Nicole Gagliardi

Last week I started taking a digital photography class for work with the ultimate goal of taking better portraits of our clients, which we often use in our projects. I’m not really photographically inclined. The only photos I’ve taken in years were of items I was trying to sell on Craiglist. Needless to say I have a lot of ground to cover in this 8 week class but I’m excited.

The pictures I took for our first assignment and are already a million times better than anything I’ve ever taken before. The assignment was to take the camera off automatic, and in manual mode try different exposure, f-stop and shutter speeds. On my quest for some outdoor pictures where I could use a 400 ISO I went on an exploratory run during my lunch break one day and photographed all the interesting things I saw. Some of the photos are below.

Cintas truck on a coal barge.

Island Boat Club on the Northside. Want to hang out there sometime?

Telephone pole by the river.

Only in Pittsburgh would you see a Wonder Hostess Bakery Thriftshop and yes it is open daily offering bakery items at discount prices.