Blow Out & Panning

The way I created my blow out effect is by setting the iso to 400. It could have been brighter than what it was but thats means a higher iso and it might make it look grainy, so I think the picture is ok. Another way to make the blowout effect is by exposing the lens to more light outside, or you can go into photoshop and change the brightness from there. Panning is the effect were your emphasis is easily seen while the ppl and objects are blurred out because they are moving. I think I did a good job because it should look as if everything around her is moving quickly and she is moving so slow that I was able to catch her. We put the shutter speed on 2 seconds because that was a pretty long time. What made the panning process dificult was trying to capture your emphasis in the crowd and trying to make sure she didn't blurr out either.

Aperture

Aperture is the focal length divided by the diameter of the pupil. This basically means that you focus in on a certain spot of your emphasis and it blurs everything else out just like your pupil does when your focusing on something. The one with the crystal would be a small hole because its focusing in on a smaller object. when you have a big number this means that the hole is smaller. For the one with the cheetah im using a smaller number which means it will be a bigger hole so it captures much more than the cheetah.

Iso

FlashIso 400Iso 5000Iso is basically the film speed. It refers to how sensitive the film/pixels are to light. when using the iso in my pictures it showshow graining the pictures get when u put it on a high ISO. With the five thousand one right above you can see how grainy it has gotten. When using the flash it takes out some of the lights you want to see but it doesn't give you a grainy picture at all. You have to becareful when using a fast ISO because it tells us how much light comes in and at what speed.

Flash

The pros about flash are it freezes time and it eliminates blur. Another pro i found out is that it also adds light to the picture if there isn't enough light. there are also cons about the flash, they are makes the light ugly sometimes, may disturb the subject, Red eye and Hot spots. Flash is a good idea when you can't see anything at night or when you need to see your emphasis with out any shadows. When flash isn't such great idea is when you want the natural light to appear to show us what really happening and gives us interesting figures and shapes. The picture above is great without the flash because you get all the natural light giving off by the carnival. You see the natural light beam right back up off the lake and it takes right back up to the amazing light.

Metering

What metering does is it measures the amount of light that is in the room or around you. The way to activate the meter is by pushing the shutter half way down. In the first meter picture above the camera only read the meter of the computer and it was the only thing to pop up in the picture. In the second picture I metered in on my subjects head to get the light to the way it was. It over exposed the computer to too much light that's why it is so bright. Spot metering can help by focusing in on what you really want to emphasis on rather getting a light that you didn't want and not capturing what you really wanted.

Unknown

To me your dream is a little up ending because you have so many things going on under the sea. When stuff is under water it means that your struggling and you probably having a difficult time take things to heart or to mind. The huge eye ball looking down upon you and whats going on probably means that someone that you love dearly like a family member that has past on, is looking at you and is enjoying everytime they see you. You also describe a gym with graffiti on the bleachers. This looks like you play sports such as basketball or something, while the graffiti looks as if you have had a difficult time growing up with gangs and drugs near by. You also say there are vans or cars there. This probably means you want to get out of the neighborhood and to do something better with your life. I also heard you say your in a tree? This seems as if your hiding from what's going on around you and you don't want to deal with it anytime soon.

Surreal tutorials

Some things we did in the desert tutorial to make it look real is the ground. We transformed the ground to make it look like you see it close and far in the distance from where you are. Another thing we used is the light post casting a shadow as if the sun was about to go down because of the location of it. The way it will help me with future surreal work is by giving me different way to blend my artwork all together and how to transform it into the way everything looks.

Senior Invitation

The strenght of my design was the background because it shows last years senior portfolio and how much we take to put into our show. What I could have done better was use more layouts to make it pop even more and use different paintbrushes. What I struggled with the most was trying to fit all of it on the invitation with out it clashing one another. I believe I done better on this one because I had a plan set for this one and on the other one I didn't have much of an idea with the graduation invitation.

Graduation Program

I guess the strenght of my design has to be the graduation cap and the diploma because that's what pops out the most in the program. What I could have done better was change the layers around because to me the background looks a little weird. I found the graphic design harder than I thought because you had to think about what the consumer wanted and not what you wanted. The role it plays in today's society is in bottles clothes and etc. because they have all kinds of designs that draw our attention in.

Personal Quilt

My Quilt

FutureInsideOutside PastWhen I started my quilt squares I had no idea what I was going to do for any of the four we had to do. I was struggling a lot with trying to come up with some good ideas so I decided to discuss a lot of my ideas with my partners in this project and they gave me a lot of other great ideas on how I should make them. I like there ideas a lot so I ran with there’s and it gave me some good results back in the process. It was very difficult to try to express myself because I couldn’t figure out what I was doing. What finally helped me push forward with my designs were my partners in digital photo. I was very surprised when I heard what people thought of me because they said things as nerds, smart, weird, and funny. Overall my experience was great because I learned a lot about myself and my creative ability. Next time I will plan ahead so I can get some really cool and interesting ideas.