I started off joining photography joining up for the communications class. My brother had taken it the year before, and had recommended me to take it. Then, due to a change in staff, I joined Mr. Fitz’s photography class with no idea what we would be doing. And, it was a pleasant surprise. At first I thought photography was rather stupid, but Mr. Fitz showed the beauty in it — that you could capture things in-front of you, and preserve it forever. At the start of the class, I used to just snap the camera, and walk onto the next thing. Now, I obseve the light around me, adjust aperture, and shutter speed. My favorite project was seven things. I liked the fact that we had to take a photo each day, and remember things we were thankful for. Though I do not think I will ever become a photographer, this class has inspired me to take photography in highschool.
In Motion
In this project, we had to take photos of objects, or in my case people — in motion. I took my photos at a swim-meet last Sunday, where I took photos of people swimming butterfly, pushing off turns, swimming freestyle, breathing, and more. I took a number of shots of one person, but from different angles. A tip I would give is to get a good shutter speed for how fast the action is going – to decrease that of blur and too much light over saturating the shot.
My photos are; https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MDv7xWIlVjEXhT7x6lFKk-lYiRkmhAVQZvizlNt9t94/edit?usp=sharing
Seven Days
In this project, I took photos each day for what I was thankful for. I used my family, food, friends, etc. The link below has paragraphs about them and the photos themselves.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NfwfPBDgFN7yZNGTkZ0SVWYZjnF5Dw_uaUQlqYdCE18/edit?usp=sharing