Light Painting

Summary
This week, I decided to do light painting. When I saw the video in class I thought it would be hard to do as they did but it was, in fact, pretty easy. Although it was easy, it took a while to get one picture, let alone ten.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: "15

10 Best Photos



What I Learned
I learned that a lot of time goes into doing light painting. Plus, everything must be perfect (exposure triangle) or else the picture might come out too light or dark.

School Context

Summary
For this assignment, we had to take a part of your school that we see every single day and change it till its barely recognizable and fun looking. I changed my photo into a strange aquatic scenery.

 

Macro Assignment

Leaf
Up Close Colors
Comb

This week, I'm thinking of doing Macro.These photos above are good examples of how you can take everyday items (comb) and turn them into a good photo. And, you can be amazed by the most simplest of things like the leaf.

People

Summary
This week, I decided to take photos of people. I wanted to get the nature and personality of the person I was taking a photo of.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/500

10 Best Photos


What I Learned
This week, I learned that its important to get the person at the right time so that you don't make the photo look like a portrait and you manage to get their personality in the photo.

Nature

Summary
For this week, I took pictures of nature. Fall in Michigan is very beautiful so I thought it would be perfect to take pictures of Michigan's fall beauty.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO:400
Aperture: f/4
Shutter speed: 1/250

10 Best Photos




What I Learned
I learned, this week, that you shouldn't take pictures outside if its overcast because then you'll have to make your ISO high and that will result in a lot of digital noise. ISO, I think, of the exposure triangle is the most dangerous and photographers should always be watching for.

Landscape Assignment

pathway
forest
colorful field

This week I want to do landscape. These photos show that simplicity can be beautiful. Color can also enhance the look of nature in the photo, making the landscape come alive.

Still Life

Summary
For this assignment, I had to take a picture of still life. I chose cars and arranged them according to color.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO: 400
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/30

10 Best Photos



What I Learned
This photo shoot was a good and bad one for me. I thought I was easy enough since I had good options to chose from (colorful objects). It was also hard because I didn't have good lighting. Plus, I learned that having bad lighting can affect whether you have digital noise or not.

Car Editing

                                                                    Before

                                                                          
      
                                                                     After

What I learned
I learned from this assignment how to take a photo and change it to something completely new using Photoshop. I feel like I understand Photoshop more now. I learned how to tint the windshield and remove glare from the hood. I think removing the glare is a very important skill to know, so is being able to easily black out the background.

Motion

What I learned
Before now I had a hard time understanding how to use and change ISO, aperture, and shutter speed settings to work together to make one good photo with good exposure. I learned how get good exposure by changing around all those settings. Plus, I'm really starting to understand how aperture works since the numbers are all backwards and really confusing, now I feel like I understand it completely.

People Assignment

Woman
Bunch of People
Group

I am thinking of doing people for my first photo assignment. These photos encouraged me to really go after the subject of what the people are doing, or to get their personality into the photo and who they really are as a person.

Pop Art

This photo was done on Photoshop and its done by playing with the hue/saturation. It seems like a hard photo to do but its not. Also, it was fun to learn how to manipulate pictures like that, and to know how to change the colors to your liking for each block.