ENG1101 Comp 1101 (D377)2 Sg2014

Riverside Lightshow, 2014, Ariel Dominguez

I took this photo during a night stroll around my neighborhood that took me to the top floor of the Gateway Center mall in the Bronx. The photo shows a busy highway with cars zipping by and lights of streetlamps from apartments buildings off in the distance. I took this photo because I noticed a gaping light in the clouds above from where I think the Empire State Building stands. It also shocked me that I could see the Empire State Building from where I was standing but I could have also been mistaken. After taking the photo, I notice the effect of the car lights driving by and the little loops by the shore of the river that reminded me of little parachutes; these effects were made by me moving the camera unintentionally. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see the Empire State Building in the distance in this photo.  

Brooklyn bridge, September 17, 2012, Cristian Calle

This photograph was taken on September 17, 2012.  I took this photograph during a trip to Manhattan . My friends and I were crossing the bridge and the magnificent view caught my attention. What is interesting about this photograph is that in the background there is a nice view of the city and the the sun had almost completely fallen, but still shining some light. There are also some kind metal wires in the form of a net that creates an illusion as if the city is trapped in a net and, somehow, suspended in the air almost reaching the sky.

I took this picture last year in February. I was in city right across Madison Square Garden arena, getting ready for my S.A.T prep class. There was a lot of fluctuation going on with an amazing scenery. People running for buses. The yellows cab, gypsy cabs, dollar cabs running up and down, corner to corner. Just sitting down on the steps of the post office, observing everything that was going around the city brought back a lot memories when i first went to the city. This made me appreciate and recognize the reason why New York City was the greatest city in the world. Which led me on to take this picture.

 I took the above picture which is a duck over sea on the 23th of June , 2011 exactly on six flags. I love Duck because I think it’s peaceful and relaxing. I think its a have a very soft body and its have special magic that pleasing to the observers . The duck grab my eyes from a long distance. The reason why I took A picture of  a duck  because of its lovely, natural setting.

Hudson river,2013,Mayji Shodunke

I took this picture during the summer of 2013,its a picture of my brother watching the sunset,i was with my cousins and we were trying to shoot a music video but there was just something about the way the sun set that evening that made me want to take a picture of it.My brother was not meant to be in the photograph,in other words he ”photo-bombed” but honestly,he made it look better,it looked like he was  looking at the world from the outside,trying to make sense of it all,like he was trying to see beyond the river.

I took this picture on March 2, 2014, of a resilient little stray cat that often sits, balancing herself on this piece of board (put up to keep her out) on our neighbor’s back fence. It was a cold, gray, March day, and we were awaiting another snowstorm. It was early morning, so although cloudy, the sun had provided the lighting. I did not use a filter on this image.

Screen, 2014, Sean Scanlan

This is an example.

Hi Class…lot’s of information today!

Homework for Tuesday: Read Parla and Anastasio. Post a photograph (make sure that the image size is under 1 Mb) that you have taken to OpenLab then describe it under the photo in terms of subject, setting, light, color, and any filter you used. Make sure to proof and edit your writing because this is a public site!

VIDEO CLIPS:

1. How does a digital camera work?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic0czeUJrGE

2. How to develop film using coffee and vitamin C:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYjOqcbBEco

3. A Darkroom in Use:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nue495wxlXo

4. Five tips for taking your own digital photographs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YroMyQJ-GMQ 

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Here’s a written description of a store:

“It was a narrow room, with a rather high ceiling, and crowded from floor to ceiling with goodies. There were rows and rows of hams and sausages of all shapes and colors–white, yellow, red, and black; fat and lean and round and long–rows of canned preserves, cocoa and tea, bright translucent glass bottles of honey, marmalade, and jam; round bottles and slender bottles, filled with liqueurs and punch–all these things crowded every inch of the shelves from top to bottom. “

-Thomas Mann

What is the dominant impression of this scene?

Here is a handout on paragraphs that I want to cover:

ParagraphStructure2014

Best,

Prof. Scanlan