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PHOTOGRAPHY!! Wow when I signed up for this class I thought to myself this will be easy I love taken pictures. Boy was I wrong, with out first assignment I didn’t realize how difficult it would be taking pictures. I’m so use to just snapping a shot at things that I think are pretty or just looks cool. I never took into account proper composition, colors, and the rules of thirds. Understanding and practicing some of the techniques in class has greatly improved my pictures. Now I feel proud to show off some of my pictures!

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. Yo

u 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!

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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

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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

love
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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

Project 2: Pic 3

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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

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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

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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.

Project 1: Photo 3

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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.

Project 1: Photo 2

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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

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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.