Animals

Assignment description:
For this weeks photo assignment I chose to take pictures of animals. The Geese and baby geese that I took pictures of were outside my school by the water.

Original photo:

Photo:

ISO:200
Aperture:f4.3
Shutter speed:1/400

Slide show:



Summary:
This was our last photo assignment of the year. I learned a lot about ISO, aperture, and the shutter speed.

Gimp 7: Pun's

Assignment description:
For this assignment, we had to think of a word or saying that you could divide up into different words. Then, We used Gimp and created three different pun's with at least 2-3 different pictures on them.

Pun #1:

Pun #2:

Pun #3:

What I learned:
I learned more about created more layers and i also used the scale tool and the alpha layer a lot more on this gimp assignment.

Gimp 6: Dictionary

Assignment description:
For this assignment, We had to choose 5 different words and write a definition for each. Then, for each word, we had to put at least 5 photos into gimp.

Photo #1:

Photo #2:

Photo #3:

Photo #4:

Photo #5:

What I learned:
I learned how to create an alpha layer on the photos. This makes it so that when you erase a part of the photo on top of the background, instead of the eraser making it white, it brings out the background color.

People

Assignment description:
For this assignment, I chose to take pictures of people. I put the camera in Portrait mode and zoomed in on some of the photos taken.

Best Photo:

ISO:200
Aperture:f3.5
Shutter speed:1/50


Slide show:




Summary:
I used studio lighting to capture the right light balance on the person. The kid sat on a chair and a white sheet was behind him. I learned how to use the portrait mode on the camera.

Event: Special Olympics

Assignment description:
For this assignment, I chose to do "event". I took pictures at the Special Olympics and tried to capture the people running or watching.

Original photo:

Edited photo:

ISO:400
Shutter speed:1/60
Aperture:f5.6

Slide show:



Summary:
This assignment was fun because I was also working at the Special Olympics and I got some really good photos of the kids. For some of the running photos, I put the camera in manual mode and then changed the ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. I learned that it's really hard to capture the photo that you want and change all of the settings fast enough to get what you wanted.

Gimp Assignment 5: Portraits

Assignment description:
For this Assignment, We had to take portraits of people. One by a window with a bounce card and one with studio lighting. We had to make sure the photo wasn't too dark or yellow.

Photo:

What I learned:
I learned how to use studio lighting and a bounce card. I also learned that when you put the camera in portrait mode, the photo comes out a lot better.

Gimp Assignment 4: School

Assignment description:
For this assignment, we had to take a picture of the school or somewhere around the school. Then, we had to edit different things into the photo to the it look like a different setting.

Photo:

What I learned:
I learned how to paste different photos from the internet into the photo on different layers. I learned how hard this was to do and it took a lot of time. I also learned how to blend the colors together better so it looks the same.