A photographer who I met when I was walking along Washington St.

Couple of pedestrians looking at a spiffy car

A boy throwing a rock

A woman and her dog taking a sip of water.

A couple enjoying the view of the Brooklyn Bridge.

For these set of photos, I set my aperture to F5.6 to make sure that my shots aren’t too soft. I changed my shutter speed whenever the lighting conditions change. All of the shots were candid except for the first one.

For the first shot I had to crouch down and get close to the ground in order to get the faces of the three girls. The image with the dog (named Blue) I had to get closer to it and change my setting a bit because it got cloudy and it got cloudy. The third one, was shot in the moment with the light highlighting the woman in the hair and the guy on his forehead. The fourth one was just a woman sitting down, taken quickly. The last one is two young girls having fun as their friend not in the shot is taking their picture.

LOG#10

Today I really enjoyed taking pictures because of the view and the old architecture and the old big stones in the street. This is my Outdoor shoots . Every picture I set up the ISO was different in each  picture it was between AUTO and 100 , the aperture was different too in each picture , it was between 5.6 and the shutter speed also was  different in each picture which was  between 1/125 to 1/200.

 These images were harder to take considering the fact that we could not modify the light source, as in the intensity or the direction of the sun, which was not present most of the time. The images had to be taken quickly because since these people were not aware I was taking the picture, I couldn’t take long to shoot them. The ISO was kept between 100-160, no higher than that. The aperture was kept at 5.6. 

For this shot I was across the street so I really had t take advantage of the full zoom to capture this candid and emotional moment.

This shot I was right next to the hot dog stand and I was waiting for the right moment for the vendor to hand the customer his hotdog. Luckily I got a perfect middle shot of him handing the customer the hotdog.

This moment was when the boy felt left behind because his sister rode off without him. This expression seems like a combination of sad yet determined. I also tried to used the rule of thirds in this shot.

This was another candid moment of a mother and daughter relaxing on the park bench. This was a spare in the moment shot since they were already naturally posed.

This shot was also spare in the moment and they are naturally posed in a romantic position. I had to also zoom in on this shot since they were a bit far from me.

In order to get these shots I had to ask each some of the individuals for a shot. They were all very nice and cooperative. For some of the shots I didn’t have to ask because a lot of people were being photographed anyway. I had to frame my camera in order to get a good composition of the subjects and make sure the lighting was close to them. To accomplish the looks I had to make sure I had enough room in the photo.

For this shot it was in the shade, It was a bride and she was taking a shot of whisky. I had to change my aperture  a lot just to get the perfect shot.

This was taken when the sun started to finally come out. For this shot I had to squat and bend down to get the shot because the doggo sitting on the rock, and he was small. The background was perfectly blurred out a bit to make the doggo stand out.

This one was taken down by Washington Street. I had to once again bend down and squat because of the upper point of view of the guys on the stairs on top. The clarity was good.

Love Dog.
It's New York City, You Got No Time.
Getting That Shoot.
 I love the Brooklyn bridge.  
Get Out Of My Way!!!
New York, New Life 
It's Meeeeeee.

For LGBTQ

For my PSA log I decided to make my topic on alcoholism. I was able to work on this project alone which was a bit challenging but I was able to push through and make the best out of it. I used two kinds of lighting for my shots. My favorite part of this shoot was the idea and concept behind it.