Visual Dictionary

For this assignment we were told to define a word with pictures since often times people do not understand a word unless there is a picture or demonstration to go with it. For my project i chose to use common words like: exotic, fake, prepare, and united. My favorite is the one I made for Exotic just because I love the bright colors and patterns.

Visual Puns

I'm really late putting these pictures up but better late than never. Last week were told to create pictures that represented a saying or just a play on words. I really enjoyed this activity because i got to show my more creative side and my humorous side. Also I really enjoyed it when people laughed at them. Answers are at the bottom.

answers: 1.chick magnet 2.banana split 3.banana split

Photo 7-Still Life

This week I chose to do still life although none of the pictures were taken this week. I was bored on my bed one night last week and I just wanted to take pictures. So I just pulled stuff from the space around me and took pictures of them. The picture i am showcasing is of a Duct-Tape flower that I made and I knew it was a really cool picture to take.

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Aperture: 5.8
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PUNS.

This is a really cool website with really cool puns. check it out!

http://www.punoftheday.com/cgi-bin/disppuns.pl?cat=0&ord=F&page=1?=0

People

For photo number six, I chose to shoot pictures of people. Many of the pictures were not taken this week but the featured photo is. It was kind of hard to shoot pictures of people because in order to capture their personality in the picture I would have to catch them off guard. For the picture below, we were coming home from my grandparents' house and I was trying to take pictures of him-without the flash. When those pictures turned out badly I resorted to using the flash and the picture actually turned out better than I thought it would.

Shutter Speed: 1/60
Aperture: 5.8
ISO: 80


Extra Pictures

NATURE

For photo number five I chose to shoot pictures of nature. I took many of pictures of smaller things and a lot of them turned out blurry even though I had it in the macro setting. This left me with only half of my pictures to choose from, but they are all good. Many of my pictures are of flowers because they are the only thing I could take pictures of. My feature photo is  of mushrooms obviously but i don't really like it. I think it is unique and cool but it doesn't appeal to me.


Shutter Speed: 1/320
Aperture: 3.3
ISO: 100

Extras!

Portrait Assignment

In this assignment we had to take pictures with natural and artificial lighting. I used Miranda Lessner as a photo subject. For the natural light we stood next to a window or place of light and used a piece of poster board to reflect light on the other side of our faces (right photo). For the other picture we used a series of lights to illuminate our faces. There was a bright light on our right, a smaller light to our left, a light behind us to create a "halo" effect and lastly there was a light behind the background making it brighter (left photo). I think this will help me later when i want to take pictures of people and light isn't very available.

My TOP Nine

These are my top nine pictures in no particular order. I have many favorites but many have already been used other places so these are the one's that haven't been showcased. Enjoy.

These are pink flowers in my garden. I don't know the name as of the moment but they smell really good.

These jars contain different sand and/or rocks from beaches and places we have visited. This picture was actually taken for Macro but it did not seem appropriate to put in the post but it is still cool.

My Eye. Hazel. Thick Lashes. Purple Liner. Cool Reflection. Very Expressive.





 I love, love, LOVE this photo. I used an aperture that would create a large depth-of-field and I'm pleased with how it turned out. The color pops, flower looks tall and its just pretty. The only thing I wish I could change is the ISO setting-I would have made it lower if i realized it would make so much noise.

I really like this picture because of the perspective. This was actually my fourth shot of this man hole since my first three were blurred and too dark. I had to use the lowest shutter speed I could-15seconds-and it was hard not to move the camera.

I am not sure if the plant looks bigger or smaller than it actually is but I guess that is up to the eye. I think that this little green plant is cute and the water makes the photo more appealing

Cluster of small flowers. Again I wish the ISO was lower but i think the overall picture is nice looking and would be a nice touch to a catalog for gardeners.

Is this a daisy or what? I'm not good with flower names but I was walking around my neighborhood taking pictures of whatever flowers looked good. The only thing that is annoying my is the fact that the tip of the top petal is cut off.

MOSEY POSEY. Mozart Pozart. Mosey-Kitty. He has many names but only on personality. Lazy and tempermental.




Well I hope you liked these pictures, I certanly do. Leave a comment. Ask for more. But please ask before you take or copy.

School Context

For this assignment we were told to take a picture of a well known place in school.  Then to change it by adding things it to it that would be out of place. For my assignment, I took a picture of the loft area above the side doors. At first a was going to make it look like a bedroom but when I started running out of time I had to think of something easier, so i added my sister in. The only thing I wish I could have done better was to make the tree look like it was coming out of the ground instead of just sitting there.

