Shutter

1. I learned a lot in this class. Before this class I barely ever used my camera unless my mom needed me to take my camera to a performance or unless I would be super bored and just take a random picture of myself and compare with past pictures. I never knew how to use my camera for other things. Macro was something I found fun and simple than I had thought. Slowing down the shutter speed and taking pictures of moving objects with light, especially when being outside in the dark was really awesome. I had never used Photoshop before and I was scared that I would be too slow to catch up but eventually I started understanding and catching up and I hope to use it again more frequently at my house. I also learned that taking a picture shouldn't always be forced.

2. What I learned about myself would have to be the things that I am able to do and the things that I may need more practice in. I learned about how much I enjoy taking pictures. My favorite pictures would probably have to be the Macro pictures because I found it really fun to do and when I saw the pictures it just looked great especially the one picture I took with the raindrops on the leaf on the bush in my backyard. I remember when I had left the house without my camera, I would get mad at myself for forgetting because anything could happen and something can catch your eye. I definitely plan on taking my camera to places more often. "There's more than meets the eye," is kind of the quote I keep thinking of for some reason.

3. Well this one was something I wish I could have done because everyone else got to do it but I could not. I am actually blanking out right now about what those cameras are called but the cameras that are old and non-digital was something I was unable to use because my camera did not work even when changing the batteries. I wish I could have been able to do that. I would say we could have done a bit more in the dark room but to be honest, I am probably bad at using the dark room. Although my pictures didn't come out all black or white, I still struggled and found it stressful so I am kind of glad we didn't have to use the dark room too much but I still found it really cool when we did the pinhole camera even though I struggled with the tape.

4. My struggles would probably be using the dark room as I have mentioned before and there were times when I could not catch on with the instructions for Photoshop. Doing levitation for some reason was not my best but I did rush myself on that and the 180 degree panorama was probably my biggest struggle on Photoshop.

5. I conquered using Photoshop in many ways while there were some things that I still need to get better at. I also conquered using the camera and its settings like Macro, slowing down the shutter speed. I feel that I can use my camera without having to force it and just use it freely. Actually I remember the light project which I seem to have gotten the direct light confused because I did not know that I could use a simple object and its shadow but I am a bit grateful because I got better pictures although there were few.

My favorite picture would probably have to be the one with the Bionicle a bit of light on it while everywhere else is dark. That one was the one I probably did without having to struggle or think much about. I saw how there was a bit of light pointing to the floor and I told my brother to quickly grab a toy and set it there and I quickly took the picture. The direct light pictures were the ones I struggled most with because I had forgotten that it was fine to have shadows and so I only got two and then the one with the blinds. You can barely tell that the one with the DS has a bit of light on my face from it but you can still tell. Although I kept thinking that the silhouette pictures were going to be easier, I found out that I prefer the ones with direct light. I learned that I shouldn't take the pictures forced but when I see it and take the picture without stressing it.