View Down Town

I had the chance to walk around the center of New Haven. The way the buildings cross eachother when looking through them at the sky. One picture was taken in between (courtyard) the Federal post office and all of the city hall buildings. I had fun walking aroud down town for homework and being able to get some things done off my to do list!!

The other picture is an allie way between a building and a bank on Church st. I was actually on my way to the bank when the frame of the building caught my eye. Then I saw the arrow on the ground and I decided to take the picture.

portraits

Begnning my work on portrait in natural light. This is my grandaughter Camryn. I have a commitment from my daughter Jaime to work with me and pose for a few. (not the mom) and she said yes. She is an art student. Stay tuned. Julie

Deep shadows, brilliant highlights

I like the lighting in the first photo. Something about the light and shadow makes it somewhat somber. This second photo happened by accident. It's a shot of a roof window taken during the day in natural light in my living room, and the ceiling is in fact painted white. I think it's neat. I altered it a little bit more in Photoshop, and this image can be seen on Fotothing.

Macro

Here are my two favorite macros. The tomato is almost ready for picking. The flower looks like it is dancing! I am going to continue working on macros. I think they turn out very interesting and give you another perspective on plant and animal life from the closest point of view!

Shadows and Light Week 4

These are my shadow and light entries to our blog. I was able to borrow my friends camera for the moon shot. With his camera (a Nikon D50, real nice! Thanks Ross) I was able to attach it to my telescope to get the moon photos. I took it with the intention of getting the shadow line of the moon in better detail, but after 50 or so pictures, I was not able to get the results that I wanted. I felt this photo was the best of the bunch I took. The shadows on the moon are awesome and very dimensional when viewed through the telescope and that is what I was hoping to capture that during this shoot. The cloud photo was taken while I was at a car show and a storm rolled in. The definite line of the storm cloud and the blue sky was amazing.

Shadows and Light

Here are my shadows and light photos. I will continue to experiment with this assignment. I had some late afternoon light coming through my skylights and I thought I would take advantage of the moment. At the same time it was time to relax after a hard Monday at work so I took advantage of that too!!! You can guess from the photo! The sunny photo is above my umbrella on my deck. Julie

Sunlight - Palm Tree

Hey everyone, it's me again with photo #2 for this weeks assignment. I told you guys that I took a trip to Manning, SC. Well this is my second choice for this week. I zoomed in onto the top of a beautiful Palm Tree and I was just lucky enough to capture some of the beautiful blue sky and clouds above the Palm that day. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did. Until next week. (Boy was it hot in South Carolina)

Peace, Bridget Franklin

Shadows

Hello everyone, It's me "Bridget Franklin". I Hope all is well with everyone. I just got back from a trip to Manning, SC. It was definitely hot there. If you check out some of the photo's I posted on Fotothing, you'll see a picture of the top of a beautiful Palm Tree I took. The picture on this Blog is a Self Shadow of myself in my back yard. It's amazing what you can do with a camera when you put a little effort into it. I could decide on which of the photo's I liked best, so I decided to go with this since this weeks assigment was on shadows and light. I hope you like it

Beaches

HI everyone, I am a little behind. Had a business trip and a prior rainy weekend. I just got to the beach today. It was a perfect day. I took my mom on the photo shoot and also shared with her tips from this class for her since she just purchased a new digital camera. See my other photos on my fotothing. I like these pictures because they are tranquil and sparkling on such a clear day.

Macros! Macros! Macros!

Here are my two best photos for Macro week. First shot is the strawberries we picked from Bishops Orchard. I had to find the perfect light in the backyard for this one. It took awhile but well worth it. Strawberries anyone???

The second shot was taken early in the morning in my garden. When I went outside that morning, my first thought was not to take pictures of the wet leaves. But as I was walking around I noticed how pretty the morning dew looked on the plants and then voilà...some pretty cool macro shots when you didn't plan on finding any!

Week Five (5) God is in the Details

Perrotti's Nursery
New Haven, CT

No sooner did I reach for my camera, the sun departed and I was left with an overcast of clouds, and yet the flowers continued to shine...
For more see Susan's portfolio

I had to wait a few days to get these because we had a trip planned to the New Haven's Lighthouse Park and Carousel. The pictures were taken around dusk 7:30pm. I still have to learn how to take picture were the sun is beaming straight at me. This picture above is from inside the Carousel house facing out to Long Island Sound.

this picture below is of the Lighthouse itself which also has a house built below it. Were almost were able to go uptop but the staff wanted to go home for the night.

Wildemere Beach

The beach across the street from our house is seeing a bit of renewed interest and while more and more houses go up for sale, there are still a few reminders that this was (very recently) a rough and tumble working class neighborhood moreso than a weekend getaway for the neuveau riche. The shape of the outlet of the stormpipe always draws my attention for some reason.

I like this photograph because it captures the edge of a pond in great detail---the "little details" of pond life are the focus. I am trying to concentrate on the fine points as opposed to the bigger picture. I also like how the light is reflected here.

Step into (or out of) the liiiiight!

