Depth of Field Review

I liked the color of the image of the swings in my short depth of field image and how the chains drew my eye down to the swing itself. I don't like how the top of the back triangle of the first swing intersects with the front corner of the second swing.

I like the water in front of the fallen tree in my long depth of field picture. I was able to capture the ripples of the shadow. I wish the colors were more vibrant, I feel like the back trees are a little overexposed.

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The tacks pull my eye into the image to the sun and the horizon. The horizontal lines on the track draw my attention to the sides of the image. The colors and shadows cast by the sun add another element of texture.

The tracks lead my eye to the couple and then beyond them to the horizon. The lighting also helps to draw my attention to the couple. The only thing that bothers me is that her head intersects with the tree line behind her.

This picture of the new supports for the Seaside Heights boardwalk drew my eye in to the Ferris Wheel and along the stores and arcades. It also reminds me of what is was before and how much better it will be in the future. 

The motion blur of the lines in the tunnel drew me in and made me feel like I was going into the city instead of just looking at the skyline.

I liked how the lines in the sand drew my eye straight to the rocks in the background. The curves in the sand also added another element of visual interest instead of being straight lines.

Long Depth of Field

For a long depth of field, used generally for landscapes, photographers use small apertures and are far away from the main object of the picture. This allows many objects to in in focus in the image and draws the eye into the picture.

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Shallow Depth of Field

By using a large aperture, you can get a short depth of field. This allows the object in the foreground to be in focus and everything behind it to be out of focus, drawing your attention to the main object.

Motion Blur Stop Action Review

For most part, I was pretty happy with my motion blur images, especially the water. The rocks were in focus and the water was blurred as it moved. My stop action images were pretty good too, but I wish they were a little clearer. I would probably go back and redo them but for the most part they turned out pretty well. I should have used faster shutter speeds and been a little faster to click to open the shutter.

Photography Bucket List

1. waterfall at Crab Tree Falls: I would have to use a tripod and a slow shutter speed to get a flowing feeling to the water and keep the rocks and trees around it still. Personally, I would want to have my light meter slightly under the middle, about 2 stops under, to keep it from being too bright. I light shooting at the early morning or late afternoon to play around with the effects of the sun shining through the trees.
2. moments at a wedding: I was able to take some pictures at a wedding I went to in November, but just from the main events, just after the wedding, the lunch, and the reception. I really want to be able to capture the craziness in between and some of the moments between the bride and groom. I love outdoors shots of couples on their wedding day, so I would use a faster shutter speed and a slightly smaller aperture. For shorter depth of fields, I would use a larger aperture for pictures of the rings of a close up of their faces. I really like the idea of using motion blur to capture moments at a wedding
3. silhouettes at a beach: I would open my aperture to enable more light to come in since it would work best at sunrise or sunset. By using a faster shutter speed, I could get someone in focus while they jump of a cliff or rock.
4. an up close picture of a snowflake: I want to be able to capture the details of the snowflake so I would have to use a longer lens and a short depth of field with a larger aperture. I'd let it fall onto a black piece of paper so that it was perfectly clear
5. Star trails: Using the bulb setting on the camera and a large aperture, I would be able to get the movement of the stars through the sky against the stillness of the city or the trees.
6. Natural light portraits: I really enjoy using natural light to create different effects in my pictures. A friend of my mom's is a natural light photographer and I love how her pictures look. I would use a variety of apertures to get different depths of field, but short shutter speeds to compensate for the sunlight outside
7. paint splashing a rose: I saw a commercial where different colored paint was thrown on a rose. Using a fast shutter speed and a large aperture for a short depth of field, I would catch the paint drops frozen as they hit the rose
8. light painting: I did this last year in Digital Imaging 2, but wasn't completely satisfied with them. I used a long shutter speed to get the motion of the light source and a wide aperture to allow more of the light in.
9. Hands: I want to take a picture of a grandmother's hand, a mother's hand, and a child's hand together to get the different textures. I would probably use a large aperture to get a short depth of field and a faster shutter speed to get them in focus.
10. eyes: I think it would be really cool to get a macro picture of an eye so that you could see all of the lines and details. I would use a large aperture and a fast shutter speed so that I could get the stillness of the eye before it moved.

Stop Action Photography

Stop Action:

To capture this image, the photographer would have had to have used a very fast shutter speed. Considering they were outdoors, they would have probably used a shutter speed around 1/500th or 1/1000th in order to catch the birds mid-flight.

For this picture, the photographer would have used a fast shutter speed, but with the low light, would have had to have compensated by opening their aperture more to allow more light into the camera.

To get the reaction of the apple to the bullet, this photographer would have used a fast shutter speed in order to get the faint traces of the apple peel splitting and the inside of the fruit leaving the apple. With the light, the aperture would have had to have been bigger.

Motion Blur Photography

Motion Blur:

The photographer would have to had to have used the bulb setting to capture the star trails. By opening the aperture and leaving the shutter open for a long time, they were able to get the motion to the stars and the stillness of the city below.

This photographer would have used a slow shutter speed, but followed the stuffed animals as they traveled around the merry go round to keep them still and in focus.

                                                                                                   

For this picture, the photographer would have had to have used a slow shutter speed  in order to capture the movement. By following the man on the bike as he moved, he was able to stay in focus and crisp while the city around him became blurred.

Learning to think like an artist

Learning to think like an artist means:
Looking at things more closely than most people do
Finding beauty in everyday things and situations
Making new connections between different things and ideas
Going beyond ordinary ways of thinking and doing things
 Looking at objects in different ways in order to generate new perspectives
Taking risks and exposing yourself to possible failure
Arranging items in new and imaginative ways
Working hard and at the edge of your potential
 Persisting where others may give up
Concentrating your effort and attention for long periods of time
 Dreaming and fantasizing
 Using old ideas to create new ones
 Doing something simply because it’s interesting and personally challenging to do