Tuesday Dec. 15, 2015

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These are the pictures from the bpa pictures. I really was not happy with this assignment because the lighting in the room was horrid. The only light was from the lights, that was at the front of the room. 

It was a work of progress trying to get the lighting right. The group picture is just one of many group shots I took. The sponsor seemed to believe that I was there to get a group pic, but I didn't know anything because the card didn't say anything. The first picture is one of the ones where I was trying to figure out all of my settings. 

I really never want to have to shoot like this ever again. The lighting was just ugh. It was agitating. 

Thursday Dec. 10, 2015

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This is my final self portrait. I really wish that I had better time to work on this. I tried to get the picture in time to get it. I had tried to get it past ap physics and dance. I feel really disappointed in this because I feel like I could have done better. I just feel like when it came to getting pictures of myself I just lose ideas. I know I had all these ideas, but when I got a chance to the weather was never right for me to get them. It was raining or it was after dark when I got home. 

I know that this isn't really competition worthy, but I have a little more time to work on this before competition. I hated this assignment because it really tested my patience because of the focus. I know now how hard it is to focus a lens at 1.8. I have several pictures that are complete crap because of the focus.

I wanted to be different and do something that was different than just a head shot, so I added things that described me. That's really the only thing that makes mine different from a normal picture.

Tuesday Dec. 8, 2015

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These are the second attempt at my self portrait. I really don't like how my pictures look. 

At first I was just using the light from the christmas tree, but the light wasn't enough, so I put the flash on the camera and bounced it off the ceiling.  I had to put it in manual and turn the power down to 1/64.  I really hate how the background is lit because of the christmas tree. Looking back I realize that if I would have unplugged the christmas tree some of that light  on the background would go away.

I like these but these are not what I want. The background is so distracting from me because part of it is lit up and some is not. Part of the reason I don't like these is because the red of my shirt is reflecting off of the white tree and making me look red. Then of course my dog being the camera hound he is jumped up and licked me in my face, then I made him stay with me a minute. 

Thursday Dec. 3, 2015

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These are the pictures from the basketball game  against New Boston.  Going into this I knew that I wouldn't have a whole lot of good pictures, because I have never shot basketball before.  I like shooting basketball but it is so fast that it is hard to keep up with. 

It was weird that I wasn't shooting both ends of the court. It was really hard when we were on the defense and the goal we were shooting in was the other end of the court. Defense is hard to shoot when their backs are facing the other end trying to block the people. 

I like the second one quite a bit but of course their player is the one looking up. The other ones I don't like. The last one of corse was the kind of picture Smith said to not get, but I was expecting their player to come up and block, but they were behind her. The first one she was looking down and not looking up.

I know now that you have to be really observant and quick with zooming and hitting the shutter button. Also I have to really watch the defense and try to get the faces of our defense.

Tuesday Dec. 1, 2015

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These are the practice shots for my self portrait. These were failed attempts, but attempts. 

I was really just messing around just seeing what I could do. About halfway through my dog decided to join me.  

I started of just setting it up and laying on my bed with lighting from a window, but that lighting wasn't enough. I then got a flashlight and put a sock over the end of it to act as a diffuser. That worked for a little bit, but then I wanted to light the background so I took the flashlight and out it pointing at the background and took the shade off of my lamp. That's how I got the really bright background. I was wanting to get rid of the background because I didn't really like that it was a plain wall.

The one thing I really didn't think about was the lamp being in the background. I didn't really think about it, in some the lamp was covered up, and then others it wasn't.  The second one has to be my favorite because it looked more like what I was going for. I really want to try my ideas, I just have to find time.

Thursday Nov. 19, 2015

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These are the pictures from the science fair. There really was no description on the pictures so I got one on the way there. The person said to get some of them talking to the kids and some of them debating them. 

I was kind of iffy on this assignment because I had heard from the past that getting pictures of middle-schooled kids was an iffy subject. I tried to avoid getting the kids in the pictures but looking back now I realize that I probably should have gotten some more with them in it. I really like the last picture because it looks kind of like you are seeing the perspective of the kid. I like the second one but it was really underexposed because I was still trying to figure out my settings for the flash at the time. This one on here is after bringing up the exposure a good little bit. 

If I could go back and re-shoot this I would definitely try to get more creative and push the limits on what I could do. There were a couple of time I was tempted to shoot through the poster boards, but I didn't want to completely scare the already nervous 6th graders. I really don't like the first one because he is eating a cookie. I just fell like that just makes it look like they were just there for food. I have some abstract kind of pictures also, like shooting down the posters and a close up of a grading sheet. I know on the second one I cut her head off, but I wanted to keep the title of the project in the picture one to show the amusing title and then kind of show what she was actually looking at. All in all I liked the assignment but I really wish I could go back and redo it.

