I feel like just yesterday I came into this class with excitement to be able to learn more about photography, to be able to take stunning photos and to be able to learn the ways to make a picture outstanding. After 12 weeks, I really can say that I have learned quite a lot over the time I spent in this class and have improved my ability to take great photos by quite a lot. While I don't think I was too bad at taking pictures before coming into this class, as I learned some elements of composition through digital photography and seeing works of other, what I really felt like I learned was the technical side of it. I became very familiar with my DSLR due to this class teaching me things like exposure, aperture, ISO, etc. I personally really like a lot of the images I took at the beginning of the trimester, but I definitely noticed quite a significant difference in how many pictures I had to take to be able to get 10 good pictures both now and then. In my first photo set, which has two of my favorite images I've ever taken in it, I noticed how some of my images are very boring. This one is one that definitely doesn't do a good job at capturing the subject. While the lighting is good on this image, how the camera is angle is not good. It doesn't really show what it is and doesn't capture it well. I definitely have improved on that ability. The picture below was taken from my 4th set. In this image, the subject, the flag, is clearly the main thing in the frame and you can easily see what it is. It isn't shot from a bad angle and is easily identifiable. I definitely improved in that area and hope to be able to continue to make progress to make better pictures. Another area that I improved on was my ability to shoot image when there is a high amount of contrast. In the Composition Assignment, I shot this image. It just doesn't look great. It is very boring and you can still see the inside of the building. I have improved on this ability and made my images contrast better. This image I took for my 4th set, which I personally think is my best set. The bright areas really contrast well with the dark areas, which cause for a really nice effect on the image. The difference between these 2 images show how far I've improved in this area.
Overall, I really enjoyed this class and I really thought it was extremely beneficial to me as a photographer. I have developed a love for taking pictures and I plan on continuing to pursue this hobby into the future, as well into Digital Photography II. Thank you for all the help and advice you gave me about Photoshop, my camera, and about photography overall.
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N. Bush
3/16/2017 11:49:47 am
You're welcome!
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