El Pooch

I was just fooling around with my camera not too long ago, taking unsuccessful pictures of the fading sunset by hanging myself out my window when I snapped a pic of my pooch. Se llama Mikko and she is the silliest girl in the whole world!

I once heard that a good photographer is able to capture its subjects soul with a single snap of a button. While I do not thing I'm the best photographer, I do think I capture Mikko's soul. Soulful pooch!

I didn't edit this photo at all because its so perfect in all its poochness.

El Invierno es Desnudo

Today the snow fell in clumps. I really enjoyed it for two reasons: 1. my classes were canceled for today, and 2. everything looks so much better with some snow on it.

This picture I took while playing around on my fire escape. We have lights up on the railings, and they looked really erie while the snow was falling. Sad to say, I will not be experiencing the many joys of my fourth-floor fire escape any time soon since my super bolted it shut after we complained cold air was coming through the bottom. This means that if there is indeed a fire in, around, or outside my apartment, me and my wonderful roommate Catherine will be plummeting to our imminent deaths on Arthur Ave.

This picture is entitled, "El Invierno es Desnudo," or "The Winter is Naked," because of the serious black and white tones that pop out while snow is falling. You can see it everywhere, white atop anything with a surface, black concrete on roads, black railings of fire escapes, and black leafless trees. Everything stripped to the bear minimum. No fancy colors. No sun, sunset, or sunrise. Just black and white.

In this picture, I took out most of the green and blue tones from the light and the background. I sharpened it up a bit, blurred the background, and played with the contrast. What I love most about digital photography is playing around with effects and adjustments...saturation, levels, highlights, tone....its all so fun! Although I am fully aware you can play around with these things in the darkroom...but who as time nowadays?

El Primer Dia

¡Bienvenido a mi Blog de arte!

One of my most favorite hobbies is photography. Among other things, photography has been something I've been interested in and practicing for almost four years now. I had an actual photoblog on Photoblog.com, but unfortunately with that site, the formatting and text is limited. Hopefully with this site I can elaborate more on specific photos, edits, emotions, and go into artistic detail.

This photo I took right outside my school, Fordham University in the Bronx. What caught my eye here was the hot yellow colors of the leaves and how they contrasted to the burnt red bricks of the building. What I love most is that this picture invokes the color of fall without being overdramatic. The colors of fall can be overwhelming at times, especially for photographers. And what I hate most is the kitschy autumn photos of rows and rows of trees of every shade of red yellow and orange. In this photo, those colors are represented without the usual flux of trees and foliage. Just a dab of yellow flowers, a whole backdrop of red bricks, and some green paint on the window frames. Yum.