Photo Challenge 4: Family

This is my favorite picture in the series. Arthur is as much my family as my sister or my mother. This goes the same with any of the animals I have had, but Arthur holds a special place in my heart. My entire life is horses. I sacrifice time and money into them. Since Arthur is my first horse, he is even more important to me. I love this picture because he is being extremely adorable.

Logan is my 3 year old brother. He is really cute and lights up the whole room when he laughs. He is definitely a big part of the family.

This is my sister, Liz. She's annoying and sassy but she's my sister so I have to deal with it. She can be sweet sometimes, and when she is, she's really awesome to be around.

Photo Composition Gallery

SIMPLICITY

This picture shows simplicity. There is only two colors, and one subject.The background is very quiet. The picture also has a shallow depth of field, uses rule of thirds, and has repetition in the rocks. 

GOLDEN HOURS

The main composition is golden hours. The picture was taken during the sunset. Other aspects are sidelighting and shallow depth of field.

SIDELIGHTING

This picture uses sidelighting to highlight the subject. The sun is coming from the left, so that side of the horse is lighted and the other is in shadow. The picture also uses golden hours and has a clear focal point.

ENVIRONMENTAL LIGHTING

This picture used no flash, which makes it environmental lighting. The water is frozen, which was achieved using a fast shutter speed. There is also rule of thirds and simplicity.

CLEAR FOCAL POINT

There is a clear focal point in this photo.The camera is focused on the stem, and the rest is blurry. The picture also exhibits simplicity in the colors, and a plain background. There is a very shallow depth of field.

FILL THE FRAME

Lael fills the entire photo. There is almost no background. There is a clear focal point- her eye. The depth of field is shallow, and the photo was taken from a different angle.

RULE OF THIRDS

This picture shows mainly rule of thirds. The boots are on the third lines. It is very simple, but there is a full depth of field. Parallelism is also shown.

PLAIN BACKGROUND

The background here is very simple and plain, which makes the eye focus on the subject. There is also a shallow depth of field, and some front lighting.

SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD

The subject is clear, while the background is very blurry, which shows a shallow depth of field. Rule of thirds is also shown, as well as front lighting and a clear focal point.

S CURVES

In this picture, there a an 'S' shaped curve. This draws the eye to the curve, which is the subject. The picture is also very simple, and it has a shallow depth of field.

EV Bracketing and White Balance Assignment

EV Bracketing:

-2 EV: F6.7 1/125 100

-1 EV: F5.6 1/90 100

0 EV: F5.6 1/60 100

1 EV: F5.6 1/60 400

2 EV: F5.6 1/60 400

During this assignment, I learned about how you can changed the exposure on photos manually. The negative EV's made the photo darker, and the positive ones made it lighter. This help because it can change the amount of light without changing the shutter speed, aperture, or ISO.

White Balance:

Auto: F5.6 1/60 100

Tungsten: F5.6 1/60 100

Daylight: F5.6 1/60 100

Custom: F5.6 1/90 100

Fluorescent: F5.6 1/60 100

Shade: F5.6 1/60 100

Cloudy: F5.6 1/60 100

 I loved learning about the white balance because it helps in different lighting. It can also put a neat filter on the pictures without having to do it in photoshop. I was able to figure out how to do it on my camera, which was different than the others, which also helped me understand it better. 

View and Respond 8 - Photo Composition Practice

I like the photo of the horse and rider falling. The main technique is the depth of field, which is great because you can see the rider very clearly, but you can also see the horse well. It also exhibits parallelism, filling the frame, keeping a simple background, and rule of thirds.

I also like the one of the flood victims in a boat with their dogs. The main technique used is rule of thirds. it also shows parallelism between the two people, simple background, different angle, and depth of field.

Tips for Inexperienced Photographers Notes

1. Fill the frame- move closer
2. Find your light source
3. Set auto focus to focal point
4. Change the angle
5. Beware the background- simple or busy?
6. Put at least one person in environmental portraits/landscapes
7. Compose before you shoot
8. Rule of thirds
9. Leading lines
10. Depth of field
11. Framing
12. The golden hours
13. Parallelism
14. Shoot with and without flash

Publication Assignment 1: The Lock Down

After Mr. Susman's 5th period english class was moved out of the portables, Finn Corbett shows off his Jar Jar Binks mask that he brought for Halloween with his friend Townes Hobratsk posing in the background. Both students and teachers dressed up. Costumes included Donald Trump, skeletons, and fallen angels.

Parents wait in a line from the front office to sign their children out. At about noon, the administrators let the kids leave with an excused absence.

The electricity went out in the morning during the worst of the storm. In many of the classrooms, the only light they had were the emergency ones. But in Lael Weatherby's choir class, "All four emergency lights went out." As if the day wasn't scary enough!