Thursday, April 30, 2015

Models & Direction

 
Assignment One - This picture features four children who are spelling out the word "slay". Although the girl in green is technically an S, we accidentally forgot to tell her that the S was actually backwards. Meanwhile, the gentlemen with the floral shirt is an L, the gentlemen in blue is an A, and the fellow on the end in plaid is a Y.
 
 
 
Assignment Two - These are the individual pictures for assignment two that my group did. The first photograph features Skyler as the model, Caitlyn as the Clay, and I was the director/photographer. The second photograph features Caitlin who was the model, myself as the clay, and Skyler was the director/photographer. Within the third paragraph, I am the model, Skyler is the clay, and Caitlin is the director/photographer.
 
Reflection - I feel as though the entire project was fairly easy and it was actually really fun because we got to play a game, so it naturally gave us a lot of laughs. The thing that was most challenging was finding individuals to participate in our word for assignment one and figuring out the appropriate word to use. Another thing that was challenging was finding ways to mold the "clay" during the game that we played in assignment two. Next time, I would try to be a little bit more creative with my word choice and make sure that all the letters are properly spelled out, etc. The only tools that I used in Photoshop were the brightness controls just to change up the pictures. I think it would be cool to spell out like "Class of 2015" with people in my class for cool pictures that can be potentially used in things like senior reflections.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Aperture and Depth of Field

Deep depth of field shot
Settings Information - 1/10 sec;   f/4.5;   ISO 200
 

Shallow Depth of Field Shot
Settings Information - 1/10 sec;   f/4.5;   ISO 200
 

Middle Depth of Field Shot
Settings Information - 1/10 sec;   f/4.5;   ISO 200
 
Aperture and Depth of Field Project
Reflection - I enjoyed this project because it was simple, fast, and I did not really experience any frustrations - just took my pictures, edited them, and uploaded them! It was a breeze. What worked well was the adjustment settings because we have continuously reviewing how to do it in class therefore it was not something that I had difficulty remembering.
I feel like the most challenging shot was the middle section for some reason. I can not really explain it, I just had a hard time taking the photograph. If I could do something differently, I would bring in different objects that I feel would work better therefore my pictures and props would not really be last minute. I really did not use any tools besides the image editors like the brightness, etc. and I also used the crop tools to crop out the excess. I could use this in the future to take pictures similar to this style for a project.
 

Friday, April 10, 2015

Spot The Difference


Original Photo of The Street Scene
 

 
Edited Street Scene with 20 Edits
 
 
Spot The Difference Answers
 
 Spot The Difference Project
Reflection - I found this project to be somewhat easy to accomplish compared to other projects just because it did not really introduce new tools and all of that. I already the tools that I had to use to accomplish what I wanted to. I found it really easy to make the changes to the picture just because I love doing puzzles like this in magazines, especially making changes that were extremely obvious. The things that I found challenging were when I was trying to take something out and have the background match exactly what it would look like. I was not really sure what tool to use if it was the clone stamp or what.
I do not think I would do anything differently - pretty pleased with how my project turned out.
I mostly used tools like the painting tool to show my answers or if I had to like touch up an area that I had changed or took something out. I used the clone stamp to add things into the pictures like windows or to cover up an area with the similar textures that were in the picture and I also used the quick selection tool to pick certain things out of other pictures, copy them, and add them into my street scene picture.
I could use what I learned in the future to make my own Spot The Difference Pictures for other classes and projects, etc.
 
Writing Prompt -
Question : "Is this a well written article? Why or why not? Use examples from the article to support your claim. "
I believe that this article is not well written at all. I don't generally think that authors use phrases like "might explain". Quotes and sources were not really cited properly or at all.
After being in Advanced Placement English Classes, I just do not believe that this article is well written at all.