motion

Assignment Description:
When taking pictures of an object in motion, one can either express the motion by blurring the subject, or one can freeze motion. I performed the latter in this photo assignment, trying to capture the water in mid-motion.

Best Photo:

 This is the unedited photo, taken outside where my sister would repeatedly drop the ball into the glass for me to take pictures. The pink hue is due to the umbrella she was using.

This is my edited picture, which I obviously cropped and adjusted color and levels.
The original Exposure Triangle:
Shutter Speed: 1/1600
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 100

















Slide Show:




What I Learned:
I learned that stopping motion is really hard. Often times I missed the ball actually hitting the water surface and had to take multiple shots to get a decent picture. I also used curves on gimp for the first time to change the lightness/brightness of the shot.

Gimp 7: visual puns

Assignment Description:
This project was designed for us to explore the different ways we can use gimp to create images. By combining different images together, we were instructed to create a visual representation of common puns.

Photos:

 This first image was meant to illustrate the common phrase "bookworm"

Whereas this one is representative of the word "eggplant"

And lastly this one shows "hole milk" in a new way















What I Learned:
I learned how to use multiple layers to create a single image, as well as tweaking the opacity in order for layers underneath the  top layer to show through (as used in the hole milk image above).