Action Shot

For this project, we had to take a photos of a person that’s in action. We had to make sure that the image wasn’t blurry and was something that was in action and not acting like your in action when you aren’t. I took my photos in burst so that I could get the action and it wouldn’t be blurry. If someone else did this project, I would say that they should take photos in burst so they can get the action. I would want to take a photo of soccer, basketball, or cheer because they’re really cool to see in action. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

This is the stacked action photo.

Framing your Subject

In this project we had to find a natural frame around the school and outside. We could use windows, doors, pillars, trees, etc. We had to take a picture of a subject in these frames. This project was similar to the Rule of Thirds project because both make your photos more interesting. They’re different because in the photos in Rule of Thirds, the subject isn’t in the middle of the shot. The hardest part was finding something interesting to frame my subject. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

This photo is my favorite because I liked taking photos with the railing as the frame.

Rule of Thirds

In this project, I had to take photos with the rule of thirds where you have a 3 by 3 grid and you put your subject on one of those thirds. The easiest part of this project was taking the photos in rule of thirds. The hardest part was trying to find good photos because our school is plain. I think that the rule of thirds makes your photos more interesting because the subject isn’t right in front of you. I looked at where the third lines were on my phone and I took photos from the side thirds and from the bottom thirds. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

Black Background

To take the photos, we changed the ISO and we used a light to make the lighting good. To edit the photos, sometimes I changed the curves to make the colors brighter. The easiest part of the project was to edit the photos. The hardest part of the project was to make the lighting looks good with no shadows and use the light so we could see the photos. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

White Background

I had to change the ISO of the camera to make it so that the white paper background looks infinite. I used Photoshop to make the photo black and white and I changed the color’s curves to make them lighter or darker. The easiest part was when we edited the photos. The hardest part of this project was trying to get a lighting that doesn’t show any shadows. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

5 Shots

For this assignment, I had to take photos of 5 different objects from 5 different angles. The most challenging part was thinking of different angles to take photos of. The hardest object to photograph was my dog because he doesn’t stay still. The project helped me find different angles to take photos of. Click here to see the rest of my photos.

My Logo

My logo is a clip art of a camera with flowers and I put my initials in the lens. For my logo project, I got my photo off of google and I got my initials on a monogram maker. I didn’t contact the owner of the photo. When I use a photo or something from another photographer, I give them credit for it. If someone used one of my photos, I think they should give credit for it. The easiest part of this project was definitely making the monogram. The hardest part was finding a photo because it was hard to decide.

This is my logo

24 Colors

Click here to see the rest of my photos  In this project, I had to take photos of 24 crayons. I had to find something in the school that matched the color of each of the crayons. The most challenging part was finding some of the things to take pictures with because our school is painted vanilla so I had to look for things to take pictures with. The easiest part was finding neutral colors like tan and brown because that’s all over our school.

This is one of my photos of the green crayon on a plant.

Last Project :(

This semester has been fun. I loved being able to learn how to take and edit photos with friends. Photography now seems more of an art than it once did to me. I realize that the shots you often see are harder to get than they look. I never thought I’d be the kind of person to care how good a camera was on a phone or to care much about the composition of the photo. I now keep the rule of thirds gird up on my phone to take photos and am more likely to spend more time taking a photo. My favorite from this semester is hard to choose but I liked making/setting up and helping on the set in the street. It was very hands on and required Amy, Melissa, and I to think outside of the box more. I would love to take photography next year and possibly continue photography courses in college. We live in a very media based age and photography is a big part of that. I don’t think I would choose it as a career but I might do it as an addition to whatever profession I choose. A favorite photo will be very hard to choose as many of them have great memories behind it.

This is one of my favorite photos because it captures the action and is rule of thirds and you can also see a close up of the ground.