Assignment #6 - Final Project

Radio Waves



Microwaves



Infrared



Red



Orange



Yellow



Green



Blue



Violet



Ultra Violet



X-rays



Gamma Rays




For this, my final project, I decided to go with a subject that I am passionate about, and care for. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. It's sciencey and nerdy, I know, but I'm very sciencey and nerdy. So there. I chose twelve images that represent each of the areas inside the Spectrum, and pretty much all of them are here. Sound waves would be well beyond Radio Waves, within the 20Hz to 20kHz range. Also, I chose to exclude Indigo in the visible light portion, mainly because without it I had a nice round number of twelve images, but also because Indigo really isn't that distinct of a color. Besides, when Sir Isaac Newton was naming the colors, he chose seven mainly because he had a fascination with the number seven... and you can't really spell Roy G. Biv without the "I".

All in all, I was really happy with this subject. The shots, I feel, were so-so. Some are good. Some are meh. But this is my story. And I'm sticking to it.

Assignment #5 - Portraiture

Assignment #4 - Color Theory

I wasn't too thrilled with this assignment. I found it incredibly hard to find objects to shoot that meant something to me. And it felt like when I actually did find something, it was either too obscure or too bland. It could just be me, and my ability to over-think and over-analyze assignments. Then again, I'm more than aware that I am my own worst critic with everything. Maybe they're okay. ...but just okay :P

Assignment #3 - High Key/Low Key

High Key #1


High Key #2


Low Key #1


Low Key #2


Original High Key


Original Low Key

Assignment #2 ½ - Makin' it shine

Original . . .



Made byootiful . . .




I liked how the adjustments made the photo turn out. The original was pretty flat without a lot of contrast. The retouch gives the wall more texture, and gives your eye more to love. One of the things that I was a tad upset about after changing the ORIGINAL from color to B&W, was that there was a nice color blend from top to bottom that pleased me. Going to B&W lost that color grade, however retouching it allowed me to get back some of the gradient from top to bottom, as well as gaining more eye candy in terms of making the image a lot less flat.

Mitch Dobrowner

Looking at Mitch Dobrowner's photographs teaches me a little about framing, and a lot about reaching for full tonal ranges when shooting in black and white.

I'm a very big fan of nature, and I expect to shoot a lot of images outside, and this style gives me a lot of ideas and inspires me greatly.

I thoroughly enjoy his work, but when I first looked at the Urban section of his site, I was unimpressed. It's hard to tell sometimes where the city ends and the mountains and trees begin. However, I realized after a while that I like this. I like that you have to pay attention to the landscape and notice which structures are man-made and which are natural.

Overall, I really like the website and I like his work. It inspires me to be a better photographer.

Assignment #2 - Numbers

PRESET MADNESSSS

I look through presets,
They make things look like butt soup,
Lightroom betrayed me.

Assignment #1 - Scavenger Hunt

After the rain falls,
I look around for flowers,
All I find are rocks.





I like this flower,
Not from the rain dew, but it
Doesn't look like poop.





Turning down the lights,
The background doesn't exist.
Only it and me.

Upload Test

Test with D70

Test with cell phone

Physics of small aperture focusing

Essentially, the reason that you get a more focused image when you decrease the size of the aperture is because the photons of light that are coming into the camera are forced into a smaller space. When your aperture is wide open, the light is allowed to be scattered across a broader area, making the image blurry. By increasing the aperture and decreasing the size, the light is forced into a smaller area, thus creating a sharper image.

Star Wars Image Test

This title contains five words.

The first sentence has six words.

One.

Word.

Sentences.

Then two.

I like mashed potatoes.