Project 8: The Stolen Moments of Life (Street Photography)

ISO: 200, S: 400, F/9

"Leap of Faith"

ISO: 200, S: 400, F/9

"The Curiosity of Three Generations "

ISO: 800, S: 500, F/5.6

"Stolen Second in Time"

ISO: 400, S: 1,250, F/4.5

"An Instant Memory"

ISO: 200, S: 200, F/4

"Reading the World Around Him"

ISO: 800, S: 40, F/4.5

"A Candle Lit for the Loved"

ISO: 400, S: 4000, F/4.5

"A Pause In Life"

ISO: 400, S: 4000, F/4.5

"Waiting for the Right Moment"

Project 7 - Stranger Shoot (Doin' the Creep)

ISO: 200, S: 80, F/4

This is Stefanos he is from the Czech Republic and moved to Santorini 15 years ago with his family. He graduated with a graphic design degree but could not find work on Santorini for that field. He went to his other passion which is making drinks. When he was younger he would over drink by getting drunk at least 3 times a day for 109 days out of the year. He is now past that dark time in his life and has not had a full drink since 2007. Today his focus is on making people innovative drinks and enjoying conversation. When I saw him he just seemed deep in thought and I was curious to get to know his story. I was having a difficult time getting the right exposure on him because he was standing in an outdoor bar at noon. I had to do many shots but he was patient to get the correct exposure by adjusting the shutter speed to let in more light and Stefanos was still enough for me to have a lower shutter speed. The ISO was set to 200 which I felt was as low as it would go for this shot and my lens was set to 70mm. I wanted to create a storytelling apertures how Peterson describes it with the foreground subject, middle-ground subject, and background subject. The foreground subject was a mixed drink in front because I felt it was important to show a drink of his own creation to set the stage but it is blurred because it is not the most important part in the scene. The middle-ground subject is Stefanos because he is the main character in the story and everything around him needs his influence, which is why he is in focus. The background subject is the bar behind him which shows his daily atmosphere to complete his story, but it is again not the most important part of the shot so that is why it is blurred. This is why I created some depth of field for the storytelling purpose, because it was more powerful to me to describe Stefano’s passion for his work.

ISO: 200, S: 400, F/4

ISO: 200, S: 160, F/4

ISO: 400, S: 1600, F/4

ISO: 400, S: 80, F/4

Project 6: The Lovely Mariah

 ISO: 800, S: 640, F/5.6

This girl is awesome! Mariah has a wonderful infectious bubbly personality. She loves everything about life and appreciates the present moment. She is all about having a good time. This was my favorite picture because it enraptures Mariah's crazy fun character. I used her legs to frame the photo because her pants were so colorful. It was such a joy taking photos of her because there was always a smile and a sense of adventure to try something new!

ISO: 800, S: 1000, F/5.6

ISO: 800, S: 640, F/5.6

ISO: 800, S: 400, F/5.6

ISO: 800, S: 1250, F/5.6

Project 5: Nibblet's Grand Santorini Adventure!

ISO: 400, S: 800, F/11

Our very own Nibblet is taking BREW to heart and is setting out for Santorini, Greece. His travel companion Wes helps him arrive to the blissful island. Nibblet first has to enjoy a local favorite gyros with a lemon Fanta by the pool side. After a good night’s rest Nibblet decides to hit the beach and in the rays and goes swimming with Stephanie. Nibblet is feeling extra thirsty and had to grab some more lemon Fanta before the afternoon nap. Off in the distances Nibblet sees some locals jumping of the cliff and decides to try is out. While climbing up the cliff Nibblet stops to enjoy a local church and the sights. Nibblet is scared at first but does it! Nibblet then goes back to the beach and stares off at the cliff with pride for what was accomplished. 

ISO: 200, S: 2000, F/8

ISO: 200, S: 640, F/8

ISO: 200, S: 640, F/8

ISO: 200, S: 200, F/8

ISO: 400, S: 1000, F/11

ISO: 200, S: 200, F/16

ISO: 200, S: 500, F/8

Project 4: Song Lyrics - "A Lesson Never Learned"

ISO: 400, S: 20, F/5

"This is not my true face"

“A Lesson Never Learned” – Asking Alexandra

Asking Alexandra is a British metalcore band which is my favorite metal genre. The reason why I choose this song is because this is when the band was struggling through drug addiction. The song feels so real, raw, and screams with passion from their challenges. With my photos I want to capture their hopelessness and misery. I wanted to use a lot of depth of field in my photos to make certain body parts like ears, eyes, and knees stand out the most with sharpness, because that’s what the lyrics focus on. I choose the monochrome setting with the contrast at the highest setting to give the sense of darkness, despair, and struggle. For all the photos my white balance was set to tungsten because it gives a blueish tint to everything so I felt that it would make my pictures a little darker.

