Cyclone: February 2010

During the winter the Cyclone roller coaster, a Coney Island Landmark, sits idle in anticipation of the next season of amusements. I made this series of images when I visited Coney Island yesterday.



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What My Eyes See

I am analyzing the lighting and composition of photos that recently caught my eye. I've pasted the photos in my photography journal and scribbled notes about light ratios and what works and does not work in each photo.



Seen here: photos by Tommy Ton of Tavi Gevinson for Paris Vogue, and the cover shot from Sade's "Soldier of Love" album. The shot of Tavi and her laptop is my favorite, for the creative lighting factor. Ton would have metered for the laptop screen's available light and not used a strobe. This would have required a higher ISO and maybe even a tripod. It's a shot I intend to recreate at some point.