Frame your Finder

This is very important to photography, because having a better framing of your main focus could make your picture so much better. This is my favorite phrase because it is so important to remember, this is the basis of a good photo. You are able to consider many different vantage points so you can make a simple picture so much more interesting. We really got to see this in use when we took the rule of thirds pictures. A picture with the main focus not completely centered makes any photographer much more professional and trained. Though this doesn't have to do with lighting or depth of field, if you don't have an interesting vantage point, your picture won't be as good overall 

Read and Respond 4

I predict photo B has a larger aperture than photo A because the background is out of focus in photo B. The shutter speed in photo B is faster than the shutter speed in photo A because it's lighter. The ISO is probably the same in both pictures because they are taken at the same place with the same amount of sunlight (they both have thin moonglasses.) I like photo B more because the background is more out of focus so attention is drawn to the main subject 

Read and Respond 3

1. It is so important to master aperture because if you can master aperture, you can you can put into your grasp real creative control over your camera. 

2. Moving from one f-stop to a smaller one will double the size of your lense opening.

3. Making the shutter speed smaller will double the amount of light that gets into your lense. 

4. Large aperture will increase your depth of field.

5. The author says to get your camera out and do some expirementing, as much as you can! 

6. In landscape photography, small aperture is used to keep the foreground to the horizon in focus. In portrait photography, large aperture is used to keep the subject in focus and the background blurry. In macro photography, a large aperture is used to keep the subject in focus and keep the rest of the image out of focus to keep the image in the main subject.

Understanding aperture and depth of field

1. Depth of field is the zone of sharp focus in a picture. 

2. An aperture is simply an opening

in the front of your lens controlled by blades.

3. The aperture f/1.8 is a very big aperture and it creates a very shallow depth of field.

4. Stop down means to close the aperture down.

5. To make everyone sharp, you would close the aperture down, or stop down to f/22. 

6. The shutter speed slows way down as you stop down the aperture, in other words, the slower the aperture the slower the shutter speed.

7. The mode is the f/number sign in your view finder. This shows that you have the aperture turned on. 

8. A fast lense is a lense with a very big aperture opening. 

9. The aperture is controlled by blades in your lens. 

read and respond 2

M1: The simile is that the lense is your eye and the camera body is your brain. The exposure triangle is 3 things (appeture, ISO, and shutter speed) that work together to provide enough light for your brain. 

1. When shooting in low light, you should open your eyes wide, you should have "bug eyes". At night if your are squinting, you will not be able to see very well. 

2. On a bright day,  if your eyes are open for a long time, they will record a blurry image to your brain. You will not be able

to see well and your vision will be blurry.

3. To get a good shot of someone jumping, you need to blink for a short time. You need a fast shutter speed. 

4. You would need very thin moon glasses if you are shooting during a

sunny day. 

F1: You would change the shutter speed to a faster setting to get the picture or you cat, so you would change how long you open your eyes for. 

F2: You would change the ISO to capture your cat, or the thickness of your moon glasses 

Photo Challenge 1

Black and White

This is my first black and white photo. It is not my favorite because it is slightly blurry, and the sun added an odd lighting. It is an odd angle, so I didn't love it. But i like this photo because it is an action shot, and a candid. These girls didn't know I was taking their picture, so they are all really natural, and I think that's cool. 

This is my second black and white photo. It is not my favorite, but I do like it. The leaves are all different shades and textures, which I think is interesting. It is not my favorite because of the weird glare from the sun. I think this is a cool photo, but I would have fixed the lighting if I knew how to. 

This is my favorite black and white photo. It is taken with a camera from my house, which I knew how to adjust the lighting for. I like how the leaves are all different colors. I also like how the spiky parts of the leaves are defined against the dark dirt. I think is a really cool photo, and it is my favorite. 

Rule of Thirds

This is my first rule of thirds picture. It's not my favorite because it's not that interesting. The focal point isn't very creative, and the sun was messing up the colors. I do like it because the tiles add some texture and depth, and you can see some tree shadows like i think add a nice touch to the photo. 

This is my second rule of thirds photo, taken in downtown Austin on my families camera. I took this at a Mexican festival, and I really like the main focus. I think the skeletons are interesting, and they look cooler in black and white. It is not my favorite because it isn't really the perfect rule of thirds, and I wish the background was more out of focus.

This is my favorite rule of thirds, it was also taken on my parents camera. I like it because the flower looks really interesting in black and white. You really can see how the shades differ. I like how its in rule of thirds so you can see some of the other flowers in the background. This is the favorite picture I took for this project. 

McCallum

This is my first McCallum picture. It represents the school very well because of the art aspect. I like the picture because it is very simple, but its not my favorite. It looks slightly blurry and might have looked better in color.

This is my second McCallum picture. I like it because it really represents the school with the knight and the big 'M'. It isn't my favorite because it would have looked better without the bricks in the background. 

This is my third and final McCallum picture, and my personal favorite. i really like it because the sunset looks really pretty and adds a nice touch. I like how the fields and the sky come to create a really cool picture. 

Read and Respond 1

    This article was claiming that by cropping or cutting images down, it makes the photo more interesting. Also, focusing on a single object is more effective that focusing on a group of objects or a group of people. This is very important because it can give you a greater emotional impact, and can give you better results with your pictures. One of the ways to do this is to simply get closer to the subject of your image, this way the picture is simpler. The other way to do this is by simply using color. Images with less colors will look less crowded and will be a better picture. Another way to do this is by finding a different point of interest, or by doing something a little different. I agree with this advice because by focusing on one simple point, people who look at the picture still understand what is happening, and they also will be able to feel more emotions. Simpler pictures we just more effective.

George Eastman

George Eastman was the founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, he was considered the father of popular photography and the inventor of the picture film.