Assignment #7 - Diptych

Last Picture I Took Before My Camera Broke

I love this one. However, I wasn't able to use it for my diptych because my camera broke, and I couldn't go farther into the canyon to take my photos. So for my diptych, I am using images I had already taken before I went up to Rock Canyon.

 

It's happy-sad. Now, I have a slightly nicer camera. But I am sad that my night I had planned to photo the canyon got wasted with a broken camera. I'll have to go during the summer :)

Extra- for Wilson

Assignment #6- Black and White Portraits

Assignment #5 - Color Portraits

Grandpa

 

Becca

Interesting fact about Becca: she hates running. 

Me: So, do you like to run?

Her: No. I hate it. Why?

Me: You are wearing a Rex Lee  Run shirt.

Her: Oh. Yeah. It got thrown to me at a parade. I put it on today.

Grandma (Prospective self-portrait)

 I chose to picture my grandma playing the piano because it is a passion we have in common. There are many reasons why I chose to portray my grandma for my self portrait. First is our love for music, especially the piano. The other reasons stem from my admiration for her and desire to possess some of her traits when I grow up--loving, caring, and serving. She has done so much good for not only our family, but also her community and ward. She has gone through a lot of trials in her life, yet she always puts others before herself. She has set a tremendous example for me, and I know that I can follow her example to become a great woman like her.

Assignment #4 - Color Theory

 

I enjoyed and learned a lot from this assignment. I love color, so it was really exciting to me to see what I could photograph for the assignment. The things I learned the most had to deal with light. I learned that colors change based on the light source (where it is, what time of day), which will change the photo. I also learned that you have to be really particular about lighting to get a great shot. Being deliberate and also bracketing helped me to get the best exposures and a better end result.

Assignment #3 - High Key Low Key

High Key:

Low Key:

  

 What made the camera happy:

  

I learned a few things from this assignment. First of all, bracketing is very useful and really helped the editing process. I also learned better how to find the white balance, and that the camera is not always right. I can find the near-perfect exposure if I really think about what I want from the picture, and take multiple shots with different exposures on my camera. The photos turn out much better when I am doing it right on the camera, rather than trying to fix it through Lightroom.