Free project 2: SLOW SHUTTER SPEEDS AND LIGHT

This effect works best at night or in low light.

1)Set your camera to a very low shutter speed (10 or lower).

2)Make sure you have the flash on as well.

3)Position the camera so it is slightly off-centered on whatever colored light you are using. ( In these pictures, I used the light from restaurants and traffic lights (street scene)

4)Press the shutter button and pan (move) the camera smoothly and quickly across and past the light you are using.

5) Admire the amazing results!!! You NEVER get the same pattern twice :)

Free project 1: Portraits of Friends

I made sure the background wasn't all the way in focus. Then I boosted (enhanced) the color to make her skin tone and shirt stand out more. I also cropped it to limit clutter.

cropped to limit clutter. Enhanced colors and blurred background.

Framing

Face Poster

Depth of Field

Less D.O.F
More D.O.F

Black and White Portraits

After I changed the photo to black and white, I messed with the levels and textures so that the light source (white) didn't overpower the grays and blacks.

I took this picture using light from a window. The shadows come from the blinds on that window and after turning the picture black and white, I cropped it to make it more simple.

Balance

1/3 Rule

Self Portraits

SILHOUETTE

I color corrected the image, then i lassoed the flag and then put it onto a new layer. Then I changed the image to grayscale and made the blacks darker and the whites lighter (leaving in some gray so the sun was still visible). I then merged the flag layer with the main layer and came out with THIS.

Color corrected the image. Changed to grayscale. Fixed blacks and white (darken and lighten). Cropped out extra stuff to make it more simple and draw attention to the heart.

Is Photography Class a waste of time or an amazing opportunity? What can you learn from images that you can't learn from words? One word: ALOT.