Ok, I had a blast this week with these shots. I found myself looking at the lights and shadows of EVERYTHING! The first one with the window was taken at my father's new house. As he was giving the tour...I was taking pictures. We went at around 7pm and I was lucky I got the shot when I did, because there is a big hill that was just about to steal my sun.

The last shot is the chandelier from below. I like this one because I got creative with iPhoto and made it look like a the burning sun!

The middle shot is my favorite for this week. It was taken early in the morning at my home. The sun shines perfectly on the front of the house. I am lovin' the sunny days!! Awesome assignment this week!

Shadows and Light

Taken from my back deck

This flash of light is the sun beaming through a skylight

Entrance: light reflecting through the windows, and doors on the floor

These photos were taken early this morning in, out, and around my house.

Minor Martin White

He started studying plant biology (Botany) with a minor in English, to poetry to photographer, to studying aesthetics and art history; he was an editor, curator, and co-founded the magazine Aperture, he taught at Rochester Institute of Technology and MIT...I wonder what he did in his spare time?

When I see a photograph that I connect with either spiritually, emotionally, or mentally, and then the photo lingers in my mind after it is no longer in my sight, I'm glad to know it has a name - "Equivalence" - reading the suggested articles help me identify with what I am trying to convey, and builds my "photo lingo".

Thanks!
Susan
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Rocks & Sand - Week 3

Good evening everyone it's me, "Bridget Franklin" giving you a taste of one Milford, Connecticut's beautiful beach shores. Both photo's where taken at low tide. The photo on the top is of a wall of rocks that protects one of Milford's local neighbor from the high tides. The distance from the street level down takes about twenty steps to walk in order to get to the sand area. This is where I am stood to take this picture.

The second photo is a close up shoot of the sand. As you can see, the ripple effects low tide has on the sand. So if you look at the top of picture two, the ocean is just beyond the horizon. I hope you like the two picture I choose as my best for this week. I upload several others on fotothing. Please feel free to check them out. Until next week, stay cool.

On the Beach

These were taken in Milford at Silver Sands beach about an hour before sunset. I tried to concentrate on the light and the textures. I find it amazing, when I'm struggling to find the right shot and it just appears. For instance, I've never thought the lifeguard tower on the beach would make for a good shot, but the way the clouds were that evening, it just wanted to capture that view.

Ansel Adams Photographer - Biography

All his photos are magnificent because he captures the pure, raw, beauty of the outdoors. I was about five years old when I saw my first Ansel Adams photograph - it hung in my parents reading room - even today I still find it as hauntingly beautiful as I did than. - Moonrise Hernandez -

By the Sea

Branford Point
A place where I go to exhale...

This reminded me of the surface of the moon...

The Sun

Hello,

I am looking forward to take pictures along the shore...but where is the sun?

Susan
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dark stairway.

These 2 shots were taken inside of Heindre Hall at Yale University. I tried really hard in these shots to keep things really even on all sides. The building is 6 floors with 20' high ceilings and no elevator, so this staircase is huge, the windows have a slight glaze on them so you can't see out but its just enough to light up the staircase. I tried to tie in the darkness of the staircase to the contrast in the always lit up windows to give a feel for the age of the building. The detail in the windows and the railings is something you rarely see anymore, the latice under the railings is all stone the whole way up the staircase that has more detailing not shown here. A lot of people that work in this building will be sad to see it go even though it can be difficult to get around sometimes because of its age and wear that is present everywhere.

I'm not sure that I set up my fotothing correct, so here's the url: http://www.fotothing.com/bm222/

West Haven

Hello Everyone!!!! I took these shots in West Haven last week. After taking the pictures, I do wish I had better sun that day. It was full sun around noon...I am learning!! This was an interesting task for me. I am still looking at things, rather than looking to find the beauty and depth in my work.

From all my pictures, I think these two are my best. The first for the poles that seem to be in line with the horizon. And the second because it is a great close-up of one of the nicer shells I found. Until Next week!!!

Downtown New Haven

Here are two photographs I snapped this past Sunday when in New Haven. It was raining on Sunday as you might recall, which resulted in me jumping in and out of the car to get my pictures. In the midst of this, I noticed the shadow of my reflection in the still puddles on the side of the city street and decided to take this:

For this second one, I was immediately drawn to this archway because I love when sculpture meets architecture. I was able to climb onto the base of the arch to get a closer shot and a more interesting angle.

Arch's of Yale.

So I guess that I have an for arches, Yale University has some incredible architecture new and old. I've worked here for years and still find new and cool places to see. The picture above was taken outside Heindre Hall at the Yale School of Music and leads out to the New Haven Green. The Ivy goes up over 6 stories high but can only been seen from this ally way that most people never see. The building is set to be torn down in 2008 so its nice to have these types of photos before the new building goes up.

Below is another arch gateway at Yale leading through to a garden and then eventually another street behind it. I walk this way everyday and have never noticed this spot until I went looking. I really wanted to move the hose but the gardens weren't to sympathetic to me asking. I'm not sure why but I really like the arch ways i've seen, most like this one have the mid-evil style door that leads to stone gardens and walkways.