BLACK & WHITE

For the black & white assignment I did, I went around taking random shots. I really liked this photo I chose because it had a large variety of tones. It really emphasizes the black & white assignment. I learned that not all pictures look good in black & white, so its not a easy assignment but it gets easier as you go. 

ISO: 80
Aperture:4
Shutter Speed: 1/1000

Visual Dictionary

Color Splash!

For this assignment I chose to do my own type of picture. I chose to do pop color or called color splash. I had to find things where there were many varieties of colors and I it took awhile but I found some. I chose this picture as my favorite because it had a lot of elements I liked, I liked how it was off to the side and only the blue sprinkles showed. I learned that color splash pictures are very hard to take because you cant just take a picture and change it. You have to focus on how the color splash works with it.

ISO:320

Aperture: 6

Shutter: 1/30

Portraits

For this assignment we had to take two different pictures to compare the different lightings. One was light from a window and one was a set up studio lighting. I learned that both have different effects but I really like the window lighting much better!

FOOD :D

  
Food.
The food photography assignment I did was of all different foods in my house the hardest part was getting the lighting right! After awhile I got use to the camera and acme out with a few good photos.  I learned that food photography has many different angles you can take. Its easier to work with food because it doesn't move but its hard to do anything creative with it.

ISO: 80

Aperture: 6

Shutter Speed: 1/30

Gimp 3

For this assignment we had to take an image of the school and use gimp to edit it. We had to put other images into the school and change the school in a way that wouldn't happen. I took my image of the hallway and made it look as if it was flooded and turned into a water park.  I learned many techniques to change your photo and make it look more realistic by adding things like shadows.

Panning

For this weeks motion demo we practiced our new motion technique. It took many tries because you had to get the shutter speed perfect, the ISO, and the Aperture at the right amount to get a good exposure.  We had to use panning to follow our teacher around to make the background blurred but our subject in focus.  It took a lot of tries till we got a good picture. I learned that it will take many tries and you need the right settings for it to work!

Nature

This assignment I did Nature, I tried to take pictures to show the true beauty Michigan offers. I started by taking pictures around my home of the different flowers and plants I could find. Luckily we had great weather so the bright colors really showed through my photography.  These pictures really show the nature that we live it. I learned you have to be patient and you had to make sure there was nothing too distracting in your pictures.

The photo I selected this week,  I think really shows some interesting parts of nature. It only has one main focus, but its not boring because of the unique texture it has.

Panoramic Photo

This week we started the Panoramic assignment that made us even more familiar with Gimp.  It took many tries but I finally made a good panoramic image.  We started off with three single images, no we didn't just use a software to put them together we had to do it manually.  I have my original and then I have applied different effects such as a neon effect to add character.  I learned it takes a lot of patience and a whole lot of time to produce the right image.  

     

Original Panoramic

Posterize

Neon

Old Photo

Black & White

PEOPLE :)

This weeks assignment I picked to do people. Over the past few weeks I went around trying to capture pictures who represented the people I used.  This was my album featuring family and friends.  I tried to show there personalities but keeping it photographic.  It was hard to make sure the subject sat still during this since no one ever listened but at the end I think it came out good. I learned its hard to get the photo just right and make sure no motion gets blurred in it. Even after many tries I came up with a few people photos.  My featured photo is of Drew just fooling around and I captured him staring.

ISO: 200
Aperture: f5.8
Shutter Speed:1/15