For this weeks assignment I based my pictures on animals. I tried to portray a couple of different levels of perspective when i was taking these. Some i took low at grass level, and others higher from a humans perspective. I also tried to show a couple different breeds of dogs to make my slideshow more appealing and interesting. I took pictures of my white maltese, named Riley. Also of my friend's dog , Haley, and my neighbors small brown dog, Rafe.
The picture i am turning in is of my dog, Riley. It shows his playful and "always happy" personality. He loves to be outside, but he would never dare leave our property. He try's to portray himself as fearless and strong, but he is actually a big wimp at heart. In this picture he is standing on his hind legs trying to get a treat i had in my hand. I think he looks very determined in this picture.
For this assignment learned how to use the application, gimp, to enhance and retouch our original photos. I learned it takes a long time to do and a lot of patience. All of that time is worth it because in the end you can end up with an amazing photo. This is my retouched car photo.
For this weeks assignment, I choose nature as my topic. I really enjoyed taking these pictures because i feel nature offers a wide variety of settings i can capture. I used a low f stop on a lot of them, because i like the contrast of a sharp forefront and blurry background. I tried to capture different colors in my pictures as well.
The picture that i am turning in is of a branch with bright red berries on it, and a swing set with a bright yellow slide in the background.
In this lesson we learned about how to capture motion blur. To do this we had to use panning. Panning is when you move your camera with the object in motion, and shoot when it is 90 degrees in front of you. Before shooting you should be focusing on the object. To focus you press the button half way. Lastly, you have to follow threw when panning. Make sure you keep following the object after you take the picture. To display motion blur I took a picture of Mr. Bush riding his bike in the school bus loop.
This is my black and white asssignment. This topic is very broad, which i loved because it gave me the oppurtunity to show more of my own style in the pictures. A lot of the pictures i took were outdoors, because the natural light of the sun, in my opinion, lends itself better to black and white photography. I love nature, flowers, and incorperating them with people.
My best picture for this topic is of Sarah Ottum with a rose in her hair, in front of a brick backround. I think the hardness of the brick, and the softness of her face contrast well together.
For this assignment we had to take a profile picture of someone and edit it on the gimp app. Once on the gimp app, we had to make a photo inspired by Andy Warhol.
For this assignment we had to take a lot of pictures around and outside of school. Out of the many pictures we took, we had to choose 11 that would represent 11 of the elements of compositon. The elements we studied so far are Rule of Thirds, pattern, texture, framing, perspective, balance, space, color, lines, symmetry,and depth of field.
Picture Discriptions:
lines= "railing going along the ledge"
pattern= "lockers in a row"
symmetry= "glasses on a window ledge"
rule of thirds= "girl on the balcony"
texture= "light hitting the bush reveals its texture"
depth of field= "tree up front and bushes farther back"
space= "american flag waving in the wind"
framing= "single locker open"
perspective= "students feet walking in the hall"
balance= "a toy on its side"
color= "flowers of different colors"
For this assignment I learned how to take different kinds of pictures correctly and how each element has its place and is very important. I learned simple changes can really change a picture in a big way. Overall i really enjoyed the assignment.
