Assignment #7: Still Life

For this assignment I chose to do still life. Luckily, my brother and I were playing Pokemon Monopoly at the time.

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ISO: 640

F/Stop: f/3.1

Exposure: 1/40 sec

Original

Edited/Final Product

Still Life = "Pokemon Monopoly"

Still Life = "Iron Man

Still Life = "Piggy Bank"

Still Life = "Tobuscus Paper Man"

Still Life = "Pistachio Bug"

Still Life = "Colorful Hand"

Still Life = "Stitch In The Shadows"

Still Life = "Toy Bear"

Still Life = "Sunny Necklae" 

Still Life = "Lea's Guitar"

Still Life = "Sir Frogenstein" 

What I learned from this assignment is that you can turn any activity your doing in to a still life photo opportunity. 

Dictionary

For this assignment I had to find 3 words in the English dictionary and create a card about said words with it's definition and images that represent the word. 

What I learned from this assignment was how to put cool looking backgrounds into my images/scenes. 

Photoshop Tutorial #3

For this tutorial the website (here) shows you how to type in really cool looking texts. Mine is the one below.

This was a fairly easy tutorial, but sometimes it just assumes that you know some stuff, when in fact you don't know what in the world it's talking about. But the final product is really cool!

Assignment #6: Nature

For this assignment I decided to do nature. To complete my task I took lots of pictures of my mom's 'Get-Well-Soon' flower.
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ISO: 400
f/stop: f/3.9
Exposure: 1/4 sec

Original

Edited/Final Product

Nature = "Weird Angle:

Nature = "Grim"

Nature = "Stones"

Nature = "Up Close"

Nature = "Whiteness" 

Nature = "Sun Light"

Nature = "Boring"

Nature = "Blah!"

Nature = "Flowers"

Nature = "Window"

Nature = "Pretty Purple"

What I learned from this assignment was that you can make a very light grey background white by using the magic of photo shop!

Photoshop Tutorial #2

   For this assignment, I have another photoshop tutorial to show you. This tutorial is called " An Idiots 

Guide to Creating Small Planets" that you can go to through this link, by, I think it's Thomas James because that's the only name I see, but I'm not so sure. But any way, this tutorial is very vage on telling you how/what to do specifically, and just assumes you know all the photoshop vocabulary and where to local all of the fancy stuff on it. It also doesn't have any visual instructions so you don't know what your picture is supposed to look like after each step.  But, after all the confusion and random searching, I managed to create this weird image below.

   It probably could of turned out better if I had a better panoramic picture to sart off with, but I didn't have enough time.

  What I learned from this assignment was how to create your own little worlds without having to waste your life on one of those Facebook games that I love so dearly. 

Photoshop Tutorial

   For this assignment we had to google search some kind of photoshop tutorial of any kind, use it, turn in  the rating of the tutorial, and then blog about it. 
   The tutorial I found was on this website. It's written by a guy named Steve Patternson on Photoshop Essentials.com. The summary is "Create a bit of an optical illusion in Photoshop by making a larger photo appear to be made from many smaller photos inside it. Great for family photos, wedding photos, or just as a fun thing to do with your friends." and "create a bit of an optical illusion, filling one photo with many smaller photos, or at least, many copies of a couple of smaller photos". This tutorial was very easy, the website is a little shady looking at first, but if you just avoid clicking on all the ads and download bars, then your computer will probably be virus free. 
   But there are multiple pages to click on to see the entire tutorial, but I didn't know that. I was a little freaked out about clicking on anything, you know, because that place looks dangerous! Any way, the page numbers at the bottom, in fact, ARE safe to click on. Or you can just go the other links here, here, here, and here. Any way, here's how my picture turned out...

This

plus this

makes this. But only if you use this weird tutorial. 

   It's kind of and odd thing to make but I think if you used the right pictures, it can possibly turn out better. The picture on the tutorial link makes more sense, I think.
   Any way, fot this assignment I learned how to make a clear overlay of copies of two pictures over one large picture on photoshop. Photoshop certainty IS magic. 
   In conclusion, this tutorial is very easy to use, and if you want to make a weird picture like mine, then you're in luck. 

Assignment #5: Black and White

For this assignment, I decided to do Black and White images.

ISO: 250
FStop: 3.1
Focal Length: 6.20 mm
Exposure: 1/40 Sec

Original

Edited/Final Product

B&W = "Beach Side"
B&W = "Tomato Man"
B&W = "Chips Rock"
B&W = "Classical"

B&W = "Doggy"
B&W = "Outdoor Chair"
B&W = "Spider"
B&W = "Suburban Bumper"
B&W = "Sad Dog"
B&W = "Tomatoes"
B&W = "Rooster"

For this assignment I learned that you can sometimes make a great picture even by better by either taking it in black and white, or changing it to black and white.

