December Photo Challenge

Fire

Rainbow

Sports

Music

Lights

Imprint

Danger

Stuffed Animals

Moon

Environmental Portrait

Christmas

Thankful (Bible)

Addiction

Inspired by Everybody Loves Raymond

Favorite Thing to Do

Wreaths

Leaves

Season

Blue

1950's

Stranger

Books

Laughter

Staples

Candles

Cold

Fall

Live Animal

Shadows

Whatever We Want

National Geographic President's Photographer

Pete Souza is documenting the Obama administration. The photographs he takes are inspiring. He manages to capture the day to day activities in a way no one else has ever seen before. The way he blends in but yet stands put is amazing. He takes 20-80,000 a month, and everyone of them is special in their own way. The fact that he is allowed access into all sorts o events with the president is cool. It is anyones dream to bee able to follow the president and capture his administration. His normal day at work is hectic but still exciting. I would love to have such an opportunity in my life. It is a once and a lifetime opportunity. I can bet he will remember this job for the rest of his life.

Photo Challenge

Reflection

Stack of Books

Undergarment

Repose

Bauble

Mode of Transportation

Spooky

Liquid

Meal

Nature

Self

Ridiculous

 

Comforting

Art

Pride

Clothing

Affection

Inspired by Scrooged

Toy

Favorite Space

Red

Expression

Hair

To-do List

Funny

Loved One

Current Mood

Body Part

Challenging Shot



Headshots

ISO-400

f/8.0

1/250

ISO-400

f/4.5

1/200

The first picture is the worst picture of 32. At first when I started I had the aperture mixed up. I thought that shooting wide open was the largest number, but it wasn't. I shot many pictures with 8.0 before I realized it was wrong. I also had my subject to close to the background. Instead of having a deep shadow I had a very shallow shadow. Another thing wrong was I had her facing the camera straight on. I didn't know at the time the subject couldn't be square to the camera, they have to be at an angle. I learned to not trust the bar on the side of the camera. The bar on the first picture said it was exposed right, but the histogram told me I was underexposed. 

The second picture is the best one. The background is not clear and precise, which is what I was going for. She is not square to the camera and the shadows are deep. I ended up moving my subject to the place in the second position because of the shadows. The exposure is in the middle of the last quadrant of the histogram.  

After all the hard work I finally got the picture I wanted. I think the photo turned out exactly the way I had been wanting all the time I was shooting the 32 pictures.