are not for grading they are for personal satisfaction only. Due to the fact that they are inappropriate for school.

Sep 22

line/shape project

 

These 10 photos I mainly focused on the line aspect of the objects. I was walking and just scoping my surroundings to see what sort of different lines I could find that would be fit for this project. When I saw the palm tree I focused on the lines on the side that condescend. I especially liked this photo out of all of these photos this is my favorite one. I was walking on the stairs  and saw the stairs with all their circles and lines and had to take the photo. The picture of the stairs where it looks like the stairs are going on like a walkway with shadows and circles, I was walking up the stairs stopped and took the picture from the top to add a different point of perspective.  In the picture of the water fountain I was at the doctors and saw the water fountain got down on my knees and took the picture while the people stared at me funny. The picture of the pathway I was walking down the pathway and say all the shadows doing shapes and lines diagonally. I wanted to make it look more drastic so I made it black and white before I knew we had to have at least 2 black and white pictures. When I took the picture of the building I was literally driving around JBR with my mom looking for my sisters friends house and I saw this building and took aout 12 pictures of it with my computer hanging out of the window. I love it because the building it going up and has so many lines that are going in different directions. I enjoyed this project very much and took a lot of other photos, but Mr. Nelson didn’t deem them fit for this specific project.