On the website “How to Capture Motion Blur in Photography” it is explaining to beginner photographers how to capture motion and blur correctly in a photo. Photographers normally only think about taking motion and blur pictures when taking photos of athletes playing or fast-moving objects like cars. One way in order to take a better motion or blur picture is to change the shutter speed. The shutter helps to see the amount of time that the shutter of the camera is open long enough in order to allow the cameras image sensor to see the moving  object well. But then again the shutter speed will be determined by the moving object and how fast it is moving which will determine what speed it should be on.

There are many settings you could change for a photo in order to take the perfect motion and blur photo. One of the most important settings would be the shutter priority mode which would be perfect to use for motion photos. Which this means that you would need to change the photo to full Manual Mode or Shutter Priority Mode. This mode helps you choose your shutter speed and you’re able to change most of the settings like the aperture. This mode is very helpful and a great choice for taking photos that show motion. The other mode which would be Manual Mode would be helping getting the aperture and shutter speed on the right balance to get the perfect lighting.

Compensating will not be affected by how much lighting enters the shutter but if anything will be helpful and can make the photo better. Which this photo will lead to exposed shots. The aperture is best to be cut down by lighting and just have the right amount for the photo which you can do by adjusting the aperture. By decreasing the ISO it is a different way to have the right amount of lighting on the photo and it is a different way to compensate on a photo. A higher number will make it more sensitive to light and a lower number will make the sensor less sensitive. A neutral density filters cut down the light passing through your lens and into your camera. there are many ways in which you can use to take better motion pictures.

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Photography is able to bring us all together without knowing and connect us in many ways it tends to carry a power within it. Many people assume that photos are taken because they’re “cool” but that’s not why they are taken bit it gives glimmers of hope and a look for solutions. Pictures are taken to see the more artistic side of the world and see it through different views. By saying that it shows that when taking a picture there are two different points of views to see the photo. One is by seeing it through the photographers eyes and the other is by seeing it through the audiences eyes. As the man said he tried to save his son from drowning but the son saw it as why are u taking me out without knowing he was trying to be a hero All photos are able to be seen through different points of views and seen differently through everybody.

Photos are able to address many important topics. A simple photo could demonstrate many thoughts or meanings within the photo to show a story or to send a message to the audience. For example it was shown when the photographer took the picture of the woman with a mess in the back. It was able to focus on her and show everything about her and didn’t show much of the mess in the back. Then it shows of the photo of the elephant with the horns which was taken to show how beautiful they look with the horns. this was shown because they take off the horns and sell them which shows a sad story to the photo to send an important message to stop buying them to save the elephants from being hurt.

Photography is a different way to show how artistic you are and is a fun way to express yourself through a photo. You are able to do this by setting the mood of the photo and sending a message through the photo to represent your artistic style. You can see how the guy was always enjoying his time taking photos of the Leopard Seal. He had an amazing time taking photos of the seal and was able to learn more about them. He ended up having a connection with the Leopard Seal and they were able to have a bon which led to having better photos. Photography is able to make a connection between the other person or animal and the photographer which shows that photography is able to lead positive things around the world by creating connections with eachother.

For my collage i was able to use 12 things that represent me very well because these are some of the things I love. I chose Netflix and then added a picture of the Vampire Diaries because this is something that I have been very caught up on. I have been watch the Vampire Diaries for over three months and just finished it and i plan on rewatching it again. The reason why it represents me is because i have grown onto it and I love the show and how it is. Then I chose Netflix because I am normally on Netflix watching shows or movies such as The Vampire Diaries. Legacies, and The Originals. This is why I chose those two picture for my collage that represent me very well.

Then I chose the America and Mexico symbol for the soccer teams that I go for. The reason why I chose these two symbols for my collage to visually represent me is because I personally love soccer. I love watching the games of my two favorite teams and I love to play soccer which I’ve been playing for over 20 years now. Soccer has been a big part of my life and I have grown into it and it came from being a hobby to a passion. Then I chose the America symbol because I have gone for this team since I was  new born my dad put this team on me and now I watch every game with him and it has made us grow a stronger bond. This is why I have chose the America and Mexico soccer symbol because I have grown a passion for soccer and love it very much.

Then some of the last things that I chose for my collage is food. The food that I chose is a raspado, hot cheetos, and tacos. The reason why I chose these is because I love tacos de carne asada or de carnitas. I always eat tacos with salsa verde or salsa roja with lemon which I love to eat. Then I chose the raspado because sometimes when I would go out on the weekends me and my family would go to Xtreme Raspados and we would go and buy stuff and I would always get that. Then I chose the hot Cheetos because normally three times a week I eat  a bowl with hot Cheetos lemon chamoy and a bit of salt because I love to eat hot Cheetos.

