Photo Blog!: 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Monday, November 25, 2013

THE KISS

V-J DAY IN TIME SQUARE

New York City, on August 14, 1945.

THE KISS

This is hands down absolutely one of my all time favorite images, there’s been so much controversy regarding this image over the years and whether it was staged or set up. Quite frankly I really don’t care I love this image and everything it stands for, what it captures, the passion, the moment, the mystery its absolutely stunning. People see this image and ultimately just feel happy its truly a work of art and for that I applaud the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. Throughout my several years in grade school, visiting public places, etc., I have seen this image posted proudly on the wall for everyone to see in several of these places throughout the years and to me that means something, this is an inspirational image nothing but joy could be provoked from this image. Even the lack of color in this image is beautiful there is absolutely nothing about it that I would change. A man, a woman, a kiss, a happy beautiful passionate moment to celebrate on one of our great American moments in history. If I was ever given the opportunity I would thank this man for either capturing this beautiful moment or creating it to share with the world.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Motion Sequence Assignment

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Critique

Maram: In her first picture, I really like her use of lines to compose the picture everything was proper focus and framed the subject nicely. Her color use is vibrant and detailed. The subject is very engaged with the camera, which gives this picture a nice format. The angle she used really extenuates the question he was being asked because she asked him a life question and the angle forms a shot of admiration bringing his answer to life. In the picture he also appears proud and happy of what he has accomplished. My favorite part of this photograph is definitely her use of color exaggeration.

In the Second picture of Maram’s I really appreciate her use of background to center her subject in a close up angle. She really took advantage of her background scenery to line up her shot and add in subtle color splashes throughout the photo to highlight her subject. I also noticed one small stray hair along her subject’s forehead, which can be distracting for such a detailed photograph I would have preferred she edited the hair out. So she really did a great job of using a shallow depth of field in this picture, it really brings out the detail in her subject as well as brings light to the background.

In her third photograph, she really focuses her subject almost making her subject look fake which looks really realistic almost like the person is 3-D, she framed her background perfect to square up the whole photo and not just her subject. She managed to push all the background to the very back and bring her subject into the very front foreground. He’s also very well engaged in this picture with a picture perfect smile, based on the question she asked him I feel this picture really portrays his personality and captures his interest in physics.

In her fourth picture, her subject is gleaming with picture perfect qualities she is perfectly centered and this is a very balanced photo she uses her background nicely to even out the details on both sides of the photo. Her use of lines is very organized and makes focus on the subject. Her pops of color are very nice and not over whelming even though there are several colors. The subject very well portrays the question Maram asked her, she quote about the happiness of life, which is exactly how she appeared in the picture.

In her last photo, she perfectly centered her subject with just the right amount of background, she even used the shade in her depth to line up the subject almost right down the middle of the photo, even the lines on the bench are lined up very nicely to accent the subject her color usage is vibrant and delicate. His big smile definitely makes the photo a lot brighter only making want to focus in the center of the picture even more. His pose very much suits the humor he gave in response to Maram’s question.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Humans of UTSA

What is one of your greatest accomplishments?: "Umm.. making it into semi-pro for hockey up in Canada."

What is one of your greatest accomplishments?: "A 4.0 in college"

What is one of your greatest accomplishments?: "Umm getting into college, and actually graduating with my bachelors and being the second in my family to do so."