Tuesday, May 25, 2010
May, 25th...Finaly Blog
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday, May 24th
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Week Two Blog
In the beginning of senior project I made a list of places I wanted to photograph and for the most part I achieved all of them. I did not end up taking pictures of the United Nations and Ground Zero. I decided that those were not things that I felt a connection too, I realized that they were more of tourist attractions. The twin towers were such a presence in New York and the 911 a day filled with horrible memories, most New Yorkers choose not to go visit ground zero. I have never been, which is why I realized it would not play as an appropriate picture in my book. Because I decided not to take pictures of these two things I took pictures of New York City Schools. When I lived in New York I attended the Hewitt School, Manhattan school are different form others schools because they are in old brown stones and are generally very small. I also ended up taking many more pictures in central park than planed, such as pictures of statues, multiple ponds and the carousel. I thought that those had more to do with making New York a wonderful place than the more obvious things such as ground zero and the UN.
What I thought was challenging this week was putting my book together and not having enough time to go back and re-shoot sights. I did not think it was going to be so hard to edit down and decide what pictures I wanted to place in my book. I planned on my book being around fifty pages and it ended up being seventy-five. For some reason I was not able to get good pictures of Saks, the National History Museum and St Patrick’s on 5th Ave because of the construction. Over all I am extremely happy with the out come of my book, I put a lot of hard work into it. This book has made me reconnect to the city I grew up in; over the past few years I have not been able to spend time in the city. There is nothing that could have made me happier than being able to take pictures and walk around New York, rediscovering all of the amazing things that it has to offer. I cannot wait for it to arrive to see the final outcome.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 22nd
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday, May 21st
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Thursday, May 19th
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Wednesday, May 19
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, May 18th
Monday, May 17, 2010
Monday, May 17th
Sunday, May 16, 2010
End of Week Blog, May 16th
There were a few things that I found challenging this week. I did not think it was going to be so difficult to take pictures in the city but the harsh light and shadows have made it harder that I originally thought. Once I got adjusted to my new camera and figured out the correct time to shoot it became much easier. I also realized that editing down my pictures is going to be a lot more challenging because already after only one week of shooting I have around 1,000 pictures.
My favorite place I have taken pictures of so far is central park and the view of the city from the empire state building. I forgot how beautiful the park is and how many cool places there are to explore. It is really amazing that you can be lying in the grass next to Turtle Pond and Belvidere castle and have a view of the New York sky line. Even though getting up to the top of the empire state building was a challenge because of all the long lines, once I reached the top it was beautiful. I have only been to the empire state building for meetings with my mother but had never actually been to the top. The two hour wait to get to the top made it so I had a view of the city during sun set, which was beautiful and made it worth the wait.
Today I went on snap fish and started uploading pictures that I plan to put in my book as well as learning how to further use the site. I also plan to use photo shop to perfect some of my finally photos. I am extremely tired from walking around so much yesterday so I am going to rest and do work in my apartment until tonight when I plan to take night pictures.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Saturday, May 15th
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, May 14th
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday, May 13th
Things I took pictures of today: 5th ave, Barneys, Bloomingdales, Bloomingdale's subway stop, Bergdorf’s, street performers, person dressed up as the statue of liberty, hot dog venders, carriage horses, central park, Alice and wonderland statue, Balto statue, Wolman’s rink, carousel, great lawn, reservoir, parks, the pond with sail boats, turtle pond, the MET, the Guggenheim, Mr. softies, The Boathouse, and more
This evening I came home and discovered that since I have already taken over 1,000 photos there was no more space on my computer, so I went threw and deleted old photos and uploaded documents to my external hard drive to create more space on. I then spent over two hours editing and organizing the photos I have taken so far.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Wednesday, May 12
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 11
Monday, May 10, 2010
Mondy, May 10th
1) famous streets
2) Federal Reserve Bank on wall st
3) statue of liberty
4) Ellis island
5) viand dinner
6) mansion dinner
7) moonstruck dinner
8) Subways
9) Penn station
10) Grand central
11) French fry place
12) st marks place
13) taxis
14) great lawn
15) reservoir
16) central park
17) Alice and wonderland stature
18) pond in park
19) Wolman rink
20) zoo
21) Rockefeller center
22) Mr. softies
23) parks
24) nail place
25) h and h bagels
26) barney Greengrasses bagels
27) Hudson river
28) famous church
29) the plaza
30) Blarneys
31) Bloomingdales
32) Bergdorf’s
33) 5th Ave
34) f a o shorts
35) carriage horses
36) Chrysler building
37) empire state building
38) UN
39) hot dog venders
40) east river
41) Triboro bridge
42) Brooklyn bridge
43) museums: MET, MOMA, Natural history, Guggenheim
44) Yankee stadium
45) toys r us
46) china town
47) 42nd street
48) ground zero