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Self portrait:

For this assignment we had to use photobooth to create four different personas of ourselves. Once we had the four different personas we used photoshop to duplictace them and put them together. In doing this we were replicating Tomoko Sawada's work. I found this assignment to be fun because we got to create different personas of ourselves. I think I was succesful because this work replicates Tomoko Sawadas work.

Sequencing:

To begin with, the title of my book is "Polaroid Predicament". I chose this title because I made all of the photos in my book look like polaroid pictures and they tell a story. This assignment was fun but it took a litle while to think of an idea for sequencing. Once i had an idea on what to do it was easy and it worked out the way I wanted it to. Another thing that i had a little trouble with was printing the eight photots for my book. I had trouble because some parts of the photos would be super dak areas while some parts would be super light. In order to fix this problem i had to find just the right balance of contrast for each photo. When i finally put the photos in the book the story really came together. Over all this assignment was fun and I found it succesful.

studio lighting:

In this photo, the light was centerd on the flower that brian is holding. The cameras f-stop was set at 5.6 with a shutter speed of 250. Because i used a black back drop the photo is really dark and only brian is visable. I think this photo would of been better if i used a white back drop because it would of had more contrast. Since the light was centerd basicly in the middle of brian, his hands are the drightest point in the photograph. This photograph was succesful but then at the same time it wasnt because brians hair blended in with the backdrop. I dodged his head multiple times but i still coulndt make brians hair lighter than the backdrop.

Reflection:

For this image I combined one of my previous photos with one of Jeffrey's photos (with his permission of course). Using photoshop for this assignment was pretty fun for me. At first I had a little trouble figuring out how to crop the images to the right size. I spent some time playing with photoshop and after a while I was able to get the hang of things. Through this assignment I've learned how to do many things in photoshop. They're probably just the basics but its new to me. Over all, I enjoyed this assignment and found it really fun.

                                                                          Motion

Reflection: For this photo  i set the f-stop at 4 and i set the shutter speed at 1000. Brian is jumping over a pole while his feet are flailing . The background in this photo is the library. Brian is up close while the trees and the library in the background are further away. This image is intentionally in focus. The trees supply the shadows but the sun still breaks through creating patches of light. These patches of light splash throughout the photo including on brian. I think this image is a little dark because of the trees above brian. I think this photo was successful because it does portray motion. It is showing stop motion and thats what i was trying to do.

                                              ravishing beauty xoxox

Reflection:This photo was taken at around 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Because it was a bright and sunny day i set the f-stop at 2.8 and the shutter speed was set at 250/1000. The subject, Jeffery, is in focus while the object he's holding is out of focus. The background in this photo is also out of focus. The object that Jeffery's holding is a small round pin. He's using the pin to cover his right eye. I intentionally blurred the background to portray the depth of field. I was actually going to blur Jeffery's face at first but i changed my mind because i thought this might look more interesting. I had Jeffery stand in front of the circle of the sun because i wanted the pilers out of focus. I think this photo was successful because its a different kind of depth of field. Im glad that i decided to keep Jeffery in focus and blur everything around him.

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Jumping awkwardly

Reflection: For this photo, the camera is focused on the subject which is brian. The f-stop was set at 4 and shutter speed was set at 250. The background of this photo is relatively farther away than the subject. Brian is some what in the air with his right toes on the ground. His left leg is raised up into the air. His right hand is covering half of his face while his left hand is curved back. This photo is figerative. The trees in the background and the plain that brian is in gives the photo a look as if the photo were taken in the wild. Brian is intentionaly in focus because he is jumping forward. I was trying to capture brian in mid air but i wasn't able to capture the precise moment. I think this is a good start for my first shoot. In my opinion this work is successful because i was able to capture brian in focus while somewhat in the air.