School Context

For this assignment, we had to take a picture of our school, and put pictures of stuff into it. And the pictures had to be a certain theme of our choice.

What I learned from this assignment was that photoshop is confusing and hard but It's awesome none the less. It's easy to copy and paste images when using it.

Assignment #4: Event

For this assignment, I chose to do event.
ISO: 100
FStop: 5.4
Focal Length: 6.20
Exposure: 1/250
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Event = "Crowds Around"
Event = "Before Hand"
Event = "Coke and Mentos Guy"
Event = "On Stage"
Event = "Sales Man"
Event = "Walking Bunny"
Event = "Entrance"
Event = "AFI Begins"
Event = "Green Day Show"
Event = "Anticipation" 
Event = "Getting Started"



What I learned from this assignment was that you should always bring a camera with you while your going somewhere because you might find something amazing and photogenic.

Portrait Demo

 For this assignment I had to practice taking portrait photos. I think it turned out pretty okay.

This is the duel photo that is being graded.

And this is the single photo not being graded, but still mandatory.

From this assignment I learned more about photo shop, and how it's magical and amazing in every way.

Assignment #3: Macro

For this photo assignment, I chose to do macro.

ISO: 400
Fstop: f/3.1
Focal Length: 6.20 mm
Exposure: 1/8











Macro = "Garfield Pezz"
Macro = "Odie Pezz"
Macro = "Snoopy Pezz"
Macro = "Pooh Bear Pezz"
Macro = "Crappy Apple"
Macro = "Cobble Sides"
Macro = "Chickens"
Macro = "Locker Com"
Macro = "Baby Chicken"
Macro = "Grape in the Shadows"
Macro = "Pebbles Pezz"

What I learned from this assignment was that you can take a picture of anything and it can be a macro. But you need to have the right position and the right focus.

Practicing Panorama

For this assignment, I had to take a series of photos (next to each other) and put them together to create a panoramic photo (The one up above is my inspiration).  The ones below are the ones I did.

What I learned from this assignment was that you can make any picture show more perspective by taking more picture of one area, and using photoshop to connect them together. 

Capturing Motion Blur Demo

This is my attempt pf capturing motion blur. I think I did an okay job getting the background blurred and the cyclist clear. The feet and tires are still a little bit fuzzy, though. 

Inspiration for Assignment #3

For my third assignment, I plan to do macro. These are my inspiration for it...

this one  (Shows the use of toys)

this one  (Showing a faded background)

and this one  (Showing food)

Inspiration for Assignment #2

My inspiration for my previous entry for 'Assignment #2: Architecture" are the following links...

this one (Showing some sort of castle structure)

this one  (Showing skyscrapers)

and this one (Showing inserting ceiling decor)

Assignment #2: Architecture

For this assignment, I decided to do architecture.
ISO: None
Fstop: None
Focal length: None
Exposure: None
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Architecture = "Old Barn"
Architecture = "Comerica Park"
Architecture = "Regal Castle"
Architecture = "Skyward"
Architecture = "City Streets"
Architecture = "Collection of Buildings"
Architecture = "Mall Ceiling"
Architecture = "Castle's Edge"
Architecture = "Above the Trees"
Architecture = "Small Buildings"
Architecture = "Castle Roof"



What I learned from this assignment was that you can make pictures of buildings/architecture a little more interesting by changing the perspective of the picture, and finding a different position to stand when taking the picture so you can capture an entire new side of the architecture that no one has seen before.

Car Editing Assignment

 For this assignment, we had to take a picture of

Before

<--- this car, and edit it to make it look like it was in a magazine. My final project is the picture below.

After

What it needed to look like

This picture (above) was what my edited one needed to look like.

Assignment #1: Animal

ISO: 1600

Fstop: f/3.7

Focal length: 6.30

Exposure: 1/25

For this assignment, I chose to do animals.


<---This was my best picture for this assignment

Animal = "Big Nose"
Animal = "Chicken Face"
Animal = "Christmas Dog"
Animal =  "First Time Driver"
Animal = "Guinea's Meal"
Animal = "Drowsy"
Animal = "The Aventurer"
Animal = "Eating"
Animal = "Camera Shy"
Animal = "Froggy"
Animal = "Happy Puppy"




What I learned from this assignment was that taking extra picture of your pets (thinking it's just for fun) is really necessary because it actually turns out that you need them to get an adequate grade.

Different Color Faces

For this assignment, we had to take a picture of a person and copy the picture four times, and have each picture a different color (Using these four colors) in this same format. 

But this one's just for fun!

Shooting Assignments

For this first shooting assignment, the inspiration (On Flickr) for my pictures are from these three links...

this one (Showing still life)

this one (Showing light and shadows)

and this one (Showing motion)

I'm hoping to catch one of these three stylistic types of shooting for my first assignment.