Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
What I've learned this semester..
I’ve learned so much this semester being in photography! At first I thought this class would just be about taking pictures, but photography is much more than just taking photos. Photography is about personal expression and creating the perfect photo with your techniques. This class has definitely taught me new techniques such as framing, depth of field, f-stop, aperture and so much more! This class has inspired me to
continue my photography after I've completed the class, because what Dr. Hart said in
class is true; you make the photos not the other way around. I use to think that I'd have to find cool things to take, but I never thought that I could take pictures of anything and make it cool in my own way. Whether its the way I would hold the camera for the shot or if I change up the lighting. This class has most definitely taught me to relax and enjoy taking pictures instead of worrying about how pretty it is, look for how great the techniques were. As you can see I spoke about controlling your photo, one way to d
o this is controlling the light with the shutter speed, f-stop, iso, and white balance. Now I've had all of these features (aside from f-stop and shutter speed) on my camera and I never knew how to use these features, now that I do I can mostly definitely see an improvement in my photos! If I could tell anyone advise that I wish I knew before this class, I would say invest in a quality
camera. This is important because although, I have a great camera for shooting general shots, my camera was not comparable to the camera Dr. Hart described during class. I wish I had control over my f-stop and shutter speed. This would have made it easier for me to understand how these aspects greatly affect photos. Although, I didn't have these features I
don't think it stopped me from excelling in the class. Another thing each student should do is read your manual reading my manual really helped me to understand my camera and how it worked with the different photos I needed to take. I've always seen certain features on my camera but I never knew what they meant until I read my manual. Below you will find some pictures that I think show my progression in this class. :)
This picture (to the left)is special to me be
cause although they are just stairs, I decided to take this picture leaning over so that I get the spiral affect. Old Karen wouldn't have seen the beauty in this picture.
The picture taught me how to work with leading lines in a more creative way and also how to slowly work on my depth of field aspects. I was trying to practice this and I can see I was
getting a little bit better.
The next picture shows how far I've grown in this class, if you are curious of how far I've come you must check out the very first picture I posted on my blog. I surprised myself at how far I've come, I hope you agree!
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This is also on of my favorite pictures! I think I am getting a lot better with depth of field! I love how you can see all of the ingredients and warning label on the bottle but the background is a bit blurry. I hope I get better and better with this technique this is my favorite aspect of photography thus far :) Another aspect I like about this photo is the bricks, the bricks look as you can feel them! Overall this picture I would give an A :)
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As you can see I love the technique Dr. Hart taught us, allowing the subject to only be in focus and the remained of the picture out of focus, this is called depth of field. The way I incorporated age was taking a shot of something that is one of the oldest things here on earth, a tree. I love how I got close enough where you can still the detail of the bark and its age. This picture is by far one of my favorites, I can most definitely tell I've made progress in this class since I started this class! :)
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I chose this framing because the old school polaroids were taken like this. Since Dr. Hart showed us this new site (well new to me lol) I've been editing all of my pictures with it! Anyways, I decided to take this picture of my bathroom because I thought the doorway was a perfect way to show framing. If you look hard you can see that I've blurred the inside of the door and the door is the only object in this shot that is completely sharp.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Pennie
Now on my way to Curtis house I decided to bring my dog along pennie. You have seen her in some of my other pictures, looking cute as usual :). I've been trying to work on portraits and I decided to use her as one of my main subjects. She would turn her head no matter how much I called her name but I think this picture came out well :) As for f-stop and aperture the picture didn't come out under or over exposed in my opinion.
curtis yard
Now this picture I really like because it has the leading lines and the flowers were so pretty. This picture too was taken in Curtis's back yard :). Now since the picture was taken in the shade I'm guessing the aperture would have a lower number because I would want to let in more light also the f-stop would be larger because I would need to allow light to enter the camera longer so that the picture isn't under exposed. Also, based on the color wheel I believe there are complementary colors being displayed; yellow and brown. I am a bit confused now because I do see lots of green so would this be triad as well?
Roses
This picture was chosen to represent environment and simplicity. I chose these flowers because they were so pretty! I went home this past weekend and visited my boyfriend's (who you often see in my pics ;) ) parents house, his mother has a wonderful garden so I thought this is a great place to take my pictures! As I stated before, my camera does not give the details of f-stop and aperture but if I had to estimate these things I would think this was used with a higher f-stop because it is was very sunny Saturday and the aperture would be lower as well because we wouldn't need to let in so much light because it is already bright outdoors. Now the color scheme used on the color wheel to make the pop of pink would be Triad Colors which is said on the color wheel using 3 colors to create that pop of color.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Dr. Karen-photo 5
This photo isn't bad, I think it could be a little more focused and I would recommend using some photo editing to change the color of the liquid in the cup. This photo isn't that sick so you can expect a quick recovery! =)
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This photo is very sick! The focus and the exposure is terrible. This photo should be diagnosed with a retake. I think If I were to retake the photo and steady my hand the photo would have come out a lot better!
