Slideshow

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Week 5: ah-ha's on readings

I loved the examples the readings shared. One thing that I learned from this week was the dynamic symmetry. I knew it existed but did not know exactly what it was.. This helps put emphasis on THE focal point and focus of the photo by drawing attention to these point by drawing a "diagonal line from one corner to an opposite corner then drawing a second line perpendicular to the first from a third corner." The intersections where they meet are the points of interests. I have started taking photos for this weeks assignment, I found the grid function (which shows a basic rule of thirds grid on the camera screen when shooting) to be quite helpful.

Complementary

This photo shows a complementary color scheme. The two larger flowers (orange and yellow) are emphasized by the blue background. I also like the little green and purple in the background, they draw you into the background a bit more.

Toy Story

This week’s readings were as warned, pretty confusing. I did grasp a few interesting concepts that I have struggled with and wondered how to fix. For example, chromatic aberration leads to distortion while contrast leads to blurring. I have experienced the problem of balancing the two to get the right shot just like the eagle in the tutorial. Something I also seem to struggle with using my camera is the relation to focal length and a fuzzy image resulting. The example of the hallway in terms of perspective of each detail of a photo helped me to sort of re-evaluate to make sure I am putting perspective into more of a consideration while photographing which will hopefully help to produce a better product. Perspective and composition can also help in reducing camera shake. Many times I sit and take shot after shot of shaky photos, even if I try to use the “camera shake sensor” feature on my camera. Now I know that this is due to other factors as well that can easily be factored out. One aspect that I am still be a little flustered about is the f-numbers and how to apply them.

I was looking around the house to find something to shoot for this project and I saw all of these Toy Story toys spread through out the house. I decided to try exploring the Macro setting on my camera and took under consideration all that I had learned from the readings to create a Toy Story theme. Overall I think that the shoot was pretty successful.

week two

I chose these two photos because I like the way the different flash and ISO settings worked with focus and over all picture. The first picture shows a further view with the complete scene from an interesting angle while the second captures a closer focus on a few of the items.