Shadow Project

For photo number four I chose to shoot pictures of interesting shadows. It was kind of challenging to find shadows that would be interesting to look at and I ended up using photos I had taken previous to the assignment. The picture I picked to showcase is a of a mirror hanging at the bottom of a stair case. It was in a room with lot windows which meant a lot of shadows and they were all reflected in the mirror. I thought it was cool so I snapped a picture of it.

Shutter Speed: 1/250
Aperture: 5.5
ISO: 200

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Motion Blur

Motion Blur is when you make the subject of a picture in focus and the background is blurred since they are moving. This may seem easy but it's not that easy--it's not hard it's just not easy. For this picture Mr. Bush brought his bike into class so pictures could be taken of it. We had to focus the picture beforehand and then follow Mr. Bush on his bike while we were taking the picture, so in other words panning. Out of the seven pictures I took only one turned out well, here it is.

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Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 80

Animales! Animals!

Third Photo! For this assignment I chose to take pictures of animals although I didn't take any of them this week. When we first got these assignments I just started to make folders for everything because I need to be organized. So whenever I took a picture of an animal I just popped it into its folder. For this picture I was sitting next to my cat and just started taking pictures. I didn't take many but the ones I took turned out pretty well and I liked the way my cat looked bored. It was challenging because in order to get a good exposure I had to use a slow shutter speed and he kept moving.

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Aperture: 3.3
ISO: 400












EXTRA PICTURES!!!!!!!!

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In this assignment I had to take three consecutive pictures and join them together to make on long picture; I chose to take my pictures in the commons. I was expecting this assignment to be a bit challenging but it really was very easy.

BLACK 'N WHITE

This was the second photo assignment of the year and I chose to do black and white. For these photos, I took them in color and used editing tools to turn them to black and white. My best photo looked good in color but when I put in black and white it looked good too. This assignment helped me to learn that sometimes if you have shades of black and white instead of color it really makes a photo more attractive.

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F-Number: 3.3
ISO: 400

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Car Retouch

In this assignment we had to take a photo of a car and retouch it to make it look nicer and more appealing to the eye. The original photo was taken Noelle Jacobs and was given to us to remove extra glares and reflections and to change the background so it wasn't as distracting. This assignment will be helpful when i want to retouch my own photos later on.


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Photo By: Noelle Jacobs
Edited By: Victoria Huyck
Hour: First

mAcro proJect

This is my first "choice" assignment. Every week I am take pictures using a different theme, this week I chose to do Macro. I was told to take at least fifty pictures so that I could pick and choose my best 10-15 and also so I could see the difference between pictures taken with different settings. For this assignment I took close-ups of many different things and I learned that using the "macro" button on my camera focuses pictures better. The photo to the right is what I consider to be my best picture because it has almost no digital noise and the subject is in focus. I also like that you can see the strings of spider-webs in focus. What I find amazing is that I just pointed-and-shot this picture and it still turned out, well, amazing.

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Shutter Speed: 1/1250
Aperture:2.8
ISO: 800


Here are some other examples of macro for your enjoyment.

Gimp Pop Art

In this assignment we had an image and that we changed to make it POP. We took a picture of ourselves or another person and used Gimp to change it to black-and-white then apply a color to the photo. I didn't want to use a picture of myself so I used a picture of my friend Ella.

In this assignment I learned how to use Gimp, a digital photo editing program, to make pictures more appealing to the eye and to make them more interesting. In this specific assignment we learned how to make our pictures black and white and the proceeded to make an Andy Warhol themed pop-art picture.

The only thing I wish could have been done better is that the blue coloring wouldn't make the picture look blurry-and the same with the red. Overall, though, I liked this assignment and it is something I will probably try again and again.

Composition Assignment.

The Assignment
This assignment is the very first class project. It gave my classmates and I the ability to learn eleven different techniques of photography, such as: Rule of Thirds, pattern, symmetry, etc.


Photo Descriptions
Rule of Thirds - Hanging Wind Chimes
Pattern - Green Bush Leaves
Symmetry - Staircase in School
Texture - Bricks On Fireplace
Depth of Field - Third Floor Lockers
Line - Light on Telephone
Framing - Second Floor Office
Perspective - Two Inch Plant
Space - Lamppost in Clouds
Balance - Tree in Yard
Color - Little White Flower



What I Learned
From this assignment I learned that sometimes it is better to set up a shot instead of just "pointing and shooting", although that can good sometimes too. I also learned all of the different techniques of photography that I mentioned.

Welcome

hey guys this is my first post. this blog hopefully will just be for showcasing my pictures and telling you a little about them. my first pictures will be coming soon if everything goes well and i hope you enjoy them!