"Dramatic Sunset."

This was taken in my backyard!

I noticed the sun was setting when I looked out my bedroom window. I grabbed my camera and rushed outside to take a few pictures. This was the one that I liked the most. I'm not quite sure but the old sneakers hanging on the branch compliments the photo nicely.

Visit to Jim Lennon's Studio

First, I'd like to thank professor Naideau for giving me the opportunity to meet Jim Lennon at his studio in Hauppauge, NY. I was very impressed! When I first walked into the studio I noticed it was very neat and organized. The studio itself was like the perfect size. If I ever open up a studio it would definitely be a similar set up, not too big; not too small. What really strikes me the most is the camera he was using.... 52,000 dollars?!?!? The clarity and sharpness that his HASSELBLAD produces is unbelievable. Another thing that I really liked was the workflow he uses. Its like almost impossible to have an error or lose an image when Jim and his wife's daily procedures. The visit to his studio was definitely something I would love to do again. I feel like i could sit there and ask questions all day.

"The Reform of Art."

The images were shot at "5PTZ" in long island city. 5PTZ is an outdoor exhibit space in New York where legendary artist/writers from all over the world come and paint on the 200square-foot building walls. Painters must show the building owner a portfolio of there work in order to obtain a permit that enables them to paint on the walls. The 5PTZ curator has set a goal to convert the 5 story building into a graffiti art museum. 

I choose to use these images for our "Social Reform" project in Digital 1. The objective of the project was to capture modern day change in society. I decided i wanted to come to 5PNTZ and photograph the ART. I really wanted to show how art has changed over the generations. I have other images that actually show painters actually coming together and making a mural on the walls, which to me, defines "Social Reform" -NIVLEK

"INFARED CITY."

This image was taken in Long Island City at a board walk which gives you an amazing look of NYC. I initially went to this spot with out my camera! Can you believe that?!? I knew I'd have to come back with my camera ASAP. One of the reasons why i prefer driving to NYC rather than take a train is because you can drive around aimlessly and run into scenes like this one. The first time i found myself at this spot my friends and I went to "5PNTZ" to look at the art work on the buildings then drove around the area looking for something "interesting." We noticed this park/board walk and gasped as we walked towards the view. The following weekend, I grabbed my friend and went to both 5PNZ and this spot and took over 100 images that day. I used a bunch of different filters to give the photos different moods and effects. I liked how this image looked with the red filter, that explains why the image is red. Overall, i had a great day and will go back when its snowing to see what i can get. -NIVLEK

"My Dream Gig."

Here's a video I found on the web on Car Photography. I found this video EXTREMELY interesting. I sent it to Professor Naidaeu, he enjoyed the video too. I thought I would share it with all of you guys. Click the link below and Enjoy.

http://vimeo.com/glosspostproduction/porschecgimakingofglosspostproduction

"Hood Fame's MURDERED OUT ES1 CIVIC."

Our assignment was to take an image that would appear as the front cover of the magazine we subscribed to. The magazine I choose was "Super Street" which is one of the more popular magazines for Import/Tuner cars. Right off that bat I knew I had to take a motion photo. Almost 8/10 Images on the cover are "rolling shots". The second task for me was finding the right car. Thankfully, I found someone that would participate as soon as I asked. Being that the majority of my friends on Facebook are car enthusiast made it very easy to find a car. I simply asked if anyone was willing to participate for a class assignment and that I need to take a rolling shot of a car. Ant, Owner of this 2001 Civic was the first person to reply to my post, so he was the winner haha. It all worked out perfectly cause I was going to give him a call if noone was willing. Ant is part of a local group of car enthusiast that go by the name "Hood Fame." They probably have one of the most "eye catching" group of cars on Long Island.

Overall I was satisfied with the way this image came out, it's nice and sharp and the background isn't too distracting. For anyone that is interested in doing these types of shots, i suggest that you take a HUGE amount of photos. Out of 50 i took i was probably satisfied with 5! It looks like we were going super fast in this photo but in reality we were actually going about 20mph. I used a very slow shutter speed and followed the car with my camera. This was the only image i got to edit, i will probably post another depending on the results. Enjoy.  -NIVLEK

"Disturbed Reading."

On saturday 10/22/2011 I met up with Professor Colombraro and her History of Photography class at Penn station. We walked into Chelsea, NY and visited multiple art galleries. It was definitely worth going, I seen some really interesting stuff. From the moment we got out of penn station i started snapping away. NYC has such a different vibe than Long Island. I feel like everything is picture worthy when i'm out there. Out of all the photo's I took that day, this one struck me the most for me.

The image was taken at the Lisette Model Self Reflections exhibition on west 24th street. This was actually someones office space! I had to double take when i seen this. At first it looked like a peaceful library like setting but then i seen that image on the wall. This for me MADE this photo. (oh yeah, the whole in the wall is awesome too) I decided to name it "Disturbed Reading." I choose this name because  this setting was like an Oxymoron, to the right its a normal person reading and then you have this scary image to the left of her looking right at her. I feel this image was successful, I really like this one.
-NIVLEK