Class Feedback

I liked a lot of things about this class. It was very interesting. I liked learning about using the camera, and taking good pictures. One thing I didn't like as much was using photoshop. Photoshop was very confusing to me and I found it quite difficult to use. But after a while I got the hang of it and now I think it is fun to use photoshop.

The challenges in this class to me was getting the right combination of settings to take a good picture. I had to make sure the shutter speed, and the aperture, and ISO was in the right setting. For example, if I changed the camera to a faster shutter speed, then I woud have to raise the ISO so its more sensitive to the light. This whole class was pretty challenging, and I didn't really think any of it was easy. Which is good because I liked to be challenged.

I liked how the class structure was, we would go out and take pictures. Then we would download and edit them. The photo assignments were cool also, I thought it was a good idea to take the camera home over the weekend and take as many pictures as you wanted for the topic you were doing that week. I didn't really mind the blogging either. It was pretty easy to do, and I knew how to do it so I could do a decent blog entry pretty fast.

What I learned- I am very glad I took this class, because I feel that I gained a lot of knowledge in it. I learned the basics, setting the camera up, and taking a good picture. But I also learned about what makes a good photo. Probably the thing I was most excited to learn about, was photoshop. I learned how to edit pictures. Editing such as cropping, changing the color, or cutting and adding things to pictures. I now know a lot about the camera and photoshop, and I know that I will use these skills in the near future.

Assignment 7- Light & Shadows

Assignment Description- For this week, I chose the theme light and shadows. I went outside in my backyard and took pictures of the light from the sun shining through the trees. As well as the sunset. Then I took pictures of my dog while she was outside, I got some sun spots in the picture so it really shows the light from the sun. I didn't edit any of the pictures.


Best Photo- (No editing)

ISO- 1600
Aperture- f/16
Shutter Speed- 1/60 seconds


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What I learned-I learned how to position the camera to make the sunset look really cool. But it was difficult to take pictures of the sunset before it was gone. So I didn't take as many as I would like. It was also hard to keep my dog still but after a while she calmed down and I got some pretty good pictures of her. Overall i'm proud of the pictures I took and I think they all turned out pretty good. I especially like the ones with sun spots.

Assignment 6- Animals

For this assignment I chose to do animals. I took pictures of my cat and dog, but also went over to my friends house. At her house I took pictures of her two rabbits, and her dog. Then I downloaded them on to photo shop and didn't really edit any of them.

Best Photo- No editing

ISO- 800
Aperture- f/14
Shutter Speed- 1/80 seconds



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What I learned- Working with animals can be really hard at some points. Its really hard to get them to sit still while adjusting the camera. The dogs I took pictures of were very energetic and would not stop moving. The two rabbits I took pictures of kept hopping away and wouldn't sit still. The cats I took pictures of were actually pretty easy. They were pretty calm and didn't move much. Although it was hard I got through it and I think I took some pretty decent pictures.

Dictionary

Assignment Description- For this assignment, we had to choose a word and use photoshop to define it. We had to use pictures and designs. I chose the words marriage, and frolicking. We used photoshop to combine several pictures, and also write the definition of the word somewhere in the picture.

What I learned- Everything went well for this assignment. For frolicking I instantly thought of deer. Deer like to frolic and jump and stuff. So I put a bunch of frolicking deer in the picture. For marriage I wanted too show what makes up a marriage. In the background is two people obviously in love. Then a wedding cake, and a bouquet of flowers. I also added two wedding rings because thats what really joins the two people together once they put the rings on eachothers fingers

Visual Puns

Assignment Description- For this assignment we used photoshop to create visual puns. We looked for a word and we photoshopped two pictures together. Then I turned them into the hand in folder.

What I learned- I used photoshop and it went really well. It was really easy to use and I knew exactly what to do. The puns were a little hard to think of, but I managed to find three of them. The first one was is RockStar, the second one is Dr. Pepper, and the third one is Egg Plant. Over all i'm happy with my pictures for this assignment.

Assignment 5- Black and White

Assignment Description- For this week I decided to do black and white pictures. I set my camera to the black and white setting and went around the house taking pictures of random objects. I tried to take pictures from different perspectives to make them look more interesting.

Best photo-

ISO- 1600
Aperture- f/6.3
Shutter speed- 1/20 seconds

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What I learned- Pretty much all things went well for this assignment. I found quite a few things that i could take cool pictures of. I really like the black and white setting. I think it makes the pictures look really cool. I use my dads camera for these assignments, so I am able to take really good pictures. The focusing is really good on his camera.

school photoshop

Assignment Description- For this assignment we took a picture of the school and we had to photo shop other images and things into it. I took a picture from and angle pointing up at a ledge. I then photo shopped characters from The Lion King, including the monkey holding Simba up. Then I added a sunset that shows through the windows.

What I learned- I got a lot more familiar with photo shop. I learned how to make shadows and using the layers made a lot more sense to me. It was a little frustrating at first, especially using the selection tool. I found it really hard and frustrating to use that. But I soon got the hang of it after a while and found that using photo shop is really fun!