Author: Ali Salem

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Action Photos

For this project we had to take photos of people in motion. my favorite picture i took was a P.O.V of me skateboarding. I had my GoPro mounted on my helmet to get the shot i wanted.  I had a friend press the button to take a burst photo when he heard the pop of my board.(Phones can be used as a controller for a GoPro). some tips are, if you have the right lighting and make the shutter speed faster it will make the picture more clear. another tip is to tilt your camera upwards little bit. This will make it appear that if a person is jumping it will look higher than it actually was.

 

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Smile!

For this project we needed to take 2 pictures of Different people or strangers smiling and not smiling. the most difficult thing was asking people if they would allow me to take there picture and most refused. I thought some people were poor or very tired but when they smiled it was a completely different story that is how bias can affect a photographer on the way they see people before they know them. ilearned that the best thing to ask was. “May I take your picture for a project please, it wont be shown publicly.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tH_T0BGUQ0SF3xcN163biYO19BF5GbViyLQNjdV6m3o/edit?usp=sharing

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Up close

For this project we used cameras on super macro to get up close to something but not zooming in. one of the challenges was finding Interesting things like insects. one struggle is if your camera has auto focus or auto super macro then sometimes it wont focus when you want it to. If i had the chance i would get an up close shot of a snake or a spider.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/T5W6kmupnzXUQ8ro2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Light Graffiti

For this project we had our camera settings on ISO 100, and on bulb mode. First you want to turn your lights off if your indoors and go to a dark place if your outside. when you are drawing, make sure that your light is pointed towards the camera and not away. If you want the background to be visible you would take your light and point it away from the camera and flood it with light. It could be frustrating if you don’t have bulb mode because you will have to put a timer. Also, if something needs to be perfect but you mess it up will be frustrating.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/zl1PsY1y1AKCdksH2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo app review

Worm: Worm is mainly a filming app but you can ONLY get photos/covers from a video that is over 60 fps. It is used for extreme sports like skateboarding, BMX, snowboarding/skiing, swimming, you could also use drones for scenery, and other sports. The cool thing about worm is that you can hold down the video and it will play in slow-mo. this app is my favorite because i am a skateboarder and i want to see what others post and i want people to see my post and progression in skateboarding.

Instagram: Instagram is a social media app that lets you take photos and videos and upload/post them into your story or permanently into your profile. I personally like it because there are different communities and you can upload a lot of things that interest you and/or others.

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Newseum

we went and saw really cool things and photos. the Pulitzer prize photos were really amazing and some were terrifying like this one.

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White Background

In this project we had to change the shutter speed so that the background can be more white. What worked was when we changed the shutter speed to a lower speed. What didn’t work was the lighting, we had to find the right angle for the light. the white background and black background were very different. For example, we had all the main lights off for the black background and we needed as much light as possible. we needed a slow shutter speed for the black background and an even slower shutter speed for the white. The black background was easier because of the lighting we had.

 

 

 

 

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Black Blackground

For this project we used the manual settings (full control of settings) with digital cameras. we had to change the shutter speed and that all i did. i changed it to 1/125 or 1/250 because it was a great shot for the GoPro. that worked well and it made all of the photos we took look good. what didn’t work was that we had to change our location on our second day because the lighting was weird because of the other groups light. Here are some pictures.