Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Definitions

A picture speaks a thousand words, is how the saying goes. But trying to make an image speak one word, is tough. This week, i was to go into photoshop, and define three words using photos from the internet.



Black And White

This week I decided to take advantage of black and white photography.  When photographing in this genre, you must be careful of what you photograph.  Make sure that your photos look good in black and white, and you may have to add more contrast so the image is not too monotonous. Too much gray makes the photo dull.

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Still Life

This week I steered my photography towards still life.  This type of photography is different from others, and takes time to set up.  You have to plan things out carefully, and manually create and adjust your subjects to your own interest. You also control the lighting.


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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Macro

This week, I played with the settings on my camera and discovered a different type of photography: Macro. This involves getting up close and personal with the subject, and trying to get every detail possible. To get a good macro photo, it needs to be focused properly, and take up space. This makes this type of photography slightly harder.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Context

This week, we had another assignment to get us used to the concepts of photoshop. We were to take a picture of our school, and add things into the photo to change it's context.  We could use bits and pieces of other images, and past them into ours.   We had to make sure the edges were clean and blended into the original, while also making sure the size differences were proportional.

People

This week, I decided to photograph people. I learned that when photographing people, it is best when you can capture their personality, and it isn't just frozen and posed. Plus, the photo shoot is a lot more fun when what you're doing is enjoyable. A lot of the times, my subjects would help me out on ideas, and other times, I would just try and capture moments where they didn't even notice the camera.

Best:
Aperture: f/4.0
Exposure: 1/160
ISO: 80
















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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Panoramics

This assignment was to teach us about the making of panoramic photos.  We had to overlap each photo, trying to keep them at the same exposure, focus, and angle.  Now a days, technology has advanced, and it is easier to make panoramics.  Before, you would have to layer each photo by yourself, but now the program just identifies sets of matching pixels.

Here is one of my best photos: