Photo Story
20 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
The final photo story is supposed to be like a big feature, kind of like what you see on the New York Times Lens blog. While I certainly don’t claim to be anywhere near that level, I did my best. I wanted to do something interesting so I photographed rifle training at the West Side Rifle and Pistol Range. The experience was a lot of fun and I was lucky enough to learn to shoot a .22 Luger semi-automatic rifle. So don’t mess with me.
NYC Marathon
20 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
Now this was by far my favorite photojournalism assignment. Absolutely incredible experience and very uplifting in a strange way because of how genuinely supportive the crowd was. I think the best part of it for me was that I didn’t have to leave my apartment because it ran right out side the building. That fact was especially helpful given the fact that the night before was Halloween and I got home a little late.
Overview, Medium and Close-up
20 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
This assignment was about taking pictures that do exactly what the title of the post describes. I went to the pumpkin festival in Central Park before Halloween since I thought that would offer an interesting environment. The festival was great, though they did run out of free pumpkins by the time I arrived. Here are some of the photos.
Four Corners
20 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
The point of this assignment was to go to an interesting intersection in NYC and photograph what typically goes on there. On the advice of a coworker, I decided to stand on 116th and St. Nicholas in Harlem. Ironically enough, I’ll be living off of St. Nicholas when I move to my new apartment, though the cross street is a far higher number. The intersection was a pretty happenin’ place and I even got a kid throwing an expletive-laden tantrum after his lunch was stolen. Enjoy.
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- My professor quite enjoyed this photograph. I liked the way it looked because of the cool curviness of the building.
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- Thought this was a sort of strange combination of elements. On a side not, she did not want me to take pictures of her.
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- Thought there was a sort of interesting tragedy to these people just sitting in front of this building.
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- Here’s the kid who had his lunch stolen. Pretty proud of how I caught him in that moment of anger.
Environmental Portraits
02 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
So for this photo assignment, we had to do what are called “environmental portraits.” The point of these kinds of photos is to show how a person’s environment can help define them. We were supposed to show people in their environment and how they interact with it. I had a hard time picking a subject, but thanks to a friend’s suggestion I thought of photographing hot dog vendors. Unfortunately, trying to get one of those guys to agree to be photographed is harder than trying to get that pretentious idiot in your class to give you a straight opinion. You know who you are.
Anyway, after many turndowns, and despite promises to purchase hot dogs might I add, I finally decided to ask the man who owns the newspaper stand on Waverly and Broadway. Since Mr. Kim’s such a stand-up guy, he agreed. And I must say, he’s a great subject. Totally cooperative and very nice. So here are the photos. Hope you enjoy them.
Stopping/Showing Motion
01 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
For this assignment we had to take picture that showed or stopped motion. This mostly involved aperture manipulation and that kind of stuff. I did a little work at Times Square again and then the rest of it was just sort of trying to find enough moving stuff in low-lit places.
A Little Change of Plans
01 Nov 2009 Leave a Comment
As I wrote in my first post, this site was intended solely for assignments for one class. However, things have changed and any further blogging for that class has become optional. So I’ve decided to add a few assignments from my photojournalism class. So really what you guys are getting from this are pictures. I usually take a few hundred pictures, but I’ll only choose the best ones and post them here.
To start I’m going to post a few shots from my first assignment NYC Scenes which I did at Times Square. There’s already one shot from that on a post on Times Square’s atmosphere, but here are the rest.
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