Prints

Dear students I left yesterday all the prints in the dark room at Fiorentini. You can pick them up.

My Final Post

Hi Serafino!

I'm so sorry I couldn't make it to the final meeting yesterday.  I had my Italian final 12-2. But here is my final blog. I just want to say thank you so much for everything. I really enjoyed your class and I feel that I learned a lot, not only about the technique of developing film and printing but also about myself as a photographer. I realized that I am extremely fond of portraits and photos of people in general. What I love most about photography is capturing the genuine essence of a person and I will certainly taking pictures!

Julia O'Brien

Thanks

Dear students,

I want to thank you for this intense and passionate semester. I spent with you good days

S.A

Thanks

Dear students,

I want to thank you for this intense and passionate semester. I spent with you good days

S.A

My best picture

The picture I selected is the one taken in Villa Borghese during one of our out-of-class experiences.  Madison, Federico and me were chasing after the main group while shooting some random pictures when we stopped by a small lake where you actually could sail with little boats. The place was packed of ducks and seagulls (no idea what the hell they were doing in the middle of Rome) and we decided to take some pictures of them. It was actually a bit hard to shoot at them, since they would never stop moving. Then, I decided to try to put in practice the skills we learned during the course and set my camera. I increased the shutter speed to be able to catch the birds even though they were moving; put the iso on 400 (because the light was good, but it was a shady area); zoomed in and finally shot the picture. The result really impressed me be cause I was able to catch the birds in movement with an amazing game of lights. This is maybe the best picture I have taken during the whole course and I’m extremely happy of this.

(I was unable to upload the picture, I'll try to do that again later)

Andrea

Green Trails

Out of all the pictures I shot during this semester, the one above is one of my personal favorites. It may be its uniqueness and the satisfaction after taking it while I was experimenting new techniques. In fact what I noticed is that if you go on manual and set the shutter speed at a low rate and then while taking the shot you zoom either in or out quickly enough, you get a sense of movement and of dynamism that is hard to get in with different techniques.

This one in particular was shot in the Lemon Courtyard a beautiful sunny morning, just before midday; the light was pretty intense and the colors already vivid but I decided to try anyway. I pointed the camera toward one of the windows at the first floor, put it in focus, slowed down the shutter speed, and while pressing the button I quickly zoomed out. The result was unexpected, I admit I was surprised by the result; luckily while shooting I twisted my wrist just that little that gave this amusing results. I did some photoshopping later at home to reduce the amount of light in the photo so to give the colors a stronger tone. The green trails in the pic are actually the lemon trees of the courtyard.

I find this photo very artistic and I'm really satisfied with the result I got.

Federico Jarach

Picture description

There is one picture I took this semester which involved most of the concepts we learned during the semester. So I had this beatufil view of rome from the terrace of the Zodiaco in Monte Mario. I had the camera set on A, and I just had to set up the diaphragm becuase the sun was shinning right in front of me. So I closed the diaprhagm in order to capture less light but the picture didn't come out as I thought. I realize that in most pictures you can work with the camera set on A and change only a few things manually. However, in some situations, like this one the manual setting is fundamental. This allows you to take the picture from your own perspective and in a certain way to change reality. So I put the camera on manual and closed the diaphragm, increased the shutter speed, changed the iso to 100  and the ev to +2. The picture did not come as I wished, but better! It is surprising with the manual setting you can "paint your reality"
Eleonora

FINAL MEETING

Dear Students,

The final meeting, (exams) is taking place in Largo dei Fiorentini

THURSDAY - MAY THE 5th from 12:00 to 14:30

Please, in these days write your post with a description of a photos taken by you during the semester.

Final Art Show Spring 2011

John Cabot University

Students, faculty, staff, and friends

Are cordially invited to attend

The end-of semester

Student Art Show

Featuring student work in drawing, painting, and photography  

Opening reception Thursday April 28, 2011

From 5 to 7 pm

    At the Largo dei Fiorentini Art Studio

Refreshments will be served.

Please join to celebrate the students’ hard work

and to visit the new photo and graphic design lab.

Elyse Subatis took the picture selected

Next class Thursday April the 21th

During this class we are going to take pictures to some actors during their performance.
The meeting point is in Piazza Argentina at 2:30 p.m. (in front to TEATRO ARGENTINA)

Please contact me at my mobile if you delay. 3487148071
The performance is starting at 3 p.m. not far from Piazza Argentina

florence and paris

Charlotte

By Rawabi

By Rawabi

By: DAREEN

London

My attempt to get a picture of a pigeon and the London Bridge before the pigeon flew away...

The Animals In War Monument in London

- Katie

DAREEN

Ireland

In Glendalough, Ireland

-Katie

some pictures of the tiber, charlotte

Sitges, Spain Coast

Andim

I wish I had my camera

While during my spring break in Barcelona I was walking with my friend to her Senoras house. The sun was setting and it was almost dark out as we passed the Sagrada Familia. It was the first time I had seen the Sagrada at dusk and I wish I had my camera. There were lights to illuminate the outside of the Sagrada and also the lights inside of it were on causing the beautiful stained glass windows to glow. This was my favorite part because the colors were so vivid, especially in comparison to the night. I regret not having my camera to capture the glowing Sagrada at night.

Andim

Villa Borghese

Elyse

While waiting for a carnival parade a couple of weeks ago I saw a street performer doing some amazing tricks with a plastic ball.
At one moment it seemed that the ball was floating in the air, and the ball had a reflection of the colosseum on it.
It was a beautiful day so there were some shadows and bright colors.


