David Barreda has been a loyal contributor to Section Eight for the
past three years. As he is graduating, we wish to honor his success
with a selection of his color works. He graduates with a joint major
in Geography and Enviromental Studies, and a tremendous passion for photjournalism.
After graduation, he will spend the summer photgraphing Europe in France,
Italy, Spain and Germany. And, need it be said, he plans to pursue
a career in photography.
Vindergarten
This picture was taken in Norway this January. David was in Vindergarten, a sculpture garden, when the sun was setting at three in the afternoon.
Among the millenium celebrations this past New Year's, David took this at midnight in Oslo, Norway, as the first fireworks went off. "The downtown square was so packed, people had trouble moving around."
A Bird's Eye
David took this picture facing southwest from the top of the Empire State Building this spring.
This picture was taken at lunch time in Little Italy. The maitre d', thinking he was in the way of the picture, moved just after David took the shot!
Maria
This picture is from the photoshoot of the Middlebury Theater Production Serpent.
A Peaceable Kingdom
Taken in Londonderry in southern Vermont this January, this picture was part of David's work for his J-Term class on photographing the Vermont landscape. "There's something about the quietness and the monochromatic landscape... it makes the animals, being just off-white and brown, seem saturated with color."
The Flag
In Leichter, Vermont, just before the sun dipped below the horizon, the sunset light on this flag took on the shape of the window. David was looking in at it from the other side of the building. Using a 200 millimeter lens at f/4 for 1/30th of a second, "which is really pushing it," he mangaged to successfully get the shot.