Period 1 – Page 18 – Falcon Photo

December 20, 2018

Set in the Street

The project, Set in the Street, was “inspired” by a photographer who created this photography project, Justin Bettman. In order to do this project, we must find a open place like a town (in this case inside a school) to set up a scene in the middle of the streets, hallways, sidewalks, etc. We also had to use Carrie Mae Weems photography project, the Kitchen Table project. This required us to take 4 photos of a scene on the kitchen table in black & white. After taking the photos, we had to make the 4 photos black and white. After that, we had to do any cropping that was necessary. We then used the elliptical marquee. We then had to click select on the top of the screen and hover the mouse over modify. Click “Feather” and set a number between or on 150 – 200. Go back to select and click on inverse. Click on the graph on the middle left side to set the darkness of the top of the photo. If I could choose a place to take photos, I would choose the one place where my parents first met, which was in Taiwan. The pictures you could see may include a lot of photos inside or outside of my parents car because that is where I spend more time with my family.

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December 19, 2018

Set In Street

In this project we had to take pictures of a living room we made and it is supposed to look like a real living room but it is not. This project is inspired by a New York photographer called, Justin Bettman. What he does is he makes sets in public spaces and he leaves it there so if anyone wants to use it they can. The kitchen table project was inspired by Carrie Mae. We were trying to recreate her kitchen table pictures except she took her pictures in an actual kitchen table and we took ours in a set in street. To achieve the pictures we used Photoshop and some of the tools we used were first B&W then we used the Marquee tool to change the image to a vignette to make the pictures look more realistic. To tell the story of my family I’d take a picture of us in a our very first house and one in our new one to show our evolution and where we were from and how we changed. Down below is the set we used and a picture I took with my group. If you want to see the rest click here.

December 19, 2018

Set in the Street

In this project, we had to create a scene in the middle of anywhere and takes photos. My class created a dining room scene in the lobby of our school. The point of our project was to take a picture as if you were in the location, but then you would take a photo zoomed out so the people who were looking at the photos could see the actual location. This scene was inspired by Carrie Mae Weems, who is famous for her vignette looking photos that are taken in her dining room. We also were inspired by the location of the photos of Justin Bettman who would set up a scene in a street and take the pictures, the pictures would look as if they were at that location being portrayed and not in the street. I used many things to edit my photos such as making the top of the photo darker just like Carrie Mae Weems. I first turned the photo black and white give the vingette feel, then I zoomed out used the elliptical marquee to circle the top of the phot to make it darker. Then I went to modify and changed the feather to 225, then in modify I hit the inverse button. After that I clicked the graph button and dragged the line until the top of the photo was dark enough. I would tell my family stories at our kitchen table, because that protrays our life the best way I could think of. You could see half of my family eating dinner because we are just super busy, or you could see my grandparents and I play cards together, etc. If you would like to see the rest of my photos, click here.

December 10, 2018

Action

For this assignment we had to take a picture of something while it was moving. To get good pictures I made the shutter speed on the camera faster. A tip to get a good picture; Take photos in bursts, So if one’s not good maybe the other one will be. If I had the opportunity to, I would take a photo of someone getting chocked/kicked/punched during a UFC match. You can see the rest of my photos Here.

December 10, 2018

Catch the Action

In this project we had to take pictures of action. It was all about timing because we had to take the picture at the perfect second. For this to happen, we had to make the shutter speed faster. If I could take a picture of a sport, it would be boxing because the punching and facial expression would be perfect for an action shot. You can see the rest of my pictures here.

December 9, 2018

Catch The Action

In this project, we had to capture images of people or things doing something. In total, we needed to take around 50 because of the amount of people within my “group” Each person had to take 8-10 pictures of different actions. Once we had finished taking the pictures, we need to crop most of the images. When taking the pictures, you are recommended to have the shutter speed set to 1/800. You also want different angles or positions to capture the best photo you can. A sport that I would love to photograph would be soccer mostly because I play soccer.

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December 7, 2018

Action

For this project we had to take picture of objects (people) in motion. The project had to involve a variety of people doing different actions. To capture good pictures we had to set the ISO on 800 so the light setting would look natural. We also had to set the shutter speed on 1/800 because the objects tended to move very fast. 1/800 means that the shutter of the camera would only stay open for 1/800 of a second. This would also take clearer images of the objects in motion. We also used our previous knowledge of Rule of Thirds and different perspectives. We sometimes had to lay on the ground to take a better looking picture. I would recommend, if you are trying to take “action” photos, to stand very close to the object in motion. The camera would focus better if it was closer. Also you should take pictures outside for better light quality. If I would photograph a specific sport, I would take pictures of basketball games. Basketball games involve a lot of movement and interaction between players. Also, dunking pictures look great. 2 of my favorite pictures are shown below. The rest can be found here.

December 7, 2018

Catch the Action

For this project we had to take pictures of people in action. So we had to think of things from the background, camera angles, composition ( by that I mean rule of 3rds ), and lighting. For this project I used my phone as the camera. I didn’t do much with the camera to get the pictures but I already had the grid on my camera. When it cam to taking the actual pictures, I would tap on the screen so my camera would focus more on the person so the picture wouldn’t end up blurry. Some tips I would give someone who is trying to do this project, is to get different angles for each picture because then it would make each picture together look more better. Also, when doing this project you definitely need to be creative with this project, you don’t need to, but it definitely helps. If I could, I would want to take pictures at a baseball game when the batter is hitting the ball. Here is a link to all my pictures.

December 7, 2018

ACTION!!!

On this project we had to take pictures of people or objects in motion. Everything had to be in action and the pictures where hard. Something that helped me capture good pictures was to take lots of picture (spamming) of the thing in motion to capture the right ones. Some tips I’d give someone trying to take motion pictures are: first you have to be patient because not all pictures you take will work and it will take lots of work to find and take the right pictures. If I could I would like to photograph basketball or baseball or even football because I think those sports have a lot of action in them so I could have so many motion and action photos through those sports. Down below are two of my favorite pictures I took. If you want the rest click here.

December 7, 2018