Monday, May 7, 2012

Photo 3- Food

For this assignment I had chosen the task to take photos of foods. I thought this was a very interesting assignment, as it offered a new perspective of foods that was really cool. I had gone around the kitchen trying to find food objects and position them in a fashion that would be fit for what type of food it was.

















F1.8
ISO 100
1/100 sec






From this assignment I learned alot. I learned how to offer a different view on foods as well as get more familiar with my cameras settings. Food is a great thing to take pictures of as they always offer some type of new texture that you are able to capture with the proper lens and light.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Photo 2 Macro


For this assignment I chose to take pictures with my camera on the macro setting. Rather then taking pictures of flowers I grabbed the box of 30-06 ammunition and set them up in a way that they looked really cool. I used the counter top to give a reflection and thought it looked really cool. The camera that I was using had a special Macro lens as well to give the crisp look to the unclose photo. 
F/2.8
Iso 200
1/30 sec





From this assignment I learned a lot. I learned how to use the macro setting on my camera as well as get a use out of the special macro lens that I have. I really enjoy taking pictures with the macro setting because it can offer such a different perspective to the photo that otherwise would be lost in a full shot picture. 

Monday, April 23, 2012

Pop Art

For this assignment we had to take a photo of ourself in photo booth, then edit it in photoshop. It demonstrated a lot of photoshops different capabilities and familiarized us with the use of the tools in photoshop.



Overall I thought this was a very fun assignment and I had a lot of fun doing it. It showed me how to use a lot of the different tools that photoshop has to offer. I look forward to using photoshop to edit my pictures, and create some great edited pictures.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Photo Assignment 1 - Architecture

For this assignment I chose the subject of architecture to take photos. I used pictures that would highlight different abstract features, in possible buildings, and/or structures that I was around, while in Florida, and my trip to Detroit. Most of the photos came from Florida while I was on vacation there.















ISO 800
F3.5
1/640






I really learned a lot from this assignment. I took a lot of pictures of buildings and then finally got the touch for a nice photograph of a otherwise boring picture of a building. I figured out how to make a picture of a building more than what it is. I played with aperture, and ISO settings to get the perfect picture. I have also applied my knowledge of shot types to this assignment as well. Overall it was well worth it and i enjoyed it a lot.

Friday, April 20, 2012

Shooting assignment 1 inspiration

For my first photo assignment I have chosen to focus on the subject of architecture. The reason that i chose this subject was architecture is really interesting and here in ann arbor we have a lot of old interesting buildings that i would like to get some great photographs from.

Here are some of he photos that  I found for inspiration

Melbourne Buildings
Simple Chair
and
Design

I think the above examples are a great demonstration for architecture. They all have a form of simplicity to them that drastically changes the mood of the photo. I would love to learn how to take photo's that look like that. You can play around with black and white contrasting to make for an absolute interesting picture of a building.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Elements of Composition


Assignment Description

For this assignment we had to take photos for the 6 elements of composition. The elements include Rule of thirds, Pattern, Symmetry, Texture, Depth of field and Lines. For the second composition assignment we had to take photos for the next 5 elements that we learned they include: Framing, Perspective, Space, Balance and Color.

Slideshow 1

Lines- Bricks on the wall in the hallway
Depth of field- Lights on my truck
Texture- Fire light in the hallway
Pattern-a box filled with jellybeans
Rule of thirds- The fire light in the hallway positioned in the upper left third
Symmetry- The staircase at school
Balance- My Mustang near 2 doors
Color- My Red Mustang against green foliage
Framing- A tree on the beach in Florida
Perspective- Rim on Corvette
Space- A palm tree




 


 I learned many things from this assignment, for rule of thirds, I learned how to position the subject in regards to the lines on the grid. For pattern I learned how to focus on an object to emphasize the subject. For symmetry you need good composition as well as a perfect focal point. For texture I noted that you could add a lot of emphasis to a photo if you add the proper focus on the photo. As for the depth of field if you use a focus on an object close up and blur the background then you can achieve a focused point in the photo.