Monday, January 31, 2011

Animals Photos





Iso: 160
Aperture: 2.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60








This is my best picture for the animal section. It is a picture of my cat. She was swatting at the string in my hand off camera. 













Below are my honorable mentions for this assignment.



Thursday, January 27, 2011

Gimp Assignment 2


In this assignment we were asked to edit a photo to remove minor details and make it look better.




I learned how to change some of the color aspects and how to remove parts of a photo without spending alot of time using a paint tool. 

Monday, January 24, 2011

Black and white photos assignments

ISO: 200

Shutter Speed: 1/8

Aperture: 5.5



The photo above is the best photo i took for the black and white set. It is a shot of chairs and tables lined up. It is in anticipation of an event that is soon to take place.

Below is my slideshow of my Honorable Mentions



Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Gimp Assignment 1

This is a recreation of the pop-art style of picture used by Andy Warhol. We used gimp and were challenged to make each section of the portrait a different color.





I learned more about gimp that what i already knew. i learned how to do some cool color effects and how to duplicate cleanly with precise measurements. also some other basic aspects of gimp.

Friday, January 14, 2011

Inspiration for black and white photos

The way that these photos are balanced or unbalanced and the color inspired me to choose this topic. Alot of photos that look good normal can become even better by adding black and white instead of color.

Inspire 1


Inspire 2

Inspire 3

Friday, January 7, 2011

First 11 photos

The description of this assignment was to take 11 photos each utilizing a different aspect of pictures.

Depth of field= Fry Container

Rule of thirds= Fire alarm

Pattern= Lights from ceiling





Texture= Wall bubbles

Symmetry= Hallway Shot

Balance= Light Switches

Framing= Tree through window

Color= Green Boxes

Perspective= Down on Spring

Space= Chalk On floor





I learned new elements of photography as well as expanded on my knowledge of photo taking and how to take good photos.