Author: Abby

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Getting Close

During this project, we took pictures of objects up close. We held our camera close to the object instead of zooming in. Something that worked well for this project was using the app VSCO to take the pictures. VSCO has a setting that changes the focus of the camera, and that helped my focus on the subject. A challenge that I had was finding things to photograph. It was also hard to make the camera focus on the subject. I think that it would be cool to photograph a bee on a flower. Overall, I liked this project.

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Getting Close

For this assignment, we were told to get close to an object sand see it’s detail and texture. For most projects in this class we need to see the big picture and overall view but this project we had to find the detail. It was simple for me to find objects that I wanted a close up of being that everything has texture. One challenge was getting close to the object but also allowing the camera to focus. I used the app VSCO to help me with this which was new to me. If I had the right devices I would get a close up of a fish because I think the color and texture would be very interesting. This is my favorite image that I took. Here is the link to all of the photos I took.

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Action Photos

In this project, we took pictures of objects and people moving. For example, I took pictures of people jumping. For this project, I used burst mode on my phone. This let me take multiple photos at a time. A tip that I have for taking action photos is to take them outside, so the photos aren’t blurry. If I could photograph any sport, I would photograph swimming because the water moving would look really cool.

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Catch the Action

For this project we had to capture a moment where there was action and we couldn’t pose for that specific action. I made sure to set up my camera in a position that is a little bit unique and will give an interesting perspective on the action. One tip is to make sure you don’t move your camera because it will really mess up the quality of the image in the end. If I would photograph any action I would photograph someone skydiving because it seems like such a surreal moment. Here is a link to my photos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-C96Z_qGfV9lINvSQcWzJ3xxAiyTipAv

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Framing Your Subject

In this project, we framed our subject using objects in and around the school. In this project, we placed our subject in the center of the picture, unlike in rule of thirds, where we put our subject in a place other than the center. A challenge that I had was figuring out what to frame my subject with and it was hard to center the photo.

This photo is my favorite because we never get to use the elevator at school, so it was fun to take this.

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Rule of Thirds

In this project, we took pictures using the rule of thirds. Rule of thirds is when there is a grid, and your subject is on a line or intersection of the grid. This causes the viewers eye to travel throughout the picture instead of looking at one place. Something that was difficult for me was figuring out what to take pictures of. It was easy to put the subject on line or intersection of the grid.

In this photo, I put the eyes of the smiley face on the intersections of the grid.
In this photo, I put Madison on the left vertical line of the grid.

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Rule of Thirds

For this project I had to take photos using the rule of thirds. Finding objects to take photos of worked for me, and the lines helped me figure out where to align everything. It was hard to get the angle just right and ensure that the object you wanted to be the center of attention, was the main focus of the image. I thought this project would be fairly simple but it was a lot trickery than I expected. Everything in the image had to be just right or you photo would not be successful. I used the grid on my camera to align everything up and it helped me a lot when it came to positioning everything in the photo. I put the object I wanted the most attention to be on, on the actual lines of the grid. Here are the rest of my photos.

I positioned Antonia on the very left line of the rule of thirds grid

I positioned the top of the school with the lowest line of the grid

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Portraits with an Infinite Background

In this project, we took pictures of each other on white and black backgrounds. We had to adjust the ISO, Shutter Speed, and F-Stop on the camera. When we took the photos, we had to make sure that there was no shadow in the background. When I edited my photos, I adjusted the curves so the backgrounds didn’t have shadows on them. Something that worked was holding the lamp behind the person that was in the picture. The ISO was hard to figure out because it was different for each person.

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Click here to see my dark background photos.

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Portraits

For this assignment we had to take photos with a white and black background. The process of taking the photos was a bit tricky being that we that we had to make sure that when using the light, there was no shadow. If there was a slight shadow we needed to make sure that while editing we could eliminate that, but we couldn’t paint on a background. We were able to take successful photos but some photos with the black background had a glare of light in the background, and that was hard to eliminate without making the person un-detectable. Link to the photos.

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5 Shots

For this assignment I was told to find 3 objects, one of which had to be a person, and take 5 different angles or shots of each object. the most challenging part of this project was making sure that each shot was different and unique in it’s own way. The air pods was the most difficult object to photograph because it was hard to position them and take pictures of them in a way the have’t been photographed before.This project helped me look at everyday objects in a new way and really embrace my creativity. Here is a link to my photos.