Journal Assignment 4:

I like the stairs, which i have already photographed and also a picture taken on the second floor looking down on people on the first floor would create an interesting angle for a picture.

I might also take a picture of the quilted rug in the far top right room.

Journal Assignment 5:

I like this picture for its two girls with their totally different personalities captured in the picture. I could take a picture similarly by having a few different people in a natural enviornment and use framing around someone's face to put to focus on one of the person's face.

Journal Assignment 1 part 2:

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Journal Assignment 3:

Words that come to my mind: Sneaky, silly, and country.

There are leading lines in the field that make the photo int eresting. I also like how simple the photo is but with just adding the man in the grass it gives it character and makes you think of the words like sneaky and silly.

Journal Assignment 13:

Jim Brandenburg had a 90 day trip where everyday he limited himself to one picture a day and still came back with some of the most beautiful pictures. In my opinion, I felt that Jim Brandenburg did this to make sure he was taking the best possible picture he could. Rather than taking advantage of an unlimited amount of pictures, he would take his time everyday to find the best picture in nature he could possibly take. It probably made him appreciate photography better.

Journal Assignment 12:

This is my favorite picture taken by Jim Brandenburg. I like it for many reasons one of them being how bright the eyes of the animal are. Not only that, but also the use of a shallow depth of field to make the sticks around it's face blurry and to create a frame for the face make it even more appealing.

 

Journal Assignment 11:

Critique of Lines photos:

                  The first photo of mine is a picture of a staircase. It uses lines by the way the stair case curves in a c shape. My second is a simpler photo of a railing at an angle. The print of photo I don't like as much because of its darkness and lack of creativity. But it could have been better if I had used a filter and decreased the exposure time of the photo.

Journal Assignment 9:

Critique of depth of field photos:

                       My first depth of field photo used a shallow depth of field. It was a picture of part of downhill driveway with the background of trees out of focus. I liked the picture, but it could have been improved by burning the cobblestone on the side of the driveway. My second photo uses a wide depth of field. It is a scenic picture of the tops of trees and the sunset in the sky. I also like this picture, but it is a little dark in my opinion. I could have given it a lower exposure time while printing it.

Journal Assignment 14:

Jim Brandenburg photos:

Journal Assignment 10:

Lines in pictures:

 

The curving road in this picture leads your eye to the sun, the focus of the picture.

 

 The cable lines of the bridge are used as a leading line to put your focus on the man in front of the sun.

 

 This is a simple picture using lines and distance to create the focal point at the end of the brick alleyway.

 

 Using both rule of thirds and curved lines, this picture easily creates an esthetically pleasing photo.

 

This picture uses lines in nature, but what makes the picture is the simple water droplet on the edge.

Journal Assignment 8:

Shallow depth of field:

 

Apt: wide and because of the close distance it makes the background easier to be blurred

Apt: wide also, but it might not be because the subject is so close to the camera lens

 Apt: wide, the subject isn't too close so the cause of the shallow depth of field mostly is the effect of the aperture.


Wide depth of field:


Apt: small and the cause of everything in focus is mainly due to the large distance


Apt: small and the focus is because of the large distance.

Apt: small. The clarity of everything is mainly due to the small aperture because the distance between the bird and the camera and the cliff and the camera is big, so distance wouldn't have anything to do with why there is a wide depth of field.

Journal Assignment 6:

Pictures showing motion:

                                   1.

 This picture uses a slower shutter speed, somewhere around 1/30th. It really captures the effect of the wind                                                         being blown on the dog's face.
                                
                                   2.

This one also uses a slow shutter speed.  Because its darker, the camera's aperture was opened wider with                                                         still a shutter speed of about 1/30th
                                      3.

This picture captures the dancer's movement, but in a sharper fashion by adjusting the shutter speed to be faster (around 1/125th).

Journal Assignment 7:

Critique of my stop action/motion blur photos:

                      Using a faster shutter speed, my first photo was a picture of someone pole vaulting. The photo would've been better if the focus of the picture had been on the subject of the photo, the pole vaulter, not the background. My second picture is taken at ground level of someone doing a push up. I used a slower shutter speed to capture the motion of the image.

Journal Assignment 2:

Photos I would like to take:

1. Pictures of people dancing at a slow shutter speed (around 30 or so) to catch the motion.

2. Shadowed image of a musician for an interesting effect.

3. Take pictures of infants to capture their natural/non-posed young life; maybe when the baby is laughing. I would use a faster shutter speed to make the picture crisp.

4. A picture sun shinning on plants and flowers after a rainstorm (using a shallow depth of field).

5. Pictures of the Grand Canyon just for fun and the photography experience

6. Pictures taken from both above and below people to get both a softer and a dominating effect. with a slower shutter speed from above and a faster one taken from below.

7. Sunset pictures taken when the sky is redish pink.

8. People working on the potter's wheel (with a slower shutter speed to catch the motion while forming the clay)

9. Pictures of athletes during a game. I will use a fast shutter speed

10. Some sort of  more art style picture that is confusing, yet interesting. I might have a very slow shutter speed and wide aperature during the night and move the camera so that the lights in the picture create a blur.

Journal Assignment 1

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