Last Basic Photography Class...And some Summer Goals...

     I really enjoyed taking this photography course. Our last class we were told to "bring in the bad and good photographs from the semester." So the last class my classmates and I took our photographs and put them on the tables in the classroom. During class after all my classmates had their photographs laid out we went to each table and said what we liked and didn't like of each others. My teacher wanted us to pick our favorite photograph but some picked a few photos because they could not pick one. My final grade or the course was an A. My teacher said some kind words at the end of the class. Before we left  our teacher asked each of us to gave him one photograph for him to keep with our name on the back. I am thankful I had a great teacher and kind classmates.
      Next semester, I have a Digitial Photography course and I am definitely looking forward to it. One goal I have before the fall semester starts is to buy my Canon dlsr camera by the end of June or sometime in July . This summer I hope to learn more about photography. I hope to buy a portfolio to put my photographs from high school in. I would love to learn how to write my name on my photos so no one takes them. After I learn how to do that I hope to share my photos from high school. I hope to learn more photography terms. I recently started an intership nearby and a friend of mine invited me to a wedding in September with her and I look forward to seeing her before then. This summer I hope to accomplish these goals of mine and read about photography to expand my photography knowledge.

Picture This

      My past two photography assignments went well but, I didn't take my digitial camera along with me. I hope to share the two photo shoots when I recive my film scanner.The one photo shoot I took pictures of my parents,my sister,and my cousins kids. When I took pictures of my parents I tried to accomplish them kissing like the couple on Vday. I thought the image came out cute and it was funny as I was taking the picture because my mom was laughing. I took pictures of my parents holding hands and some of them sitting at a table sitting while they laugh and smile. The location of the images wasn't great but, it worked out. Half I took in my backyard of my parents and sister and the other half I took at my cousins house. Some of the images I took of my cousins kids were posed and not posed. I took a picture of my uncle who is the grandfather with a couple of his grandkids. I enjoyed capturing my family as they laughed,smiled and looking serious.  I liked taking each photograph speciality my cousins kids because they are so little.

This is fascinating

This is a film scanner and I find it so fascinating. I would love to have this and I hope to get this sometime next month. Their is a offer going on the website I belong to. The website that is having a offer going on and has great choices of eqiment and called B&H Photo digitial video camera. This film scanner was rated with four stars. It has has great reviews and most people responded with helpful comments. Some of the helpful reviews was it is easy to use,it is fast and it gets the job done. It is really cool that your film images will turn into digitial prints to edit and print. Prints from the film strips can be saved to a memory card or to a computer. Just talking about this film scanner makes me want to buy it now. It has a great price as well. Whoever came up with the idea for a film scanner is a creative person. 

Anything I want photo shoot two...

I am thankful enough that I have friends to allow me to take pictures of them.  A few of my friends Sarah and Amy who let me take pictures of them for my photography class.  We were allowed to take pictures of anything once again,which I didn't mind. I thought it was great.  So I decided to take one roll of film of portraits.  We went to a park right near by elm wood zoo.  It was cold out but, the weather wasn't too bad.  Here is a preview of some of the pictures that I took from that day.  I didn't edit them too much because in my photgraphy class I don't,since it is a film class all the images are black&white. These images are from my digital camera but, I took the same images with my film camera.

This is my friend Sarah.I like this picture because she isn't directly in the center of the photo.Also,I like that it shows shadows and the trees in the distance and the pathway. I like how she isn't looking at the camera and she is turned to the side with a serious face.

I like this image because I like how my friend is holding the camera taking a picture while I am taking a picture. The camera she is holding is my film camera,it is a cannon. I am taking this image with my digital cannon.A picture of a picture is one of my favoriates.

I like this because I think it shows great depth of feild. It shows the depth of feild from the three trees that are lined up.

I wanted to share this one because it was one of sarah's favoriate photos I took that day. I was just trying to experiment with taking a photo I haven't taken yet. It is a fun kind of a silly photo.

 I like this photo because I like how she is looking up and it looks like the picture was not meant to happen. It looks like she is looking at something fascinating in the sky. I like the perspective in this photo  of the sidewalk  curved and it is a photo from on the ground.

Sarah is to the left and Amy is to the right. I like this because they are turned around facing me. I like how this photo has a lot of shadows as they walk on the pathway and the trees in the background. These are a few of my friends.

Anything I want photo shoot...

     A couple of projects ago my teacher told the class to take pictures of anything as long as we took our pictures outside. My brother had baseball practice during the day,so I went to the park around the corner from my house. I took pictures of my brother practicing and I took pictures of people in the park I did not even know. For instance, I took a pictures of a father pushing his son on a swing,a father pitching to his son,a group of people playing baseball,a couple walking on the trail,a mother pushing her daugther on the swing, and some of the landscapes. Thankfully it was a nice day out so I waked around the pictures turned out well. I would like to share some of the pictures I took.

          I love this picture because it is a action shoot. I like that my brother is jumping to catch as I am taking the image.

      I like this image because I like the perspective. I like how the fence is in the picture and I meant to take a picture with the fence in it and I think it is cool how the people through the fence seem clear. I think it is a great depth of feild image. What makes this photograph depth of feild to me is the boys are on the pitcher's mound and the man in the background.

Photography Goals

1)Learn more about photoshop

2)Learn as much as I can about the business of photography

3)Learn how to save photo's to cd's and dvd's

4) Work for a photographer or a photography business

5)Accomplish getting a degree in photography

6)Buy camera equipment

7)Make my own logo,make my own business cards and make my own website

                  Each one of these goals make me want to learn more,I have so much more to learn. I want to learn more and I am sure if I have more goals I will be adding to this. Their is a lot of challenges when it comes to getting a degree but, I don't plan on giving up. I am sure at times it well be hard but,in the end I know it will all be worth it. In the future, I look forward to accomplish all of my goals and completing the steps to be a photographer.

City Life

     Before spring break our assignment was to take pictures of crowds or city life. I decided  to go down to the city of Philadelphia to the train station and the flower show. The theme of the flower show this year was Paris.As we walked in we saw the bottom of the eiffel tower,flowers,vendors,a band ,and we could smell the great smell of flowers. I went to the flower show with my mom and a friend of hers. It was nice afternoon and I enjoyed seeing all the unique kinds of flowers. This was my first time at the flower show and I would go back if I get a chance to. I think it is a great way to bring in spring and get ready for the spring weather. The train station is crowded with business people and vacationers.For this assignment I have a combination of pictures of inside the train station,outside the train station,and the flower show. I would like to share some of the pictures that I took that are my favoriate's. 

This one is one of my favorite images because it is a close up and I think it shows great perspective. I love the color and the flower.  

When we walked into the flower show this is what we first saw.  It was a unique sight and amazing.  The eiffel tower looks so real and unbelievable, that it could possiably be the the real eiffel tower. 

This image I think came out better with my film camera,but this is with my digital and I really love the look of it. I like how this image has a old time feel. This image reemids me me of a scene from a movie where men are shoe shining on the street. 

I like this image because I think you get the feel of how the city really is everyday.When I think of  the city one of the things that come to mind are taxis.