October Post

This month I really started doing things in ROP: Digital Photography, one of the assignments that I accomplished this month was the leading lines and having a subject, so below I have a photo of Christine Navarro's feet on a leading line.

[Right here I decided to crop the picture, adjust the brightness, and put the photo into grayscale.]

The next big thing that I worked on with the camera and in Photoshop was the rule of thirds position in photos. Rule of thirds is really just the positioning of the subject in the photo to make it interesting. When working with the rule of thirds it's better to have the main subject off to the side of the photo instead of dead center. I took a photo of a lady bug to to demonstrate that:

[For this photo I had to crop a bit to get the lady bug into the rule of thirds position]

Finally, the most recent thing that I did in ROP was kind of put together the two things and take a photo that is in rule of thirds and has a leading line. For this I decided to take a photo of Lupe Lara:

[I cropped this photo of Lupe into a rule of thirds position and the leading line is the main one that she's standing on]

Overall, ROP is running really smooth right now and I'm getting a lot of practice with the camera and Photoshop. Uhm, that's it for now.

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1. What is your working EQ? 

What is the most essential step in producing a well-done, well edited portrait?

2. What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.

Making sure that the lighting in a room or outdoor area to fit the needs of the photo being taken; lighting itself can easily be fixed by adding light or adjusting the settings on the camera. 

3. What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

The most important source that I have used is probably David Busch's Portrait/ Candid/ Street Photography Compact Pocket Field Guide, because in each type of photography he talks about how important it is to check the lighting and adjust the settings on the camera accordingly.

4. Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ? 

My mentor is Jack Bohlka, he is related to my working EQ because he has been doing portrait photography for years and runs his own studio.   

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

 For my 30 hours I plan to continue taking ROP at school, because that actually teaches a lot of fundamentals of photography and photoshop. I also plan to work at my mentor's studio in order to learn lighting techniques such as: broad portrait lighting, short portrait lighting, rembrandt portrait lighting, split portrait lighting, and butterfly portrait lighting.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I plan to show 30 hours of evidence through showing my grade in ROP and producing a portfolio consisting of photos of at least two models under each type of lighting that I plan on learning to not only prove that I learned it but also show the effects of different lighting styles on different faces.

3. And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic more in depth.

This will help me explore my topic more in depth through allowing me to get a hands on experience in the areas of portrait lighting and photo retouching, which are two necessities in portrait photography. 

4. Post a log on the right side of your blog near your mentorship log and call it the independent 1 log.