Car Retouch Assignment

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       For the car retouch assignment we took an original picture of a car and edited it to look like a demo version in which we tried to make our edit if the car look exactly like. We used the paintbrush tool, crop tool, how to change the color levels, etc. From this assignment I learned how to use the "lasso" tool to change things like the background in this picture, and make the windshield darker.

Nature

ISO: 80

Shutter Speed: 1/200

fStop: f2.8

       For the fist photo assignment I chose nature for the category. I went to a pond that was in my neighborhood when it was very sunny out and took pictures of the water, grass, and the trees. Getting good pictures wasn't as as easy as I thought it would be because it was hard taking a picture with something to focus on but had a good background to go along with it. I wanted to take a picture that had water in it but wanted something in the water that I could have as the main focus point of the picture but at the same time have a good looking background to have along with it. So I took a few pictures of the water, and on my walk home took pictures of flowers that were on the edge of someones yard.

Gimp Assignment 1

       From the gimp assignment I learned how to crop a photo, how to use the Threshold tool, and how to add the red, green, blue, and yellow colors to the photo.

Composition Assignment

The Assignment:

       Our first assignment for Digital Photography this trimester was called the Composition Assignment. This assignment consisted of two parts. Each part had elements of composition that you need to represent in each photograph. There were 11 total photographs you needed to have by the end of the assignment. The first part of the assignment had six elements of composition and the second part had five elements of composition. I learned a lot through this first assignment. I first learned all about how the camera works- like what buttons do what, and how to use the many features the camera has. I also learned about the elements of composition. For instance, perspective. The perspective of a photo makes it much more interesting to look at when you're shooting from an angle. Getting down low or very high can give you a good perspective on a photograph.

Framing- Door next to blue wheel barrow
Perspective- Basketball hoop from down low
Space- Leaf all alone
Color- Bright American flag
Pattern- Repeating red dots
Symmetry- View from down the road
Texture- Water waves
Depth of field- Green plant in the leaves
Lines- Railing of the staircase
Rule of thirds- Snow globe
Balance- Two pictures