Fifth Assignment: Portraits

It was time to get up close and personal this week where the class tried their hands at taking shots of human subjects. Here are the results!

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Susan

Fourth Assignment: Landscapes

This week, the class went out to try their hands at capturing landscapes. Here are the tasty results!

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Ruth

Assignment See it from all Angles

This week I challenged the class to try to see their subjects from different angles to try to break them out of the normal photocomposition. I asked each student to use a non-living subject and to try to get a series of different perspectives. The results were that each student would bring out a different mood that you would not get from the subject if you were to just look at it normally. Here is the world of different angles from the class!

Alice- She used a colorful wood duck for her subject and I am showing her example of where she got down low and off to an angle.






Bob- He chose a stunning bouquet of flowers! Bob also edited this photo using Corel Draw to mask out the background which he felt was obstructive.









John- He went outside to the Grace Anglican Church and focused on the windows. This one is very captivating from his angle and gives the impression that the building is twice the size it normally is.





Judy- As you can see, Judy is a golf nut and illustrated that very well with the golf shoe she used. I like how Judy used a piece of red material which plays off the black and white of the shoe.






Kate- She got up on a chair and took a picture of the lovely flowers her husband gave her (way to go Mike!). I was happy with the results that Kate got from getting up higher and Kate was one of the few students who managed to get a proper “Birds Eye View” of her subject.








Marshal- He took different angles of this deer statue in his home. By just changing the way the camera is positioned, this picture already has a lot more interest then just looking at it head on.








Mike- He set up a nice arrangement of all things Tea! This is my favorite shot of the lot Mike sent in showing a shot from the back. I also love how Mike paid attention to his background and chose something that relates to the subject. Great composition, Mike!







Ruth- This is of a glass art globe in Ruth’s house where she experimented with different backgrounds while seeing it from every angle. Her experiment paid off with a dazzling effect on the background’s reflection in the glass.

Susan- She sells seashells by the seashore, and again, a great image of Susan’s shell collection. The patterns in the shell pop out with the blue background and having it off center works again for the composition.