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.


Before

After

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.

 Photo Information
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.