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The career of photography that I studied a little bit about is Aerial photography. Aerial photography has to do with taking a photo of something by looking down on. It can also be called a Bird's Eye View. It can be taken from straight on looking down at something or at a more oblique view (looking at an angle.) It is recommended that one has a degree in some type of fine arts to be an aerial photographer. If someone is going to be an aerial photographer, they need to decide how they are going to take their photos. If they are going to do it from a plane or helicopter (which most do) then they are going to need to find a way to get someone to fly them up, or they need to fly their own. If they fly their own, they will need a license. Drones can be used as well for aerial photography. This type of photography would be a good for those who like photography, who wants to see things from higher angles, and who in most cases is okay with flying. Some aerial photographers take pictures for their own benefit, others work for a business whether it be a magazine, or even for a real estate agency.
My goal for second quarter has been to get my grades looking good without having to cram work into a sleepless night. I wanted to be able to stop procrastinating. I have gotten all my grades up but one from when I missed a bunch of school. I admit, I procrastinated a lot of work over Christmas break even though I said I wouldn't procrastinate. However, I haven't been putting it off now and though it will take a lot of cramming and stress, there will be enough time for me to get that one last grade up to what I want it to be.
My career photography shoot went well. I told my parents that the photography career I had been assigned to was Aerial photography. My dad offered to take me up by the pass to take my picture of the North Ogden and Pleasant View areas. My dad being a photographer himself had some insight on what I should do when we got there. He suggested we wait a while for it to get a little darker so people would start turning on their lights for a cool effect in the picture. We put the camera in the back of his truck facing outward toward everything. I needed a slow shutter speed so I could have a smaller aperture to keep everything as clear as they could get so we put the camera on a tripod. I used an attached external button that controls the shutter speed so I could stand back and take the picture with the least amount of movement I could manage. It was difficult because it was so cold outside and I could hardly bend my fingers. It was also difficult because I had to hold perfectly still for long amounts of time. Like around 20-30 seconds. We tried another high up spot in the area, but by the time we had gotten there it was even darker. It came to the point where the shutter speed was so slow on the camera, that the camera couldn't go any slower so it went to bulb where I pretty much had to hold the button as long as I wanted it open. Even though it required more work, I found it quite enjoyable to be able to control the exact amount if time the shutter was open. It felt like it was more of my work because I was doing a completely manual shutter. It was a fun experience.
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.
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.
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