ISO: 200, S: 400, F/9

"It's rotten, it's poison"

ISO: 400, S: 2000, F/11

"It's time to choose your side, so choose your side"

ISO: 400, S: 1600, F/11

 "Get off your knees"

ISO: 400, S: 100, F/5.6

"Hear me now"

ISO: 200, S: 250, F/9

"Could be the end of the world"

ISO: 200, S: 100, F/9

"I'd still be laid here on my own, wasting my life away"

ISO: 400, S: 30, F/5.6

"Fuck"

Project 3: Green Color Scheme

ISO: 200, S: 60, F/11

ISO: 400, S: 160, F/5.6

ISO: 400, S: 320, F/8

 The color assigned to me was green, so I instantly thought of plants. I saw these cute little plants by the Studio Mario’s pool which caught my eye. I wanted to play off of the green by adding my red sunglasses and warm brown chair. Green and red are complementary colors according to the wheel. I blurred out the chair because I wanted the focus to be on the plant and glasses. In the reflection of the glasses is a green awning next to a white building. I tied the white into the rest of the photo by adding white pebbles to the silver ash tray. By doing this I balanced all of the different colors in the shot.

ISO: 400, S: 400, F/8

ISO: 400, S: 400, F/8

Project 3: White Balence

ISO: 400, S: 60, F/5 

For the white balance assignment I wanted to have a similar setting for the focus to be on the different white balance settings. Peterson describes that white balance is measured in Kelvins with a warm hue being around 2,000 to 4,000 K and 7,000 to 11,000 being cool. With my photos I wanted to use the white balances to tell a story of how the different shades make us feel. For example the first shade I used was cloudy, which adds a yellowish orange to the present light. This was shot inside on a white table with a mirror behind it. I choose this spot because of the mirror to play around with reflection and also I felt the white space would really demonstrate this change with just the white balance. 

ISO: 400, S: 60, F/5 Flash

ISO: 400, S: 60, F/5 Shadow

ISO: 400, S: 60, F/5 Tungsten

ISO: 400, S: 60, F/5 Fluorescent

Project 2: Exposure & Aperture Shoot

ISO 100, S 200, F 3.5

This was my exposure shot, shooting a side street creepy mannequin that was in the shadows. Peterson’s example was a man in the shadows with the correct exposure on his face and the background being intentionally over exposed. I tried to do that with my mannequin being correctly exposed the wall being over exposed because it wasn’t under the same shade. When I took this shot I was also under to shade. It was the middle of the day so I set my ISO at 100 in order for it to be correctly balanced. 

ISO 100, S 2000, F 3.5

ISO 400, S 3, F 8.0

ISO 400, S 8, F 3.5

This is my aperture photo that is trying the blur effect by focusing on the depth of filed. Peterson suggests I controlled the amount of light by opening my aperture to the brightest setting I have which is F 3.5. I was also shooting right after sunset so I needed to pick up as much light as possible so I also needed a lower shutter speed. Instead of shooting a depth of field shot with Peterson’s example of a flower, I did an ash tray filled with rocks. The rocks helped me contrast against the white table as well as getting my camera to focus on the ash tray. This effect took me 20 tries which was frustrating because in order for my camera to focus on the ash tray instead of the background, was finally achieved holding my button down halfway and getting close to the ash tray. Peterson describes the 3 most important factors of depth of field the focal length, distance between the focused subject and I, and the aperture. Which I felt I utilized correctly given my 2 aperture settings and time of day.

ISO 400, S 14, F 3.5 

Project 1: Bad Photos

I look photoshoped into the picture due to the auto and flash setting being on.

Emily’s face is blurry and cropped and the beach is uninteresting.

This is the Greek flag and it is extremely overexposed as well as it being in the center and part of the roof being in the corner.

These are odd windows on the side of a plain white building. The shot is underexposed and a little blurry with the top of the tree being focused

This shot is underexposed with the railing and rope being in the way.