Photos from Class 2

16 years ago - #NYC#photography

Here are photos from our second photo walk. This walk was done in and around Bryant Park. The clouds were wreaking havoc with our settings, so we had to be nimble - and many of my photos came out too dark.

We spent a lot of time working on portraiture in real light situations. Emmanuel showed us various lighting techniques, such as using a reflector. We also experimented with using slow shutter speeds around a fast moving subject for effect.

After the formal part of our class, we were given time to wander around the park and take candid shots. That is not an easy task. I'm not very fast with the camera yet, and people get very uncomfortable if they see you staring a camera at them for a good 30 seconds. A lot of us developed a technique in which we would aim the camera just to the side of the subject, get the settings right, and then quickly point at the subject and take the shot.

I was very happy with a lot of these photos. I even caught a picture of Tom Sproat smiling! That's more rare than any National Geographic nature shot.

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The first review of my homework for my photography lighting class went well. He gave me a specific challenge: to photograph objects instead of people. I clearly enjoy photographing people and he wanted us to start working outside of our comfort zone.
I'm a bit behind on my posts about photography class. Week 6 was all about black and white photography. I was hoping to bring in some male nudes, but all of my friends were shockingly prudish! I'm trying to figure out if that's because in the age of the internet, people just don't want someone to take nude photos of them. Or perhaps none of my friends trust me. Or perhaps the younger generation just isn't as comfortable stripping for art. Hmmm...
I missed the 4th week of photography class, so I'll jump right into week 5. This week in class, we started using soft boxes - which are big boxes of fabric you put over a light to direct all the light in one direction. There's a flat white part where the light emits, which diffuses the light.