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WA Outside Today

My Photography, Edited With Photobucket

I spy a penguin, a chicken, 2 picks,

Floss, 16 cents, and 5 highlighting sticks;

A girl at the pump, a kiss on a chain,

A Blue Crayon, A leaf, and a mound of grain.

By Jenny&Stephanie

I Spy...

I spy a purple dinosaur, crab and two different kinds of keys, 
A parrot, 2 maple leaves and the letter "P";
A Christmas light, apple and Eiffel Tower, 
A guitar pick, popsicle stick and bejeweled flower. 

Rule of Thirds (and other) Photos

Photo Of The Day:

The Camera I Want

If money wasn't a factor, the camera I would buy would be a Sony a390, which is a DSLR camera.

Key Points In Close Up Photography:
1. Depth of Field: in close up photography, depth of field is very limited. This means that sharpness will be difficult to obtain.
2. Movement: movement of either the subject or camera becomes very apparent in close up photography. The slightest move can affect the sharpness of the photo.Flash can be used to reduce the effects of movement in the photo.
3. Working Distance: in close up photography, the space between the front of the lens and the subject, is very important for live subjects.Dangerous or easily frightened animals are easier to photograph using a greater working distance and a longer focal length.
4. Automatic Flash Exposure: the automatic flash exposure may prove to be inaccurate in close up photography. When at very close working distances, the circuitry may be unable to be quick enough to prevent overexposure. This can be fixed by setting the flash to manual or covering the flash head with translucent material.

One of the ways I found to make trick photos is "forced perspective". This technique changes the perspective of the photo, making things appear differently than they are from another perspective. There were several helpful websites I found, that all had pages and pages of trick photography. The websites were http://www.designzzz.com/forced-perspective-pictures/, http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/01/36-pictures-that-look-photoshopped-but-are-not/ and http://thechive.com/2008/11/17/a-collection-of-trick-composition-photography-35-photos/. Some examples I found of these are:

Even those these examples are cool, I want to try reproducing the following two tricks:

For the first example, I would take some sort of drink, in a solid cup and place it on a table. Them I will position Candace behind the cup, so only her head appears over the rim of the cup, if the camera is placed level with the cup. 

For the second example, I will recruit another person to stand in the background of the photo. This picture will have to be taken on a flat surface, with quite some distance between the two people. The first person will stand close to the camera, and the second person will be in the background. The first person will reach their hand out, as if dangling something between their thumb and forefinger. The second person will stand as if they are the object being dangled, however the want, as long as their hand looks like it is being held by the first person. I am not sure how much distance should be between the two people, so when it comes time to take the picture I will just have to eyeball it. 

Our color wheel! :D

My Color Wheel! :)

Photography Composition:
*Disclaimer: I do not claim to own any of these pictures!*

Depth:



Viewpoint:



Background:

Cropping:



Balancing Elements:



Framing:

Leading Lines:

Symmetry and Patterns:



Experimentation:

The Rule of Thirds: A method of photography that splits a picture into thirds horizontally, and thirds vertically. The focus and/or subject of the photograph should fall on the lines or intersections of the thirds.

Example: 

 

Non-Example:

*I do not claim to own these pictures*