Photography Goal

Richard Heeks

Soap Bubble Photography

This photo is appealing to me as a beginner photographer because Richard Heeks only uses natural light to capture all of his bubble pictures and the popping and the background came as extra effects.

Year in Review :)
This semester of photography helped teach me new techniques of photography. I learned how to use my camera in ways I would not have figured out on my own. Like the photography goal I chose, I worked with bubbles. I did not get a picture of a bubble popping but I got pictures of people blowing bubbles. My favorite lesson was our portrait lesson when we went to Market Street to take pictures. I thought it was a lot of fun, and based my exam off of  it. I liked using photoshop to edit pictures and add effects.

Portrait Blog

When photographing people outside, the ISO was at a lower setting because of the amount of sunlight we had outside. The aperture needed to be set depending on the type of portrait you were trying to take. If you wanted the background out of focus you needed a lower aperture. There was no need for a tripod because the shutter speed wasn't slow enough to have one. It took a few trials to get this photo in focus and the background to compliment his figure.

When photographing the animals the shutter speed needed to be faster. The exposure time I had for the dog was .04 seconds (1/25). I needed a faster shutter speed to capture the dog before he would move and blur the picture. It took a few shots before I could get an un-blurry one but after changing the shutter speed I got a much clearer photo.