This quote means that a photographer has to want to love life and all the things about it to be able to capture different aspects of it in a photograph. You have to love life a whole lot to take pictures of it. A good photographer would need to love life in order to love their job and do it well. If you love life, then it's more likely your photographs will capture parts of it that you want to capture.
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ShauneeLuminescent FreshnerCreepin' on the StairsWreathFinding the Correct aperture and shutter speed and then picking an interesting subject to shoot was the most difficult thing for me. I just could not adjust my settings the way I needed them for a while so I spent a lot of time actually messing around with the settings and then finding a subject that would look good.
One of the rewarding things about this project is the contrast. The contrast in lighting make the pictures look lovely in my opinion. I also took a bunch of photos just for experimentation and I thought none of them would look good but I found some that were actually pretty good when uploading my photos on the computer. That kind of surprise was pretty rewarding. Faster Shutter SpeedSlower Shutter SpeedThis was the In class experimentation activity with shutter speed using the DSLR's. I felt like everything seemed to work better with this than the outside shutter speed activity. Having complete control over what shutter speed I wanted, helped to create interesting effects depending on what I was taking a pic of. The shutter speed priority mode really helped the rest of the picture look nice without taking away my ability to choose the shutter speed. One thing that didn't work depending on where I was, was the ISO. Some pictures did not work out with certain ISO settings. I found that this activity was fun and I learned that even though you have to adjust more with more complex cameras, that doesn't necessarily make it harder. It actually made the whole experience a lot more enjoyable.
Faster Shutter SpeedSlower Shutter SpeedIn this activity we took the point-and-shoot cameras and tried to experiment on our own with a slower shutter speed and a faster shutter speed. This one was a stressful one for me. I did not like having much control. There weren't very many shutter speed options. Slower shutter speeds on this type of camera especially did not work. If I chose a slower shutter speed, the picture would glow and/or turn white. It would also be blurry due to the fact that I had no way to stable the camera. It just did not work. The fastest shutter speed was whatever I could manage to get on the automatic setting of the camera. I didn't find anything spectacular that really worked for me with this activity. All it did was cause me frustration. I guess if I wanted glowing overly blurry pictures, I could use these. I learned a lot about what different shutter speeds can really do.
Larger Depth of FieldSmaller Depth of FieldThis was the second aperture assignment where we used actual DSLR's to take photos demonstrating aperture. The camera worked really well especially compared to point-and-shoot cameras. I was able to sit in almost the exact same spot and create pictures with different depth of field without having to get closer or farther apart, which was nice. Sometimes I didn't do too well dealing with the different F-stops just because I'd get confused about which ones do what and then I would end up taking not the right kind of picture and would have to readjust. This activity helped me to learn more about and just get used to the different effects of different types of aperture.
Larger Depth of FieldSmaller Depth of FieldThis are pictures from when we went outside of our classroom and around to take pictures demonstrating aperture with large depth of field and then with smaller depth of field. The point-and-shoot cameras used did not work for me in my opinion. I did not like having control of what I was doing. I felt that it did not work as well when I had to physically get really close to the object as well as back way far away to change depth of field since it was all automatic. Even in the large depth of field shots, I felt the point and shoot camera did not clear up as much as it should have. However, it was kind of nice not having to worry about the exact f stop and I still think I got some good photos, especially with the small depth of field. I learned that if you really want to create cool aperture effects, a point and shoot probably is not the way to go.
I agree completely with the quote above. I think that it is possible for two photographers take a picture of the exact same thing and yet them both being able to make something different out of it based on the emotion and ideas they are trying to create.
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