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Although, I spoke about this photo on my other post, but I learned in class today I could edit the background bottles to create the depth of feel I was trying to create. This I believe would greatly improve my photo.
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I liked this photo a lot but now that I look at it this photo seems to have a case of needing to be edited. Although it came out well, I would like to use some editing to get rid of all of the shine on the young girls face. This would enhance the photo and make it less distracting.
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This photo seems to be really sick! I suggest we retake the photo and possibly enhance the colors using photoshop. This photo seems to have a case of focus issues and exposure issues.
Monday, April 11, 2011
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This photo is creative because I didn't mean for it to come out this great! The rocks are framed by the trees. I took this photo in Richmond at maymount park, this past weekend. The technique I used was outdoor mode. I researched online some of the settings for my camera and how other people used it and it was very insightful on which modes I should use for which photo. Although, I have my manual online was a lot better for me to understand because I was able to use Youtube. Hopefully with more practice I'll be able to understand better how to use my camera since it doesn't have all of the features we spoke about in class.
Curtis <3
I tried to use trees to show off the green for this weeks theme and tried to use the trees to frame Curtis' face. To be honest when you put color and a theme attached to a photo it makes it a lot more difficult! But I think I accomplished my job :) With this photo I also tried to use the rule of thirds, this worked out great based on how the trees frame his face. As for the shutter speed and exposure I think this photo is a little bit under exposed it could have been brighter in my opinion. If we are allowed to use photoshop for our next project then I'll be able to play around with exposure and correct my mistakes. But overall I believe I achieved the goal that I wanted with this photo.
Picture not in the theme
I chose this picture because I wanted to test out a new technique we learned in class. This technique is called blurring. This is when one aspect of the photo is in focus and the other is not. Your suppose to control this using F-stop and shutter speed, but my camera does not have this option. I tried to change the shutter speed on camera but the only option I had was ISO, I played around with this feature as well. This feature changes how sensitive the light is that's being let in on the image sensor. But I played around with some of the action features on my camera and tried focusing on the front bottle and it seems like it worked. When I press down lightly on the camera action button it allows me to focus the photo. This time I held the button slightly down in front of the first bottle and this was my result.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
MY TOP 5!
Today Dr. Hart asked us to pick out our top photos between the combine classes. Below you will find my list:
1. Marian Brooks- I love how the picture is framed its very unique! Also, its really interesting how vibrate the colors are.
2. Keshara Cox- The baby is so cute! She found a creative way of framing the baby and using the rule of thirds.
3. Andre Tillman- I would never think you could create such a cool picture from neon lights!
4. Lillian Thompson- Her picture was very interesting I enjoyed the simplicity of the photo. It a simile picture but it also makes me think.
5. Karen Brown- Because I'm just that sweet!
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Portfolio 1
When I look back at my first week of pictures I can certainly see where I needed to improve my skills. Being in class and learning how to frame pictures really helped me make my pictures more interestin
g. Understanding partial and full framing concepts gave me a better understan
ding on how I should arrange my shots. One of the first pictures on my blog, which a bike is framed by the cars, was one picture I was truly proud of.
I am so proud of this picture because it followed all of the rules of framing, which consist of, boarding a subject fully or partially. Another thing I’ve learned over the past three weeks, would be properly taking black and white photo. You can really see the improvement in the third cycle of my projects. The picture titled ‘love’ really surprised me, because it came out so good. With black and white photography I read and learned that if you want to create a dramatic atmosphere use dim lighting. I tried this approach and some of my pictures came out too dark or blurry
Therefore, I tried using a bright light and positioned myself so that they light was behind me and it came out much better for this photo (above). Another thing I’ve learned over the course our three week project which I believe would be to always think out side of the box. At first when I would take leisure pictures I would just snap the shot and be done with it. I realize with this class you cannot do this, you must keep the viewer intrigued. You can keep a viewer intrigued by showing different perspectives of an everyday object. I tested this theory with a tree trunk that had a bunch of smaller stick like things growing around it. Kneeling down and snapping this shot made the image so much more interesting than just taking it dead on. I believe taking the picture this way, allows the views to question in a way what they are looking at.
