4.2 Independent Project Two
What you photograph in this project is completely up to you. It could be a portrait of your kids, a landscape, something for your classes/classroom, a themed image, etc. Make it challenging, useful and fun for yourself. I'm sure I'll enjoy it too.
There is so much helpful information online - if you googled, "landscape golden hour desert", you are going to get back examples, tips, and lessons galore. You are absolutely not alone - gazillions (that may be a small exaggeration, it's more like bazillions) of folks like us are looking to share ideas towards improving our photography.
If you are looking for additional ideas, there are numerous weekly photo challenges that could provide motivation, peer feedback, and bring out the competitor in you
. Jump in, get inspired and submit your photo to the group and this assignment.
- Photochallenge.org
- PetaPixel Weekly Challenge
- Digital Photography School Weekly Challenge Results
- Flickr Weekly Challenge - This is one of many groups on Flickr that have weekly challenges. You can join them all!
Post your independent project photo here for evaluation. You may embed image(s) in your post or if they are large and you want to show them off in higher resolution, you can attach them. You may also do both as described in the video below. You are welcome to post several images.
Also, write a paragraph describing your project. You might include some of these thoughts:
- What you did for this assignment.
- How you composed the shot - lighting, camera settings, gear, etc. Less can be more!
- What was new for you?
- Links to helpful (or useless) tutorials you used.
- Any useful MacGyver hacks?
- Would you recommend this activity to others?
- Will you be using this activity in your instruction and if so, how?
- Any other thoughts, observations, and insights.
(psst....it's not cheating to improve your photos in LightZone)
Here is a video tutorial on how you can embed and attach images.
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
I used my Nikon Coolpix AW130 to take this picture of a sea anemone. I used the saturation tool in LZ to enhance the color a bit.
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
I took this picture while in Eastern Europe. Fields of sunflowers are everywhere!
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
Purple flowers taken with a large aperture
When I was taking pictures in my back yard for several assignments, I started noticing details in my yard that I have never seen before. I was intrigued by the little holes and cracks in my fence that gave me a glimpse into the space beyond my yard. I loved how the cracks and holes framed my view. I played around with the settings when I was shooting these pictures to see what worked best. I found my macro setting on my camera worked well for these. Once I finished shooting the pictures I pulled them up in LightZone to crop and edit. I love how the camera has forced me to slow down and notice small details around me.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
In this project I was working on the concept of a grand landscape. Beside IR BW I love excessive color and scale. Well, sometimes I can take it too far but hopefully not today. I love to travel and am in awe of the beauty all around us. To get out of our everyday surroundings, it helps me see the Grand. A few of these shots are HDR to boost the saturation and even out the extremes of the exposure. There is also one that is a merged panoramic. I find when I get back from one of these trips, I start seeing my everyday surrounding in a new light and see opportunity in my own backyard. I often discuss with my photo students that photography is often an art of seeing the everyday as new. But these photos are more out of the ordinary landscape.
I wish I knew what kind of bird this is. I spotted it high up in a tree. I was directly below it and was able to zoom in nicely.
