Street

Thursday Oct. 27th, 2016

Commuters walking on the path to Union Station in DC.

Bus driver talking to a commuter before the Metrobus departs outside Union Station in DC.

5 p.m. rush outside of Union Station.

Commuters crossing in front of the station. 

Construction outside of Union Station.

Sunday Oct. 30, 2016

Business is slow for a newspaper vendor in downtown Baltimore.

Three cab drivers talk while they wait outside of Penn Station in downtown Baltimore.

Police patrol the area on the John's Hopkins campus in downtown Baltimore.

A student sits in the park on the Hopkins campus.

There are very few people outside the apartments in downtown Baltimore. 

Towson Fall Fest

Fall Festival was held on October 21, 2016 on a rainy Friday afternoon at the Baltimore County Government courthouse courtyard in Towson, Md.

Six year old identical twins Eden and Enya run down the path to the courthouse courtyard. They attended the festival with their aunt Maureen, a Baltimore County Government employee.

The girls pick pumpkins to decorate as their first activity.

Enya carefully paints a smiley face on her pumpkin.

The girls get instructions on how to make specific designs. Enya (right) does not like the bat design.

Eden pours lots of glitter on her "sparkle pumpkin. 

Eden(left) and Enya (right) conquer their fear of clown and pose for a fun picture with one.

A put put station was one of the few activities that didn't get rained on the gloomy fall day.

Eden (center) struggles to learn the art of "put put" while Enya (right) looks at all the balls her sister has hit into the fountain.

Both girls want to get the ball from the fountain but have been warned not to.

The girls stop on a bench for a snack, looking as identical as ever.

The girls pie one of the county managers in the face to cap off their day of fun.

 

He took it with a smile.

Motion Blur & Light Trail Technique

Trying out the motion blur and light trail technique for the first time. 

The first five use the motion blur technique and the last five focus on light trails. The key to both was to slow the shutter speed by keeping it low. 

All photos were taken in Towson Md. The first five at a home and the second five by the Towson bypass near Towson Mall. 

 

Light

UMD Freshman Sophia watches a movie on her laptop. She says the dorm lights are too bright and fluorescent so she uses Christmas tree lights and the light from her laptop to illuminate the room.

F stop: 4.8, Iso 1250,shutter 1/80 camera lense 18-55mm at 33.

The Image before taken from a different angle and before adjusting camera settings. Subject is back lit and it is difficult to see her face.