Photo Assignment: Six

Assignment Details:
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.

Best Photo:

ISO: 64

Aperture: f/3.6

Shutter Speed: 1/444sec

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Photo Assignment: Five

Assignment Details:
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.

Best Photo:

ISO: 80

Aperture: f/8

Shutter Speed: 1/80sec

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Motion Blur Assignment

Assignment Details:
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.

Best Photo:

ISO: 80

Aperture: f/8

Shutter Speed: 1/80sec

Context Assignment

Assignment Details:
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.

Context Photo:

Photo Assignment: Four

Assignment Details:
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.

Best Picture:

ISO: 400

Aperture: f/8

Shutter Speed: 1/80sec

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Portrait Demo Assignment

Assignment Details:
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.

Portrait:

Photo Assignment: Three

Assignment Details:
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.

Best Photo:

ISO: 200

Aperture: f/3.5

Shutter Speed: 15sec

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Panoramic Assignment

Assignment Details:
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.

Photo Assignment: Two

Assignment Description:
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.

Best Photo:

ISO: 64

Aperture: f/3.5

Shutter Speed: 1/394

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