Cristy Robles

New Blog...

2011-01-18T01:45:00.003-05:00

Life in L.A. has kept me pretty busy and although I am not always able to carry my SLR with me I do have my phone with me. So here are some shots taken with a great and very portable camera.

Enjoy my iphoneography blog...

http://cristyrobles.blogspot.com

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” HDT

2009-10-19T02:29:00.002-04:00

I have been lacking on posts but life has been keeping me pretty busy with freelancing and recently I had to run over to Burbank, CA all the way from Miami, FL which is an intense 2,751 mi., over 40 hours of driving, 8 states, and 4 days. The reason for the quick and huge road trip is I was accepted into Nickelodeon Animation Studios Internship Program. This fall I am working with the SpongeBob SquarePants Production Crew. I am extremely grateful for this opportunity this will definitely be a valuable and amazing experience in which I am so excited to be a part of. A very HUGE and special thank you goes out to my family for helping all of this actually happen.

As for everything with my photography it is continuing to develop. One door has opened and it is leading to many great opportunities I am excited to see how everything works its way out here in LA. I have taken a lot of photos while on my way to LA and things that have happened here so far little by little I will be posting them.

Concerts, concerts, concerts

2009-08-25T02:37:00.002-04:00

Here are some teasers from the three concerts I have gone to this summer...Warped Tour, Emery, and Poison the Well.

Warped Tour 2009 at Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL.
Dallas Green of Alexisonfire

George Pettit of Alexisonfire

I love the contrast of expressions between security and George Pettit of Alexisonfire.

Thee Summer Bailout Tour at The Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Devin Shelton of Emery

Toby Morell of Emery

Poison The Well at The Culture Room in the hometown area of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

more pictures coming soon!

Audrey

2009-08-23T01:41:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the lack of uploads I have been freelancing to attempt to pay the bills while trying to find the time and energy to do anything else is pretty tough but I am working on it. I have a lot of great images to post in the future as soon as I can get to them. For now here are a few shots from spring of my friend Audrey and her friend at the Ringling Museum grounds in Sarasota, FL.

More from this photo shoot and many others coming soon!

Pepper Lane

2009-07-23T00:51:00.000-04:00

I had the opportunity to go to New Orleans and I stopped at a small record store having a live performance. My only regret is not passing by sooner to catch more of their performance. Pepper Lane is a nice, down to earth band I had the pleasure of briefly meeting and taking pictures of. If you are interested in some new tunes check them out on their MySpace page... Pepper Lane. Here is just a few of many many pictures taken while in New Orleans I hope to put more up soon as I find time amongst the moving, jobs, etc.

Atreyu and Unearth back in 2005

2009-07-22T22:59:00.003-04:00

I was going through some of my old files taken with my very 1st digital camera and I thought I would share some photos from a great concert with great lighting featuring Atreyu and Unearth back in 2005...enjoy. Check back for photos from Warped Tour 2009 in West Palm Beach, FL.

Cross Process 35mm Chair Series

2009-06-04T02:26:00.000-04:00

Here are my final pieces from my last semester at Ringling. I have a huge amount of photos I had been taking through out this past fall and spring semesters that I hope to edit them in the near future as soon as I am done moving.

Digital Chair Series

2009-04-28T01:39:00.000-04:00

Here are the digital versions of the chair series I have been working on. I will be also uploading the 35 mm cross processed version soon. Special thanks to Jane and Bill for allowing me to constantly shoot at their home and use their cool furniture. Thank you again!

Cross Process 35mm Film

2009-04-13T23:56:00.003-04:00

I got to play with shooting in manual with a 35mm and crossed processed the roll. I really like the look and I have more pictures from the roll I would like to edit when my Illustration thesis and my other classes are done dominating my life. So for now enjoy these...

Special thanks to Jane and Bill for letting me shoot at their place yet again.
(The one picture that made the cut in this post taken in their home is the 1st one with the chair)

The others were shot around Sarasota, FL)

Sequence piece...

2009-04-01T02:09:00.006-04:00

Sequence piece...

Special thanks to Kyra for taking the time to pose.

I-75

2009-03-17T13:48:00.004-04:00

I pulled over off of I-75 on alligator alley here are the results...

More experimenting

2009-03-09T22:42:00.000-04:00

Just experimenting more with different looks...

Special thanks to my model Audrey =)

Just playing around...

2009-03-09T12:19:00.005-04:00

Just playing around with the black and white classic look.

Updates, macros, and HDR o my!

2009-03-06T16:59:00.005-05:00

I made some improvements to my diptychs here are the latest...

Here are some new pictures...I am excited to use the macro lens I borrowed from Ringling so keep an eye out for more macros. =D

My 1st HDR image! It is definitely hard to do an HDR image because no matter how hard you tighten everything on your tripod there was a shift between each fstop. I will be checking to see if the others are salvageable with photomatix which is a better HDR program that I just got after I merged this photo. This photo and others might just be posted if it works out and I will keep trying this HDR technique just for fun.

In and out

2009-03-04T18:25:00.004-05:00

The Everglades...

My 1st interior piece I might go back and reshoot this one...feedback anyone?

Sarasota, FL...I love this alley!

More kiddies!

2009-03-03T23:35:00.001-05:00

Here are just a couple more kid pictures...

I have finally had a chance to add some illustrations to my photos here is the 1st attempt. I started with something simple like the dino pattern below I hope to work characters into the images in the future.

More blog transfers...

2009-03-02T13:00:00.008-05:00

More old photos brought in from the other blog.

Thanksgiving in Miami...

I woke up nice and early for a 5 AM shoot of Miami during the Thanksgiving break. Getting most of the shots I have been wanting all summer were a bit of a challenge I had to work fast so I would not get run over and deal with the sun rise beaming at my lens making my light meter work against me. I manage to get a lot of shots so far these are the ones I have had the time to edit...enjoy.

The parts of Miami in the photos are...parts of Brickell, Downtown, Macarthur Causeway area, parts of Miami Beach, and Ocean Drive.

This one is of my neighborhood at 1AM right before the 5 AM shoot.

Shots from downtown and Siesta Key Sarasota, FL.

Here are some portraits of Shannon in her great apartment. Thank you Shannon! She was a great model and fun to work with.

Had a photo shoot with local fire fighters from station 4 in Sarasota, FL. They were a great bunch, really nice, and great models. I also had great timing as they were called right as I was going to start up and I was invited to follow them on the scene.

Here is a slide show made for class with more photos...(music: The Radio Department)
(This video has lost quality when uploading it online if you would like to see a better version let me know and I'll post them.)

All photos were shot in Sarasota, FL and Tarpon Springs, FL

Blog Transfers...

2009-03-02T12:50:00.004-05:00

Dug up from deep with in my other blog here are some photos from before I separated my illustration and photography work.

My 1st fashion and portraiture post...

Bowie's "Fashion" always comes to mind when fashion is mentioned hehe so anyways What?! Me doing fashion photography crazy huh? It is actually a great experience and I'm learning so much. Here are some of the shots taken so far...

We started off with a mannequin...

Then we moved on to real models our teacher hires from an agency in Tampa...

Some of the fashion selected by our teacher I don't agree with but we are still learning to work with colors, textures, and lighting so I guess it all works out. Check back for more shots.

In this shoot our focus was beauty shots usually used to promote washes, hydration, etc.

Color photo class...

2009-02-20T16:12:00.001-05:00

So here is what I have been up to so far with my color photo class at Ringling. I have been definitely doing some experimenting and it has been fun.

Diptychs...

Low light photography...

Ooo baby baby

2009-02-18T21:21:00.000-05:00

Here are some photos I took over the break that I have been working on I am trying to build up my greeting card portfolio. Any suggestions on a witty saying that could match any of the photos?

"Coal?!"

"Why are all the toys gone?"

"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly" Lauren Bacall

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful." Thinch Nhat Hanh

Sneak peek at what is to come

2009-01-28T20:50:00.000-05:00

During the break I took some pictures of a very adorable little girl to build up my portfolio here is just a teaser of what is to come.

Model variety day!

2008-12-02T02:02:00.000-05:00

We definitely had a variety of male models last class here are the results.

(note the picture in the background)

They were all great and really nice this was definitely a learning experience I wish we could have spent more time and do a variety of things with each model.

