Photography 101 a BYC taught class *NEW Lesson on Pg. 21*COLOR*

[Msbear]

The poll is open to all BYCers.. even if you did not submit a photo

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=538516

 

[Pokster]

I thought this was a photography class? Is this a competition?

 

[Msbear]

since no one had the time to "teach" our class, we are offering self taught exercises. BUT, the way we learn is by seeing who did the assignment correctly and why. Just like in school, not everyone gets an A but, hopefully, after a few exercises, insight from those those that did better on the assignment and critique from those whom are more experienced, each will see personal improvement in their own photography skills.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Hey guys!

I'm sorry I did not get a chance to reply to anyone. I did not expect this summer to be so busy and thought I would have more time to actually teach a class. I would still like to put something together if there is interest though! Since I don't have any presentations or projects due for the next couple of weeks, I will see what I can come up with.

 

[animalloverabh]

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[tazcat70]

I am going to post what I like about each photo. I will try to keep it positive, and these are just my opinions, I am just stating what I like.... Please do not be hurt by anything I say.

#1 I really like the vertical-ness of the picture. The phone is the positioned in a unique way, with the way the picture it is set up we are not used to seeing a phone in such a different angle..looking up towards the sky.

#2 I like the color contrast between the nice green of the foliage and the dark color of the phone. I think that the brick background is slightly distracting from the picture as a whole.

#3 I love the idea of the phone sitting on the phone book. It tells a story that everyone can relate to, well at least those old enough to know what a phone book is.

If you were to crop this photo down to take out some of the clutter, I think it would have been a fantastic shot!

#4 For anyone who has had a teething child, I am sure this brings back memories.

I think I would have liked the photo more if I could have seen more of the babies mouth on the phone (facing front) with a close of up the drool and mouth and phone.

#5 I love the closeness of the picture and the irregular stacking of the phones. I would have liked being able to tell that they are phones.

#6 I love the box/background! However, I feel it is a little distracting.

#7 Great idea! I am entranced with the shadows on the top of the phone. Lovely picture.

#8 I love the simplicity of this picture. I love the lighting and the fact that this is seeing something that happens on a regular basis from a different angle. The one lit up blade of grass is distracting to me.

#9 I love this picture! I love the blueness and the contrast between the blue and the dark richness of the wood. The picture is an everyday scene, it tells a story and is very visually appealing. Great shot!

#10 I like the idea behind this picture, the different setting. The phone itself is out of focus. There are two ways I would fix this. One would be to have the phone be a background to the grasses.....by this I mean that the main focus would intentionally be on the grasses, the phone would be out of focus and the set up of the picture would be different. I am sure that is clear as mud. The second would be to retake the picture with the phone in focus.

#11 I took this picture in a hurry, I was afraid I would miss the deadline and I really wanted something in for the class. I took a few pics, my daughter was not too happy, but when I went outside I had an idea in my mind. I wanted to show a picture of a phone how we usually see it, but to show it in a different light.

Here is the original picture.

Pretty ho hum... and not what I had in mind. The colors were distracting.... So I took away the colors.

Better but still not what I wanted. So I thought maybe it is what is in the picture....so I cropped it. I took away a lot of those distractions.

The fingernail polish was still taking away from it. I wanted the phone to be what catches the eye. So I took away most of the color.

I thought that they blue metal color would look great, but I didn't count on the pink/reddish cast on the screen. So I took it all way and this is what I was left with.

What I am getting at by showing you all these steps that I took, is that sometimes a good picture is lurking in a ho hum photo, and you just have to make some changes to the original to get to it.

 

[FarmCoe]

Oooo can I join?!?

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

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how cn i mke it look like phones? did u see my other pic?

 

[babymakes6]

Thank you, Taz! I really like how you critiqued every picture-and you did it in a way that left us feeling like we can do it better, but not making us feel that our original is trash!

I did mine (of the baby teething) that way because I wanted the focus to be on the phone, yet it would not have looked right if you couldn't see his face at all.
I am really enjoying this-I got a new camera a week ago, and I want to be able to get great shots with it! It is a Canon Powershot SX130IS, and I LOVE it!!!

 

[tazcat70]

Iheartchicks<3

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how cn i mke it look like phones? did u see my other pic?

Iheartchicks<3

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Yes I did. I really like the one where you took a pic of your phone with it showing the phones. I love the way that in the picture the 2 phones are both in focus and out of focus depending on where you look at. Also the angle that the Samsung is in the picture also adds to it.

The other one is lighter and more details can be seen of the phones so you can tell that they are phones. I like that the green of the phone and the green of the grass are so complimentary.​