Assignment 4: Animals

Assignment Description:
So this week, I chose animals to capture for my assignment. My Toy Fox Terriers, Scottie and Tabby Sue, are very photogenic. They pose all the time, are silly yet cute:). Hope you enjoy.

Aperture: f2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/20
ISO: 640





What I Learned:
I learned that I need to use a higher shutter speed because if an animal moves, you can still capture them. I had a 1/20 shutter speed and my best picture wasn't the best. With a higher shutter speed, I could've captured Scottie's wiskers, moisture on his noise, etc. Practice makes perfect, right?

Panoramics

For this assignment we took 3-6 picture of a wide angle point of view. We then put them in photo shop and it merges the picture together to make on big. wide angle shot of a room or designated area of our school or outside. Here is what they turned out as:

Assignment 3: Macro

Assignment Description:
For this week, I chose to do Macro for my assignment. One of my favorite thing about fall is when my mother's mum flowers bloom. They are so extravigent and delightful. Photographing them was just a pleasure. I hope you enjoy:)

Aperture: f4.8

Shutter Speed: 1/400

ISO: 400

What I learned:
I learned that in order to take photographs in macro, you have to make sure that the object of intrest takes up pretty much the whole space in the shot. I had a little dificulty with that because I had my Kodak camera and not the Cannon one I use at school. I'll have to admit, not my best work. These photos would fit more in the category of Nature rather than Macro.

Assignment 2: Sepia

For this assignment, I had to get an approval from my teacher to do a Sepia photo assignment because it was not on our list to pick from. Sepia is one of my favorite settings to work with on a camera. I chose it to bring out the antique look of an object such as: a lawn mower, tools, a barn etc. I hope you all enjoy!


Aperture: f3.4
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 800




What I learned:
I learned that going outside of what you are told to do is better because then you make the assignment your own; you have no limits to what you can do. Working with sepia was fun, but you have to control how much you expose and under expose if you use it (which is really easy to do:). The section of "other" was possibly my favorite so far in this class.

Inspirations of Sepia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreamersrealm/877698892/
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-1480164/stock-photo-old-sailboat-shot-sepia-vintage.html
/www.shutterstock.com/pic-1863766/stock-photo-old-hockey-skates-with-scarf-hanging-on-a-wall-sepia-tone-filter.html

This week I am doing an open assignment. I am going to photograph in the setting of sepia to portray the antique and old look of things. This weekend I will be going to my grandparents in Ohio and they have a barn down there with cows and some old, rusted cars. I'm excited for this assignment:)

Assignment 1: Nature and Landscapes

My assignment was about nature and landscapes. I went to Millpond Park one Saturday morning and I took many photos of flowers, trees, hills etc.  Depth of field was really my friend in this project. This picture below is the best one of all my pictures:

 Exposure Triangle:
fstop: f2.8
Shutter speed: 1/20
ISO: 800



The assignment was very fun. It made me look at the real aspects of nature and different ways to capture it in a photo. If I could, I would choose to do this assignment over and over again; that's how much i liked it.

Photoshop Car

In class, we downloaded a photo taken by Noelle Jacobs. She had taken her photo and Photoshopped it. Our job was to take her original photo and Photoshopped it as she did. We had to edit it to make it match up as much as possible. I liked this assignment because it let me access Photoshop and allowed me to familiarized myself with it. Once you follow the directions the first time, it is really easy to get yourself around in Photoshop.

Motion Demo

This motion demo that we did in class was supplied to help us portray motion in a photo. Motion is one of assignments to choose from on our list. It was really cool to work with. I feel like I will be able to get some really cool shots by controlling my aperture, shutter speed and ISO number.

I learned that you have to follow the object of interest while you are taking the photo. You cannot stop and take the photo. If you do that, you will not get the motion blur in the background. The blur will be on the object of interest. You also have to know how to control the shutter speed, aperture and ISO.

Nature and Landscape Inspiration

In class we have multiple assignments that direct us to capture images with our digital cameras that portray people, nature, food, animals, etc. For my first assignment I have chosen to do Nature and Landscapes. Fall is right around the corner and is almost practically here! The leaves will be changing and the roads will be lined with trees of marigold and burgundy. Here are some links that I have found inspirational to me:
http://www.writeawriting.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/autumn-poetry-fall-october.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtitov/3803173597/

I hope that this project will be fun and exciting! Fall is my favorite season of the four:)

Pop Art Assignment

In this assignment, we took a photo of ourselves in photo booth and edited it in photoshop. It reminded me of the work from Andy Worhal with the same photo just different different colors. The process of getting your photo to be pop art was a little bit tricky because you have to follow the directions as it says to. Eventually the photo was correct:)