For our fifth shooting assignment, I wanted to take macro photos. I originally planned to take photos of flowers and nature outside, but it started raining pretty hard so I was unable to go outside. I decided to change direction and take pictures of objects around my house that I thought had an interesting texture. I enjoyed this assignment, and it was fun to look for things with unique details and try to capture them. I like taking pictures close up because it feels comfortable, and focuses the attention on the subject rather than the background. I found a lot of pottery around my house and I loved the way the cracked glaze looked so I took a bunch of photos of jars and ceramics. I ended up using this photo because I love the blue color and the mosaic Mediterranean design, as well as the negative space. Final Product/Original Photo (No photoshop was done) Shutter Speed: 1/500 seconds Aperture: f 5.6 ISO: 400 Through this assignment, I learned about how the focal length, focus, and zoom of a camera work together to capture an image. I had to play around with the distance from my subject in order to get it in focus to capture the details, and I had some trouble finding decent lighting.
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For this photoshop assignment we had to merge multiple pictures of a subject into a single scene. I was really excited for this assignment because I had been excited to try something like this. Through this assignment I learned how to navigate between layers and use the layer mask to reveal/conceal parts of a layer to blend images.
For our fourth shooting assignment, I decided to try light painting. After seeing the demo, I thought it seemed really cool and I wanted to try it out for myself. I had a bunch of ideas I wanted to try out, but it was a lot more difficult than I anticipated. It's really hard to 'draw' with light, because you can't exactly see where you're moving so you have no idea how it's going to look until you look at the photo. For some reason, I could only find two flashlights so I could only work with two 'brush sizes.' I kept setting the shutter speed for longer than I needed to 'draw' the scene so I would end up sitting in the dark for 30 seconds. Photos kept coming out as too dark or too bright, or the shapes would look distorted. It was really frustrating, but I enjoyed it, and I'd like to try it again sometime. I think it'd be cool to try painting something like hieroglyphics or Japanese characters. I had to wait until it was night so that it was dark out and recruited my sister as a subject. She was irritated and tired but also thought that the pictures looked neat. In my best photo, I tried to make it seem like she was holding a ball of light, sort of magical. Final Product I photoshopped it to remove some orange light near the right side, ad adjusted the levels to make the light and hands more clearly visible. Original Photo Shutter Speed: 15 seconds Aperture: f 4.5 ISO: 100 Through this assignment, I learned a bit more about how light behaves and affects a camera. I learned how to control how much enters the camera and how to manipulate parts of the photo through using a long shutter speed. Additional photos: For this assignment, we were supposed to 'change the context of the school.' I thought it would be funny to photoshop Doodlebob towering over the building, erasing it with the magic pencil. I'm not particularly a huge Spongebob fan, but I thought the idea would provide for some interesting opportunities. I actually had to replace the sky with a different image so that I could "erase" the school building, and I used the blur tool often to make the edges seem more natural and realistic. If I could have had more time I would have liked to put some eraser shavings by the grass and play around with shadows, but overall I'm happy with how it turned out. I used to play around with GIMP a lot when I was younger, so I have some background knowledge on how to use programs like photoshop and the different tools. However, photoshop is much more advanced and intelligent so it was really easy to work with to get the results I wanted. Overall, I really enjoyed this assignment and had a lot of fun with it.
For our third photo assignment, I decided to focus on the subject Event. Because Homecoming was this weekend, I figured it would be a good opportunity to take pictures and capture some of the excitement. I really liked taking pictures at the dance, especially of all the intricate decorations. I think the bright colored lights over the heads of people created a nice effect on my photo. I didn't have as much time to play with the exposure settings because things moved pretty quickly, so as a result some photos are grainy, or out of focus, or darker than I would like. I do have some regrets about this assignment. I originally planned to go take pictures of the parade too but due to schedule conflicts I was unable to. I also forgot my zoom lens at home so the pictures from the pep rally are not as high quality as I would have wanted, and are a bit grainy. If I could do this assignment again I would want to focus more on capturing the detail of a scene and carefully adjusting my exposure to find the best settings. Shutter Speed: 1/10 sec Aperture: f 3.3 ISO: 800
For this assignment our goal was to familiarize ourselves with creating panoramas by stitching photos together in photoshop. We used photomerge for this, which allowed us to simply take pictures and then feed them to the program and let it do the work. When taking photos, we had to manually set the exposure and focus, and keep the camera level to avoid distortion. I had some difficulty with focus, but I think I managed to keep the shot level.
For this assignment I took a lot of pictures of murals and hallways. I thought the long murals would come out well in a panorama, because the long frame really showcased all the art and details and made for an interesting piece. I also liked taking panoramas of hallways and corners because of the way it affected the photo's perspective. For our second photo assignment, I decided to focus on the subject People. When taking pictures of my friends, I wanted to frame the scene in a way that displays their personality and character. I had some issues with exposure and trying to get the ISO, aperture, and shutter to cooperate, but I think I'm getting used to it by now. If I could do this assignment again I would want to try taking pictures of more people in different poses and places, to have a wider variety to choose from. My subject is Leah Abdallah. Leah is naturally very gentle and kind. Her sweet disposition and strong loyalty to those she cares about reminds me of the unconditional love of man's best friend. Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec Aperture: f 8.0 ISO: 400
I retouched the photo a bit, using the clone stamp tool to remove part of a car on the right by covering it up with the plants. For our second photoshop assignment, we were supposed to edit a photo of a car to make it look like the target picture. In this assignment I learned how to work with the select tool, the clone stamp tool, the adjustments tab with colors (hue and saturation) and the levels tab. I had some trouble with the clone stamp tool and the select tool, but I eventually got the hang of it. Original Retouched version
Demo photo and extra For our second shooting assignment, I've decided to focus on people. I'd like to display the character and nature of my subject with this assignment, and I'd like to try shooting outside and practicing portrait photography with the aperture and shutter speed settings.
Some of the photos that inspired me: By Giuseppe Torre, Jessie's Photography, and MeganPixels For our first photo assignment, I decided to focus on the subject Animals. I wanted to try photographing my pets, but worried that I would have some trouble getting one of them to behave. Luckily, she wasn't feeling as hyper that day so I was able to use her as a subject. I was taking pictures indoors, so I had lots of practice with adjusting the shutter speed, iso, and aperture in order to get a decent exposure. Overall I had a lot of fun with this assignment, but next time I'd like to try photographing a wider variety of subjects. Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec Aperture: f 4.5 ISO: 1600
I retouched this photo just a bit to remove some gunk by Suzi's eye and spots in her fur. |
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