at the fair

The little fair came to Windfield Park NJ this weekend. Fairs are creepy and pricey to attend, but awesome to shoot.

When it rains it pours

I always thought umbrella look like flowers, and I love how they all pop up at the first drop of rain

Narrative on the Highline NYC

My narrative; The perfect day for shooting on the Highline NYC is ruined by rain. It is slightly autobiographical. I always aim to shoot provocative and creative images when I am at places commonly photographed. I find places that are highly covered more difficult to shoot, I know there is a surplus of stock images online stronger than mine if I shoot the expected. My original idea was to shoot photographers; amateur, hobbyists, and professionals, who were photographing the Highline and what their images might be. About 30-45 minutes after I arrived there was a sun-shower starting and I decided to keep shooting. I like the way it turned out. It's more sequential than my original idea, and it forced me to improve my skills with the fourth dimension; time. Also all the umbrellas in the city popping up remind me of desert flowers blooming in the rain.

Motion

I did a small study on motion today. Stop action, panning, and motion blur. It does feel weird how I ended up shooting a nice chunk of cyclist shots. Even the little girl is riding a tricycle. All the bike races I go to must be rubbing off on me. Future idea; 100 cyclist??? maybe?

still life

EXCITING- I finished editing a still life project I did. I'm very happy with the result, considering I don't consider myself a still life photographer. Though I did cheat a bit and include some of my class mates looking through the view finder as extras. The lighting was to beautiful not to.

Pawling Cycle

I just got these up from Sunday's Pawling Cycle Race. It was a nice crowd to shoot, but I wish I could say the same about metering a crazy intense mid-day sun and shadows. Though after an awkward sunburn, four hours in a car with no air conditioning, dirt covering my dress; it was completely worth it. My SD card was STUFFED with knock out shots. I have to edit my 600+ in between classes and job hunting now. It's no wonder you need to be a bit nuts to be in an art field.

Many more are to come soon, and I will be creating an image store of my shots if anyone was interested in previewing and/or purchasing a print.

Transformation

Some days I model, other days I'm Carmen Miranda.

more portraits

Our lighting presentation in my Photography Basic class ending up being a spontaneous photoshoot. I was the only one in class with any experience with lighting or portraits, so everyone let me control the lights and the set up the entire time. I love how theatrical these turned out.

Portraits

I finally was able to use some of my portrait skills for my Intro to Digital class at FIT. Brandon was an awesome model. I love working in a studio with studio lighting. I think the one in the middle with the motion blur in hysterical, and totally him and his sense of humor. How come your test shots come out the best sometimes?

Baby You're A Firework

I had a wonderful 4th of July, hung out with David for most of it. I got some great shots of the fireworks in Roselle Park NJ. I only wish I was able to find a firework show near by that wasn't on the 4th so I could have two firework shows I could shoot. Maybe I'll shoot some more on a Friday Night in Coney Island this summer.