so, where did I leave off???

I can't remember which assignments I have posted & which I haven't...anyway, here's tomorrows homework. The assignment was ad photos. One for a specific brand, and one a generic stock photo that could be used for multiple purposes. I realized this week that the longer I am in this class, the harder the homework is getting. And not because the subject matter is getting harder, but now I am consciously applying everything I have learned to EVERY picture. I realized this after looking back at my photos and having no less that 20 or 30 pictures of colored pencils in a jar. I am becoming so critical!!


















Next week I have a self portrait- which I have been dreading all semester. I am supposed to be behind the camera, not in front! I also have to write a paper (?!?) odd for a photo class, but I need to pick a famous news photo & write a one page paper on the composition & lighting etc. Part of me likes this assignment, I love looking through old photos. But then part of me thinks, "if this picture has stood the test of time & years later people remember it & it evokes memories & feelings, who am I to criticize!?!" oh well.

this weeks, last weeks & a few redos...

This was taken at the pumpkin farm from this weekend. It is a redo of the stop action shot from a few weeks ago. Once I figured out how to change shutter speed on my camera, stop action became SO much easier!!








Also from the pumpkin farm, one of 2 nature shots due for tonight's class.

















Taken under a tree looking up at football practice, second nature shot for this week.












Last week's sports action shot, I feel like I totally missed the mark on this one & I have the redo ready to turn into tonight. (see below)













The redo- it was the boys celebratory shoulder bump after a touchdown. I was so excited that I actually caught them midair! The actual shot being turned in is cropped much closer.
















The other assignment from last week- a nonaction sports shot-- still wasn't exactly what I had in mind, but the best I could do at the time.









Next week's assignment is odd angles/perspectives. This should be interesting!

last weeks assignments... people pics

I had to take one outside.....













And one inside (no flash)-- Originally the idea was to take pics of another child so the class wouldn't get tired of seeing mine. Mine didn't like that idea, but I think the one of the two of them turned out pretty cute!








Got 2 B+ on the action & pan shot (football & Addi swing)...I can't seem to make that extra touch for the A....very aggravating (an anal, I know!)

To be posted soon.....sports, 1 active 1 non active....

Cityscapes...

So, I am a little behind posting. I skipped class last week to go car shopping. But these are the pictures...

This is my cityscape with people. Downtown Plainfield, I liked the corner of that building. It was a little different.







This is my cityscape without people- downtown Arcanum. They have brick streets in the downtown, so I got on my stomach to take the pictures from that point of view. I thought it turned out okay....we will see.








This weeks assignment: people indoors & outdoors using only available light. My poor family! :)

An action shot & blur

This is my blur shot- from Brumbaughs fruit farm on Labor Day weekend.

















Action shot... not Colin, although the Packers are his team.











I don't know what I got on last weeks assignment yet, although I am not holding out hope.

We'll see!!

Shadows & Silhouettes...

are the assignment for this week. I am not all that thrilled with the pictures I took, but it is pretty time consuming to do these 2 pictures, as they require pretty specific lighting situations. And I was short on time this week-- so this is what I got. Teacher has a policy that as along as we turn the original assignment in on time, we can redo for a better grade. I am going to see what I get & then keep my eye opened for other, better, oppurtunities.

Out our backdoor....













My girls & two neighbor girls...

I got a B+...

and I have to say I am disappointed. I wanted an A. The feedback was really frustrating as well. He graded the one picture, then picked 3 more out of our 36 that he thinks are better/just as good as the one I chose to get graded. These are pictures he picked & what he had to say.

"Not to be offensive, but this looks like one of those generic Hallmark pictures on cards." (I know this & is why I didn't choose this one to be graded!)










"would work better as a square picture- but interesting."











"because of the time of day & use of the fill flash, the details are so sharp & the background blurry, it looks fake." (he never did say if this was a good thing or bad thing)








And then the B+.....

"don't you think the trees completely overwhelm the rider? Well, now as I look at it more, I think it would work much better blown up to 16X20, framed & matted"














Needless to say, I am a bit frustrated by his feedback. I didn't really find it all that helpful -- so I don't have high hopes for the grade on my next assignment. I can redo the picture I turned in to try for a higher grade. I think I am going to wait & see how the next one goes, before I start redoing assignments. Who has time for that???

Off to take pictures of shadows & silhouettes!!

-Jenni