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Last Project

Last Project

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This whole semester has been an amazing time and experience. We took all kinds of photos with new and better editing techniques such as brightness and contrast in Photoshop. To be completely honest, at first when I signed up for photography I thought we would be given cameras and learn how to use it and take good photos. Little did I know we would be using our phones 24/7 (of course not counting the portraits). My thoughts have changed about photography greatly considering I never knew taking photos with your phone could have a technique as well. Now since our Rule of Thirds project, I kept the thirds grid on my phone to keep things straight. My favorite project has to go to the action because it was extremely fun to use the burst setting and catch incredible photos not only in rule of thirds, but like a moment stopped in time. Yes, photography does interest me as a career but, it won’t be enough unless I somehow out of a miracle get successful with just photography. If I’m not too busy with other classes and activities, yes I would take photography in high school. I couldn’t choose a favorite photo from the semester, but one of my favorites lies beneath. I’m sure tech ed will not be as exciting as photography.

Up Close

Up Close

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For this task I had to take pictures of things up close to see their detail. In fact, sometimes, I found that the normal iPhone camera worked better than the VSCO macro mode. The first photo featured here is from the normal iPhone camera. What worked well was the things I could control. I tried to use VSCO which was new to me. My challenges were to find something that didn’t require me to so super close. It was difficult to go around the cold but the snow and frost were a good advantage. I felt that I expected more from the VSCO macro mode because when i tried to come close, it immediately blurred up. If I had the equipment, time, and ability to get someplace to take a close up photo, I would go to someplace with lots of nature like a lake, or forest. It would be interesting to actually see things from a close perspective. Find the rest of my photos here.

Set in the Street

Set in the Street

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In this project, I set up a kitchen table scene in where we pose different themes and emotions to take pictures. This project was inspired by 2 artists named Justin Bettman and Carrie Mae Weems. Justin’s inspiration on this project was his “Set in the Street” where he set up scenes on the street to make it look like they were actually in that scene and for our case, a kitchen table. That brings me to Carrie Mae Weems where she took pictures at her actual kitchen table and with her family. We made a replica of that scene and put it “on the street” (in a hallway). To edit my photos, I used the black and white option and the brightness and contrast option in PhotoShop. If I had a place to tell my family’s story, I would choose our kitchen. The kitchen is where most of us love to be because we cook and bake a lot. The pictures would probably just be us cooking or baking.

Action

Action

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In this project, we had to take photos of objects or people in action. For example, somebody jumping or and object falling. For most of my photos, I used the burst feature on my iPhone to help me get the picture fast enough. Some tips I would advise for others doing this project would be to make sure to get a good angle so the action looks more cool in the picture than real life. If I could record an action shot of a sport it would be tennis or anything where the person hits the ball because it’s interesting to see the ball fly while the persons hand is still out and hitting the ball. You can find the rest of my photos here.

7 Days

7 Days

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I am thankful for these glasses that help me see in some of my classes. 
I am thankful for my umbrella because it prevents me from getting soaking wet.
I’m thankful for the air I breathe.
I am thankful for all the pencils in the world to help all the students and I learn and have a good education.
I’m very thankful for my oven for playing an important role in my passion of baking.
I am thankful for the snow that comes each year.
I am thankful to have my own Christmas tree every year because I know some families can’t afford to have a tree.
Then I Asked Them To Smile.

Then I Asked Them To Smile.

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Everything involved in this project was hard. I did not have the opportunity to take photos on the weekends because I did not have the possession of my phone for it was taken from me. I struggled to get photos in school because there were very little people roaming the hallways. Some didn’t want to. It was also hard to take nice, unique photos because the person sometimes seem uncomfortable. I wish the amount of people was maybe 10 or 8 instead of 15 because of the complaints listed above. The changes I see are different each time. Some times I see a big difference, sometimes, not that much. Bias can very much effect me and others as a photographer. The photographer could only pick people they know which defeats the purpose. When you find someone to take a photo of, don’t tell them the basic questions like “Think of your favorite thing,” or “act natural,” ask them something like what are their favorite things. Find the photos here.

Light Graffiti

Light Graffiti

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In order for us to do the light graffiti, we turned off all the lights in the gym, and turned the camera setting to bold. We held down the camera button and drew something with lights. Some frustrations I had, was that we had to make sure that anything we were drawing made sense in the picture after. For the next time, we could go outside instead of inside. For the rest of my light graffiti, go here.

Rule of Thirds

Rule of Thirds

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I thought that the person was easier to fit in the rule of thirds because they can move how you want. What didn’t work was most of the landscape. My thoughts on the rule of thirds can be good, or can be bad. I like how it kind of makes it a bit professional but I think I prefer the photos that break the rule of thirds. I got the rule of the thirds on my phone by using the grid setting. Find the rest of my photos here.

Portraits with an Infinite Background

Portraits with an Infinite Background

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When taking the photos I put the shutter speed a little higher to let all the light come. We tried to shine the light on the backdrop and not the person in order to not take off parts of the face. The shutter speed worked but the lighting didn’t work because it was uneven.