Optical Illusions

Reflection:

 Now I know these photos seem plain and simple, though they still go under as optical illusions, I just thought this was more unique and it's something I prefer than other objectives. Alright the first one appear to have two identical bracelets, nice there two right?....WRONG! There is only one bracelet can you tell which is the real one? It's the one on above the other bracelet. WOW! Second photo, there appears to be two nickels right? Then there's one balanced on the other too? No! It's only one nickel ad there's nothing being balanced atop of something else. COOL! Yes this is the magic of illusions and power of optical illusions. Okay here's the trick... I use a mirror to reflect the object and take the picture at a angle and in a way to make it seem as if there's two. Then the same goes to the nickel though I've placed a paper at a certain spot to seem as if it's a flat surface. Looks good right? The second photo seems so much better cause it was difficult to get the angle, point of view, and correct measurements to set up and take the photograph. 

Aperture Priority exercise

Daylight Aperture

Shallow DOF: Aperture 4.5 Shutter Speed 1/40

Greater DOF: Aperture 5.6 Shutter Speed 1/30

Indoor Aperture

Shallow DOF: Aperture 3.0 Shutter Speed 1/8

Greater DOF: Aperture 3.5 Shutter Speed 1/6

Horizon Aperture

Shallow DOF: Aperture 8.0 Shutter Speed 1/200

Greater DOF: Aperture 19.0 Shutter Speed 1/80

Light Painting

Action Project

Stop Action

F9 1/500

F8 1/500

F8 1/500

F7 1/500

F9 1/500

(Best)

Peak Action

F4.5 1/125

F4.5 1/125

F5.6 1/160

F5.6 1/160

F9 1/500
(Best)

Panning Action

F18 1/60

F19 1/60

F17 1/60

F17 1/60

F14  1/60

(Best)

Vantage Point

Normal eye view

Normal eye view

Bird's eye view

Birds eye view

Worm's eye view

Worm's eye view

Reflection: I think my favorite photo was the birds eye view with my dog because it was different then what angle I would normally use. I also thought it was very creative to take it this way because you can't really tell how tall he is but only the length of his body. This is what the birds eye vantage view did to make this affect of how tall and long he is. This picture is much more different and unique then other pictures I've taken of him in any way.

Composition

Fill the Frame

Fill the Frame

Fill the Frame

Simplify

Simplify

Pattern/Texture

Pattern/Texture

Leading Lines

Leading Lines

Written Reflection:

The top three photos that I took are...the first one of fill the frame(yellow flowers), the second one in the category of simplify(side way view of eye), and the third of the first one from Pattern/Texture(flowers in a row). I feel that these are the best because they were taken in the way and angle I wanted. The flower one was taken up close to be nice and clear then the background was a blur. It was interesting how I took the picture without noticing how nice everything matched up and became nice with the colors. This picture was one of the best ones because it matched nicely with the definition of a picture with the composition of "simplify", it was different and had less in the frame. I thought it was interesting to take the picture from the side because it made you focus on the eye even though part of the picture wasn't just of the face. I thought the third one with the flowers in a row was a best one because it matched perfectly in the category of a pattern(flower sizes). Also interesting because it was something unexpected to be a pattern when some were blurred out and others focused on. To complete this project I had to understand how to follow the rules to the compositions we had to choose from. So I chose to pick fill the frame, simplify, pattern/texture, and leading lines. For fill the frame it was to have the focal point  fill a lot of the frame so it's obvious what we're looking at. Then to simplify we simply look real close at what we're looking at. The pattern/texture composition is to take a picture that has something to relate to a pattern and/or texture. Then leading lines is anything that is a "line" and leads to an object, person, or the focal point.

Inspirational Photographer

This picture was taken by photographer Nathan Buck and he titled it "Cosmos 3". I chose this image
because I liked how he has th flower in focus on a certain spot and then the rest is a blur of color. The center of the flower is in great detail that made me want to really observe it. I really like how it's both simple and detailed at the same time. I also want to add how I really like these cosmos flowers, and I like to see another way or angle into taking a picture of one.

Free Choice Photography

This is a picture taken at my aunt's house, I love the flowers she has here, both my favorite. I took this at a late time of day when there's still light with this less lit place. I like that the flowers to the left are all different shades instead of them all being one color. A nice garden that I admire with it's colorful shades and greenery.

At first glance I believed all the flowers were actually real until I took a closer look. I mainly like to take pictures of flowers because they're an image that can be nice framework. I thought on just taking a picture of the tall purple flowers then stepping back you see at least four different kinds.

This place is a park nearby one of my relative's house. I enjoyed looking at how spacious, wide, and beautiful everything looks. I really like how even though there's a lot of the color green in the picture, the light in different spots makes it look really good.To give you a feel of how tall the tree's are... I'll say that I'm not close at all to be taller than what's located at the center bottom of this picture(I'm between five and six feet in height).