For these pictures, we needed to take our pictures in a very dark area so that the light would show up the best way possible. To do this, we went into the gym and turned off all the lights. Also, we had to have the camera set to very low ISO so that the camera …
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Lego Portraits
For this project, we took very close up pictures of Legos, to make them look like they are normal size and not tiny objects. Also, our pictures were supposed to tell a story of something happening. Similarly to the macro pictures, we had to take very close up pictures of objects without them becoming out …
Macro Pictures
For this task, we were asked to take very close up pictures of objects, as close as possible without the object or image becoming blurry. For this project I found it very helpful to use the VSCO Camera app on my phone to focus my photos. I hadn’t ever used this app before, so I …
Action Photos
For this project, we took pictures of objects in motion, mostly people. The main point of the project was to keep the photo in focus, while the motion was being performed. The action we were doing had to be something that cannot be posed, like a person jumping through the air. To make sure the …
Framing Your Subject
For this project, we had to be creative and find different gaps in buildings or breaks in structures to make one main focus in our photos. This helped to make our photos more creative and interesting. This is different from the Rule of Thirds project in many ways. Mainly, the objective is different. In Rule …
Rule of Thirds
For the Rule of Thirds project, I found it worked best to place the people and objects in simple locations with simple background, so your eye can focus on the main object in the pictures. I found that it did not work to have people standing right against the wall, because then your eye had …
Portraits: Black Background
For this project, we had to make the camera less sensitive to light, so the background looked like it wasn’t there. I edited them in Photoshop to clear up any other obvious shadows from the light. We found it worked best to keep the light in front of us, to create the least amount of …
Portraits: White Background
For this project, we needed to make it look like there was no background in our pictures. We had to make the camera more sensitive to light so the background looked as bright as possible. When editing, I found it easiest to use the curves feature on Photoshop to make the whites as bright as …
5 Shots
In this assignment, we had to take pictures of 3 different objects from 5 different angles. We took a total of 15 photos, and one of our 3 objects had to be a person. One challenge I had during this assignment was coming up with 5 different angles that still looked good in pictures. In …
24 Colors
For this assignment, we got a box of 24 crayons and we asked to take 24 pictures for each crayon in the box. The point of the assignment was to look around the school for color in the building to match the color of each crayon. The biggest challenge for me during this project was …