Episode 1. Top Photographer with Nigel Barker

In this show there are different contestants who are supposed to complete the task and do the best they possibly can even it might not be the work there used to doing they have to do there best. They have 30 minutes to capture a photo of there main focus and do the best to get the essence of the person. They each have to figure out a pose angles lighting and the way that they’ll shoot the picture in order to come out with the perfect picture to also focus on the personality of the main focus. As the challenges go they will eliminate one person and see which is the best picture and as they keep going the challenges will get even more difficult. David is a famous photographer for sports and music which means he takes photos of famous athletes or musicians and he is able to capture the right moment to take a beautiful photo. The main challenge for the contestants this episode was to capture the essence and to get to the core of the subject and have all these things in a photo. I feel like this show could be useful for beginners to see how professionals work and how sometimes you have a certain amount of time to take the perfect photo. This would also be useful to see how the judges judge the pictures and see what you should have in your photo and what you shouldn’t so others could learn and see how to capture a perfect photo. I feel as if being a photographer takes a lot of dedication because how you have to see every little thing for the photo for example the lighting the background the angles and much more.

Episode 1. Top Photographer with Nigel Barker

In the second episode they will be shooting for a famous designer and shooting for her campaign. They have to capture the idea of the clothes and capture a beautiful picture for the campaign but at the same time they have to take some risks. They are shooting these photos with the canon ds and they were each able to choose there model which inspired them the most from how they look and how there dress is. There main focus has to be the dress they have to bring out the dress as much as they can. They have to work with the dress, the model, and see how there hair and makeup will be which the last part is something they have to choose in order to take the perfect photo for the campaign. Then they had 30 minutes to take photos in a room and they were able to get creative and takes photos everywhere in the room. But the only struggle was that they had to see where the angles, the lighting, retouching the photo, editing, fixing lighting, and much more in a short period of time. I feel as if this task was more difficult considering that some of the contestants haven’t done this style of photography and how they had to bring out the dress with many things in the background. But overall its a better challenge so they could improve there photography and see what they have to do for these specific tasks. For example in order to bring out the dress they need to move things from the background so it wont take away the focus from the dress and they need to bring it out with lighting and angles as much as possible.

JPEG: This is one of the well know files and its compressed quickly in the camera, and thus result in a loss of detail and quality they also store as much memory on the memory card as it can. The benefits is that it is a quicker file transfer times because of the smaller file size and one negative is that there’s less opportunity for image manipulation in photo editing software.

TIFF: This one is commonly used industry-standard file format and this file tends to take a lot of storage not only on your memory card but on your computer as well. One positive about it is that it has the ability to manipulate photos extensively in photo editing software and a negative is that it is a larger size which takes a lot of storage.

RAW: Raw is normally advanced compact cameras that are the best files for your cameras which is normally recommended by the professional photographers. One benefit from this is that it has an extensive options in post-processing and image manipulation but one negative is that the bigger file sizes means that there are more storage needed and longer post-processing times.

DNG: This format which was made by , created by Adobe which is a way to make a standard raw file format for the camera. One benefit from this file is that it has the ability to use the image processing software such as Lightroom and Photoshop then the negative is that it takes extra time to convert camera raw files to DNG.

PNG: This file was designed in the 90’s as a different and improved version of the GIF but the PNG are good for the internet which is used for it. One benefit from this file is that lossless compression means good image quality, which isn’t compromised when editing and one negative to it is that the quality will not be good enough for printing at any size.

GIF: The GIF is ideal for use on the internet and like a different file they allow for animation and are also have the ability to maintain transparency. One of the benefits is that it has a small file size that makes these ideal for use on the web and the negative is that it doesn’t support partial transparency like drop shadows.

BMP: This file was made by Microsoft and is another lossless file format that is a large file sizes as colour data is saved in each individual pixel in the image without any compression. One of the benefits from this is that it can be used for printing as images are saved in high quality format and one negative is that it is large files which means more storage is being taken.

PSD: This file is what Adobe Photoshop uses as a default to save data and this type of file allows for manipulation which is good. One benefit from this file is that once the image is ready it can be re-saved as any other file format and a negative from this is that the layered files can be incredibly large in size due all of the additional data stored.

