Photography: Boston: Ice

Photography: Boston: Fourth of July

Afternoon skyline

Cambridge

Dusk skyline

fire works!

Zoomed in while using a long exposure

my favorite fireworks of the night

Architectural Photography: Photo Walk

These photos were all taken using my Cannon Rebel XT with a Cannon Telephoto Lens (55-250).  Instead of having class inside, my class met at Beacon Hill in Boston to walk around and take photos at sunrise.  The intensity of the shadows was the best part of shooting during this time.  I am really interested as you may know in Macro photography, so most of my photos represent the architecture of Beacon Hill in this way.

Architectural Photography: Metering

 

 I wanted to capture all zones 0-10.
0= sky
10= dark alcove

 

Zones 0 to 10

I wanted to capture the detail of the entire scene, so I used a high f-stop (smaller diameter) to do so.

0= sky and high light on concrete
10= alcove 

 

I wanted to capture Zones 0-10.

I'm not sure if this means that I actually did capture the blackest black and the whitest white.  There is no absolute white or black in the photo, which I took as a good thing because the high and low ends of the photo are not burned out. But when using the zone system do I need to have these values in the photo?

0= sky and facade
10= lower right and flag poles

Photography: Pinhole Camera

These are images from my attempt at Pinhole photography.  The camera was constructed using this method: Pinhole Camera Instructions.  They look pretty odd; over and under exposed, but it is a very interesting method of photography.  Not sure if I will ever do it again, but it was an interesting experience.

My friend Jill and I tried using this method at first: YouTube Link.  We found that this method was very difficult to construct... the video was very simple to follow but once created the film kept popping out of the holders, and all of the film was over or under exposed.  Jill and I think that this was because of the tape we used.  We added layer after layer of tape, yet we did not use electrical tape.  When we created the match box camera, we used electrical tape, which I feel helped keep more light out.

Here are the photos......

 

15 second exposure

 20 second exposure

 

45 second exposure

 15 second exposure

20 second exposure

 

30 second exposure

 10 second exposure

 10 second exposure

 10 second exposure

 10 second exposure

 5 second exposure

Travel: New York City: Empire State Building: 1.12.10

 

 All of these photos were taken from the top of the Empire State Building.

Photography: The Mission Church: Boston

Yesterday we had some very weird weather... (typical Boston weather none the less) I tried to capture the snow flurries in front of the Mission Church.  The sky kept burning out... I had a lot of trouble getting the metering correct.  I tried photoshopping the image to get some color into the sky, but it just looks really grainy and distorted.... I'm sure there will be many more chances for me to take photos in the snow this winter!!

Architectural Photography: Flickr Site

Site for Arch 590 Architectural Photography Elective

Above is the link for my class's photo site.

Photography: RAW: Night Photography, Boston