Post #15, Assignment 3, 2-27-11

The Rules of Composition

1. Impact: This picture was taken while driving through a tunnel with a slow shutter speed.

ISO: 100, Aperture: 13.0, Shutter Speed: 2.5"

2. Cropping: When taking this picture, I was really concentrating on what the image below shows.  However, before cropping it, there were columns running down to the floor and other mosaic work on the left and right because of the angle at which I was taking the image.

ISO: 1600, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/60

3. Biggest, Boldest, Most Favorably Placed: When home and looking out into my back yard, my eyes always go directly to our green summer table.

ISO: 200, Aperture: 6.3, Shutter Speed: 1/320

 4. K.I.S.S.: I am very proud to be Italian, and thus, the Italian Crest must stand out!  What better way than to use K.I.S.S.!

ISO: 200, Aperture: 9.0, Shutter Speed: 1/60

5. Rules of Thirds:  This is another picture I took in my back yard.  Horizontally, the 1/3 is the roof, 1/3 is the layer with the rooster, and the last 1/3 is the sky.  Vertically, 1/3 is the tree branches on the right, 1/3 the layer with the rooster, and the last 1/3 the smaller tree branch and lots of sky.

ISO: 200, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/2500

6. Leading Lines:  I showed this as one of my favorite pictures at the beginning of the semester, but I did not know then that it has great "Leading Lines"

ISO: 200, Aperture: 7.1, Shutter Speed: 1/1600

7. Balance: This photo is symmetrically balanced.

8. Use of Framing: When taking this picture, I used the branches to frame the center piece, the flower.  I did not want a very sharp/hard frame though, so I took the picture at a low to medium aperture to try and blur them out.

ISO: 200, Aperture: 9.0, Shutter Speed: 1/320

9. Avoid Merges: When first taking a picture of this cake, other objects (glasses, plates, ext.) were in the image.  I moved them, but then people were still in the background.  So, instead of moving my surroundings I moved the angle of my camera and took the shot from above.

ISO: 800, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/50

Before:

10. Room for Logical Movement: My cousin wanted to take some pictures to practice her head shots appointment, so we fooled around with head shot type photos.  I wanted to be sure Ali had enough room to move around and change her position without having to change where I had my camera.

ISO: 200, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed 1/125

Post #14 ("Southern Belle"), 2-26-11

Since I was young, I have collected porcelain dolls.  This is a doll my Nannie bought for me when visiting the Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, LA over Labor Day Weekend, 2010.

ISO:400 , Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/13

ISO: 400, Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/20

ISO: 400, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/4

ISO: 400, Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/6

Post #13 (My Addiction) , 2-25-11

I drink roughly 12 cups of coffee per day... and my FAVORITE! coffee is Dunkin' Donuts!  I like the first picture because the coffee looks "larger than life" and it is seen from the perspective of all coffee lovers, staring into the window wanting their coffee!

ISO: 200, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed 1/200

ISO: 200, Aperture: 9, Shutter Speed: 1/200

Post #12 (King Cake), 2-20-11

My Nannie sent me up a King Cake from New Orleans on Friday.  This is the Box it came in.

ISO: 400, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/15

Post #11 (Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception), 2-17-11

Took some night shots on the Basilica Lawn with my new tri-pod :)

ISO: 100, Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 2.5"

ISO: 100, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed: 6"

ISO: 100, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed: 4"

ISO: 100, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed: 6"

Post #10 (Family), 2-16-11

Pictures of my family from this weekend!

ISO: 200, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed 1

ISO: 800, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/6

ISO: 800, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed 1/40

ISO: 800, Aperture: 5.0, Shutter Speed: 1/6

Post #9 (Happy Birthday Grandpop), Assignment #2, 2-13-11

A picture of my Grandfather before we sang "Happy Birthday" to him. 

In Color:

ISO: 800, Aperture: 5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/20

And in Black and White using Photo Shop

Post #8 (My Angel), 2-12-11

I went home this weekend, and took some pictures of the statues in my Grandfather's backyard.  My favorite was this angel!

ISO: 400, Aperture: 9.0, Shutter Speed: 1/400

Post #7 (... and then there was LIGHT....), 2-9-11

ISO: 800, Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/500

ISO: 400, Aperture: 4.0, Shutter Speed: 1/6

Post #6 (Super Bowl), 2-7-11

It is always fun to capture people in the heat of a game.  I took these pictures while my friends and I were watching the Super Bowl Game.

ISO: 400, Aperture: 4.5, Shutter Speed: 1/15

ISO: 800, Aperture 7.1, Shutter Speed 0.6

       

ISO: 800, Aperture: 4, Shutter Speed: 1/13

ISO: 800, Aperture: 4.5, Shutter Speed: 1/8

Post #5 (Sunset), 2-6-11

I took these pictures by the trailers as the sun was setting before the Super Bowl!

ISO: 400, Aperture:  5.6, Shutter Speed: 1/4000

ISO: 400, Aperture: 10, Shutter Speed: 1/400

Post #4 (My Name), 2-1-11

I thought it was cool how the shutter speed can change so much.  The first picture was taken with blinds closed, lights off, door shut-I had to reduce as much light as I could in order to get the proper exposure.  The second and third pictures are under the exact opposite setting, plus I put extra lighting on my name tag.  Most people would not think that by just looking at these pictures. 

ISO: 400, Aperture: 14, Shutter Speed 30"

ISO: 400, Aperture: 3.5, Shutter Speed1/4000

ISO: 400, Aperture: 3.5, Shutter Speed1/4000