Visual Puns/Dictionary Gimp Assignment

 For the Dictionary Assignment I chose to do the word scaevity, which means unluckiness and put a picture of a black cat, a broken mirror and spilt salt to convey the term.  I learned that you have to be very careful when you select something to move of cut it from a picture because if you don't the picture looks fake.  I also had fun picking the word I used from savethewords.org.

eye-pod

Watch Dog

Butter Flies

For the visual puns I combined a picture of a pea pod and an eye to create and ipod, a dog and to clocks to make a watch dog and a plane and a stick of butter to make butter flies.  For this assignment we had to think hard of what to do and try not to do what someone else did.  I also learned that you have to be careful with erasing and using many layers is a good idea.

Still Life

Technical Info:
Shutter: 1/3
Aperture: f9
ISO: 800

For this assignment I shot for still life.  For my favorite picture I went up to my room and saw these two necklaces and I liked the shape and shadows they created against my wall.  This week I had to set up most of the pictures that I took, but this one was just how it on my wall.  I had problems getting the camera to focus so I would switch it back to manual mode to take the pictures.  My room is also very dark so I had to turn the ISO up fairly high

School Context Gimp Assignment

For this assignment we created a fake world at our school.  I choose to add the up characters trying to make our school float away.  I learned how to create shadows by making new layers and the importance of proper scaling.

Shadows and Light

Technical Info:
Aperture: f14
Shutter Speed: 1/50
ISO: 400

This week I shot for shadows and light.  For my favorite picture I held a fan in front of my piano light to create a light effect.  I learned that you have to be vary patient with your camera with low light because it doesn't want to focus the way you want it to.

Panning

For this assignment we did panning.  We went to the commons and Mr. Bush rode his bike across the hall and we took pictures. I learned that you have to make sure you see your subject on the screen before you take the picture and timing is everything.

Macro

Technical Info:
Aperture: f4.5
Shutter speed: 1/3
ISO: 100
This week I shot for macro.  I had problems getting my camera to take the photo because it didn't want to focus on what i wanted it to. In order to fix this I adjusted the focus in automatic and then put it in manual to actually take the picture.  

Gimp assignment 4, Panoramic

This week we worked on making panoramic pictures in gimp.  We used the eraser tool, the perspective tool and the shear tool in order to fix the pictures.  I didn't overlap the left and middle picture enough so I had a hard tim blending them together.

Black and White

Technical Info:
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO: 100
Aperture: unknown

For this assignment I went into Ann Arbor originally to shoot for architecture, but I loved the way the pictures looked in black in white and decided to change assignments.  I learned that you have to pay attention to people in your picture and people who are trying to get by you.

Gimp Portrait Assignment

For this assignemnt we learned how to use three point lighting and window lighting to create better portraits.  I found that you had to make your subject laugh alot in order to get an interesting picture or have them doing them.

Light Painting

Technical Info:
Shutter Speed: 30 Sec
ISO: 100
Fstop: 5
For this assignment I chose to do light painting.  I learned that it takes a long time to set up and you have to be careful with a tripod and it takes a lot of planning to get a good picture.  My mom lost the tripod and I ended up having to strap the camera to the tripod with extra straps for a different camera.

Car Gimp Assignment

 We began working with gimp to fix our photos today by working on a picture of a car.  I learned that levels work really well to improve pictures very quickly and the clone tool will get rid of any thing you want to get rid of in the photo

 Before                                                             After

Animal Assignment

For this assignment I decided to shoot pictures of my cats.  I choose this because my cats had gotten some fresh catnip and were acting crazy.  I learned that you have to be really fast to catch the photo that you want because they are going to move as soon as they catch the camera looking at them.

Technical Info:
Shutter speed: 1/6
Aperture: f5.3
ISO: 400

Pop Art Assignment

For this assignment  we learned how to use Gimp and Photobooth to create Pop Art with our pictures. Now I know how to create new images and colorize and change the threshold to create cool effects.

Composition Assignment

Assignment Description:
For this assignment we experimented with 11 different elements of composition in order to improve the  photos we are going to take throughout the class.
Photo Description:
Pattern = Cafeteria Seats
Texture = Brick Wall
Lines = Railing
Symmetry = Hallway
Depth of Field = Stair Rail and Clock
Rule of Thirds = Tree
Space = Vase
Perspective = Stair Case
Framing = Hallway With Desk
Balance = Stair Railing and Ceiling
Color = Cafeteria Benches
What We learned:
 I learned that the Rule of Thirds improves the quality of just about any picture and makes it look more professional.