4th period

In the first picture, I liked how the shadows and the background were slightly dark and yet the ground and her dress are very light. I played around with the brightness and contrast tool to darken the shadows even more.  I didn't know that her shadow would be so small it's interesting how that turned out.  I do like the vertical shapes in the first picture. The way Aaysia was standing and how there was a pole by her left that was also omitting a shadow. 

In the second picture, I wanted to get her stop action. I would have wanted to see her whole face but I liked how her body was sharp whilst her feet were blurred out in a way that her feet looks like ballet shoes in a way. I am satisfied by how high she has leapt, but I would have liked it better if the background was darker. In both pictures Aaysia was in the center, so next time I'm going to play around with the person being in all other areas other than the center. I decided to take both pictures indoors as it seemed easier adjusting the light because you already have natural light to surround you. Overall I'm satisfied with my picture being the first one I ever took, but I would have wanted them to turn out better. I would play around with the focus next time and different angles

Emotional.

I see children's toys in the background and the shadow of the child's mother who seems furious with her hence the bruises.

The toys in this picture are,you could,'close by', they still have some distance between them. The girl is in the middle of the picture and her eyes are expressing anger and pain. 

The background is really bright but the person herself is quite dark. The image is not entirely in focus but its not blurry either. This shot was not intentional because it was a practice shot, I was trying to test the lighting and how the light would hit her face. I decided to shoot her in front of her toys as I felt that it would convey more innocence if we showed her in a childlike background with a black eye. I didn't intend for the shadow of the person in the background to look so menacing or like an angry mom but I'm very satisfied with the outcome of the picture overall.

1st Project

All in Focus: I know this looks like it should be stop action but I liked  the angles. I love how clear this picture is and the sharpness of the colors. The only editing I've done to this picture was brightening and I played 

with the brightness and contrast tool to lighten up the picture. I wanted him to look like a kid running away and playing around by jumping through the benches.

Shallow Depth of Field: Even though the background isn't as blurry as I would have liked it to be, I'm still pretty satisfied with it considering that this shot is completely random and candid. I was just trying to test out the lighting and shot this picture of Armyn whilst the wind was blowing around us. I played around with brightness and contrast tool and kept the shadows around her face but lightened up everything else around her.

Panning- I wanted to only focus on Darell and have everything else blurry in the background. It took a lot of tries to get get this shot. I had him walk while I'm walking and Taylr running away in the background. Actually Taylr's addition to the picture was completely accidental and this picture just happened to be the best one out of the bunch despite Taylr's addition.I had the f-stop at a low level to allow in more light since it was in the shade. I really liked this shot because it almost looks like he's about to come out of the picture,almost like 3-D

  













Stop-Action: In this picture, Mac and Ricardo were supposed to high five each other midair, but here it looks like they're just happy to see each other and Mac just looks pleasantly surprised to see Ricardo there... jumping like him . I shot this in between that because if I shot it a little later, they would have lost height and I wanted them to be as high up as possible. I didn't really have to change the f-stop since we're already outside. I just kept this picture the way it is because I didn't feel the need to edit it.