Journal 8

Over the weekend my AAU basketball team had a bake sale at the outlet center. A lot of people were coming in and out and I had asked a few different people if I could take pictures of them. An old man had came in, and he had a lot of wrinkles on his face. I asked him if I could take a picture of him for my photography class, but he said no because he was in a hurry. If I was able to take his picture I would have positioned him in front of the white wall, so the background wasn't distracting. I would have used a low aperture so that the focus would be on the man only. I would have taken it of his face only so that you could really focus on his face. There was unatural light coming from the ceiling. I was using a film camera so I wasn't able to adjust the settings based on where I was. Luckily I got a lot of other good pictures of interesting people.

Journal 7

Over the weekend I had a basketball tournament in Arlington, Vermont. My games were early so I was on the road at 6:30 in the morning. As we were driving I looked out the window and noticed this beautiful view. There were some trees in the foreground and then there were many mountains in the background. The sun was giving a reddish tint to the trees, and the sky was red and orange. I tried to take the picture with my iPod, but the quality was really bad and it didn't come out good. If I was able to take this picture I would use aperture priority and use a high aperture so that everything would be in focus. I would make it in color so you could see the different colors and shadows. I also would have tried to take it as a panorama, so I could show all the details of the shot.

Journal 5

This morning when I was driving to school and as we were driving I noticed that the road we were driving through was really pretty. The trees had snow stuck to them, and were bending over. The road wasn't very pretty though, because it was all slushy. I would have wanted to take this photo in black and white because you would be able to see the contrast of the darks and lights. I would have used aperture priority and used a high aperature so that everything would be in detail. I might be able to take this photo again if I visited the scene right after or while it was snowing.

Journal 4

Over vacation, I went out to shoot with a digital camera for the elements assignment. I went out into the woods in the back of my Grandpa's house. As I was walking into the woods I noticed a really big bird sitting on a tree branch. I brought my camera up to my eye, but as I did that the bird flew away. I tried to get a picture of it flying away, but it came out really blurry. The sun wasn't out, and it was raining. If I was able to take this picture again and get the bird flying I would want to use a fast shutter speed so I could capture the motion of the bird. I don't know if I would be able to take the picture again of that specific bird, but I would probably be able to get a picture of another bird. I would want to shoot the picture in color so you would be able to see the colors of the bird.