Well, the trimester is starting to wrap up now, and this means that photography is coming to a close for me, at least for now. I have learned a TON. Specifically I have learned a lot about camera settings, photoshop tools, and, of course, photo composition. The first time my teacher told us to go take pictures, it was fun, but none of my pictures were really any good because I did not even have a clue as to how I was supposed to take a decent photo. My camera settings were either in auto or poorly set, and the composition, well, it just wasn't there. The first time we used photoshop I didn't know how to do ANYTHING, but now I can go in and touch up photos, make interesting images, etc. To demonstrate my growth here are some of my worst images (both taken poorly with my camera and messed up in photoshop) from the beginning of this digital photo 1 class: To juxtapose that out of focus, poorly photoshopped mess that appears to lack any sort of compositon, here are just a few of my best photos that I've learned how to take through this class: I'd say my favorite project we did in this class was taking portraits. There's something about photographing people that just appeals to me, and I feel I did really well at that in particular. One thing that I didn't do as well in and therefore wasn't exactly my favorite was the earlier photoshop projects, simply because I didn't know how to use the tools and that time and had a difficult time trying to wrangle photoshop. But, at the very least, I think I have a decent grasp on it now. All things considered, this class has been a lot of fun, and I've learned a ton. Who knows, maybe I'll take another photography class sometime. At the very least I can move forward with knowledge of how to take decent photos and use photoshop.
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For this assignment we were asked to take two portrait shots, one taken in our class's makeshift studio, and the other in a non-studio environment with a bounce-card to reflect the sunlight. Here are the final edited photos I took: Here are the unedited versions of my two photos: The above photo was taken with my aperture at f2.8, my shutter speed at 1/30, and my ISO at 80. The above photo was taken with my aperture at 2.8, my shutter speed at 1/25, and my ISO at 100. In this assignment I learned a lot about how to manipulate light to flatter a subject, as well as how to simply take good portrait shots of someone.
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AuthorI'm Jamie! I'm taking a photography class this year, and this is my blog for that class. Archives
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