Photo 4- Nature

In this assignment I did nature and i went on a hike in Hudson Mills park last weekend which is where my best photo was taken and this weekend I went on a hike in this field which is where most of my slideshow pictures were taken.

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f/stop: 2.8

shutter speed: 1/400

ISO: 160

In this assignment I learned some interesting ways to capture nature. It was more challenging then I thought just because most of my picture that I thought would look really cool, actually looked pretty boring.

Portrait

In this assignment we toke portrait in two different settings: studio and with natural light. In this first picture is Libby and this was taken in a studio setup. The second picture is of Vivian and it was taken next to a window with a bounce card. I learned in this assignment how to take good pictures and setup the correct lighting.

Assignment 3: Architecture

This week I did architecture because I was going to Indiana to Ball State for a college visit and colleges always have beautiful architecture.

This photo is of a radial string design that was hung in front of a window with a building and trees in the background.

f/stop: 3.5

shutter speed: 1/250

ISO: 160

In this assignment I learned different ways to capture cool architecture. I had to adjust the settings because it was an overcast day out and I photoshopped my picture a little bit because of it. I want to go into architecture as my field in college so this is something I'm really interested in.

Panoramic

In this assignment we learned how to take panoramic photos with a tripod. We took four photos of the same scene overlapping the pictures by 1/3 and using photoshop to merge them together. This was really cool because I always wondered how people did this and I think panoramic photos are really cool pictures!

Animal-2

 This is my slideshow for assignment 2 in which I did animal as my subject. For this assignment I went to Mill Pond Park and took pictures of the pretty swans and geese in the pond.

Inspiration-2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/5937412419/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/4648457913/

For this assignment I am planning to do animals as my subject. I'm going to millpond this weekend for cross country and there's always really pretty geese and swans that I could take cool pictures of.

Car Retouch

In this assignment we retouched the photo of a car so it looked like an example provided. We used different tools like the clone stamp, the selection tool, levels adjustment, and the crop tool. The first picture is the finished product and the second one is the original.

Photo 1 slideshow

In this assignment I learned some good ways to photograph food and how to apply the rules of composition to the photos. I tried to find the most interesting foods to take pictures of and use some setup so that the photos look as appetizing and interesting as possible.

Photo 1: food

This is my best photo for the food category. For this assignment I brought the camera to work and I toke several shots of my coworker handing out this cone as if I were a costumer. The composition elements I used were definitely color, and framing of the window. It has a shutter speed of 1/60, an aperture of f 2.8 and ISO of 250.

Popart

In this assignment we explored photoshop and inserted a picture of ourselves, cropped it,copied it, and changed the color of each.

I learned in this assignment how to use photoshop and some of the different tools like the crop tool and the hue saturation among other things. This will be very useful when we edit our best photos.

Inspiration photo 1

For the first photo assignment I was going to my use food as my subject. I work at dairy queen so it would be easy to get some cool pictures of ice cream. My idea for a good picture would be an ice cream cone or banana split or something pretty being handed out by one of my coworker's and then i would make the background not stand out as much so that the ice cream is in focus.

composition 2

In this assignment we took pictures of 5 elements of composition: perspective, color,balance, space, framing. perspective: bricks on sidewalk color:pink flowers against brick balance:tree, pond, hill, and sun space:football player and his shadow framing:elevator doors framing Ellie In this assignment I learned about these 5 elements of composition to further enhance the pictures that I take. I learned that perspective helps draw the eye to the subject of the picture. I learned that colors impact mood; bright colors add vibrancy and energy, cool colors have a soothing impact. Balance is the right balance of points of interests so the picture doesn't seem heavy or empty. Space deals with filling the frame with interesting things and lastly, framing gives the image depth and helps give perspective to the viewers.