Week 4_ Peppers

Peppers gone Black and White

Week 4- Andy Warhol has nothing on these bananas :)

 

Week 3- More time with the family

week 3_ nieces and nephews DOF

Far Depth of Field, Farthest object (or grandpa) in Focus

Central object- Maja- in focus

Short Depth of Field, Lab top in focus

week 3- the DL on Photo Shop

Photoshop extreme turning cultures

And here is the original

Both resulted from the in class light study in the "magic" evening light-

Week 2- slow shutter highway

 

took a walk to an overpass at night- AND got questioned by a statie :P

Week 2- Party like its 21!

 

Christina's Birthday cookie-cake :)

 

The big 21 :)

  

Surprise portrait!

week 1_Three inspiring pictures

Our world today is filled with images of people, places, experiences, traditions, of actions, of reactions, to choose just 3 that are meaningful to me would be difficult or near impossible. Therefore I decided to go to a resource that has always inspired me with their images and art: National Geographic. The manner in which they have depicted the intricacies of the world drove into my life the desire to learn about the world from an early age. However with such an archive of pictures how could I choose? I therefore decided to look at what was happening in the world today and see what images evoked emotions, be it sadness or happiness or a sense of  irony these are 3 I found-

by- Kent Miller

by- Nicolas Sohl

by- Paolo Pellegrin

Week 1_sunsets and yellow scarves!

Summer sun and frolicking downtown with friends

week1_3 mega pixels are better then none :)

Portrait of my ma'

Weeping Willow in Washington

Washington Monument Sillhouette

I never realized that camera pics could be considered art. Then after some consideration I realized that the 3 mega-pixels my phone comes equipped with were more then the 2.4 that my first "state of the art" digital camera. So it was time to reevaluate some of the pictures- these are some that surprised me.