This week I was gonna shoot macro but went for black and white instead. The lighting in the room was awful which made my pictures grainy. I was super disappointed with the end results, hopefully, next week I'll have a better shoot. I think candles and lights look really cool in a black background and white highlights to it. I also, have some of my cats since I've been dying for another cat shoot!! Iso: 200 Aperture: 4.0 Shutter speed: /160 For editing I first made it black and white, then I bumped up the contrast on the image. I lowered the exposure, lowered the shadows and, pumped up the highlights.
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This week we did a pano assignment in photoshop. It was super cool to see the different types of way that photoshop stitches it up. I learned that taking more pictures is better and makes the pano better.
Hello! I decided to shoot food for this week's assignment. I shot chocolate covered strawberries and ice cream. The ice cream pictures turned out significantly better. I waited for the ice cream to melt a bit and drizzled caramel on the ice cream spoon and plate. I added the strawberries on some and took them away as well. A super awesome sub that we had today--Mrs. Spencer--helped me rate pictures and decide which one is the best. She pointed out how cool the swirls looked on that spoon. Exposure Triangle: Iso: 420 Aperture: 3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/30 Editing: I made it black and white. It looked better with the black and white contrast. I played with the exposure--dimming it and pumping the shadows up. (I made them brighter.)
Hi. For this week's open assignment, I did nature. I had a lot of fun shooting this assignment. I spent a hour outside, walking around in the cold breeze before work. It was very calming. I went walking through the field right next to my yard, as I was walking I spotted this dandelion. I used the rule of thirds to capture it. Nature has a lot of beauty and it's really fun to capture it. It can be challenging to work with the beauty. I learned that taking it slow, is for sure the way to go. Exposure Triangle: Iso: 200 F: 4.0 Shutter 1/500 I used black and white for the "filter." I also, brightened the shadows a bit so the flower could pop a little more.
The first picture is the original picture that we were suppose to go into photoshop to learn the basics of it. It was for sure a lot different from lightroom but it's nice to know more about how to make pictures look better. The second picture is the one I "created."
Alright this assignment was another shooting assignment. I thought portrait would be the perfect one because my great grandma's celebration for her 100th birthday. Surprisingly, it was super difficult to take pictures of her since she was continuously talking and moving around. My brother also wanted to be the in the spotlight. Iso: 800 Aperture: 5.0 Shutter: 1/10 I really liked the way her scarf and earrings stick out in this picture. I played a LOT with the shadows, highlights and exposure. At first, I was tempted to leave her as a floating head, I thought it was cool. My wonderful digital photography teacher told me that maybe that wasn't the best idea and guided me into a better direction. After that, I played around with the exposure until I got this. I think it's cool how her shirt still sticks out even though all of the areas are black.
This project was to get us to learn a little bit more about photoshop. Photoshop is pretty tricky...Especially, when it's your first time using it. I really liked how we went step by step with it, it made it a bit easier. It was for sure fun to mess with the different colors. The top is obviously, the original photo.
Below, is the four pictures after being edited. This week was our very first shooting assignment. I was very excited for this since I got to take some pictures of my kitten, Dory. Dory is only around three-four months old so it was a challenge to get some goof pictures. She was running and jumping around like crazy--she also really liked the string that was on the camera. She really wanted to play with it. I learned that I had to use a fast shutter speed so that I could keep up with Dory. Some pictures did show up okay though. This was one of my favorites. Iso: 800 Aperture: 3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/80 I didn't do much editing to the photo. I kind of played around with the clarity and saturation. I wanted her nose, eyes, the ball of her collar and the pink in her ears to stick out the most. I also like darker images because I think it's easier on the eyes.
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