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I feel as if I have a good composition because I was able to take pictures of my main focuses and have enough lighting and the right amount of filter to make my pictures the way that I wanted to. I feel as if I edited my pictures good to match the aesthetic that I wanted to to be. For example I did 3 black and white pictures but one is darker then the two others to give more of a mood to the picture. Then the pictures with the eyes to be in black and white to match the mood that the eyes are giving which means to match the emotion the eyes are giving off. If I shot these types of pictures again I would figure out a way how to use the framing better and to show more emotion through the pictures. Then lastly I feel like my pictures are not that good to be better then the other students because I feel as if I didn’t do that good and maybe others did much better then me.

My piece on surrealism which is hot air balloons in space.

The image that I chose and stood out to me was by Rene Magritte which is called “Not to Be Reproduced,1937”. This picture stood out to me because I found it ironic how the person is looking through the mirror and as its reflection it is showing the back of him. I feel like it is showing multiplicity considering how in the original picture it shows multiples backs in mirrors. It maybe trying to show the viewer multiplicity to give the idea of how there are many people that may not show how they truly are but can easily show how they turn there backs on you. But I find it ironic how they couldn’t just show there faces as if they were all staring at mirrors to demonstrate this which makes it more special and what made it stand out to me and this is why I chose it.

This was my trip to San Diego I was able to see different things around. many things that I was able to see are beautiful views of the world and how everything looks in a different city. There were many beautiful places that inspired me and I was able to take different pictures of the city to not only remember how everything was but to improve my photography skills.

Automatic Mode: This mode tells your camera to use the modes and to select shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance, focus and flash to take the best shot that it can. But with other cameras this mode lets you use more flash or lets you use the red eye reduction.

Portrait Mode: When you switch to this mode it will automatically change to a larger aperture which helps keep the background out of the focus which gives a blur affect. This helps you make sure that the background wont take away the focus from the main focus that you’re taking a picture of.

Macro Mode: This mode helps you to get close up to your subject to take a picture closer which this is great for taking picture of flowers or other plants. On other cameras this mode is a bit different because it sometimes has different capabilities including different focusing distances.

Landscape Mode: This mode is the complete opposite of portrait mode because instead the aperture is set very low to focus on everything. This mode is perfect for taking picture of larger scenes for explain a forest or a beach view.

Sports Mode: This mode is perfect for taking pictures of athletes playing since they are moving but it is also good for moving objects including people playing sports, pets, cars, wildlife etc. This helps you take the perfect photo without having a blur or a picture of someone moving this helps focus on the moment even if they are moving.

Night Mode: This mode is wonderful for playing with because of all the colors and beautiful photographs it can take. This mode is good for low light situations and sets your camera to use a longer shutter speed to help capture details of the background and it also illuminates the foreground.

Movie Mode: The movie mode extends your digital camera from just capturing still images to also capturing moving ones. There’s 8 different modes for example one is beach mode in which its a bright scene mode.

Aperture Priority Mode: This mode is more a of a mode in which you choose all the aperture, ISO, and shutter speed to give the perfect exposure. Which this means that you can learn all the things to have a good exposure and also means you can have a larger depth of fields.

Shutter Priority Mode: It is almost the same as aperture priority but the difference is it selects a shutter speed and the camera then chooses all of the other settings. This could be an easier mode for when you just need to change the shutter in order to capture the moving perfect moment.

Program Mode: Program is kind of the same as auto but the only difference is that it gives you a bit more of control over the features. Some of the feature that you are able to control better are flash, white balance, ISO etc.

Manual Mode: In this mode you have full control of your camera and the settings which means you change everything. for example in this mode you would need to change the shutter speed, ISO, aperture, flash, and verything needed to change.

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One tip that you should follow when taking portrait photos is to never select all the focal points for the portraits. It is best to use only one of the focal points because it gives the photographer full control of what they are doing. The second tip that could help is shooting wide for a better shallow depth of field. This could help to make your pictures better and to have better quality and brightness but it is best to invest in a bigger lens so it can be fast and capable of wide aperture value. The third tip that could is using an existing reflector in order to reflect light to your picture. For example, most delivery trucks are white so you can reflect the light off of there in order to have a brighter picture and be able to have more light in it or the right amount of light. The fourth tip is to keep out powerlines, signs, or anything that could take away the focus on the main focus. This helps to show the viewer what the main focus of the photo could be and could focus on the main thing. The last tip which is the fifth is that on cloudy days it is good to go out and take some photos. The reason for this is that they create a huge blanket of natural lighting which helps to only have on type of lighting because of other days its normally different colors. These are a few tips that could help you in photography.