Shadows and Light

For my final photo assignment I chose to do shadows and light. There are different shadows in different places all throughout the day, so during this week my eyes were always on the lookout for shadows.

The technical information for my best photo is:
F Number: 2.6
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/25

Here is an album of my other favorite shadow photos:

Portait

This week I chose to do portraits for my photo assignment. I took pictures of my friend Lauren. We took a ton of pictures; some inside, some outside, and some in borders. I liked the result of the borders pictures with Lauren surrounded by books. I also liked the lighting of the picture outside, which made it my favorite.

The technical information for my best photo is:
F Number: 4
ISO: 80
Shutter Speed: 1/80

Here is an album of some of my other favorite photos:

Visual Dictionary

This week our gimp assignment was to create an image for a visual dictionary. We used type and images to illustrate a word from the dictionary. I chose the word Azure. It is an adjective describing the color blue or a blue sky. It is very pretty.

Nature

This week I chose to do nature for my photo assignment. I took pictures outside when it was sunny and great for photo taking. I took a lot of close up nature photos, showing the interesting details of the nature around us.

The technical information for my best photo is:
F Number: 4
Shutter Speed: 1/200
ISO: 80

Here is an album of some of my other favorite nature photos:

Visual Puns

This week we did Visual Puns, where we used gimp to create images that were a play on words.

My 3 puns were 'lime stone', 'hit the hay', and 'kick the bucket'.

Macro

This week I chose to do Macro for my photo assignment. I took close up photos of objects in my house using the macro setting on the camera.



The technical data for my best photo is:
F Number: 2.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60
ISO: 125

Here is an album of my other favorite photos from this assignment:

Panoramic Gimp Assignment

This week our gimp assignment was to take 3 different photos for a panoramic scene, and work in gimp to blend them together into one seamless image.
My panoramic scene was in the library.

Architecture

This week for my photo assignment I chose to do architecture. I went to the University of Michigan campus and took photos of buildings on campus. One of the main places I took photos was the new business school. It is a very cool looking building.

The technical information for my best photo is:
F Number: 4
Shutter Speed: 1/499
ISO: 80

Here is an album of some of my other favorite photos from this assignment:

Portrait Demo Gimp Assignment

This week our assignment was to capture two quality portrait photos, one in the studio and one with window light, and to make an image in gimp with both portraits framed. In this gimp assignment we worked with layers, resizing photos, framing photos, and adding text to a photo.
My studio portrait is of Nick C, holding a plant. My window light portrait is of Nick P.

Black and White

This week I chose to do Black and White photography for my assignment. I found inspiration for my photos from the internet and used objects from around my house to create these photos. I love black and white photography and think it is interesting to look at.

The technical information for my best photo is:
F Number: 2.6
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: 1/20

Here is an album of some of my other best black and white photos:

School Context Gimp Assignment

For this assignment we were to create an image that changed the context of our school. We took a typical picture of our school and used Gimp to add images to it and make it unexpected.

Still Life

This week I chose to do still life photos for my assignment. I used objects from around my house that I found interesting and cool to look at. I took the photos in a darker room with a single light providing light for the objects that are the focus of the photo.

The technical data for my best photo is:
F Number: 2.6
ISO: 80
Shutter Speed: 1/60

Here is an album of some of my other favorite photos from this assignment:

Photo Retouching

The point of this assignment was to learn some basic and some advanced photo
editing techniques. We took a picture of a car and edited to remove the distracting background, tint the front window, and remove some glare from the front hood. We worked with the crop, level, and clone tools.

Animals

This week I chose to take pictures of animals for my assignment. First I took pictures of my friend's dog. I took pictures both inside and outside with the dog. I liked the results of the pictures outside in the snow with the dog playing with a soccer ball. I also took pictures of my cat during the late afternoon sunlight, which is a great lighting for pictures.

The best photo I took is above. The technical data for the photo is:
F Number: 4
Shutter Speed: 1/1000
ISO: 80

Here is the album of some of my other favorite photos from this assignment:

Andy Warhol Gimp Assignment

For this assignment we were to create an Andy Warhol type effect for one of our pictures. We took a picture and cropped it to be square, then changed the threshold and added color.