Portraits

Who doesn't love having their picture taken? I feel as if the quote under the title of my blog fits perfectly for this blog. "When you photograph people in color you photograph their clothes.  But when you photograph people in black and white you photograph their souls."  I feel that this is very true because when you photograph anything in black and white, you are looking at the subject matter itself, rather in color there is so much more going on.  Looking at a black and white photograph can really draw you in and make you feel a different way.  Below I provided an example of the same picture--one in black and white, the other being in color. 

I feel that the picture on the left becomes too distracting because of all the different colors going on but when looking at the picture on the right you can really feel the emotion coming from her. For me it is very difficult to take portraits because it is so hard to capture that look in a person's eye to draw you in wanting to know more about them.  I found though that a simple switch from color to black and white almost does that justice.  I provided a link below that I came across the other day that I found very helpful in shooting photography, I hope that you also can find it helpful. 

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Traveling:

Who loves to travel?--I know I sure do! My favorite traveling experience was when my friends and I went to Puerto Rico for an entire week during spring break last year.  It was my first time experiencing a different culture and a way of life. At first it was very difficult to adapt because I did not know any Spanish. After a few days I picked up on a few key words and I had a few friends with me who spoke fluent Spanish to help me out. One of my favorite activities was when we went walking through a cave and when we reached the other opening of it the view was absolutely breathtaking. I really loved the view because it is a different view of Puerto Rico that people normally wouldn't associate the country with. 

Another favorite memory was when we visited the one town called Old San Juan.  There were a lot of little shops and vendors throughout the little town.  I thought it was very interesting how brightly colored the buildings were and how the doorways were set up. I also loved how all of the roads were in brick.  

Lastly my favorite view of Puerto Rico was the view of the city of Old San Juan and ocean.  The different colors in the pictures makes for such an interesting aspect. 

Where was your favorite traveling experience to?