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For this assignment I chose Open. I went to Curtis Park with my friend Brandon and took photos. I played around with the aperture and shutter speed to change the quality of the pictures. It started getting dark while I was shooting, so the exposures changed.
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For this assignment I chose to shoot pictures of People. My sister came home from college and my grandparents came up from Ohio. These pictures were taken when my grandparents had to leave and go back to Ohio.
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For this assignment I shot photos of Macro. I thought that it would be cool to take close up pictures of flowers in my yard for this assignment. I took the photos at midday when the sun was the brightest. This helped create a glow effect on a lot of the flowers.
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For this assignment, we took pictures of Mr. O'Donnell as he drove past us on his motorcycle. I tried to create a background blur by following him with my camera when he past. By dragging the camera, I was able to make Mr. O'Donnell clear and visible and the background blurred to show that he was moving.
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For this assignment, we had to take a picture of an area in or around the school and add pictures to it to make a senario. I chose to use a panoramic picture that I had already used in a previous assignment. I took pictures of Smurfs from the internet and added them to this photo.
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For this assignment I shot pictures in black in white. I found a Coke can at school and thought that it would have more of a vintage look if it were black and white. I these pictures by a window to add a shadow from the can.
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In this assignment, I took photos using different techniques to get rid of shadows. On technique was to use studio equipment to create fill lights, hair lights and key lights. Another technique was to use a window and piece of poster paper to reflect light on the subject. This second technique is known as the cheap version of the first.
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For this assignment I chose to attempt to take pictures of light painting. This was difficult because every pair of batteries I used were either dead or died after 5 minutes of using them.
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The purpose of this assignment was to take pictures and create panoramas. I took pictures around the outside of the school and merged them on photoshop to create a panoramic view.
What I Learned:
This assignment taught me helpful tricks on how to merge photos and how to crop out undesired flaws. I also learned how to link pictures together on photoshop to create panoramas.
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For this assignment I choose to shoot photos of animals. I had a little trouble with shooting these photos. At first, I took photos of birds at the bird feeders in my backyard, but they always came out blurry and not very good. Then, I had the idea of taking photos of my dog. This was also difficult because he would get excited and knock me over. I think that overall I was able to get a few nice photos.
The point of this assignment was to learn basic and advanced photo editing techniques. This is good to know to be able to use them later on when trying to edit my photos.
I chose to shoot pictures of Nature for this assignment. These pictures were taken by my house and in a nearby pond. The only problems I had while taking these photos was the weather. It was very cloudy so I had to wait for the sun to show before I could take a photo. This was very annoying, but I think that it added cool extra effects to some photos.
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I am choosing to take pictures of Nature for my first assignment. I chose this as my first subject because those are my favorite types of photos to capture. I will be taking pictures around the school and my house to show this subject. I will use lighting to help bring out the texture of the nature better.
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This post is an assignment for Mr. Bush's Digital Photography class. It contains 11 pictures which depict different elements of photography. All of these photos were taken in or around Saline Highschool. You will see examples of the following elements:
Texture
Depth
Symmetry
Balance
Framing
Pattern
Color
Lines
Perspective
Rule of Thirds
Space
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Texture = Rocks
Depth = Fire hydrant
Symmetry = Whole tree
Balance = Part of the tree
Framing = Glasses
Pattern = Bricks
Color = Leaf
Lines = Bars
Perspective = School doors
Rule of Thirds = Hallway
Space = Outdoor patio with tables
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This assignment has taught me many things that I did not know about photography. An example of this is that I was introduced to shooting from different angles to change perspectives of the photo. I also learned how to draw out texture by not shooting from a head on perspective and take it at more of an angle.
