Photo Assignment #7

~ My Best Photo ~

ISO: 100

SHutter Speed: 1/180

Aperture: 2.6

     This is my best photo because I loved how it caught the snow falling and how everything was just covered in snow. This was the day that we were supposed to have a "snow day".  If I had a second chance at the shot I would probably have backed up a little.

Photo Assignment #6

~ My Best Photo ~

ISO: 80

Shutter Speed: 1/50

Aperture: 4.0

                     This was my best photo because Midas, my neighbor's dog, has such a funny personality and always acts like a puppy. I loved the colors in this picture and how I actually caught him standing still. It was fun to watch him run around through the field and woods too. The rest of these photos are of my dog Ego. He is much more calm except when he sees a squirrel - he goes into the "hunting" mode. So funny!

Photography Assignment #5

~My Best Photo~

ISO: 100

Shutter Speed: 1/30

Aperture: F 8.0

              At around 6PM there was a gorgeous sunset, so I went outside and took a bunch of pictures. I chose this one as my best because I liked the silhouette of the houses and trees, the gradual black to blue in the sky, and the cool yellowy, orange and fiery swirl right above the houses.  

Photo Assignment #4

~My Best Photo~

ISO: 80

F 2.8

Shutter Speed: 1/10

                 For this assignment,  I was at the Peer to Peer Depression Awareness meeting and we all had to write on a giant post-it note a bunch of things people say when they are down whether out loud or to themselves. I loved the vibrant colors of the post-it notes on the black walls of the Drama lab.  This is my best photo because I liked that the "I wish I could be better" is the main focus and al the colors and notes just seem to go on forever from there. I think the bright colors contrast the sad mood those sayings bring and over all I thought this was a neat angle/idea.

Panoramic Assignment

Panoramic Assignment

           In this assignment I learned how to use different tools in Photoshop and how to put the pictures together to make a panoramic. I loved watching the ideas in my head come to life. This was such a neat assignment and I will definitely be doing a panoramic for one of my other projects. My favorite one is probably the second picture because I loved how the tree was the main focus and how the curves of the lake and road all swirl together through the whole picture. I think it really turned out.

Photo assignment #3

~Best Photo~

Shutter Speed: 1/500

Aperture: F 8

ISO: 80

          For this assignment I chose to use my baby brother's first steps and my church's Mock Prom as my "event". I chose this picture of my baby brother, Gabriel, because I really liked how the flash made him the obvious focus of the picture and I like the rule of thirds.  The difficult part of this picture was that because he was first learning how to walk he was really, really wobbly and it was so dark so it was hard to get enough light into the picture.

Motion Demo Assignment

Motion Demo

~Best Picture~

          From this demo, I learned how to pan with the image to get the desired picture. Also, I learned how to  use my skills from the previous weeks and change the shutter speed and aperture accordingly. I enjoyed this demo and I think the picture turned out well.