For this assignment we had to take a picture and manipulate it using GIMP. In the original picture there was a background, but when I went through and edited it I took out the background, and made it all black. Also the hood of the car had shine on it that didn't look very appealing, so I went through and removed some of the excess shine. Then I also tinted the glass of the car to make it look at little darker. And lastly I went through and brightened the colors of the car to ad some appeal to it.
I learned a little bit more about how to actually use GIMP. It was a very interesting assignment because I would have never thought you could change a picture so much. I wanted to know how to cut the background out of a photo and now I know how! This assignment was very useful and I feel as though I have a better grip on using GIMP.

This here is my black and white photo. I wanted to do an interesting topic that would look nice in black and white. It is very simple, but I do believe it is captivating as well. There's something extremely intriguing about a picture in black and white. That's why I chose this to be my first photo assignment. You can really make a picture beautiful by just simply changing it to black and white.
Apeture= F4
Shutter Speed= 1/4
ISO= 400

This is my first photo assignment, and I decided to choose black and white. My subject is one of my watches. Here I really emphasized all of the fine small details in my watch that you typically wouldn't pay attention to. These 7 pictures are my favorite out of all the photos I took. This assignment subject is really interesting because the pictures are extremely captivating. I loved setting the photo to black and white because it really exemplified the qualities of the watch, and helped draw more attention to the watch. I will absolutely use this technique in the future.

In this assignment we had to take a picture of a friend, and edit it in GIMP. This is a photo editing program that gives you the power to transform you picture into a work of art. Here we created and Andy Warhol- like photo by taking a picture and changing the background color. It was actually a lot simpler than I thought it would be. All we did was crop the picture, copy it, change the background color, and then reposition the individual pictures. As you can see I had a little fun with my picture. This assignment was cool, and I'm glad I got to learn how to do this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/5170801729/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cubagallery/5216852563/in/photostream/

Both of these photos represent macro photos. This is when a camera reveals a part of life that we typically do not see. Macro photos are pictures close up to objects. I think these types of pictures are so interesting because they are new to our eyes. To see the fine detail of a bee flying, or to get up close and personal to a butterfly landing on a tree is what intrigues me. Ever since I've started taking pictures macro photography has always been one of my favorite categories. It opens a whole new world that we aren't used to.

About the Assignment: Our assignment was to walk around of school or home and take pictures that represent the 11 rules of composition. The rules are rule of thirds, depth of field, symmetry, texture, pattern, lines, space, balance, framing, color, and perspective.

Rule of Thirds= Paper and Camera
Depth of Field= Car and Snow
Symmetry= Shoe
Texture= Tree
Pattern= Pole
Lines = Clock
Space= Sled
Balance= Sucker
Framing= Basketball hoop
Color= Paint can
Perspective= Dog

Over the course of this assignment I actually learned how to take interesting pictures. I wasn't aware that there were so many ways that you could take a boring picture or scene, and change it into something interesting and eye appealing. I feel like I've conquered the basics of photography.