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.