Brianna's cool idea

The settings were set at an ISO 200, aperture 16, and the shutter speed was set on bulb. Brianna had this really cool, creepy idea that Caroline and I would create in the dark room. On our first attempt, the picture didn't have enough light so Brianna adjusted the ISO. Caroline was positioned with a relaxed look, and I had to put my arms in different positions. I thought her picture turned out really cool, and I learned more about the dark room.

SPRINKLES! :)

 

ISO 1000, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

 ISO 1000, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

 ISO 1000, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

ISO 1000, aperture 2.8, and a shutter speed o 1/250th of a second

These images were taken with a 50mm lens. Alex was in class and stuck her tongue in this container full of sprinkles. When she stuck her tongue out at us, I told her that I wanted to take a picture. I really like these pictures because they express the fun times we have in photography. These sprinkles gave me an idea for my self portrait. 

Animal Passion

This image wasn't planned at all. Claire and I had just finished shooting the football class with a 70-200 lens, so  I defiantly didn't have the proper lens when I shot this photo. Emily, Claire, and Brianna grabbed me and asked me to take a picture of them acting like animals. I enjoy this picture because it makes me laugh. My camera settings were set at an ISO of 400, aperture of 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. I wish I would of had a smaller lens when taking pictures of the three of them.

Skype session with Morgan Walker

Today we skyped with a former photographer from Texas High who is doing photojournalism in college. Morgan Walker talked to us about how hard and dedicated you have to be in order to be a big time photo journalist. I felt slightly intimidated by all of the things she was telling us. We discussed internships and how difficult it is to get a huge internship starting off. The thing I found most intimidating was when she discussed how many amazing photographers there are that don't have jobs. I'm not sure what I want to do after high school, but I'm positive that I still want to be involved in photography. Morgan Walker looks at things at a completely different perspective in her photographs, and that's what I want to accomplish one day.

Fashionable Senior

Both of these images were taken with a 17-80 lens. My assignment was to get a horizontal and vertical image of Jordan Rutledge, a fashionable senior. I took this image in the shade with my settings set at a aperture of 4.0, ISO 400, and a shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. She is extremely photogenic, so that made the assignment easier. I like these images because they show that she's happy with her unique style; she expresses herself well through these images.

Book Cover Project

  

ISO 100, aperture 16, and a shutter speed 1/250th of a second

This book cover image to forever to figure out! The recreation of the cover was defiantly difficult. I used a 17-80 lens, a 580 flash, and a snoot. At first I had the flash on the right side of them, but the lighting was mainly on the girl on the right. I needed the girl whispering to have most of the lighting, so I put the flash on the left side. This fixed my problem, and I was able to light up the two correctly. This image doesn't match the book cover perfectly, but I really liked the shadow on Claire's (the girl on the right) eyelashes.

ISO 100, aperture 4.0, and a shutter speed of 1/250th of a second

I wanted to recreate this book cover of the paper men because it was different and unique. I learned how to use the light meter which helped me a lot with figuring out my settings. I used a 580 flash, a snoot, and a 50mm lens. I had to move the flash with the snoot around a lot in order to get the shadows right. My recreation isn't perfect, but I learned a more about how lighting and shadows worked.