For this assignment, we set up a studio for portraits in the Hornet Hub, as well as took portraits outside of the studio. I took my pictures outside of the studio off campus. Both the studio and non studio portraits required us to take pictures of two different people. This assignment was fun. The hardest part was getting people to sit still and cooperate. I learned how to use my camera to take portraits more intentionally than I had before, and I'm proud of how my pictures turned out. I didn't really edit them aside from some cropping, so I was quite impressed.
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For this assignment, we found ads online and then tried to duplicate them using pictures we had taken and our photoshop skills. I took the picture of my shoe here and then changed the color of the font and background to match my shoe. For this one, I took a picture of the Pringles can and the pringle. I did a gradient background with the red, painted in some shadows, and added the fire and text.
I thought this was really cool because I figured out how to do everything by myself. I didn't realize how much I could do with Photoshop without instructions, and I was kind of impressed honestly. It was a little stressful, but much better than taking pictures of myself for self portraits. This week, I decided to take pictures of architecture because it wasn't something I had done before. I took pictures of different buildings found on Eastern Michigan's campus, including the water tower that I ended up focusing on. I really enjoyed this shoot because the weather cooperated so beautifully. The sky was blue, and it was relatively warm outside. I worked with the clone stamp tool a lot with this particular picture, and I was quite impressed with how well I was able to erase the sign from the image without making it look unrealistic.
For this assignment, we were tasked with taking four different self-portraits of ourselves and two environmental portraits of people doing what they do. Taking pictures of myself was hard, so I used mirrors and a tripod. Taking pictures of people in their environment was much easier because they were actually doing something rather than posing for a random picture. I felt like the hardest part of this grouping was figuring out how to get myself in front of the camera while still showing my personality. For my best two, I took a mirror picture of myself smiling wearing a pretty typical outfit (a cross country shirt), and for my second picture, I was wearing my club singlet for the indoor track season and holding my spikes. Running is a big part of my life, so I wanted to include it. Taking environmental pictures was much more enjoyable because I just had to capture people doing things they love. The first one is my friend Ella, who is very involved in art, working on an art project that involves drawing on wood. The second picture is Ella again, except this time she's racing. She has been running since fourth grade, so running is an integral part of her life.
This past weekend, we had an indoor track meet at Eastern Michigan University, and I thought it would be really fun to take pictures of the competitors from both our team and others. This was a challenge because the lighting in Eastern's field house is less than ideal, and there are always a lot of people running. Many of my pictures ended up blurry because people crossed in front of my camera and threw off the focus. I thought that the motion left in some of the pictures added to the understanding of the sport. Indoor racing is filled with never-ending motion, and something is always going on. The lighting presented a challenge, but overall, I'm happy with how my pictures turned out. We don't usually get pictures of us running, especially at club meets, so it was cool to be behind the camera for this one.
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