Photo #5: Animals

Assignment: This weekend I had no idea what photo assignment I would do. My dad and I got out my model horse barn (that is obviously still in the making) and we decided to put my dog in it. Well sadly he fits in one of the stalls, so therefore he's practically the size of a model horse. Well we decided to get him used to it by bribing him with treats (aka cereal, we're too cheap for big name treats). I grabbed my camera and decided to get a few shots of him, and I found some of them were pretty good, so I decided to turn them in for this assignment. In this, I learned the difficulty of shooting animals, they move a lot more than you realize. I used my new point and shoot camera (Fujifilm Finepix) that I got this weekend for this assignment.

Favorite Pic:

Shutter: 1/13





Toby: Toby is a 5 year old male Bichon Frise. He absolutely LOVES food, which is the only reason he cooperated for the photo shoot.

Photo Assignment #4: B&W

Assignement: In this assignment, I decided to do black and white photography. I did not shoot the pictures in black and white, but converted them to this once on photoshop.com. My favorite photograph is of a C, which of course stands for the first letter of my name, Christin. I found this on my desk and though I could get a few interesting shots of it. I narrowed it down to two pictures, and had a hard time choosing between the two. Both are shown in my album.

ISO: 80 Shutter Speed: 1/60 Aperture: 2.6

Demo #2: Portraits

Assignment: In this assignment we were required to take two different portraits. In one, we used the 3 Point Set Up technique (shown in the picture on the right). In the second, we took a "Window" portrait, using only light from the windows in our school (shown on the left).

What I learned: I learned some very useful elements of taking portraits, such as correct lighting, which will definitely be useful to me. Also, I discovered an element in Photoshop that my teacher was not aware of while editing the pictures, and I will definitely use this.

Photo #3: Macro

In this photo assignment, I decided to do macro. I picked this because of one particular photo I knew I could take for this, and it's my favorite photo from the set. It's one with the quote, "Whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life." It's on a bracelet that I often wear, and I absolutely love it.

Main Photo:

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Demo #1: Motion Blur

Assignment: In this photo demonstration our teacher asked us to take pictures of him using a photography technique called "panning," which creates motion blur in the picture.

What I Learned: During this demonstration I learned how to create motion blur in a picture. Motion blur helps single out the subject in a picture, especially when it's moving. This is great to use for something moving horizontally across your picture.