Digital Assignment # 14: Family Portrait Recreation and One that is Meaningful in 5 Years

                                                                        Family Portrait


This portrait is important because it is our most recent photo together. We don't often get photos taken as a family, only once every few years. This was one of the neater, and less serious photos we did. I decided to recreate this image because it is fairly simple, and I thought it would be cool to see how all of us changed since we last had a family photo taken.

 

 

My Portrait Mimic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Family Portrait

 

 

 

This image will be meaningful to my family in five years for several reasons. The first is that this portrait has the two family pets we have had for the longest amount of time. Sadly in five years there is a big chance that neither of them will be around, as Kenai(the dog) is 12 and Roxy(the cat) is 15. We have no other photos as a family that has Kenai and Roxy in them. Also this will be meaningful in five year because only one child will still be at home in five years, Jesse. Tyler and I will probably be off at college, and Paige could be starting a career or going on to further schooling.

 

 

 

 

 

Film Assignment # 8: High & Low Key

 

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure: 5 seconds

 

 

 

 

Aperture: f/8

Exposure: 10 seconds on subject, 3 seconds on background

Filter: #4

 

 

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure: 1 second

 

 

 

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure: 2 seconds

 

 

 

Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure: 4 seconds + 2 seconds on left

 

 

 

 

 

With my high and low key photos I wanted to focus more on close ups. I picked some objects that I could get close to and control the lighting with. For my High key photos I photographed relatively light objects and placed them on a light background. I then played with my light meter a little to get the background really white. For my low key photos I photographed objects that were already in a dark setting. For the bowl I noticed that the light coming through the window was lighting up one side of it. I then bumped my light meter down a little so the highlighting would be greater and the background would be very dark.

Digital Assignment #13: 10 Photo Theme: Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I decided on music as my theme because my family is very musical. All of us play at least one instrument. We love to get together with other musical friends and play as a group for fun. I first focused on individual instruments. I would set them up and play with different things like lighting and surroundings to get a photo I liked. I then added the musicians to the photos, displaying different aspects of playing an instrument, such as: concentration, practice, and teamwork. 

Digital Assignment #12 : Patterns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focusing on patterns helps you look beyond normal everyday scenes. I decided to focus on the shape of a circle and see what I could come up with. I ended up with a close up shot of the marbles from a chinese chekers game, and a picture of oranges in a round bowl. In both photos the circle is a prominent figure throughout, allowing a person to see a pattern and not just what the objects are.

Digital Assignment #11 : Low Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like high key photos, low key photos require manipulation of your surroundings and your camera settings. I wanted to photograph interesting items for low key, and highlight what I wanted to be noticed by lighting only certain parts. I used a room in my house with a black chair and then turned off the lights and used a flashlight to create the lighting that I wanted with both pictures. This resulted in mostly dark photos, with highlighted subjects.

Digital Assignment #10: High Key

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Key photos take manipulation while snapping the photo, and less is done when working on it after. The first photo I looked out the window and saw my cat. It was fairly bright and I knew i could work with the lighting to create a high key photo. I adjusted my aperture and exposure time  for an even lighting and then went up two stops to blow out the background. The second photo I set up the two figures on my kitchen table in a patch of sunlight to create the lighter look.

Digital Assignment #9: Flash Strobe

 

 

The flash strobe assignment is a neat way to learn how to use lights to create your own look. By moving the flash, and placing it at different angles I can experiment with different effects of light and shadow. I enjoy this effect because I can do all the work when I am taking the photo. By taking the photo on a black background and just lighting what I want, I get the photos below, where everything but what I lit is balck without any adjustment on the computer.