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Last Project!

This whole semester had its ups and downs. Some projects were easier than other and overall I had fun in this class with my friends. My thoughts about photography have changed because I now know that certain apps can transform my camera into a somewhat professional camera. My favorite project was the action photos. It was very fun because we got to go around alone and all around outside. However, photography does not interest me as a career and I will not continue it in high school. I am not the artsy type and I’m not good with cameras. My favorite picture is below.

Close Up

In this project, we were asked to take 10 pictures of close up objects, some living and some not living. To get this done, I used VSCO so I could adjust settings for my camera. This app worked well. One challenge was when the picture came out blurry. It was also difficult to find objects to take a picture of. If I had all the time and equipment, I would photograph a fish. I think this would be cool because you can see all the scales and minor details. You can see the rest of my photos here

Set In the Street

In this project, we were asked to take a picture zoomed in on the set and zoomed out. “Set in the street” is inspired by Justin Bettman because his photo’s had a set in the street. In addition, this project was also inspired by Carrie Mae Weems and was based off of her “Kitchen Table” project. n photoshop I used the black and white effect and the curve effect to make the shadow. I would take a picture of my family on the couch because when we are together, we spend a lot of time on the couch.

Action

For this project, we had to capture a moment of action in a photo. We had to go around and take pictures of these moments in motion. for these pictures we had to set up chairs and get at a good distance. If you want to take an action picture, I suggest taking it at creative angles. This helps the viewer get a good angle of the picture and it exaggerates the action. If I could photograph a sport, I would choose lacrosse. This is because there is constant movement and motion so it would be easy to capture. You can see the rest of my photos here

7 Days

Day 1: I am thankful for my dog, Max, because my dog is always happy to see me.

Day 2: I am thankful for lacrosse because I have met so many people in all the years that I’ve played and I am thankful for them all and it is very fun going on trips with them.

Day 3: I am thankful for my other dog, molly, because she loves to snuggle with me.

Day 4: I am thankful for my lacrosse friends because they help me get through so much.

Day 5: I am thankful for soccer because traveling with my friends is so fun.

Day 6: I am thankful for the friends I have in this class for helping me when you are busy

Day 7: I am thankful for food because it keeps me alive!

Smile

A difficult part of this project was getting my pictures into a document because I didn’t get the necessary help that I needed.  The people who have a sad face have the biggest difference between a smile and non-smile. Bias could affect my job as a photographer because I could skip by someone very interesting just because of how they look. I could ask a client to simply smile because everyone is capable of smiling. See my photos here

Light Graffiti

To take these pictures, we had to go into a dark room and keep the camera lens open for about 10-15 seconds. The part that worked was figuring out the settings but one difficulty we faced was doing the design correctly. It was frustrating when we ran out of time to finish the picture. To take this project to the next level, we can get more colorful lights and a better camera so we can leave the lens open longer. You can find my pictures here

Rule of Thirds

In this project, one thing that worked was when we took pictures outside. It was easier to find spots to take them. One part that was hard was when we had to take pictures inside. We had trouble finding places to take pictures. I thought this project would be easy but as the project went on, it got more difficult. The “lines” in my shot had to line up with the object in the photo. In the bench picture, one line was on the back part and the other line was where you sit. you can see the rest of my photos here

Portraits

To take these pictures, we had to change the camera setting to manual and changed the ISO to make it more sensitive. Also, we had to change the shutter speed. When we took the pictures, we didn’t have any yellow edges so we didn’t have to edit anything out. There wasn’t anything that particularly didn’t work but there was some confusion with the ISO level.