People and Light/shadow

For this picture I chose aperture at 2 and I used the light coming in from the window.  It wasn't a sunny day, it was cloudy, so it is not a bright light which is shining trough the window but it's still light enough to set contrasts.

At this picture everything was dark around the lantern except the candles in the lantern which were shining trough it and have created some interesting shadows, which were reflecting on the kitchen counter. I used also aperture 2 and the shutter speed was at 15.

Photoshop self portrait

This is my self portrait. At first I changed the color to like a red/orange- ish because red and orange are my favorite colors, and I cannot decide which one I like the most.
When I started adding the color it was too light so I changed the contrast.I also changed it that you can see a little bit more my make-up because I wear it almost every day.
The picture wasn't clear enough so I sharpened it a little bit so that,for example, you can see all the little hair more. I also chose red for my hair because I want to dye my hair eventually.Or just highlights, I'm not quiet sure. But eventually the color will be a brown or like a dark red- almost brown.

Scavenger Hunt/ Studio Portrait

How did I like working with a digital camera compared to the 35mm film camera?

I liked it very much. First of all, it wasn't that much work. You could just have fun taking pictures, upload them and look at them and also, they are colored. You didn't have to worry about how your film will come out, or if you messed up with rolling your film. It was easier, at least that's what I think.

At this picture there is an interesting lighter/ yellow spot in the right-hand corner. It is a good contrast compared to the rest of the picture. I didn't zoom in to the snow, I zoomed in behind the snow, which makes the picture more interesting.

At this picture I used a light and hold it  to the right, that I would get shadow on the left side of his face. Because of this, the face looks "real", like three dimensional. That's what I wanted to show here. I really like the shadow because it goes around parts of his eye but the eye is still light. The shadow looks very interesting because of that.

Solarization

This is my favorite picture of my four I have done. I put it into the developer for about 20 seconds, took it out and after that I exposed it for 2 seconds. After that I did the regular process. The pictures I put less in the developer for the first time where lighter and there was more a difference between the black and the white. The longer it was in the developer, the more dark the white got's. It turned more to a grey-ish tone.
I would use this process if I want to show the differences between the black and the white. If I only want that the viewer sees the shape of the things in my pictures and not the detailed stuff.

A#4 High Contrast

Did I get my high contrasts at both pictures?

Yes,I got it.

Why?

At the first picture I got the contrast because the sun was shining. So because of that there was a high contrast between the tree and the sky.

At my second picture I already used a black scissor laying on something white. So there was the contrast.

But at both of my pictures the enlarger,which was on contrast 5 helped a lot to get the black really dark and the white really light.

Do I like how my pictures turned out?

Actually, yes I like them. FirstI thought they won't be that good, but they look nice!

Dodge & Burn

What did I think about doging and burning?
It's nice to manipulate the pictures to make them look more interesting.

Did I enjoy the progress?
Yes, definitely. It was fun, a little bit stressful, but still, it was fun to make changes on it.

Will I ever use it again?
Yes, I guess. It makes it look better, so why not?

My favorite picture:

I dodged the sunlight for about 4 to 5 seconds, so now it looks more smooth. I also burned the left side for about 2 seconds, that I'll have one area which is a little bit darker then the others. It makes it more interesting. And my F-stop was three clicks closed.

A#3 Depth of Field Photos



 

 

The aperture was at f22 and my shutter speed was at 1/250. With the small aperture the foreground is focused and the background is blurry, which gives me a long depth of field. So if you look at the picture you concentrate on what's going on in the front. So I wanted my focus on the little house for the birds and not on the background that's why I chose this aperture.



Actually now we should have chosen a picture with a larger aperture like f2.8, but because some of my pictures didn't came out that well, I  chose another picture, where I used the same settings. So f22 and shutter speed 1/250. Because I wanted to get my focus on the typical American mailboxes.