First Highkey

ISO: 200

APP: 16

SS: 200
Lauren and Alyssa were going to take a high key in the studio Wednesday and i had never done one so I went with them to learn. They told me the lights on the white paper need to be at 1/2 and the big light with the umbrella needs to be at 1/3 and the camera settings are always ISO at 200 and SS at 200 and then you can adjust your APP to whatever you need to make sure the white is exposed right and theres no hard shadows on the face. It was super simple and I'm glad i finally learned how to do it. 

Tiger Troupe theatre practice

ISO:1600

APP: 4.0

SS:200

I volunteered to shoot the people in theatre at their Tiger Troupe Theatre practice. I thought that the practice would be on the stage but it wasn't so the pictures don't look as cool as i wanted. This was my first time to shoot in theatre so i didn't really know how my settings should be. i had to play with them for a while before i got them to be exposed properly. I like some of them because i did get to get a few reaction photos and good scene exercises they were working on but most of their time was spent talking and standing around. I think they are usable for yearbook or newspaper and I'm glad i shot this because now i have some background in shooting in the theatre.

Trends Assignment

ISO: 200

APP: 200

SS: 3.5

I volunteered to take pictures of one of my friends in her converse because year book is doing a spread over things that are trending at Texas High. This assignment was fairly easy and it didn't take long. I did it in the grass because i thought it would be a lot less boring looking that doing it on cement or the road. I think the images are usable and I'm pleased with them for such an easy assignment. 

Chandler Family pets

ISO: 200

APP:200

SS: 3.2

I volunteered to take the assignment of the Chandlers and their pets. This assignment was pretty difficult. I really wanted to get artsy with this and take pictures through the pets cage and on the kids or like a shot from an upward angle with them laying in the grass or something that looked really nature like but when I actually go to their house everything was messy. The cage was completely brown and the house was super messy so I couldn't shoot anything inside, and the outside was either concrete or the little grass it has there was always trash in the back ground so I got the best that I could. I disappointed in the assignment because I did want to get really creative. I think they are useable as far as exposure and settings but they aren't good photos. If I had to retake them I would have them meet me at a park or if you knew someone that had a clear cage you could use. 

Freshmen Studying

ISO: 500

APP: 3.2

SS: 200

I volunteered to take a picture for News paper of freshman studying hard. I used my brother again because he's a Freshman and all of his friends live close to me. This was another fairly easy assignment so it didn't take long and my settings were easy to adjust. I used a flash because my house is kinda dark so i had to take the whites down on the histogram but other than that i didn't do much adjusting. I think these images could be used for the assignment and I'm pleased with them. 

Gym photo

ISO: 800

APP: 2.8

SS: 160

I volunteered to take pictures of a person working out for Newspaper print. My brother is a freshman at our school and he's really athletic so I used him as my subject. We go to modern day gym, so we woke up early and went and got pictures of him working out. This assignment was fairly easy assignment. The gym was pretty bright but i was told to still use a flash, so the pictures were kinda overexposed. But overall it was easy and ii think that theses pictures are useable for the assignment. 

Kaleb Smith Headshot

ISO: 100

APP: 1.8

SS: 250

I volunteered to take a head shot of caleb smith for the Newspaper. This was a pretty basic assignment, it wasn't difficult and it didn't take long at all. I think the pictures are usable and I think they are good head shots. I used a 50 mm so I could get nice background and I made sure I did horizontals and verticals.

Homecoming Peprally

ISO 1200

SS 200

APP 2.8

I shot the Homecoming pep-rally and it was a little different from the others. We were told specifically to shoot student/ crowd reactions because yearbook didn't have any and at this pep rally students were actually more spirited so i was able to get more than the typical crowd shot of blank faces. My photos didn't really turn out the way i wanted because my flash batteries went out half way through the pep rally and i didn't notice so i had a lot of images that were underexposed. It was a minor mistake but it made a big difference because i could have used some of the images I had to delete. Also after the pep rally the band played the tuba song while walking back to class with the foot ball players and it really built them up. It was difficult adjusting my settings from being in the gym to being outside where it was super bright but i did get a few images that weren't too overexposed. Overall, the pep rally really tested my skills and opened my eyes.