I am pretty sure this is the first time this has happened in at least a month. Crazy. Of course, you can see all the other multitasking I am doing… studying, editing pictures, blogging, facebooking, christmas present-ing… what can I say? :P
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And as for homework/daily picture post… I saw this tutorial online (her’s look WAY better than mine… oh well. I’m still fairly new at this!)
We were supposed to practice posing people… so, TADA. here’s my posing practice. :P
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Group pose: triangular form.
kinda. it kinda looks like a triangle…. USE YOUR IMAGINATION, PEOPLE.
Girl: S-shaped pose
HORRIBLE photo quality, but she’s in an s-shape.
Neither of these really are S’s… but once again, if you tilt your head they kind of look like an s… or maybe it’s more like a Z..
Guy: no “girly” poses, or anything that would make them look funny.
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so my homework posts always appear like a flop, but I get a 100 if I really try. which I do… of course! haha ;)
IT’S FALL BREAK.
yay. :) But we have homework for next week, so I’m going to be like Ashley and post it early, so I didn’t forget. :)
Our homework was to “selective color” a picture. PERSONALLY, I hate selective color. but, oh well. Here’s mine:
so, not exACTLY selective coloring, but as much as my photographic eye would let me do. :P
So. the title is kind of a lie. I didn’t have homework this week. (my WONDERFUL teacher conveniently forgot to give us homework. have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE Mrs. B?? ;)) SO. I played on Pinterest for an hour to make up for our lack of homework.
I found some AMAZING photo ideas for my engagement shoot in a few days. Here are a few of my favorites. :)
(I really have NO idea if this is week 5, but it is the 5th homework I’ve posted… so THUS it is now officially week 5. haha)
*Take a photo using lens distortion and critique it
(I posted a pic VERY similar to this on Tuesday. ;))
Okay, I promise you that my feet aren’t bigger than my head… I only wear an 8 1/2!! :P
Now for my super long critiques… ;)
I think the photo would’ve looked better if my feet weren’t awkwardly centered in my body. Maybe a little off-centered would’ve been less strange looking. My face isn’t exactly placed on any of the points in the rule of thirds, but my feel are, so it’s all good there. :P If I had moved the camera just a bit to the left, I would’ve been looking into the picture, as opposed to off of the screen. ALTHOUGH, I do kind of like the fact that my eyes lead you off the page (however bad photography that may be). My arm is hyper-extended (aka looks WEIRD) so it would’ve been better if I had straightened it a bit. The flowers on the ground in front of me are rather distracting, so I should’ve edited them out. HOWEVER, I really like the feel they give the picture (along with the random plant that was growing in the corner of the picture). My feet more than likely would be better off brightened, but other than that, the picture is properly exposed. The leading lines of the wooden boards is good, but the picture needs to be straightened a bit.
OVER ALL, this isn’t too shabby of a self-portrait to have been taken using a self-timer and precariously (<- is that even a word??) balancing my camera on its side. :P Any other critiques you have to add?
We talked about flash in class last week… I hate flash. with a passion. So I don’t have any good flash pictures. Oh well. :P
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*Take an image using fill flash technique while keeping the background in the correct exposure.
*Take an image that uses bounced flash.
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You deserve a cookie.
My homework this week was to sharpen and edit a picture that needed it.
I chose this picture from Aiyana’s photoshoot last week. I LOVE the picture, but both Aiyana and her dad are out of focus. :(
So, I removed the annoying picture frames and sharpened up the picture. I also brightened it up and did little skin fixes.
I didn’t really like the coloring of the finished product, so TADA. Black and white is my friend. And I LOVE how it turned out. :D
This week’s homework was really hard. Not gonna lie. I am not very much into landscape photography with two focal points. haha. You can be the judge on how I did. :P
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1. Take a landscape photo using the rule of thirds with 2 elements in it at 2 different focal points.
Okay, so not EXACTLY on the focal points, and WAY heavily edited, but I think it turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. :P
2. Take a photo making use of depth of field to pinpoint where you want your focus point to be, and make sure the focus point is following the rule of thirds.
My dad said “that is NOT a flattering picture of poor Aiyanna.” I said, IT IS SO ADORABLE, THOUGH. ;)
3. Take a photo employing unusual angles and a situation where the rule of thirds would not be helpful.
Unusual angles: LOVE. rule of thirds: LOVE. therefore, I hate that this is not on the rule of thirds. hate it. BUT i love the picture and think it looks WAY better centered. oh well. haha ;)
And thus ends my homework for this week. Your thoughts?
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