Tuesday Nov. 17, 2015

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The assignment was to get pictures of her pricking her finger to show diabetes. I was told to get close ups of her. I didn't really know how close they wanted so I got both.

I started out with her actually doing with close up shots. Then I just had her act it out again to get the ones that show her whole body. I made sure I had my settings right before I even started so I didn't make her have to prick her finger more than once.  After I took several test shots to make sure everything was okay, I got her to start the whole process. The close up ones I shot at 2.8 because I felt those looked better because then the midsection of her body wouldn't be in focus. The ones of her whole body  shot at f4 because at f2.8 her body wasn't in focus. 

I feel like I was more aware of everything on this assignment. I know I was more aware because I didn't want her to have to repeatedly stick her finger, the I would've felt really bad. I really like the one of her hand with the blood drop on her hand. I'm not a big fa of the full body shots because they really don't show the detail of the picture. This photo assignment taught me that I really need to sit back and really think about the small little details of the picture and making it easier on the person I am getting a picture of.

Thursday Nov. 12, 2015

I have started planning out my self portrait. I have several different ideas that I want to try.  There are about three different things  I want to try

The first plan I want to try is sitting in a chair with the light from the sun shining on part of my face, and let the sun be the light source. I want all of my pictures to be shot at 2.8 so the background will be blurry because no matter where I take it the background will be distracting. I want it to look kind of like some of the pictures from Emily. The plan is to have a light source on the side of my face by the window. I plan on doing it when the light would be softer so there won't be harsh shadows.  Part of the problem will be the light source being so weak that there really won't be any light or the shutter speed will have to be really slow or I would have to have a high ISO. If I did that though my picture would't look like how I wanted.

The second one I want to try is to me laying down on a windowsill looking out and using the sun again. However, I kind of want to try and using a light with an umbrella to add a little bit of light to the part that would be shadowed by the sun light. That way it would be a little more difficult to do.

There are some more abstract ones, like me doing something a little more difficult to get a picture of like me dancing, reading, or just something different. I look at Emily Sandifer's and yes they are good, but they just look like so many posed pictures, like the person looking away trying to look all sophisticated. There is never really any thing abstract. The difficult part of getting a picture of me dancing is getting the focus point to be right because the people helping me don't know how to dance.   This is one that I really want to push myself on. I really don't want to be the norm on this. I want to try and make motion, like a slower shutter speed and blurring like my hair. I really want to make it different and really challenge myself.

Tuesday Nov. 10, 2105

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This assignment was to shoot freshman and jv football. The freshman team made it to half time before the weather cancelled the game. The jv team never got to play. This assignment was difficult to get people to want to cover it.

I tried to shoot it the same way I shoot varsity, but that didn't work to well. The plays are a whole lot quicker and you don't really know what is going to happen. The fact that they have less experience is a determining factor in how they shoot. They don't know how to play and tend to just run around trying to get to the infield, so I had to try and keep up and watch out for what I thought might happen. however, like in varsity they were unpredictable, but more than most. There was one boy that completely abandoned the play and ran zig zag down the field. Also the lighting was a difficult thing. At the beginning of the game I didn't need a flash. but as the night went on it got darker, but the flash was to bright so I had to turn down the flash. I hated the lighting.

The first picture would have been good, but it was out of focus and centered. Also, none of our players are really able to be seen. The thing I like about the picture was the fact that their player was dropping the ball.The second an third pictures are nothing special, just normal football pictures.The thing that annoys me the most about the second one is the two people on the left side of the picture, they don't really look like they are there to play. On the last one I really wish that there were other people, someone else to be tackling the people. It just seems like those are the only two people playing football. I really wish that the feet of their player weren't blurry. I kind of wish that the jv game wasn't cancelled because then I would have been able to get a lot more pictures, but I was also happy that the games got cancelled because I got to go home and do homework. 

Thursday Nov. 5, 2015

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The assignment was to shoot the football game. The assignment was just to get pictures of the game. Then shoot afterwards to try and find people crying.

I shot the football like I always do, just follow the ball. I made sure that I didn't get any pictures of dog piles.

The game was really interesting because we had them from the beginning. The problem was when they got the ball they would run it to  the other side of the field, where I can't shoot. Shooting football with the rules of composition are hard for me because I don't anticipate where they are going so I have to follow them. Then I wind up giving them room to make sure I don't cut anything off, then they are in the center of the picture. I feel like these were good pictures for me to leave varsity football games on. They seem to be sharper and more detailed to me, maybe just because I am being sentimental. But overall I think they are good pictures, but not great. I think this was a good ending to football season for me. I hate to say it, but I will miss it.