Author Archives: Chris Alvarado

Final Thoughts

The most important things i learned is how to use Camera raw as well as shooting in RAW, Advantages of portrait lighting, and learning how to look for interesting this to photograph rather than just take a simple photo. Im … Continue reading

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  Drawing with light allows you to expose your image sensor enough to track the light and you can really be creative having a dynamic range of ways you can portray and compose the light. My shutter speed in this … Continue reading

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I choose these two because i feel that it captures the mood and emotion of my subject. The lighting wasn’t harsh but soft and diffused light. The expressions were wonderful  and everything was in focus.

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Three point lighting is light that hits the subject from three different angles. The main light is to define the features of the subject and give high contrast. The reflector adds light to the side of the subject to “Fill” … Continue reading

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This photo was taken at eye level with back lighting. The Subject was far away form the light in order to get the high contrast and the plant as a silhouette. The light was on a low stop with a … Continue reading

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Gallery

The photos displayed in the Pace Gallery are formal photos. Irving Penn took most of his photos dead center which gave the gallery a unified feel not much very surprising. The photographers subject matter was the human figure and features … Continue reading

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These were the two pictures I chose. My definition of Depth of Field is the amount of subjects that are in focus . Shallow has only one subject in focus where every other object is blurred out. Extensive allows you … Continue reading

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Daguerreotype

The Daguerreotype really was the founding invention that shaped the path of Modern photography. Many main components of the daguerreotype are found in todays cameras, just with modern technology. Such as the metal plate that due to exposure the image … Continue reading

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My pic of the CHAIR

I chose this picture of the chair because it shows a great example of an extreme close-up. Also it incorporates the Rule of Thirds as well and having a visually satisfying effect due to the composition as well as the … Continue reading

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Hw# 1

For the first homework I decided to pick and discuss Thomas Holton’s photo from the lams of ludlow street. In his photos i feel that he humanizes people and  has a good understanding of what the mood he wants to … Continue reading

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