The photography home of the Lakelands Park Falcons.
In this project, students were required to take pictures of objects using the Macro tool, which allows photographers to take picture of small objects and captures fine details. It was very easy to find subjects for my photographs, but more difficult for me to focus on the object. If I had the time and camera, I would enjoy photographing sea life, such as miniature shells and miniscule hermit crabs.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SJVtg7cIYof3pMgbkrEl0_53Y_IVJea2
One of the most difficult aspects of the project was asking people to take their picture. But once I did, I noticed a large difference between the neutral faces and the smiling faces. As soon as they smiled, they suddenly seemed less like strangers and more like friends. I realized that smiling, a universal sign of friendliness, clears most bias. Bias can affect a photographer in many ways. It may “warn” a photographer to stay away from one person, when that person may be the photographer’s future best friend. To erase bias, I would ask my clients to smile and tell me about their lives.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15XNauAm8B9hOwOIz84ICtv5mf6fTLYkSchK5Ybp8S1I/edit?usp=sharing
In this project, I left the shutter open to capture all the light shown over a period of time that I could choose. Then I took a flashlight to “draw” different patterns and objects. The more I left the shutter open, the lighter the picture was, and the less dramatic it was. When I painted a curve, I found that the faster I moved my hand, the smoother the line was.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LY7Q-UzufQxStqWpNEvp37gOPwSssShP
My first review is on Instagram. Instagram is a photo editing and sharing app with a social media aspect, too. You can make some areas sharper and other areas more blurry, or change the color, saturation, contrast, shadows, highlights, or warmth. Instagram is my favorite photo editing app because it combines all the aspect of photo editing into one simple. easy-to-use interface.
My second review is on BeFunky.com. Be Funky is a free photo editing online app in which you can change all of the typical settings, such as contrast, brightness, etc. but you can also use a brush tool to apply the settings to only certain areas, which makes it my favorite online photo app by far.
To create the these photos, I set the exposure on the camera to low to dim the lights and posed in front of a back background. Then I went to Adobe Photoshop and made the background even darker (as needed) using the curves feature. I learned that holding the light away from the background worked better than holding it close, which didn’t work at all.
See more at: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1LWMgI7nUzuY23bFCJllbHd13P1EY0OTE
The rule of thirds is a rule that states that photos are more aesthetically pleasing if the subject is on on third to the right, left, bottom, or top of the image. This can be difficult because viewer’s eye must be drawn from one point to another, so the photographer needs to make sure to align the subjects correctly.
See more at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tSho0H2P3fe9fij4iF4NFiHYXLly0f3t
For my white background photos, my friends and i stood in front of a white background and set the exposure to high to avoid creating shadows. Then I put the image into adobe photoshop and tweak the image’s light settings with the “curves” button. I learned that standing closer to the background made more shadows, and didn’t work; standing father away made the shadows disappear.
More photos at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zm1__jnBdBTpfnVlCYPPcBvV9rqfQtJk
In this assignment, I was required to take photos of three objects (one being another person), five photos each. One challenge I faced was photographing the water bottle and making the shots different and interesting. The water bottle, therefore, was the hardest object to photograph because it looked almost the same from all sides
