Week 6

So my little nephew came back from vacation and i just had to take pictures of him because he gives me so much happiness

Final Week: "How to fry an Egg"

Apologies for posting so late, busy summer day! For the final week, I had a lot of fun shooting. I photographed my handsome boyfriend, Joey. I struggled slightly because I wasn't able to make it home today to use natural sunlight. Instead, together, we tacked a white sheet to the ceiling along with a dark sheet behind him to create a backdrop. I had to experiment a little by changing the lamps I was using and also taking off the lamp shades and leaving them on. Then we moved outside and worked near my outside lights and under a street light as well. I sort of liked this better than shooting in the day time because it created such an intense glow on his face. Enjoy!

Finale

For this week i photographed my niece. She's only four but she was surprising cooperative. She was so eager to model that she kept trying to change poses right as i was snapping photos, but eventually she got the hang of it. I told her to look out of the window which was covered by a sheer curtain and when i moved the curtain back to shed more light she said : "Muucchhh Better." After the shoot was over she hustled me out of two dollars and had the nerve to split her profits with her Teddy Bear for its role in the photoshoot. Here are some of my favorite shots!!

 

Her and her sidekick

WK 6 PORTRAIT

I'm not sure how I did here but my little cousin was ecstatic to be my model.  More natural sunlight at the bay window. 

WK 4 Shadows and Light

For this assignment I was inside the house stationed at my bay window where we get tons of natural light. 

 

My shadow attempts

Recap: 5 projects

Hi Everyone...

Just to recap... we had 5 projects... I asked you to photograph at least 50 shots for each project then edit your best 6-10 and put all in a Google Drive folder that you shared with me.... Finally, put 3 or more of those on the blog  as your work for the week so that I and your classmates could comment... Here is a list of the projects...

1.   Introduction to Composition (downtown)
2.     Assignment: By the Sea
3.     Shadows and Light
4.     The Macro Project
5.     The Digital Portrait

Take a minute to make sure that all of the folders for each assignment is in your main folder and that your main folder has your name on it and that it is shared with me.

Grading will happen tomorrow morning.

Hope you enjoyed this experience and that you keep going out shooting... It is a great lifetime habit to keep doing for the rest of your life!

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

Macro

I thought taking photos up close and personal was going to be easier than it actually was. I tried to get in close with my 50mm and that was a disaster. I switched to the 18-55mm and still couldn't get in as close as I wanted without the image getting out of focus but had much better success. Here are some of the shots!

I don't know what made me think to capture this but I was surprised of the amount of detail

Damn cat kept moving so most of the photos were blurred but I finally got her !!

Final

Meet my best friend. We work together, so during some downtime I got to capture a few pictures of him. He's always been my greatest muse.

Wondow Light

I had to convince my beautiful wife to be my model and stand by the window. With a little resistance she complied and here are some of my best shots.

Macro Photos

Macro Photos

This assignment was a little tough. Not because of the lack of things to shoot but because when I tried to zoom in to get the closest shot the images became distorted and unfocused. Here's are a few of the best shots I have.

Shadows and Light

Shadows and Light

I had a little fun playing with this idea. Instead of using natural light and the sun I decided to use a flashlight to cast some shadows and I came up with some pretty interesting shots.

A few more attempts at the Window Light Portrait. This time with my little one.

Week 6, Window Light Portrait

I wanted to post these now so I would have time for some redos and add ons before class ends. I have been experimenting with the window light portraits for the last few weeks. But the sun was always too bright or I was unsure how to position the subject for the best light. The video that is posted on the syllabus is really good and helped me out quite a bit in figuring out correct positioning in relation to the window and maximizing the natural light. I'm lucky to have my two daughters to help me for these assignments. But you'll see mostly photos of the older one, because the younger one is not quite as patient with mom since it takes me a while to get what I'm happy with. ha.

When is Class Over????

I used July 20th as the last day because that's what my attendance roster says but I called the ADP and Registrar's offices and let them know that I will let class run until the End of Sunday night as usual... I will work on grades Monday morning....

The last assignment is all about directional light on the face and a calm, truthful portrait... no hyped up smiley faces and absolutely no flash.... remember not to shoot into a light source... point the nose of your subject toward the light source and move your body and or their body to get light on at least 3/4 of the face... don't be shy about getting in close... If you have a zoom lens, use that...

Do a google image search for window portrait and you will see many very good examples of what I'd like you to do...

Question

It says on the top of the blog that class is running from June 13th- July 20th. Do we have to have the last of the pictures done by Wednesday? I just need some clarification.  

Week 5

here are my pictures