Unusual Perspective/Close up

   Starting this assignment I had the idea of taking photographs where my subjects or part of my subjects were supposed to pop out of the frame. This was easier said than done. I needed to find interesting subjects where I could blur the background and foreground. This would give the effect that I wanted, or it was supposed too. These three pictures are the ones that worked the best. When I trying to do this, I had to come up with perspectives where the subject was in the foreground, middle ground, and background to fully achieve the pop I wanted. This was a good assignment revisit f-stop settings.

Light Painting

 

            This was a great assignment to start off the class. It really helped by revisiting manual settings. Taking these light photos forced me to work with the f-stop and shutter speed. After playing around with the settings for a few minutes I started to understand how those two settings play into taking a quality image. To take a light photo the shutter speed has to be extremely slow because you want to capture all the movement of the light. You can't go into this knowing how you will take the picture because only through experimentation will you know what you want in the end. If you want to try something new or outside your comfort zone this is definitely something worth trying.

Goals

I joined photography 3 because in photo 2 we worked with film for a little while and working with film is something I enjoy. There is a feeling of accomplishment when you take your own photos, are able to develop the film, and turn that film into an actual photograph. Also taking nature photographs, digitally or with film, is another thing I enjoy doing even when it isn't for an assignment. Hopefully, since this photo class is more about what the student wants to do, I can focus more on nature/landscape/film photography. I am also not sure whether or not I like to photograph people. I haven't done it in the past but it's something I am willing to try and I may enjoy it.