Overall, I feel like these pictures were way too bright. Better too bright, than too dark! ISO: 800 APERTURE: 11 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1600 Elizabeth on the far left is cut off. The colors on Colleen, (pink poncho), pop. I shot a lot of crap, but this seemed alright other than Smith growing out of Colleen's shoulder.  ISO: 800 APERTURE: 11 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 Sabrina is growing out of Morgan's face. The emotions are the best part of this picture, though. If I caught Morgan with her eyes open, then that would've been even better.  ISO: 800 APERTURE: 11 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/500 This was funny because it was without a doubt posed. The sky looks pretty, though. 

Just FYI; I feel like I am sitting in a saggy diaper just from taking these pictures. I didn't realize it rained when I volunteered for this assignment, but I feel better about some of these photos compared to the passed two days. My assignment was the "Get Dirty" assignment. I had to take everything from an ant's perspective. ISO: 800 APERTURE: 2.5 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/8000 I took this from under the giant Texas High star. I laid in a puddle. I think this is the only kind of acceptable bulls eye picture. It looks super underexposed.   ISO: 800 APERTURE: 5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200 This picture is extremely boring. I could have spiced it up by having a comparison in the picture like a foot or something, but oh well.  ISO: 800 APERTURE: 5.6 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/320 Josh and I originally found this tennis ball here on the ground. We pondered whether to get a picture of the cool looking shattered glass or the tennis ball. Great minds think ali...

ISO: 800 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/8000 APERTURE: F/1.8 I honestly really enjoyed taking headshots today, but I can see how that would get unenjoyable.  This wasn't originally my favorite photo that I had taken today. It had a huge contrast where on the left it was extremely dark, but on the right it was extremely light. I ended up fixing most of it in Lightroom.  I still don't like how she has a shadow across the forehead, but I didn't want to tweak it too much and ruin the photo.  I had a hard time trying to keep glares and overexposed spots out of my photos. Out of around 50 of my photos, I ended up keeping about 6.  I think my biggest problem with headshots will be finding the right lighting. I did learn the when using the rule of thirds, have your model face more towards the middle of the photo. Don't get shots from under them as much because of chins, noses, shadows and other complications. Don't leave too much head room either. Something t...

1. Hasselblad- Victor Hasselblad is a Swedish manufacturer best known for his medium-format cameras. Hasselblad cameras were used on the Apollo space mission.Widely used for the V-System cameras. They have a long life and available lenses. 2. Lights- The five main types of photography lighting are natural light, natural plus fill in flash, flash, ambient, and studio/softbox.   3. Strobists- This is a blog that explains how to use an off-camera flash. 4. Exposure- The amount of light let in to produce the photo. 5. Leibovitz- Leibovitz was a very renowned photographer who shot many album covers and famous photographs of celebrities such as John Lennon and Miley Cyrus. 6. Snoot-   a tube or similar object that fits over a studio light or portable flash and allows the photographer to control the direction and radius of the light beam. These may be conical, cylindrical, or rectangular in shape. Snoots can isolate a subject when using a flash. They help by stoppi...

Today was the first day I have ever picked up a camera and actually admitted that I didn't know what I was doing which was a good thing. Tons of elements that I didn't even know existed were brought to my attention. ISO, Aperture (Depth of Field), and Shutter Speed were the first three main focuses. My biggest problem with ISO is remembering when to adjust it. We learned that outside we should start at 800 then proceed down if necessary. On the other hand, if it's a sunny day like today was, then a good starting point would generally be 100/200-ish. I need to get into the habit of being more aware of my surroundings when I enter a new room or space. Having heard the word "aperture" before in band, I come to find it means something completely different in the world of photography. It's the closing and opening in the lens. APPARENTLY, Depth of Field is a sub-point in aperture. That refers to the focus; whether the focus is really shallow or deep. Shutte...