Portraits

This is a picture of Axl Rose, there's not much in the picture besides his jewelry and his pants, you can kinda tell what type of person he is by looking at his tattoos. I see a picture of a person who is maybe alone, I think he could be looking directly at someone, or maybe he's looking into a mirror. This picture makes me wonder what he was going through there's this sadness in his eyes.

This is a picture of Angelina Jolie, there's nothing in the picture besides herself, I see someone who's very beautiful. I think she could be fixing her hair, getting ready, or she's just posing.  I think there's this look she's giving off I wonder what she was thinking.

 This is also a picture of Angelina Jolie, it looks like she's most likely in a room, and she's not wearing any clothes. I think she was laughing with someone she looks really happy, she could of just got out of bed, or maybe she's changing again. This picture makes me question why she's so happy.

 This is a pictue of a baby being held by his mom. I think he saw something really interesting, he could be looking at his dad, or maybe he likes to take pictures. This picture makes me want to know what is it that the baby was looking at that's so interesting.

  

This is a picture of a girl in a dress standing outside, I think she's by a school or a building but she's standing in the middle of the street and I would guess it's hot outside since she's wearing a dress. I'm not quite sure if she was dancing, maybe it's really windy, or she was spinning around having fun with a friend. This picture makes me question what she was doing because her body movement is not something you see everyday.



 

MIDTERM portfolio

1.Rule of Thirds

This picture represents the rule of thirds because the panda is set off to one side. I think this picture stood out the most because I also used depth of field and that made the background more distant making the panda the main focus. I think this image could be stronger if the panda was bigger.

2.Fill the Frame

This image represents filling the frame because the entire shot is these lights. I think this is a really good picture because of the lighting it makes the picture interesting. It could be better if  maybe it was something more interesting than lights.

3.Lines

  

 This picture represents leading lines because the chain leads to the bottom of this hole. I thought this was a good representation because it leads your eye to the focal point. I could be better if  the picture was in focus more.

 4.Angles

 

This is a representation of angles taken from behind this whale. I liked this picture the most because it plain but interesting. It could be better if maybe there was more to it.

5.Patterns

This picture represents patterns because as you can see there are many windows. I like this picture because of the light reflecting of the glass. I think it could be better if the line extended to many more windows.

6.Framing

 

This picture represents framing because the water creates an arch. I like this picture because it shows movement and the whales kinda staring at you. This could be better if the whale would of been centered to the arch.

7.ABC

 I don't have any pictures for the ABC's because they got deleted after we made the poster. :c

8.Shutter Speed

This represents shutter speed because Patrick is jumping still in the air. I like this picture because of his face expression and his body position lol. This could of been better if that cart wasn't in the picture.

 9.Panning

This picture represents panning because the background is blurred and the focal point is in focus. I liked this picture because I thought it was funny. I could be better if the car itself were more in focus.

10.Depth of Field

 

This is a representation of depth of field because there's a bokeh effect in the background. I liked this picture because it's almost perfect I really liked the dots in the background they remind me of Christmas. This could be improved by maybe moving the panda of to the side.

11.WILDCARD

This is another representation of depth of field. I really liked this picture because it looks really nice. It could be improved by maybe getting more of the plant into the frame. 

The hardest challenge probably was dealing with those cameras in the beginning of the year and learning how to use the new cameras. Yes, I was able to overcome it and everything got much easier. My biggest success was learning everything we did which was quite a lot. I really liked learning how to take depth of field pictures. This will all help me in the second semester because you build up from what you learn. I would really like to know how to take pictures at night because we haven't experienced dealing with no light. Mr. Pedersen could improve my experience in class by teaching us more:) and I could improve by learning.

DOF Photo Corrected

For all my pictures I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. I think the adjustments enhanced the pictures and made the colors richer. I usually don't like editing pictures so I tried not to make such a huge impact but I guess a little does a lot but I'm glad with the final result because it looks way better. I don't think there's anything else to fix in this picture.

 

 

I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. Same with this picture the adjustments increased the color. With this picture I was fine with editing it because it looks better and it really changed the color. I liked this picture as well, there's nothing to fix.

I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. For this picture I was really excited that I captured the hummingbird so I cropped it a little, but the adjustments did brighten the picture. I wanted to edit this picture but I don't think the adjustments worked so good because there's too much green it kinda hurts my eyes. I think if I didn't put so much white the brightness wouldn't be so strong and it would look better.

 

I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. I think this picture had the greatest change because the blacks really got darker so that made the picture not look washed out. I didn't expect this picture to have such a big difference but it looks a lot better. I like this picture I don't think there's anything I need to fix.

 

I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. The adjustments for this picture really changed the lighting but I think it kinda made his face too orange. I think for this picture the adjustments made the bokeh effect strong. I would like to fix Carlos' face because he looks to orange.

 I changed the black levels from 0 to 25 and the whites from 255 to 235. I cropped this picture as well because the bottom of the leaves had some weird blur thing so I thought it looked better. I was fine with making adjustments to this picture. I think for this picture if I would of taken another picture the weird blur thing in the corner wouldn't of came out and the picture would of been better.

Shallow depth of field is when the subject or object is completely in focus and the background is blurred out so you can't make out what it is. Large depth of field is when the entire picture is in focus, it's usually a scenery. You use TV mode when you want to change all of the settings and AV mode when you only want to change the F stop so distance. The hardest part of this assignment was finding backgrounds that would blur out enough or ones that had color.

Depth of Field

Shallow Depth of Field 

 This picture has a shallow depth of field. The focal point is the sunflower. This picture represents a shallow depth of field because the subject, the flower, is in focus but the entire background is blurred out to create the Bokeh effect. I think the photographers purpose was to emphasize the isolation of just one single flower since it's in a field of many.

  This picture has a shallow depth of field. The focal point is the purple flower.This picture is an example of a shallow depth of field because the background is distorted which focuses your focal point onto the subject. I think the photographers purpose was to express the beauty of the flower.

  This picture has a shallow depth of field. The focal point is the red bird. This picture has a shallow depth of field because the background is purposely put out of focus to change your view on the subject. I think the photographers purpose was to draw your attention straight towards the bird.

Large Depth of Field 

  This picture has a large depth of field. I think the focal point is the entire picture. This picture has a large depth of field because the entire picture is crisp. I think the photographers purpose was to show how beautiful nature is on it's own.

   This picture has a large depth of field. The mountains are the focal point but I kinda think it might be the moon because it's yellow and it pops. This picture is a demonstration of a large depth of field because the entire picture is in complete focus. I think the photographers purpose was to capture nature.

   This picture has a large depth of field. The boats are the focal point, in particular the boat in the center. This is an example of a large depth of field because it's purposely taken to be entirely in focus so the background can be part of the subject. I think the photographer's purpose was to show of the beauty of this city with boats.