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Experimental white balance
For this blog, we were asked to take the same photo twice: one with the automatic white balance, and one with a creative white balance. I took the first photo in the evening, with a red-colored flashlight pointing towards my dog’s face. I then put this photo into Lightroom, where altered the white balance using…
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Leading lines
50mm, f3, ISO 640, 1/195 Leading lines are a compositional technique that uses either natural or man-made lines to draw the viewer’s eye to a certain point. In this photo, I used the San Francisco buildings, street, and power lines to draw the focus to the most colorful point in the photo. I really liked…
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Windsurfing shoe
50mm, f3.375 , ISO 100, 1/195 This is one of the shoes that I wear windsurfing. They are ripping along the line of the sole, and are a size too big. I loved them through freshman year, but once my socks started peeking through, I retired them to the water. Converse, I’ve found, are perfect…
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Visual Mass
50 mm, f6.34, ISO 320, 1/500 Visual mass refers to the amount of space or attention an element in a photo holds. Balancing visual mass is one way to create unity throughout a photo. For this photo, I created a balance between the attention drawn to the bird, and the attention drawn to its shadow,…
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Mood
50mm, f7, ISO 6400, 1/512 This photo was inspired by my mood. With school ramping up more and more, I’m feel that I’m loosing time to work on my own projects outside of school. This photo was taken in the back of my garage of a half-built car collecting dust. It has been sitting there…
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Self-Portrait
50mm, f3, ISO 800, 1/165 For this photo in the beginning of the year, we were challenged to create a self-portrait of ourselves but without showing our face. I chose my hand as the main subject since physical creation and creativity through my hands is a key part of who I am. This is coupled…
