Assignment Three: Black and White

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.

ISO: 3200
Aperture: f/ 5.6
Shutter: 1/1600

Here is a slideshow of my best black and white photos.


 

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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.

F/stop: 8.0
Shutter: 1/60
ISO: 80


Here is the same photo in black and white. I'm not sure which I like better though.

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