Takeaway
Over the semester my understanding and views of photography and therefore light have grown exponentially. I had always been interested in photography, but really had no idea on how to work my camera, until this class. I learned how to come up with new and creative compositions as we did each project. In the first project of Characteristics of light I was a little too focused on the bottles themselves, and bland with the compositions as one can see from the first four pictures. With the second and third project, images five through fourteen, I became creative with the compositions and was able to become less repetitive. The second project was helpful to me in my overall understanding of how to work aperture, shutter, and ISO- in which before this class I honestly had no idea what any of these did. It became helpful in knowing how to work these to control how much light was going into my images, so if I wanted darker images I was able to do so by adjusting the shutter, aperture and ISO. This then helped me complete the Follow the Sun project to keep the twilight and mixed lighting section darker toned and make the midday and golden hour bright and vibrant to the eye. The third project was my favorite during the semester because it allowed freedom in using multiple subjects for the images which I found to be fun and interesting- I never thought bones, pinecones and silverware could look so good all together. Overall my experience in taking this course was very helpful in learning how to not only control light, but control the different settings on my camera as well as come up with creative compositions- I really enjoyed this class and am so glad I was able to grow in knowledge to take better photographs moving forward.
Final Response (2/3)
ReplyDeleteJay here from the same course. I like the way you explained what you took away from this class and being able to showcase for it with the images you provided. I was in the similar boat as well...not knowing the details within the camera functionality. I explained in my post that the biggest take away for me was understanding the mechanics and meaning behind ISO, aperture, and so on. I bought my DSLR without knowing these things and now that I know how to manipulate the settings, I can now extend my creativity. I had the same feelings too for the first project...learning how to NOT take photos of the wine bottles when the wine bottles were the only subjects presented was very unorthodox but it helped us greatly for other projects because it dealt with lighting. I like the photo with the silverware stood up against each other like a teepee, the quality of the photo looks good. Another photo I liked was the mixed lighting of the car. It gives a very mysterious vibe which is still attractive to view. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who took away definitions and camera functionality from this photography course. Good luck on your remaining school career!
- Jay Ramos
I have to agree that learning about ISO, aperture and shutter definitely are something I am grateful to now have knowledge on. The bottles project was definitely tricky when it came to not taking pictures of the bottles themselves. Thank you, good luck to you as well!
DeleteHello Sierra!! I loved getting to see your photos this semester and watch you become more confident in your compositions with each new project as you continued to take photographs. I get what you mean about the camera settings, that was my greatest challenge this semester because I too didn't know anything about the settings on my camera and that was all completely new for me to learn. I'm happy that I know now so I can take those skills with me in future photo taking that I do. I particularly love your Follow the Sun photographs!! Capturing the mixed lighting reflecting off of the car is such a creative idea! Good luck in your future endeavors!
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