Shadows/Light

This week, I chose to do shadows and light for my last photo assignment. Last week, while working on my previous photo assignment, I got a few pictures with interesting shadows, and that inspired me to take more shadow pictures. I tried to take my pictures in the evening, so there would be long shadows. I took objects from around my house that I thought would create unusual shadows. I edited almost all of my photos to black and white to emphasize contrast.

For my best photo, I chose a picture of my dad, brother, cousin, and uncle walking downtown. I like how the shadows of the people is the focal point, and not the actual people.

Technical Details:

ISO 80

f-stop of 4.8

279/100000 of a second shutter speed

Portrait Demo

This week, we were taught how to take portrait pictures both in studio and by using the light from a window. After we took our pictures, we edited them and put them both into one picture in gimp. I like the end result.

Architecture

For this week's photo assignment, I chose the category architecture. This weekend, my cousin came to town to visit U of M. I thought it would be a good idea to take pictures of all the interesting architecture as we walked around to give him a campus tour. The weather was really nice, so I like how a lot of my pictures turned out. A few were kind of gray because there was not a lot of color left on the trees.

For my best photo, I chose a photo I shot from the bottom of a spiral staircase. I really like the interesting change in perspective, as well as how the lines curve.

Technical Details:

ISO 160

f-stop of 2.7

2726/100000 of a second shutter speed

Fourth Gimp Assingment

For this fourth gimp assignment, we had to change to the context of the school. I already had a picture of our beam in the gymnastics room for another previous assignment, so I decided to add Shawn Johnson onto the beam. It was very time consuming, but I like the final product.

Motion Demonstration

Today I learned more about the panning technique to create motion in a picture. We went outside and took pictures of Mr. Bush riding on his bike with various shutter speeds. It was very bright outside, so I couldn't have a very fast shutter speed, or else the picture would be very over exposed. This made it difficult to create motion, even when my ISO was as low as it got and my aperture was as high as it got. I wish I had gotten this demonstration before I chose to do motion as one of my photo assignment categories.

This is my best motion photo from the demo:

Animal

This week, I chose the category animal for my photo assignment. I took pictures of my friend's cat. Out of 120 pictures, only about 15 were decent and only a few were really good. It was very hard to take sharp pictures inside that were not grainy or noisy. I couldn't use the flash, because the cat would squint. A lot of mine I edited to black and white to hide some of the grain. I wish I could have taken the photos in a better light.

For my best photo, I chose my least grainy photo. I like how the cat is all stretched out, and how it looks like it just woke up.

Technical Details:

ISO 200

f-stop of 2.7

1562/100000 of a second shutter speed

Third Gimp Assignment

Our third gimp assignment was to create a panoramic photo from four separate photos. I chose to do the line of computers in the classroom. I think overall, it went pretty well. I am learning more about what I can do with the gimp program.