still life

For the last photo assignment of this class i chose to do still life. I really wanted to show sports related objects that advertise the sport in an appealing way. I chose to take pictures of things relating to tennis, running, and soccer.

My final photo is of my prince tennis shoe, with one of my tennis balls on my driveway. I felt this picture really showed the staging of the two objects so that they made sense together.

Iso: 200
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec.

motion

For this weeks assignment i chose to do motion. I wanted to capture different movements and create a lot of blur in the background. For this week i used the technique of panning to capture my sisters movements in our backyard and around our house. Also i took a few of my friend Laureen in her golf cart.

For my final picture i chose the one if my sister, Alaina, scootering down our driveway.

Iso: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec.
Aperture: f/8

School Context assignment

For this particular assignment the goal was to portray the saline high school as something it is not, while keeping it real looking and not fake. First we had to take a picture of some part of the school, i took a picture of one of the entrances. Then i opened the picture on gimp. From there, i used the tools in gimp and previous knowledge to change the context of the school into an amusement park. I took pictures of a ticket stand, popcorn stand, bench, two swings, and a roller coaster from the internet and incorporated them into the final photo. This is the final product.

Architecture

ISO: 80

Aperture: f/8

Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec.

For this week i took pictures of different buildings and structures around saline and in my neighborhood. I tried to show a wide variety of structures in my slideshow. For some i wanted to convey the simplicity of the structure, and for others i wanted the viewer to focus more on the details of the building.

For my final photo, i went running in saline and came across this house. It's unique architecture caught my eye and i thought it was really pretty. 

Portrait Demo

For this assignment we explored how to create a good portrait picture by changing different settings on our cameras, and using the different tools offered in gimp. First, for the studio picture we used three different light sources to create the exposure, and set our cameras shutter speed to around 1/60 of a second. Next, for the window portrait we took a picture using light from a window, and a white poster board to reflect the light. After taking both of these pictures i uploaded them into gimp, and used the tools available to me to enhance the photos. Here is the final product.

Macro

For this weeks assignment i decided to shoot macro pictures. This was a very fun topic. It let me focus in on things we don't really pay attention to in our everyday lives, and allowed me to make them stand out. Attention to detail was important for this topic, no matter how subtle.
The picture i chose to showcase the topic, macro, is of a flower by the front porch of my house. The detail is really bold, as well as the color scheme.

Iso: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec.
Aperture: f/6

Panoramic

For this Panoramic assignment we worked with three different pictures of the same general area. We took one picture of the left part of the area, another of the middle, and lastly the right. Then we opened them with gimp, and then attached them to form one big picture. From there we made all the changes necessary to complete our panoramic photograph. Some of the tools we used were, crop, eraser, and perspective.