Photo Challenge 6: From Selfie to Self Portrait

PART 1:

By Annie Leibovitz

In this one the colors are amazing- the blue eyes are startling. Rule of thirds is used. The hair flying across the face gives it a natural look, as does the dirt. The lighting used is rembrandt, and it gives a soft, innocent look to the photo.

By Annie Leibovitz

The lighting is very soft and warm. The colors are vibrant but toned down. It looks vintage and very relaxing and candid.

By Annie Leibovitz

There isn't much shadow, but the light is white and flourescent-y, yet soft. The colors are mostly slightly monochromatic(tan/blonde) but the teal background and red lips make it interesting. Rule of thirds is used with her eyes and face.

PART 2:

f/6.7

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Daylight

I did a few self portraits using the timer on my camera. It was hard to manage the composition, so there weren't very many good ones. This was pretty close to the camera, and in the evening.

f/8.0

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ISO 1600

Daylight

It was a bright day, and I was in a shadow. The picture came out really dark for some reason, so it's very grainy. Still, I really like this photo.

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Daylight

My sister made me take pictures of her. It's a bit washed out, but overall it doesn't look bad.

GOATS!

I had an awesome photoshoot with Tula's goats.

Diablo

Cielo

They didn't want to jump up there

Derp face

Treats

Some of his tricks- "Sit up"

"Levade"

"Sit up"

"Lift"

Goat fight!

Jumping

Ultimate goat trainer outfit

READ AND RESPOND- Lighting and Composition

Nikon probably picked this as the inner because it has an amazing composition and some pretty cool lighting. The pathway in the ladder creates leading lines to the airplane, which is in the top third of the picture.  The plane is also framed by the ladder. The background is almost the same color everywhere, and the foreground is almost the same color everywhere as well. This gives it a very distinct contrast, especially as it is black and white. If the building in the top left was good, the picture would be even better.

Photo Challenge 5

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AWB(Auto White Balance)

Believe it or not, I set this up in a lighted room. However, the darkness occurred because I placed a reading lamp next to it- the bright white kind, not the small, soft, orange kind. The wood floor made a nice simple background, and I love how it reflects the egg. For this one, it was pointed diagonally downwards toward the bottom of the egg.

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AWB

The lamp is in the same place, but I moved over to the side. This one is definitely my favorite because its not very dark- there is a softer, warm light on everything. I think this was because the shutter speed was longer, so it let in more light. I have to credit this to the camera, because I had it on auto.

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AWB

I moved the lamp so that it was lying on the floor, and so it highlighted the bottom of the egg. I also moved the camera so that I was shooting more from above. It put half of the egg in bright light, but then the other half is in almost complete darkness.

f/5.6

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ISO 1600

AWB

The lamp was still on the floor, and I was in almost the same position, but I moved down and farther towards the dark. This gave the egg a neat half-moon look, and it highlighted only a small section of the floor. Most of it is very dark, which makes a nice contrasting, yet simple, background.

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ISO 1600

AWB

For this one, I moved the lamp so that it was shining down from above. This put most of the top of the egg in light, and a lot of the floor around it, and created minimal shadowing around it. I do like the surrounding blackness on the edge from where the light didn't go, and the egg's shadow is very clean and small, which is good for this picture.

I really liked this photo challenge. It was really fun, but easy to do in a short amount of time.

Publication Assignment 1: DNA Lab

Mr. Whiz's 4th period biology class did a lab on DNA. They took raw wheat germ and extracted the DNA out of it using rubbing alcohol and dishwashing soap. Shown here, Liliette Rodriguez mixes the soap with the wheat germ.

Mr. Whiz lifts up the DNA from the rubbing alcohol. He explains that the soap breaks down the substance holding the DNA together and that the alcohol draws it up to the surface.

 Meghana Goli Pours the rubbing alcohol into her beaker. The students had to pour it slowly, so that the alcohol and the soap didn't mix.

Editing

I went through the most recent photos, and decided to try out some photoshop on them.
Unedited pictures are on the left, edited are on the right.
They are basically just more vibrant and touched up.