Macro photography

This photo is of a small patch of grass among some rocks. I had a hard time getting the grass in focus with my phone camera. The rocks right behind the grass are in focus. The green of the grass contrasts with the black and brown of the rocks.

This photo is of a branch of a tree. The sunlight is coming from the left and creates interesting shadows. The background of the photo is out of focus. 

This photo is of a bench at school. The bench has a grid pattern. The background is out of focus. The light creates shadows in the holes of the grid pattern.

Real Birds

In a Tree

In a Drainpipe

On the Roof

The first photo is a photo of a bird in a tree. It is a little fuzzy because the zoom on my camera isn't very good. The sunlight is coming from behind the tree. The tree branches fill the negative space with  tangled lines.

The second photo is of two birds sitting in a drainpipe. The bricks of the wall form a pattern. The birds are in the center of the photo. The shadow of a tree is on the top of the photo. The shadow of a lamp is underneath the drainpipe.

The third photo is of a bird on the roof of a building. Tree branches fill up the negative space in the top of the photo.

Light

This photo is of a shadow puppet. Because of the darkness of the photo, there is a lot of noise around the shadow. 

This photo is of light coming in through two windows. The bars of light are parallel to each other, but not to the top and bottom borders of the photo. If I were to take this photo again, I would focus it more to make the edges of the shadow more crisp.

This photo was taken on a stage behind two background panels. The colored stage lights come in through the crack at different angles, creating one bright white line in the center, one dim white line to the left, and one red line to the right. The lines of light illuminate the lines between the wooden floorboards on the stage.

Photography Quizzes 3/14/2016

I took the photography test on nerdtests.com. I got all ten questions correct. There were a few I didn't know that I guessed on.

I took the quiz on bright hub.com. I got 17 out of 22 questions correct. This one had a lot of questions that I didn't know the answers to. I just guessed on those and some I got right and some I got wrong.

Lonely Tree

This photo is of three friends hanging out by a tree. In the background, there is another tree standing all alone. Both of the trees have crooked branches that create interesting lines across the top of the photograph. 

This tree is all alone in the corner. It is different from the trees in the previous photograph because it is straight. Only two of the branches shoot out to the side. The shadow created from the wall creates a line between the light and dark, creating a cool effect where part of the tree is shaded and part is not.

This tree is alone by a building. One side of the tree is blooming, and the other side is not. The tree's shadow can be seen on the wall behind it and the ground below. 

People hard at work

Geometry

Literature

AP Psychology

This week, I took photos of people working hard on class assignments. 

The first photo is of someone working on geometry homework. His pencil is a little blurry because he was writing. 

The second picture is of two students working on homework in their English/Literature class. The book they are reading is The Great Gatsby. The boy is wearing a black leather jacket. The wall behind him is white, creating some contrast that makes him stand out. 

The third photo is of someone working on an experiment for AP Psychology in the courtyard. The curved lines of her hair contrast with the square lines on her shirt. There is some texture in the grass.

Personification of an Inanimate Object

Reading Glasses

Smiling Dolphin

Eating Mouse

The first photo is of a pair of glasses that appear to be reading a book. The words appear warped in the lens of the glasses. A  few of them are reflected on the bottom of the lens. 

The second photo is of a dolphin bridge. The lines of the ukulele strings are reflected in the paint of the ukulele. One of the strings is bent out of place at the bottom where they are tied together. 

The third photo os of a computer mouse appearing to eat a little piece of a granola bar. The lights reflect off of the mouse's shell, creating four parallel lines on its back.

Food

Potato

Waffle

BLT

The first photo is of a potato. The potato has a similar texture to the counter underneath it. The shadow creates an outline on the bottom of the potato.

The second photo is of a lion waffle on a plate. The waffle is in the center of the plate, and the viewer's eye naturally notices it first. The colored circles create more interest in the photo.

The third photo is of a BLT. There are many different colors and textures in this photo that make it very interesting. Also, it looks very delicious, and it was!

Technology

Xbox

Game Cube

Game Boy Color

I focused on video game consoles when I took pictures of technology. The first photo is of a red Xbox controller. The red shell reflects the light around it. Little white-yellow dots scatter across the surface. The second photo is of a Game Cube. The cord is wrapped in a circle.by the controller. The yellow light on the Game Cube is on, contrasting with the grey and white of the Game Cube and controller. The third photo is of a Game Boy Color with a blue translucent shell. The Game Boy contrasts with the brown wooden background.

Shoes

Tennis Shoes

Dress Shoes

Work Shoes

The first photo is of a pair of tennis shoes. The shoes are worn. I used the flash from the camera. This created shadows under the front of the shoes. The light reflects off of the silver sides.

The second photo is of a pair of dress shoes. The flash reflected off of the front of the shoes. The laces that drape on the sides of the shoes have texture that contrasts with the subtle texture of the shoes.

The third photo is of a pair of work shoes. They are scuffed along the top. The flash didn't reflect off of these shoes like it did on the other shoes. In this photo, I placed one shoe on top of the other one. This leads the eye from the bottom left to the top middle.

Jewelry being worn

The first photo shows a ring on a finger. The ring is made up of three rings, with each one looped inside the other two. 

The second photo shows two bracelets on a wrist. One bracelet is a light blue, and the other is pink. The hand is in a fist. 

The third photo shows a hand laid out on a table with a multi-colored bead bracelet on the wrist.