These are a few photos that I took the other day. I didn't really have anywhere to put them though, so I figured I'd post them up here.
This is a sunset photo I took a few days ago and I just love the clouds. Everyday is a completely new scene giving me countless opportunities to get more sunset shots. I love sunset shots!
My last assignment for Digital Photography was macro and I had a lot of fun with it. It did take some time to get the macro figured out on the camera, but once I did, they came out pretty well. I took pictures of some flowers outside of school and I got a few shots of the wheat fields out behind my backyard. I also took a few photos of a belt buckle that my friend, Maureen, gave to me a few years ago and it remains very important to me.
Here are my two favorite shots from this assignment:
For my assignment this week, I explored the world of light painting. By setting a very long shutter speed on the camera (up to 30 seconds on the one I used), the camera will capture the pictures that you can create with light. It is much harder than it looks and while I did get a few good shots, I think there is much to improve on and I will definitely continue to work with the effects of light painting. I think I'll give macro a shot next!
Here is the best shot I got for light painting:
Our focus this week was on both 'window portraits' and more professional portraits taken in the studio. We also continued to learn about Gimp and the many tools it has for editing and manipulating the photos we took.
The photo on the right was taken by a window using the natural light from that and a white bounce paper on the other side to reflect the light onto the other side of the subject's face.
The photo on the left was taken in a studio with professional-type lights. The one behind is called the hair light and there is also one on either side of the subject.
This was a great assignment as we learned more about taking a great photo and editing it to make it look even better.
This past week, I took photos of my mom and my two younger brothers for this week's portrait assignment. I think they all came out quite well and the sunset was wonderful in quite a few of them.
Here is my best shot...
For this assignment, we took a good picture of the school and added other pictures using Gimp to change the context of the photo. Though it was somewhat of a silly assignment, it taught us to use layers, resizing, perspective, and other tools in Gimp.
I focused on motion this week and used the family Border Collie, Gwyn, as my subject. It worked out quite well because she is absolutely crazy about the tennis ball! It was difficult to have the background blurred and Gwyn completely in focus mainly because she was moving so fast.
This is the photo that best represented the motion in the background...
For the past few days, we have been working on panoramic photos. This is done by taking a series of photos on a steady surface that overlap by about 20 percent. You can then layer these photos in Gimp or Photoshop to get one long picture. I found it pretty interesting!
Here's the final picture:
This week I explored the 'black and white' side of photography. This is a really great effect to do with photos because it focuses your eye on the small details of the picture; some that you may not notice with the bright colors visible. It also adds a simplicity to them and to me it makes them seem clean and crisp which I really enjoy. My best photo is of one of the Arabian horses at a barn not far from my house. I like the depth of field and the focus on the dark eye while the background is blurred out. It helped that the horse was white because the darkness of the eye is exaggerated.
Today, we learned about panning. We learned how to take a photo with a moving subject in focus and the background blurred. This is a really great effect to the photo because the blur of the background allows the photo to be in focus and at the center of attention. There were a few difficulties with my photos because it was so bright outside. I had to lower my shutter speed so the motion of Mr. Bush would be picked up by the camera, but I couldn't have it too low as the exposure was way to bright and his white shirt was blown out. I was able to darken up the pictures in Gimp, but not completely.
This week was all about animals. I took pictures of the geese at the pond near the high school and while there, I noticed there was a beaver so I snapped a shot of that too. I also took pictures of a parrot and two of my dogs. I continued to work with the exposure triangle and rule of thirds this week. There was a little trouble when it came to the goose pictures as the goose turned out very dark while the water was very light. Luckily, I was able to adjust the levels in photoshop which helped with the darkness of the geese. It also helped bring in and enhance some of the colors of the parrot.
This is the photo of the week:
This week we continued to explore Gimp and learn more about the photo editing business. We used a photo taken by Noelle Jacobs and edited it using various tools. I had a lot of fun with this assignment!
Here is the original:
For this assignment, we learned what Gimp was about and how to use it. We created an Andy Warhol effect with a photo we had taken earlier. After editing the photo and following a few steps, this is what we have created....
For these assignments we got a general feel for the cameras we were working with and we also learned about some of the elements of composition. The eleven that we learned about were The Rule of Thirds, Pattern, Symmetry, Texture, Depth of Field, Lines, Framing, Perspective, Space, Balance, and Color.
Lines - "The Auditorium Backstage"
Texture - "Green Plant"
Rule of Thirds - "Three Flags"
Pattern - "Lunch Tables"
Symmetry - "Long Hallway"
Depth of Field - "The Black Shoe"
Framing - "Hallway"
Perspective - "3rd Floor Balcony"
Space - "Juicy Juice"
Balance - "Sidewalk/Brick-walk"
Color - "Beach Time"
With these composition projects, I learned how to use my camera and I also learned what elements of composition are and how to take pictures of them.
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