6 Photo Tips

1- Always look at the background when taking a photo of someone. You don't want a pole or somethings coming out of someones head or a pole going through someones head.

2-Make sure you have space in your phone or memory card for more photos then you think you will take. You never know if you will take a small video or over shoot.

3- There are many free and easy to use photo editors for your phone so you can take a photo, edit it and then share it. Some of the newer cameras have WIFI, so you can connect your camera to your phone and edit photos that way instead of waiting till you get home.

4- Make sure your lens on your phone or camera is clean and not covered by a case or cap when out and about. You never know when you will catch a great moment and forget the cap is on or something is on your phone camera. ( its happened to me a few times)

5- Make sure before you leave that your batteries are charged or you have a charger with you when shooting, its always good to be prepared or have a back up camera to use.

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6- If you want to get this look, expose for the outdoors and use flash. the photo is a quick example of what and why you would want is kind of shot. Like when you look at real estate photos this kind of technique is sometimes used.

Holiday Donation

Every year for the past few years I have gone to this charity event called Have a Bite Help a Family, where all the money made during the event goes to local families who don't have much money for food. The reason I like this event is because it give people money to buy food and food is something we all need.

The event is done by the Chatham HS community service club. Where local restaurants and also local people who want to donate food for people to sample. You can buy ticket books that you use to get food samples. Outside of the food serving area there is the silent auction and ticket bags. The silent auction is large items and also baskets made by the HS classes. Last year I donated small things for the ticket bags, but this year I donated some photos of Chatham. I told my self last year I was going to donate something but was not quite sure. Then one of my photographer friends gave me a bunch of frames and instantly knew what they would be used for. I have always gotten the booklet to sample food and have always won something at the silent auction. I like winning and plus the money goes to a good cause. This year I donated photos to help raise money. The event is every year the Sunday after thanksgiving.  

- At the event this year there were a lot of small things that you can put tickets in and a few things for the silent auction. I won a basket of Chatham and my photos went for a good amount. I had cake, donuts and mac & cheese. There was also live music by a local musician. Also this year there were no ticket books just pay to eat what you want. This was there 6th one.

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Famous Photographer #5

Richard Avedon

Born in 1923 and died 2004, He was known for his great portrait work and his book In The American West.

Richard was the first photographer for The New Yorker and also shot for other publications like the Harper Bazaar and Vogue. He was known to the world as a portrait fashion photographer but id do some more photojournalist work with political events such as the Berlin Wall.

He was very fascinated by faces and the story they told and the complexity with each one. His motto when taking photos was NO. No meant for no props, no background. He wanted his portraits to be simple by using a white backdrop. 

When he was younger he liked to collected well known peoples autographs. Its the same thing when photographs. He shot both medium and large format.

After he photographed his well know series he went back to the west and met up with a few of the people he photographed. (Another term for being photographed is sat in for)

Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me. My concern is... the human predicament; only what I consider the human predicament may simply be my own.
(a photograph is) The death of the moment.
Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.
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CONEY ISLAND CIRCUS

This all started when I was in middle school in an after school program. My dad was friends with the people who were running it. They are a couple who started their own circus company called Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. I did that for a year and my sister as well. Jump to more recent time with photography and unicycle hockey. They knew who I was and they saw my photos and asked if I wanted to help them out by being there photographer. I photograph there after school programs and if they ever want photos of there performances or there learning program. I made a short post about them when I did my big wedding last year. A few weeks ago they asked me if I wanted to go to Cony Island with them and I have never been and I think it would be a fun experience and I can take photos of the city and an abandoned looking (because its still open during the summer) amusement park. So I posted this to me funny photo and caption on FB.

So the real reason why I went was to photograph a youth circus performance at a famous side show theater building. The kids who were in it were from other states and other parts of NY. It was cool to see some a contortionist because I have only seen one on TV. It was also cool to see kids doing something they like doing and have talent and skills at. I do recommend going to this place in person to see all the cool posters and all the cool things they have. This was also my farthest photoshoot I have been on. I did do BW and color of each to see the difference and see what I like more I did want to see how a whole collection looked in BW vs color.

Also I added something new to my Artist page.

Mom Dad I ran away and joining the circus.

Mom Dad I ran away and joining the circus.

These are just some of the photos I took yesterday.

Famous Photographer #4

Henri Cartier Bresson

He was born in 1908 and died in 2004. before he dies his family made a foundation to protect his photos in Paris. He was 95 when he passed away.

One of the pioneers of street photography and catching raw moments of life in front of him. He was one of the photographers work I have seen many ties looking at street photography. He also photographed in other countries besides France where he lived.

Being one of the co-founders of the worlds biggest photo agencies called Magnum. Magnum now has offices in some of the big cities around the world and is still run by photographers. 

Henri was one of the early users of the 35mm camera. He had a leica and mainly had a 50mm and if need be a 90mm lens. He also used a box brownie and a 3x4 camera when he was younger. 

His great grandfather was a painter, so you could say it was in his DNA to be an artists. He did try music but instead tried painting and sculpture. Also of his photographs look like it could be a painting because of his framing. He also did film making.

One thing that can be taken from when Henri did was he did his editing in camera. With cropping he would get closer to what he was focusing on.

"I adore shooting photographs," 
 "It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians—which is my relationship to photography."
"if you have to correct it its the next picture" 
"life is once forever"  
"the question between a good picture and a mediocre picture is millimeters"
"its an expantion of the eye"

He has a famous photo book but its kinda expensive but there is another book thats affordable  Also there is a documentary as well and an interview  

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