In this assignment we had to take a picture of the school and put things in the school that you typically wouldn't see. So I put Sidney Crosby : ) , Brandi Chastain, Troy Polamalu, and Hulk Hogan in my picture. They are all just hanging out in our weight room. I think this is a real fun project because it got my creative juices flowing. I enjoyed this assignment.

ISO = 800
Apeture = f 8.0
Shutter Speed = 1/6

This is still life / product. I love the uniqueness and distinct background, clashing with the brown glasses. This is one of my favorite pictures I've taken in the class this far. I honestly believe this could be an ad in a magazine.

For this photo assignment I did still life / product. My product was my Ray Ban sun glasses. I wanted to capture the uniqueness of the glasses but have the picture be very simple and straight to the point. I chose the background because it is one of my favorite patterns. I think it's fun, yet classic. Just how I picture the Ray Ban glasses. I am very proud of these pictures because I could picture this as an ad in a magazine. This was a fun assignment, and I enjoyed taking these.

For this assignment we had to demonstrate motion. We went outside and adjusted out shutter speed to 1/60th. We put it on this so we could get the subject in focus, but then have the background blurred. This was difficult thought because it was very bright outside so we had to set the ISO as low as it could go, 80, so you could actually see the picture. Once we got back inside I just uploaded the picture to GIMP and did some editing of the colors. I also cropped it so we could focus more on the bike rider. I liked learning on how to blur the background. It makes the picture cooler.

Apeture = 3.1
Shutter speed= 1/2000
ISO = 100

This is my macro assignment. It's an amaryllis flower and my dad got it for my mom for valentines day. This picture is probably my favorite picture I've taken so far. Macro is such an interesting setting because it helps you see things that you typically couldn't. It makes for such an intriguing picture!! I used to know a little bit about the macro setting before this, but knowing about apeture, shutter speed, and ISO helped make the picture that much better. I really enjoyed this assignment.

This assignment I did digital macro. This is when you take pictures of things that you typically wouldn't get a close up of. So far, this has been my favorite assignment. I took a picture of my mom's amaryllis. This is a tropical flower that my mom got from my dad for valentines day. I thought it was such an interesting picture because it shows all of the little pollen dust on the flower. I will definitely use this technique in the future.

Our assignment was to take 3 different pictures and blend them together in a "panoramic" photo. We used the program GIMP and then went in and edited the 3 separate pictures. This assignment was very fun because I think these pictures are so cool. I've always wondered how people took pictures like this. Now I could go home and do this by myself! It was actually much more simple than I thought it would be. All you have to do is get the pictures in line and then change a few things. The hardest part was scaling them so they could all fit together. I made sure that I controlled how much light was let into the camera, instead of just having it on manual settings, so the colors wouldn't be that different. This assignment was very interesting and fun, I am definitely going to use these techniques in the future.

Apeture = f 4
ISO = 200
Shutter Speed = 1/1000

Here is a picture of my twin brother playing basketball. For this assignment I did motion. I love the cool dunk that he is doing, and that I captured the most intriguing part of that dunk. I also like how you can see the sun from behind the basketball hoop. This assignment was really fun because I love sports, and so taking these pictures was so interesting to me.

For this assignment I did motion. These pictures are always very interesting because they capture something that we see in one blink of an eye. I love looking at the sports pictures, and so for this assignment I decided to do motion sports pictures. It was really neat because I am a huge sports fan, and I've always loved taking pictures of my brother's soccer games and what not. I never knew how to make things not blurry though. This assignment taught me how to take compelling sports photos, that are in focus! I really enjoyed this assignment because it furthermore developed my understanding of the different settings on my camera.

For this assignment we learned about lighting. The picture on the left is a studio picture. The picture on the right used the window lighting. I thought this assignment was really interesting. Light is one of the biggest components to pictures. It can make or break a picture. I learned how to manipulate light so I could get it where I wanted to highlight certain features. The studio picture is my favorite. It looks like an actual photographer took it, almost like a senior picture! This assignment was fun.

Apeture= 3.1
Shutter Speed= 1/2000
ISO= 80

This is my favorite picture I have taken this far. I love how the ice surrounds the tree and preserves the tree's color. It's extremely appealing to the eye. I also like how the background is all dull colors, while the foreground's colors are very dominant. Winter is one of my favorite seasons, but often times you can't really capture interesting pictures. I do believe though that this picture is rather interesting.

The next theme I did for my photo assignment was nature. Lately we have been lucky enough to have just the right amount of snow. I am a huge fan of winter and so this assignment was very fun. I live across from a golf course so the scenery was beautiful. I found one particular tree that really caught my eye. There were huge ice sickles that were hanging off of one tree. I believe I got some very interesting shots of this tree. Also I took these shots right around sun set, and there were some clouds in the sky. However the sky turned out beautifully, because the color seemed to stretch throughout the clouds.
I had a lot of fun with this assignment and I absolutely loved getting out and exploring for these awesome pictures!!!