Landscape Blog Assignment

Tree Bark

Flower

Leaf

1. The macro lens was a little hard to use because you had to be really close to the subject for it to focus, and since it was windy outside the leaf and the flower were moving a lot so it was hard to get a clear picture of them

2. My favorite image is the one of the tree because the bark looks really detailed with the zoomed in lens

3. The shot that shows the best rule of thirds is the one of the yellow flower.

4. My favorite picture has good balance and emphasis.  I think there is also a lot of variety in the color of the tree bark.

Umbrella Cinemagraph

1. Our concept was to have the umbrella move while keeping my body still.  It worked, but it was hard because in order for my head not to be duplicated we had to move my head along with the image.
2.  I just posed for the video while Jennie filmed it.
3. I would've had more movement in the background so it was more obvious that only one thing was moving and the rest of the image was supposed to be still.
4. Photoshopping the umbrella was very difficult, I tried two other videos that we took and they were not working at all.  The tutorial itself was a little confusing too.

Photoshop Exercise

Photographing Water

Station 2

Station 1

Station 4

Station 3

Station 1 Questions:
1. It was fairly easy to get a good shot because you could see the water well and with the burst you could take a lot of different pictures.
2. I liked that the water was easy to see with the flash on.

Station 2 Questions:
1. No it was very hard to get a good shot because the water was very dark and it was hard to see.
2. I did not like how dark the pictures turned out and how long it took to get a good picture of water without flash.

Station 3 Questions:
1. No it was really hard to get a good shot because our phones would not focus on the water droplets.
2. I liked that there was a variety of pictures, but it was hard to take pictures that were good.

Station 4 Questions:
1. It was very easy to get a good shot because there was a lot of time before the food coloring mixed into the water.
2. We used all 4 food dye colors and it turned out really cool because the top and the bottom were both black and the middle had all the colors mixed.


Our group was always on task when taking pictures and we worked well as a team.