Lecture

They say a picture is worth 1000 words. That an entire image tells a story, yet this image really just speaks and tells the story in one simple word DAMAGED. You really do not need to read into the image on what the photographer wanted to say. Walker Evans just nailed it with this shot. He tells everything he wanted to with the actual word if you remove that and show something that is broken you open it up to tons of interpretations for everyone to yell and scream on what it really means or shows. This image tells you want it wants to say. Walker Evans is a man who can wait until the image shows what he wants to say so it is not really opened to interpretation even if it means "cheating" an image which is done every time you take a photo.

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This a photo i have taken in Ecuador in the streets. It shows the the city of Quito which is the capital. The photo changes depending on where you start looking at it. If it is from the top to bottom you get the packed houses all together all the way down to the taxi coming at you or the opposite from the other way. The somewhat empty street to the tons of houses on the mountain side.
I took this shot of my friend when he was not looking. It was an older camera and was in sepia mode when it was shot so thats why it has that tone. I just love how you dont really see him at first because he matches in with the tree at first. The lines and the color just make it for me. It was a cool tree with low branches that made it easy to climb. My friend will always put on a face or ruin the picture if he knows it is being taken so to have him really just sitting and thinking is nice because though it may seem posed it is very natural.

This is another photo I have taken. This is a Galapagos sea lion. I was very fortunate to visit the Galapagos Islands and this is one of many photos taken. It is amazing how close you can get to animals. I love this because, this little guy seemed to just turn his head and pose for me.

This is another image I have taken. There is no photoshop done. This is a long exposure of a street lamp and the moon. You can see the lamp post if you give it a second look. I like how it looks like the sun and the moon are together in one shot.

This is a photo i took of the Tiffany lights at Ellis Island. These are some of the few original parts that have not been stolen or destroyed mainly because they were to high. I like it because of all of the lines and circles. It shows tells the history of our past and sometimes to look up. Not many people really look at the lights.

This photo was taken by Dr Harold Edgerton. I love how he was able to get a shot like this by using a strobe light. It is also said that he was able to achieve 1/1,000,000,000 of a second exposure. He is known for his famous shot making apple sauce or shooting cards, and his milk drops. It shows the movement of a golfer every step of the way and what it looks like in hitting a ball. I just like how you can see every step of the way. I have always wanted to take a photo like this but could never get

Hi my name is Kevin O'Brien. This is my final year at Montclair. I was originally a photo major but switched over to film my second semester of my first year. I am very interested in cameras, film both for movies and stills as well as digital stuff. I am not a big fan of photoshop and try not to alter my photos that much. I am trying to learn it a bit more just so i know how to use it but shy away from it. The reason i switched was to be able to carry an image over more then just a single shot and see if i can carry that look over an entire movie. I took the only course my high school offered for photography like 4 times because it was fun and the teacher was impressed it was only an intro course but it was time for me to learn my camera and just shoot randomly. I have taken photo 1 here at MSU and am also taking photo 2 right now along with this class. For this class i will be using my Canon 7D I have 2 lenses for it right now a canon 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 and a tokina 11-16 f/2.8. I have shot with many different cameras from konica minolta, nikon, fujifilm, canon. My favorite music: is Flogging Molly but i do listen to a bunch of stuff, Food: sushi, Movie: beetlejuice, Book: One by Richard Bach, TV Show: Psych, Photographer: Dr. Harold Edgerton. The image uploaded is the first photo i ever took with my first camera which was a Konica Minolta Z2 4 megapix camera. I realized that this is something i could do. It may not be the first image i ever took but it was the first one with my camera and i was testing it out even before taking classes I did not know what i was going to do after high school but i just knew after my first day of shooting that maybe i can do something.