Panoramic Photo

In this assignment, we created panoramic pictures using a composite of several photographs. For me, I chose to take pictures of the back football field and track at SHS. We had to layer photos and create a seamless design.

Patterns, Shapes, and Textures

In this assignment, I focused on finding interesting patterns, shapes, and textures in everyday life. This particular photo was taken in Frankenmuth above the Bavarian Inn. Its a shot looking down a tile roof from above.

Technical Settings:

Aperture: f/4

Shutter Speed: 1/1000

ISO: 100

For this assignment, we were to clean up a picture of a car, and make it the focal point of the picture. We needed to change the color of the car, erase reflections of light, and erase the background.

Still Life

In this assignment, I chose to do still life photography. I had set up a small studio in my basement, and used that over a few days to photograph some things that I believed would look interesting. I really enjoyed being able to play with the lighting effects to see what kind of results I could achieve. I think it was valuable experience to learn about studio lighting, and its effects.

Technical Settings:

Aperture: f/5

Shutter Speed: 1/10

ISO: 100

In this project, we were told to use Gimp to create an Andy Warhol-style photograph. We took a portrait of a person, turned them black and white, then placed colors in the background. We repeated this four times to create the desired effect.

Nature

This is a photo of a rose outside of my church. I was there early in the morning for a meeting and had decided to take my camera with me. I saw this one rose still blooming and I thought that it looked really cool. I shot most of these pictures at Mill Pond Park, and on the High School campus.

Technical Settings:

Aperture: f/3.2

Shutter Speed: 1/800

ISO: 100

Architecture Photo Assignment 1

This is my best example of architecture photography. This was taken at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dearborn, Mi. I took this around evening so that the light was behind the church, giving it more shadows.

Technical Settings:
f stop: f/4.5
Shutter speed: 1/1000
ISO: 100

Most of the photos for this assignment were taken near Sacred Heart, or in the Law Quad at the Uiversity of Michigan in Ann Arbor. I tried to capture some of the history of the buildings, while occasionally capturing things that most people wouldn't see.

I am very fond of cool looking buildings. Old Victorian buildings are probably some of the coolest forms of architecture in the world. My hope is to be able to capture some of the dazzel of these old buildings, and show what was once a golden age in architecture.

some of the inspiration for my photos are:

Tengtan

Shane Gorski
and
Opus104

Composition Assignment 2

Assignment Description:
In this assignment, we were told to find five pictures of different examples of photo composition. These styles were different than those used in the composition 1 assignment. The styles include:

1. Framing
2. Color
3. Balance
4. Perspective
5. Space

These five styles were much harder to find good examples of. The ideas that they conveyed weren't exactly clear cut or black and white. I think that with these new ways of taking picutres under my belt, I feel that my photos will become much better.

I learned that there's a lot more that goes into taking a photo than just pointing and shooting. I learned that sometimes, taking a good photo requires a lot of thinking and hard work.