For this photo assignment, I chose to do event because out track team was hosting the largest meet in Michigan on Friday. Metadata: Aperture: f/4.5 Shutter Speed: 1/1000 ISO: 400 In this assignment, I further grew my ability in photoshop with cropping images and making it look just right. For one, I actually completely removed two people from the photo.
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In this assignment, we took a picture around the school and then used photoshop to add a bunch of stuff into the picture. Below are the before and after photos. I learned a bunch of useful photoshop tools in this project. I learned how to do things from transformations to coloring to making shadows.
I chose to shoot macro for this assignment because it was the only one that I could actually do given my situation and I had some ideas of things to shoot. Meta Data: Aperture: f/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/15 ISO: 800 In this assignment I didn't necessarily learn too much about macro but rather to take pictures that demonstrate the rule of thirds in the first place instead of just taking an editable picture.
This assignment was fixing the picture of a car by using various tools in photoshop. I learned how to utilize the cloning tool and the quick selection tool in this assignment.
I decided to try out photographing still life in this assignment because I had a bunch of ideas I thought would be pretty cool. Metadata: Aperture: f/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/10 ISO: 400 I learned that I had to fill the page effectively to make a truly captivating photo and that a white backdrop is not always the best. I also learned not to go too crazy is angles or ideas within the picture.
In this assignment, I was able to get some experience using photoshop by exploring some of the coloring features. First, the picture was taken and then converted to black and white. The next pictures are just the black and white picture with hue and saturation adjustments four times. This assignment taught me how to first turn the picture black and white and then to change the coloring as we see above. I think this is a good basis of learning how to use photoshop.
For the first assignment I will probably be doing still life. I have a bunch of great ideas that will work very well, and I am very curious to see if my ideas are gonna work. Hopefully, this will help me learn how to better plan out shots because these take a lot of thought. Some nice inspiring photos: These are all great representations of still life because they each have something very interesting and seem alive in some way. The first one has amazing personification that creates a scene, the second photo has great depth of field and the refections on the floor are beautiful, and the last image uses the contrast of colors very creatively.
In this assignment, we were required to learn about 11 different techniques to use in composition of the photos we take. After this, we practiced each of the techniques by taking pictures that portray them. Finally, we created a blog and posted each of these pictures to show what we learned. Rule of ThirdsPatternsSymmetryTextureDepth of FieldLinesFramingPerspectiveSpaceBalanceColorThroughout this project I was able to learn easy ways to make my pictures better. One thing in particular that was useful was learning to make the picture pleasing to look at and not confusing for the eye. I always just wanted pictures with super complicated lines and colors , but now I know that simple is good as well.
If someone knew me, they would know that I love mostly anything math and/or science related and that I love cross country. Outside of school, I am part of a Destination Imagination team and spend most weekends playing sports, video games, and board games.
To be honest, I took this class as a break from had classes and because it seemed pretty fun and interesting. In regards to past experience, the only formal experience I have really had, though it wasn't to helpful, was earning the photography merit badge in Boy Scouts. |
AuthorI am Ammon Stacey, a student at Saline High School taking Mr. O'Donnell's photography class. ArchivesCategories |