Long Island Landmarks

For my final project I went around Long Island and photographed popular landmarks on Long Island. These include the East Hampton Hook Windmill, The Long Island Duck, The Montauk Lighthouse, The Deer sculpture called "Stargazer", and the supposedly haunted Sweet Hollow Road. The idea of this project was go give a glimpse to those not native to Long Island, or to those who haven't been around Long Island a look at what famous and historical landmarks exist. There are more than just these on Long Island but due to time constraints I decided to photograph the ones that are most popular.

Politicol Assignment

For this assignment our professor asked us to take photos of something that had to do with the topic of politics, economics, etc. Since elections were taking place for various positions in local government, I had decided to take photos of the many campaign ads around my neighborhood.




I chose to upload this photo because of the depth of the photograph. You can see how far down the campaign ads go down the road. Before I had edited this photo you were able to the see the car's registration card in the corner, which would have really showed where the point of view was coming from, but I felt that it took away from the photo, and it would have been seen as an obstruction to what I am actually trying to show in the photo.




The two photos below were taken by a closed down gas station. The chain linked fence became a wall for all of these campaign ads to be posted on. From a photojournalist standpoint one is able to see the competition between each candidate. Additionally they are also able to see how each candidate running for a position tries to outdo each other in terms of the size of their respective ad.

Portraits

When it comes to portaits I don't like having people pose. I like everything candid. If the moment is right, I can get to the angle(from where I want to take the photo) I will take the picture. The first picture my friend saw I was going to snap a picture and ran with it, while the second she is just tuning the guitar which makes it very candid as if the camera isn't even there.

Color Correction

In class we had to pair up with a partner where we edited each other's photo and then go back and edit our own(same photo)

This is the original photo before any modification is done





This is what my partner did to the photo


these are my changes.

Comparing the 2 photos, the original looks best according to the professor and I see why. To me(my eyes) when u darken certain things a certain level of detail is lost and the original just looks also more legit, as opposed to the other 2 where u can kind of tell that it was photoshopped.

Light Photography

The reason why I like these two photos is because despite the sun being in the same position in the sky I was able to manipulate the light in a way to make it look like the sun in the first photo in on that side of the parking garage, but in the second picture it looks like time has passed and the sun has traveled a distance along the sky.



These 2 photos show how opening the aperture and increasing the amount of light in the photo can make things change. One obvious difference is that the shadows are no longer present in the first photo which I think is really cool because I was under trees when I took this and was surrounded by shade, and now it looks like the fact that there are trees above me is irrelevant when it comes to the presence of light.

Assignment One Favorites

The detail shot gives an abstract view point of the chandelier. Obviously we know what it is, or might know what it is if we look at it, but it still to me gives u an "in your face" type of viewpoint or perspective.


I chose this one because it gives u a feeling of being small. Although I thought I caught more in the shot when I took it, you still get the feeling of looking up.
This one I liked because it gives the feeling as though the viewer is hovering above the chandelier looking down at it, and the table. It's not an angle I normally look at things from either so I thought it was pretty cool the way it all came out.

Goals For The Class

My main goal for the class is to better my already budding skill in photography, and learn skills that I may not know or have. I like mainly landscapes, and night photos. Night photos to me provide lots of color depending on the lighting and the color of that lighting as well. Landscapes pending on the environment just provides for beautiful and serene pictures.