Jeff Thibodeau

Jeff Thibodeau (@jeffthibodeauco) is a fashion photographer who lives in New York. His captions are short and sweet, which I love. I like how in his captions, he tells you what the person is wearing, and a little synopsis of what style each person is going for. 

Here, Jeff uses rule of thirds and leading lines. 

I love how in this picture, you get to see the life of a photographer; not only does he photograph models and fashion bloggers, but he also takes pictures of his personal life. Here is another example: 

What I love in this picture and the picture above is the dark effect that he uses. This picture could be rule of thirds. 

Rule of Thirds; I love how in all the photos it is a new model every day and a new outfit. The outfits are exquisite, and I love how it looks like the photo looks like it was taken by surprise. Also, if you look in the background, you get an idea of what busy new york looks like.

rule of thirds, fill the frame, and leading lines

Fill the Frame: Make your subject look bigger in the frame. Heres abby demonstrating.

Rule of Thirds: The image should be imagined as it's divided into nine equal parts.

Leading Lines: Anything with a definite line can be a leading line. Leading lines lead the eye to another point in the image, or something out of the picture.

Angles

This past week, we have been learning different ways to take our photos using different techniques and angles. Here are a few of the many pictures I took: 

 This angle is a birds eye view shows CC chilling out at school.

 This is my favorite angle. I love the how the focus is only on one of the locks.

This angle is from the side.

My Favorite Pictures... In the world.

I have two favorite things about this picture: First off, if you pay close attention to the water, you can see the clouds reflecting from it. Another thing that grasps my attention is the way the light looks on the upper area of her body. Not only the definition of her collarbones, but also the way her shoulders are dropped speak for itself; she is living freely, how I wish to be.

Heath Ledger is hands down one my favorite people, and this is the picture of him I adore the most. I love how the effect shows his tattoos, and defines his face and arms. Also, his graphic t-shirt adds a grunge look to this photo.

ISO/Shutterspeed tests

Over this week, we have been taking pictures with different ISO and Shutterspeeds. Here, I was testing different shutter speeds. Shutter speed is when the amount of light that reaches the film is proportional to the exposure time. This is my friend Cammie jumping.

This is testing shutterspeed, with a low ISO. 

Here is my friend CC helping me with different ISO settings. ISO is the measure of a photograph's film sensitivity to light. On this picture, we used a higher ISO. As you can tell, the picture came out brighter.

Here, we used a lower ISO. The picture as you can tell is darker than the first. 

In this picture below, I used an even lower ISO. You can tell as the whit walls are now yellow, and the space looks dreary. 

What is Photography?

Photography: To draw with LIGHT. Photography has many different meanings but this is the the most known. It is also a universal language that is understood everywhere. In photography, there are two different types of pictures. There is a snapshot which is unplanned, and a photograph which is planned. If you are planning to make photography become your career, you probably want to know the different types of photographers ranging from amateur photographer, to a full-time professional. In between those, there are serious amateurs and free lance professionals.

CAMERA FUNCTIONS: 
- Shooting Mode- Auto, Portrait, Landscape, etc.
- ISO- Sensitivity to light; The higher the number the more sensitive to light
- Aperture/Fstop- Controls intensity
- Shutter Speed- Controls the amount of time light exposes Auto, port

Apeture + Shutter speed + ISO sensitivity = Amount of light

Intensity X Light = Exposure

You can use "stop" as a unit of measurement.

About Me

hello i'm Catherine and welcome to my blog! I will be using this blog for my photo journalism class. I hope to post on this blog daily and share my pictures and projects with you. I am taking this class in hopes to be in yearbook next year! I'm excited to be in this class to actually learn how to work my camera, and to be better as a photographer. Here is a picture below of me and my family in South Hampton, New York to attend the 44th Walker Cup that my brother played in 2013.

Enjoy!
Xoxo- Catherine