Assignment Description- For this assignment I chose to take pictures of the dog that I'm dog sitting. I gave her a bone and just let her do what she wanted to do. For my best picture she started looking out the window and i took a picture of the side of her face. I liked this picture because you can think about what she is looking at. I put her in a spot that had a pretty much solid background. I set her beside the recliner and when I took the picture I had the lever in the picture. I thought that it was rather distracting so I edited it out. I also made this picture black and white because it didn't change the color of the dog, but it made the background darker and it took some distracting colors out of the blanket.
Technical Info-
ISO- 1600
Aperture- f/3.4
Shutter Speed- 1/100 sec.
What I Learned- I learned that you can take out distractions very easily. You don't really have to worry about what you get in the picture that you don't want. You can always edit it out. I also realized that black and white can really help the composition of your photo.
Assignment Description- For this assignment we took a picture of a place in the school then we added things to it to make it look real but be fake. I took a picture of a lunch table and then added the Harry Potter characters to the picture. Now the photo looks like they are sitting at our lunch tables. I learned how to add photos to other photos and I learned more with layers.
Assignment Description- For this assignment I chose to do nature. I went in my backyard and took pictures of anything interesting that I saw. It was really sunny and there was fresh fallen snow so it was very bright and white. For this picture I actually added the snow to the puffy thing myself.
What I learned: For this assignment we went into the commons and shot Mr. Bush riding his bike. He rode through the hall while we panned. I learned how to make the background blurry while keeping the subject clear.
Assignment Description: For this photo assignment I chose to do light painting. For this I went into my basement and used my ipod to make cool colors. I shot at a 15 second shutter speed. I think that my main problem was time. That was the slowest my camera would go and I struggled to do what I wanted in the time I had.
Assignment Description: For this assignment we took three pictures and using Gimp we put them together into a panoramic photo. I was challenged because the lighting changed drastically from one side of the picture to the other. This caused a problem with blending and composting the photos into one. We used the eraser tool along with the sizing tool and perspective tool.
What I Learned: I learned how to create a panoramic picture and also learned more about layers and how to use more tools.
Assignment Description: In this Gimp assignment we had to take portrait pictures using two different methods and then put them into a frame using Gimp. I thought that this assignment was harder than the other Gimp assignments. We first put the pictures into Gimp and resized them to be the same size. Then we put them on a black background and added a white frame to the back of the pictures. Then we added a text box with our name on the bottom.
What I Learned: I learned how to use multiple layers in this assignment. Also I learned how to add frames to pictures and how to resize photos to be the same size.
Assignment Description: For this assignment I chose shadows and light. It was rather difficult to get the shadow the way I wanted and I had trouble getting the brightness of my object the way I wanted. I set up the little statues and shined a flashlight on them. This created a shadow on the blanket behind the statues. At first the flashlight was too bright so I created my own diffuser by putting tissues on the flashlight. This worked pretty good but then it was hard to get the shadow on the blanket. To fix this I took the bight pictures and, in Gimp, selected each statue and adjusted the levels to make them a little darker.
What I Learned: I learned that it is very difficult to set up a shadow and light picture. I think that if I went outside and found objects with interesting shadows this picture could have been a lot better. The next time I shoot for shadows and light I will deffinatly keep in mind my difficulties during this assignment.
