This week, instead of motion, I decided to shoot for architecture. I went to Ann Arbor with my dad and walked around to take pictures of the different buildings. I liked a lot of my pictures because the sun was starting to go down and some of them had really cool shadows.
My favorite picture is of a building downtown that had columns. I really liked how the sun lit the top and the bottoms were in shadow. I also like the angle I took the picture at.
This picture was taken with an ISO of 64, an aperture of 5.6 and a shutter speed of 1/160th of a second.

GIMP Assignment 5: Portrait

This week, we took portraits using both studio lighting then window lighting. This allowed us to see the differences between them, as well as how window lighting can be used as an inexpensive alternative.
This project was hard because we had to get the settings on our camera just right as well as the lighting on our subject just right. We couldn't have too much shadow, but their face couldn't be too bright either.
This project also showed me more benefits of GIMP and how to better edit photos (as well as frame them).

Inspirtational Motion Photos

This week, I want to take motion photos. I will use some of the techniques that Mr. Bush taught us.
Here are some inspirational photos:
hermanau
~Mina~
Hogne

These pictures will help me to take better pictures of motion this week for our last photo assignment.

Shadows and Light

This week I decided to take pictures of shadows and light. This assignment was really fun because I got to take pictures of the cool shadows around my house. For some of my pictures, I used a flashlight to create interesting shadows.
My best photo is a picture of a sunset. I really like this picture because the tree and the berm are in shadow and the sun can be seen through the evergreen. I really like the color of the sky and how the color fades in the clouds.
This picture was taken with a shutter speed of 1/400th of a second, an aperture of 5.3 and an ISO of 200.

GIMP Assignment 4: Context of the School

This week, Mr. Bush asked us to change the context of the school. We had to take a picture on the school grounds (of the school) and edit in other pictures into it to change the context. This was really hard to do because you had to make the picture look like it was part of the original picture.
I really liked this assignment because you could make the school look however you want. I added a snake and a mouse as well as a sky to my picture.

Motion Demo

Today in class, Mr. Bush taught us some techniques to take better motion pictures. By panning we could blur the background and keep the moving object in focus. We also had to set the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed to make the exposure better. It was hard to pan with the bike and snap the picture at the right time. Sometimes the subject was blurry, while in others, parts of the subject were not captures in the frame. I think this demo will really help me to take better motion pictures in future assignments.

Event

This weekend, I went to a Michigan Volleyball Game. It was a pink out , and Cliff Keen was really full. I loved how loud it was and how pumped up everyone was. U of M lost to Wisconsin in 4 games, but it was still a lot of fun.
It was really hard to take pictures because the lighting wasn't very good. It was also hard to use a flash because the pictures had a weird look to them. Some of my pictures are sort of grainy, but otherwise I like how I was able to take pictures of the players.
My best photo is of Lexi Zimmerman, the setter, jumping to get a ball. I really like how the motion is mostly stopped and how you can see the reactions of the other players on the other teams.
This picture was taken with an ISO of 800, shutter speed of 1/100th of a second, and an aperture of 5.5.