If I had my camera ready I would have certainly made a picture of this moment.
To capture this moment I think I would have set my camera on Av, so that I could change the aperture and the shutter speed would have been automatic. I would have wanted a maximum aperture (F 4,5) of the (telephoto) lens, so that all the focus was on the ball and the hands and a blurry background.
Since there was a lot of light I would have used an ISO of 200/400.


charlotte

La Sagrada Familia

That Picture that was Never Taken

In a botanical garden in Birmingham there was a wall/"painting" made of flowers of all kinds and all different flashing colors. It was mid day the light was perfect and sharp on the wall. In my mind I had the picture of my friend and a blurry background of the wall. This would have turned out to be a a portrait with an explosion of colors/blurry flowers behind her. Unfortunately, I had two main problems: first of all I didn't know how to make the blurry background, but most of all I DID NOT HAVE A CAMERA!

Considering the perfect lighting I would have set my camera with iso 100 (the minimum), an aperture half open in order to avoid the over exposure and a relatively high speed since I would not have needed to capture more light. For the blurry background I would have first focused my camera only on the main subject and then move it in order to include also the background.

Eleonora

Last week I was in Campo dè Fiori, it was a beautiful sunny day. Some people were sat at a bar drinking a glass of white wine. The whole piazza was reflected in the glass. I absolutely wanted to take a picture of the glass, however I didn't had my camera with me. I wish I had it!!!

My sister and her boyfriend have just come to visit me in Rome. Ever since they got here, her boyfriend, Drew, has wanted to share pasta like in "Lady and the Tramp". (He's super goofy) I took them to dinner last night, they shared pasta, and I had no camera. We were sitting at a small table and the restaurant had dim yellow lighting.

It was night time, which would have required me to use 1600 ISO. This would have allowed me to catch more light. Even though, the high ISO setting would produce more noise. Because I was sitting so close to them, I would need to have used a wide angle lens. I would need to use manual setting and the set the aperture to 3.5. 3.5 is the maximum aperture in my wide angle lens. Because I didn't have a tripod, the minimum speed I could have used was 1/15, but to avoid movement of the subject, I would have to tell them to stay still.

La Sagrada Familia ... Worth the entrance fee!

Elyse

The picture I never took

There is one scene that I witness almost every day that I have yet to take a picture of. The tram stop right near my house has a gas station next to it and almost every morning I witness the same series of events. Behind the gas station their is a round red table, with red chairs circling it, and it is usually always vacant. But some mornings their is at least nine very elderly men sitting around the table playing some sort of board or card game. When they are their, the table is full, and their is always two or three men standing around the table watching (or waiting for the next game). They are drinking something, I don't know what, but they all have glass cups or mugs. I witness this from across the street and have yet to walk over to sneak a peak of what they are actually doing. Every day the lighting is different, the wind blowing the trees vary, but it is always the same men. I never have my camera, but if I did I still don't know if I would walk over their to snap a photo. I do not want to disturb anything. My ideal photo shoot would be close up shots of the mens faces, capturing their smiles while they tell jokes, or their more serious faces while deciding on the next move. I would not use a flash. I would also try to take photos from all different perspectives. Directly in front, from below, up high, some maybe as if i were sitting at the table with them. That is the photo that I have yet to take, and may never take.

I would use a telephoto lens to accomplish this. My settings would have a Max aperture  with telephoto lense so that everything except the main subject is blurry. Since the men are sitting in a circular table, I would like to take close up photos of say, one man, but have the man sitting next to him be blurry. 

I wish I had my camera...

Walking on my way to my onsite class yesterday, I passed a business man (presumably on his lunch break) eating a gelato with whipped cream. He had whipped cream on his nose and gelato around his mouth. Usually you see children in this way, so it was especially funny given that the man was older and wearing a full suit. I also thought to myself that you would never see this anywhere else, only in Rome. He was walking away from Largo Argentina as I was walking towards it. There was a fountain to his left, a church behind him in the distance, and the tracks of the tram to his right. In order to see the gelato on his face, I would have needed to use my telephoto lens. The lighting was bright, as it was around 2 pm, so my ISO setting would be on 400. There was full sun so the white balance would be on auto. His face and torso would be the main focus of the picture, so the background wouldn't have been that important. Ideally to highlight the man as the subject, I would have used a high aperture so his face and torso would be clear, but the background blurry. Because he was walking towards me, I would use continuous autofocus. Lastly, I would shoot in RAW and JPEG so I could later edit the photo in photoshop.

Elyse

A WANTED picture !! ^-^

Yesterday the 30th of march  I went to a football match , JCU vs AUR. I wanted to take a picture of the fans doing the wave , but I could not . Because, it was at night and not enough light. So in order to take the picture, I was supposed to change the settings of the camera; maximum ISO setting, maximum aperture , and minimum speed.

Dareen

Paola-Indonesia last summer

Spring Break Photos

Charles Bridge - Prague

Sunset - Madrid

Madrid

pictures from spring break

Amsterdam, Netherlands

 Berlin, Germany

Dublin, Ireland

Katie Tegenkamp

Old Stuff

Spot in the painting room

By Sireno

On Thursday March the 31th our lesson is taking place in Largo dei FIorentini

On Thursday March the 31th our lesson is taking place in Largo dei FIorentini

3 actors will reach us for a photo session at four o'clock

Animals of Greece!

Elyse