Photographing Santorini: May 2013

Thursday, May 30, 2013

modernization of pandora and her box

low lighting and night photography

ISO: 1600
Shutter Speed: 320
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/1
Aperture: f/5

ISO: 1600
Shutter Speed: 25
Aperture: f/4

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 200
Aperture: f/7.1

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 60
Aperture: f/16

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Quality of light

Reading Notes Option 1

For todays assignment I had the most fun with backlighting. I had never really taken a photo using back lighting before without completely silhouetting my subject. I really wanted to play with back lighting hair. My favorite photo this week was the last one on this post of Bri. In order to not silhouette her I had to meter for the light that was on her face and and not the light behind her. If I were to meter for the light behind her the shutter speed and aperture would have been higher to let less light in. This also would have underexposed Bri's face. Instead, the light behind her is slightly over exposed giving her hair a bright glow.

back lighting
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 250
Aperture: f/22

side lighting
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 320
Aperture: f/4

side lighting
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 50
Aperture: f/5.6

front lighting
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 100
Aperture: f/4.5

back lighting
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 320
Aperture: f/5

Monday, May 27, 2013

Decisive moments and animal portraits at the dog shelter

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 15
Aperture: f/6.3

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 640
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 800
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 640
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 400
Aperture: f/5.6

Sunday, May 26, 2013

portraits of killashandra

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 400
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 320
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1000
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 400
Aperture: f/5.6

Thursday, May 23, 2013

decisive moments

"I can do it on my own daddy"

ISO: 800
Shutter Speed: 1000
Aperture: f/5.6

Eternity

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 800
Aperture: f/5.6

New Beginnings

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 400
Aperture: f/4

First Date

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 100
Aperture: f/9

True Love

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 100
Aperture: f/9

This Isn't My Scooter

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 100
Aperture: f/5.6

C'mon Slow Pokes!

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 100
Aperture: f/5.6

Sneak Attack

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 500
Aperture: f/5.6

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Reading notes option 3

I see this man sitting at Mama Mia's every morning by himself. He is always just staring off into the distance smoking his cigarette. I was very intrigued by him. Today, I went up to him to see if I could learn more about him. I sat down at his table and discovered that he spoke virtually no english. The owner of Mama Mia's stood by me and translated for me. He was such a sweet old man and told me (in greek) that i should be in a vase of water because I am pretty like a flower. When he agreed to let me take his picture I wanted to try a couple different things. With this picture, I wanted to have it be from his perspective. He is never looking at the other customers or interacting with anyone; he is just always staring out into the distance. I set the aperture low to create a shallow depth of field to blur the background. My hope was to create mystery in what he was gazing at. I didn't feel as though his eyes or the front of his face were the most interesting part about him; his disposition was what intrigued me.

Portraits

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 200
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 800
Aperture: f/5

ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 500
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 1600
Shutter Speed: 30
Aperture: f/5.6

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Implied motion and decisive moments

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 200
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 1000
Aperture: f/5.6

ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 30
Aperture: f/11

ISO: 1600
Shutter Speed: 30
Aperture: f/6.3

Monday, May 20, 2013

"The Face of the Greek Gyro"

The objective of this assignment was to shoot pictures that would fit one of 4 magazines given to us by our professor Tamara. Since I am in Greece, I chose the magazing Condé Nast Traveler. I wanted to focus on the food aspect of the Traveler. There is this little hole in the wall restaurant call Gyro Stop that we probably spend too much of our money at. The gyros from there are delicious! Every time we walk in there the main worker (possibly the owner), Illia, helps us learn greek. He is so nice to us and gives us a discount every time we eat there. This restaurant isn't sugar coated on the outside. People don't choose to eat here because of the extravagant appearance. This is a place that the locals love to eat at because of the kind face of Illia and his fast, friendly, service.