My Experience

My experience of this class has been good overall. I, at first, thought this would a blow-off class that would be easy and a good balance to my other hard class. But, this class has really made me work, but not exactly the way a math or an english class would. Also, after I quit orchestra I felt the need to continue art so I thought this class would be perfect. It's made me see things differently. when I see something that looks nice outside, like a flower or such, almost reflexively I start to think of how good a picture that would be. It's made me think more creatively and stretch my mind.

Light and Shadow

Summary
For this week, I decided to take photos of light and shadow. It was a fairly simple topic and easy to capture. Although, the light and shadows were a bit hard to capture at times with regular settings and I had to change to macro settings.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO: 400
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/6

10 Best Photos


What I Learned
I learned this week, that it may be a bit hard to get a good picture of light and shadows without setting your camera to the macro setting. But, even with that, it was a pretty easy subject to capture.

Photoshop Tutorial

Summary
In this tutorial, I learned how to make a figure in the picture look like a ghost. It was harder than it seemed at first but in the end it came out fine.

 Ghost Figure Tutorial

Result Photo

Macro

Summary
This week, I decided to do macro. It was kinda hard to get it in focus and to try and get the right depth of field but in the end they came out pretty well.

Best Photos
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Technical Data
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: 1/13

10 Best Photos


What I Learned
I learned, this week, that its hard to get something in focus for a good macro photo without getting it all blurry. But, when you do get it at the right moment it looks really good.

Visual Dictionary

Summary
For this assignment, we had to take one word and define it. We had to define it with words but also with pictures.

What I Learned
I learned that its hard to take a word and find the right pictures to fit that description and blend them together in the right way.

Visual Puns

Summary
For this assignment, we had to use a couple of small picture to make three picture puns. Then, we put them onto one big canvas.

What I Learned
I learned that its easy to make a simple piece of art with just a bit of creativity.

Black and White

Summary
This week, I decided to do black and white. The photos were taken with normal settings but I changed them in Photoshop.

Best Photo

Technical Data
ISO: 80
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1000

10 Best Photos


What I Learned
I learned this week that its very easy to photoshop something and make it white. Plus, not everything makes for a good black and white photo. A flag has very distinct colors so it makes a good black and white photo, but some photos just look gray if you try to photoshop them and make them black and white.

Portrait

Summary
For this assignment, we had to take two photos of someone (or two different people) and in two different settings. One setting had to be a studio setting where we set up lights and a white background. The other one is where we use window light and a card to bounce the light off so the other side of the persons face isn't so dark.