I took some portfolio pictures during Thanksgiving "break" of a very cute little boy so check back for them.

Behind the scenes & bloopers

2008-11-21T15:26:00.000-05:00

Here are some behind the scenes & bloopers pictures I just wanted to throw out there for fun.

Our model touching up her makeup...

One of my classmates testing the light and kissing his muscles.

He was so cute I just had to add him...he was at one of our location shoots.

We feed the model and the birds for a shot that did not make the final cut in my editing.

We also water the models...

My teacher is awesome!

When reflectors attack...

My classmate working it like the model did in this shoot...

http://cristy318.blogspot.com/2008/10/beauty-shoot.html

Beaching

2008-11-19T08:00:00.001-05:00

Here are some old and some new beach pictures from my fashion and portraiture class in Ringling College of Art and Design. All pictures were taken at Lido Beach in Sarasota, FL.

New edits

2008-11-18T00:00:00.000-05:00

I got to do some editing on the tons of photos I took this summer here is just a sneak peek.

This is a beautiful sunflower field in Miami, Fl. with tons of bees and heat. It was surreal and so much fun being surrounded by hundreds of sunflowers.

On a cloudy summer day we went to the Everglades in Miami, Fl to "the asylum" on Krome Ave. I'm really curious as to the history of the place and what it looked like before punks trashed it but there is not much on it that is accurate that I could find. This building has lots of small rooms with pad locks in random places, other weird randomly placed, and designed things. There is graffiti everywhere and tons of paintballs on the ground not to mention mud. Furthermore there was a security hut in the front and a barbed wire fence all around the premises. Also there were lots of randomly burned things and wild foliage all of this which made for tons of great photos.

The following is just some of the table top photography I have done in my Manatee Community College photo class this semester. The focus was trying to shoot different textures and compose them into an ad.

This one was not photoshopped in any way...

These are some more Manatee Community College assignments. The 1st was a personal piece and the 2nd was beauty in the 21st century. Speacial thanks to my boyfriend for posing for me he has great eyes and I just had to use them.

*A lot of saturation was lost when all these photos were uploaded.

Sun and jewels

2008-11-12T02:39:00.001-05:00

On a gorgeous cold fall day (cold for a Floridian at least) we went out to Lido Beach in Sarasota, FL for a shoot. I was fun and beautiful day...here are some of the results.

For the following pictures we had a local jewelry maker's daughter come and model their merchandise. Some of the photos from this shoot may be selected by the company to be used on their promotion material which would be a great opp. This I think was my most challenging experience. I am defiantly learning how to work with models and learning how to find what makes them look their best.

New post for a new blog

2008-11-05T01:42:00.002-05:00

I am trying to catch up with all the shooting I have been doing. I have been shooting so much that I can not keep up. Keep checking back I will be posting more as I edit and find time between my five other studio classes to do so. For now here it is...

The 1st two images were based off of magazine ads we were trying to mimic for practice on how to get that look.

These are beauty shots not included in the last post...
( http://cristy318.blogspot.com/2008/10/beauty-shoot.html )

This past Saturday our class went on an adventure and I would definitely call it that. On the day after Halloween we had to report to school at 8:30am...ouch! From there we went for what was suppose to be an hour long ride to Tampa. Keyword was "suppose" the bus blew a hose and we were delayed a over an hour at least we had a nice view of the ocean. After all that time we finally got to downtown Tampa and let me say it is a beautiful city I would love to go again and shoot so much more. It is a mixture of old and new architecture. The old architecture is awesome its looks handmade with sloppy bricks laid to make up a building and old fire escapes in the back. I love downtown Tampa I wish I could capture it all whether it is through photography or a painting.

PS. We did have certain types of images we had to shoot...so that would explain the random foot.

As much as I really loved the industrial food plant not long after we started shooting our class was informed that we were trespassing...oops! I managed to squeeze in a lot of shots before we left though...yay!

More pictures of downtown Tampa, the food plant, and model shoots to come so check back.

New blog just for my photography!

2008-10-29T22:49:00.004-04:00

So from now on I'm going to keep my Illustration separate from each other so check back I have a huuuuuge amount of photos I will be trying to edit within the next few of days.