Week 4

Our first task this week was learning light metering and how to control shadows. Part of it was learning silhouettes and low/high key images. 

Our next task was 6 pictures on one angle of Modernism, I chose New Vision. New Vision is essentially experimenting with new angles and perspectives. 

I can't at this moment find the 6th picture that I used for the assignment, so for now I will just stick with this. 

See you next week :)

Easter break and week 3

So our Easter break assignment was six pictures that describe us/explain our lives. So here are my 6:

Ballroom/Salsa dancing

Quality time with family

Adventures with friends

Worship at church/Music

Tennis

This water is me! Calm, peaceful and still, while still being crazy and adventurous!

That is my life in a very small nutshell!
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These next ones are some from various exercises throughout the week.

Motion blur

Motion blur

Panning

Continuous focus with a subject in forward motion

Framed portrait shot

Lateral motion, single point focus combined with panning.

Decisive moment ~ Henri Cartier-Bresson

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 "It's ok to be a dreamer"

And that is the end of week 3, stay tuned for more live updates! ;)

Week two!

Lectures, challenges, exercises, and practice sessions, I love this studying thing! at least that's what I'm saying now while the work load is still rather small! :)

We've had several exercises/assignments this week, we had to take pictures of specific objects, or pictures in specific settings, first focus being depth of field.

Next we had to experiment with wide angle shots and telephoto close ups to see how the pictures told different stories.

Wide angle shots tell a story about the person and their surroundings and are primarily used in photojournalism. 

Telephoto lens shots speak more about the person and fade the background out.

Our next task was "No Chimping". In other words we had to turn off our auto-review and take pictures without looking at the LCD screen and without knowing what they came out like. This is part of getting to know our cameras and trust the settings we've learnt to always give us a certain look to our pictures.

That's all for this week and now we have term break! and yes I know it's only our second week of uni and we're getting a break!? why!? cause we're just cool like that! :)

So after the break I will post the pictures of my Holiday assignment.

Enjoy your holidays!

First week of photography school!

And so it begins. A year of intense work and creativity. 

What should have started two months ago, began four day's ago due to Christchurch's recent devastating earthquake. Finally life is starting to get back to normal, and I couldn't be happier.

So here (if I have time) I will keep you up to date on how things are going.

So for our first challenge we had to team up with another classmate and take several black and white pictures of each person focusing on contrast.

Contrast of a happy girl vs. a destroyed building.

A random rainbow

Our next exercise was to practice white balance while encompassing 'Campus life' 

Some of my classmates

Our next challenge was teams of 4-6 and doing something creative with hi-vis vests. After all, hi-vis is the new black!

Cold didn't seem so much of an issue after jumping long enough to get a good shot!

Attack of the hi-vis!


So that was my first week. Stay tuned for more!