With all that I’ve learned, I look forward to continually challenging my skills as a photographer. This class has opened my eyes to how creative and expressive you can be with photography. I’ve also enjoyed learning from my many peers and our critiques in class. I believe if you don’t know what you did wrong you will never get better, and photography is most definitely something I would like to be great at!
sunset
This picture also displays the rule of thirds, I can tell I'm starting to learn when to take photos =). I am so fortune to live my the beach because it took me 20mins in the car to get a great shot! I love the composition of this photo and the colors are so warm. I would have to say vibrate colors have been my most difficult thing to capture elegantly, but I think I got this one right =).
i finally got it right
As I stated in my other post I'm really trying to go back and correct some of my mistakes. I realize when you want to show details of an object you need to try multiple angles. This shot took me a while to get but like the caption says "i finally got it right" =) This picture is always showing lines I i believe so based on how the cupcakes are arranged in the box.
love
I love this picture!!! I wanted to take Dr. Hart's advise and go back to some of my older pictures and try to improve them. I wanted to try black and white photography once more. This picture came out just as I had hoped =) What I did differently with this picture was get in better lighting!! This picture is also one of my favorites because you can see true love <3
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Project 2: Pic 3
This picture took me a long time to get right, due to the angles I was trying to create. I would suggest that this picture is partially framed by some leading lines. I'm not sure if that is correct terminology but that is what it looks like. If you look closely you can see the little bird perched on the tree =). If I could edit this picture I would most definitely enhance the color some. This picture I do like, I would like it a little bit brighter.
Project 2: Pic 2
Again, I wanted to take simple but creative pics this time around. Therefore, instead of taking a pic of myself and my boyfriend dead on I decided to take our shadow to add some creativity. This picture is partially framed by the cars along the side of the street. If I had to evaluate this photo on emotional appeal I would think my pic demonstrates creativity and is very dynamic, in terms of it continues to grab someone's attention.
Project 2: Pic 1
Hello All! This week I was inspired by simplicity along with creativity. I had the opportunity of going to Washington, DC and Richmond this past weekend for valentines day and had the opportunity to get some great shots!
This picture is my favorite from the entire weekend. I wanted to take a picture of the monument but didn't want it to look ordinary so the tree and the sunset was perfect! This picture is simple but creative to me. If you look closely there are leading lines in the sky from the jets that day that lead your eye to the monument. Also, I love how the sun is behind the monument allowing there to be a gloomy look to this photo.
This picture is my favorite from the entire weekend. I wanted to take a picture of the monument but didn't want it to look ordinary so the tree and the sunset was perfect! This picture is simple but creative to me. If you look closely there are leading lines in the sky from the jets that day that lead your eye to the monument. Also, I love how the sun is behind the monument allowing there to be a gloomy look to this photo.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Project 1: Photo 3
This photo is partially how I've been feeling lately, closed off from reality. I've been so busy in my school life that I feel trapped with some much work lol but I'm getting through it =)
Ok, this photo has lots of lines I wouldn't say leading lines because the subject is already in the center. This photo I would suggest just has lots of vertical and horizontal lines. I would like to get rid of the little flash in this photo but I'm sure we will learn about editing little stuff like this in future classes. This photo I would suggest does not follow the rule of thirds. I was curios about this photo, so I printed it out and tried to divided the image into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines and was able to do so.
Ok, this photo has lots of lines I wouldn't say leading lines because the subject is already in the center. This photo I would suggest just has lots of vertical and horizontal lines. I would like to get rid of the little flash in this photo but I'm sure we will learn about editing little stuff like this in future classes. This photo I would suggest does not follow the rule of thirds. I was curios about this photo, so I printed it out and tried to divided the image into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines and was able to do so.
Project 1: Photo 2
This photo was fun to shoot because I had an opportunity to showcase the skills we learned in class. I began taking this photo admiring the snow and was drawn to how shiny the bikes were. I kneeled down and saw that the cars created a great partial frame for this shot! There are also some vertical and horizontal lines in this shot. This photo also follows the rule of thirds, from just looking at the photo I think I would be able to divided the image into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines.
Project 1:Photo 1
I really enjoyed taking this photos, it was a lot harder than I thought it would be!
For my first photo DSCN0119- I just the rules of composition by remembering to look for leading lines. This shot is great because the main focal point you is the car but lines on the street lead your eyes down until you see the lights of another car.
For my first photo DSCN0119- I just the rules of composition by remembering to look for leading lines. This shot is great because the main focal point you is the car but lines on the street lead your eyes down until you see the lights of another car.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
My Test Post for Photography
I took this picture at this angle because I wanted the viewer to see the stairs as if they were about to walk up them.
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