Motion Blog Assignment 1

Zooming: Once you press the button and the shutter opens you zoom in and create this look with a low shutter speed.

 Writing with Light: Using a very low shutter speed you can use light to write with while the shutter is open.

 Panning: Move your camera with the subject while only focusing on the subject with a medium shutter speed.

Frozen: Using a very high shutter speed you can capture a motion frozen in the air with no blur.

Chrono: Take multiple pictures with a high shutter speed and photoshop them together.

Blurred: With a very low shutter speed a photo taken while a subject is in motion causes the subject to become very blurry.

Aperture Quiz

f/5.6

f/11

f/22

It was hard to see the difference in the blurriness of the photos until they were on my computer

Depth of Field Project

The principal of design I was looking for while I took this photo was birds eye view to show the foreground and background of the foliage, along with the handle of the basket.

 The principal of design I was going for in the tall portrait photo of this composition was informal balance of the painting against the brick wall. The top right and bottom right pictures are showing the design element of texture with the bricks and flower petals

The design I was looking for in the top picture here was birds eye view to get a different look at a modern day cross. The element portrayed in the bottom picture was rule of thirds. I put the vase in the right third of the picture. Some of the lines with the bricks also line up to the lines in the rule of thirds.

           My camera work in this project was good but not great. As you can tell, in the composition with three pictures, the whites are in fact white. In the composition with two pictures my whites are a little yellow. I should have white balanced better for the composition with two photographs, but that is why I decided to group them together, to unify the piece. My editing for this project was a bit easier than projects in the past because now I am used to what I want to do when editing a photograph. I also like the way I composed my pictures together. They unify with each other within each composition, and some unify with photographs from other compositions. I found success with taking pictures of things you wouldn't normally take pictures of; the results can pleasantly surprise you. A recommendation I would make is to be sure you have white balanced correctly before taking any photographs.

Depth of Field B&W Practice Composites

Depth of Field Shooting Assignment

Lighting

I've learned so much from this unit. I've learned how to create certain effects on someones face using 3 point lighting and single source lighting. I've also learned how to use the light from outside to light up a photograph inside a house and out. I recommend using a light studio to get the best outcomes for all of your artificial lighting. I saw my best results using existing and natural light. It makes the best result for portraits because it helps an individuals features and brightens up the moods. If I were to complete this project again, I would make sure my focusing is better on all of the artificial lighting because it was hard to tell through the camera. Next time I would try to be more careful.

Texture Assignment 2

My element of art is texture. My camera work was a little blurry due to the fact I took the photos from my phone and sent them to my email. Next time if I take them on my phone I will upload them instead to get a better and clearer image. My editing may not be up to par. This was my first time editing using Camera Raw and I loved it. I hope once I explore more with it, my pictures will become even better. If i were to complete this again I would have uploaded my pictures straight to my computer. I would also have taken more time to explore editing.