Skill Challenge 1 - Bokeh Images
This photo is a great example of bokeh. You can see individual spots, which is the bokeh, and it all blends together into a soft background. This makes the subject very distinguishable, especially since it is very sharp and focused. It also makes a contrast between the two, which also helps the subject to stand out. I created this effect by using a wide aperture and having the subject far away from the background. Rule of thirds is also used here- the branches are all in the right side, and the main seed pods are on the top line. I also used this picture because it is very aesthetic.
f/6.7
1/250
ISO 100
You can see bokeh here in the background. This makes the background very soft and blended, which distinguishes the focused subject from it. The colors in the subject and background also go well together- light gray sky, gray-green leaves, and a gray fence. Leading lines and rule of thirds are also used here. The focus is on one distinct place, which draws the eye to it.
f/8.0
1/250
ISO 100
This is an example of macro photography because the subject is larger than life size. The flowers shown here are very small, but you can see them much larger in the picture. The bug on the flower is also bigger than you would see with your eye. There is a bit of a ghost/hazy effect on the photo, which might have come from the low light, but it makes it neat to look at. The subject is also very distinguishable from the background, which makes the photo simpler.
f/5.6
1/1000
ISO 100
Story Challenge 3 - Family
My parents always make it a point to interact with us, doing as much things as they can with us. Sometimes in the morning, my dad will walk my brother Ryken to his school and take Logan(pictured) with him. Logan loves to go outside and play, and my dad encourages that. They often go on bike rides and runs and they will go play at the park across the street. It really encourages Logan to get outside and play.
f/4.5
1/125
ISO 200
Liz(pictured), my sister, really enjoys playing with Logan. She really likes children, so she puts up with Logan's antics and gets him having fun, even if he is angry or frustrated with something. They have a special bond which came from her eagerness to support and help him.
f/4.0
1/90
ISO 100
This weekend in celebration of my birthday, my dad took us to Sweet Berry Farms, a fruit picking/collecting place. They had strawberries, potatoes, onions, peaches, and blackberries. Here, they were searching for blackberries to pick. It was hard to find good fruit because May is a popular time to go and pick berries there. We found quite a few though. We all worked as a team to find good berries, especially since the blackberry vines had thorns. My father would use his stick to push large branches aside and Liz would go and pick the berries. It was really fun, especially since we all got to be a part of it.
f/8.0
1/250
ISO 100
f/8.0
1/250
ISO 100
Skill Challenge 2 - Long Exposure
The rain from the roof is pouring down on the bush, but it is a blurred line because I used a slower shutter speed. It looks really cool, because you don't see the individual droplets, it's a slow and continuous action. It also gives the picture a very soft look, matching the shallow depth of field and hazy light.
f/4.0
1/10
ISO 400
I like this picture a lot because Liz's face is very sharp, and you can clearly see that she just tasted something really sour. This emotion adds to the effectiveness of the picture. However, you can also see the movement of my dad's arm, quickly moving away from my sister. The shutter speed used wasn't extremely slow, but it was slow enough to capture the fast movement of the arm. You can see blurred droplets, which lets you have a chance at guessing what is happening: my dad squeezing lime juice into my sister's mouth. It makes for a really neat picture.
f/4.5
1/90
ISO 100
It is easy to tell what everything in the picture is- the interior of a car, and a landscape. This gives context to the picture- it would otherwise be weird to have part of a picture be completely clear and sharp, and to have the other part blurred in motion. You can tell that the car is going fast- the landscape is very blurred, going horizontally. The picture has a very calm, and absent feel, like you are totally alone.
f/22.0
1/20
ISO 100
