Culminating activity #4

Portfolio

3 best photos I have taken during this course.

During this course, I really liked how we were allowed to be very creative with our photos. I also liked how we were allowed to leave the class and take photos outside of the classroom. I really enjoyed doing the pinhole photography project, and taking portraits with different lightings and angles.

In this class I wish we had used the cameras more. Also, sometimes the computers would be very frustrating (I know that’s not your fault) but it would have been a lot better if the computers worked a bit better.

In this course I learned so much that will help me with my future photo-taking. I learned about things like ISO, aperture and shutter speed that I didn’t even know about before. I also learned about the different composition guidelines like; simplicity, rule of thirds, framing, balance and lines. Before I took this course I didn’t even know those existed. One of my favourite things about this class was how we got to go in the camera obscura and see how an image was projected through a small hole. During this course we had to write about ‘what life would be like without photography’. By writing about this, I learned how different like would be like without photography, and how it has shaped and changed the world.

Final Self-Portrait

(Taken by Kristen)

Culminating activity #2

Part 1

Travel Photography

Travel photography is a genre of photography that involves taking pictures of landscapes and pretty views when you travel. travel photographer’s salaries can range from around  $31 700-$41 000 per year. To become a travel photographer you must complete high school, but most photographers also attend post secondary school to get a diploma.

To be a travel photographer, you must be able to capture the perfect picture quickly and have a strong visual analysis. They also and have to have strong social skill to communicate with people from all over that world as they travel.

There aren’t many employment prospects for travel photographers. Once they graduate, they would most likely have to start their own business.

Some tips and ideas that may improve your travel photography photos:

-Set your camera in burst mode-so that if your subject is moving you can get many different photos of it.

-Have patience-especially in crowded places

-Carry a small tripod

-Plan ahead-look at the forecast

Part 2

My trip to school

1. The strength of my finished work is that the photos were dark and have a lot of shadows which represents how I feel about waking up early in the morning. I used framing a lot in these photos to draw the viewers attention.

2. The weakness of my finished work is that they were mostly photos that look very similar. I didn’t have a wide variety, they all had darker exposures.

3. If I were to do this project again, I would definitely plan it out more. I wish I could have taken more photos, or actually traveled somewhere to take photos. I wish I had been more creative and thought about the different photo compositions while I was taking photos.

Refresher Photography Assignment

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This photo is of a Paralympic sprinter named Jarryd Wallace. I find this photo very motivational. The photo portrays that Jarryd faced many challenges, but he worked hard to overcome them. This photo also gives me hope, when he lost his leg he must have been terrified and heartbroken not knowing if he could ever run again. He worked, trained and fought hard to accomplish his goals he thought he would never reach.

The photographer, Robert Clark, used the rule of thirds when capturing this picture. Jarryd Wallace, the athlete, is not in the center of the photo which adds dramatic effect. This photo also dies not follow the rule of thirds because Jarryd is facing/running out of the frame, so you cannot see where he is going. By doing this it adds a sense of suspense because you do not know what he is looking at or where he is going.

This photograph has many lines and which adds detail, and makes the photo very pleasing. There is also framing in this picture. The athlete, Jarryd, is being framed by the treadmill, which draws the viewers attention to him.

I chose this photo as ‘the best photo of 2018’ because it is very inspiring and uplifting. I think it gives hope to others in the world who are facing challenges. It shows people to never give up, and that anything is possible.