My first assignment was Seeing Green. A took photos of a green bicycle, a student's green shoes, and the grayish green window of the University Hospital. When looking for subjects to shoot, I tried to avoid leaves and plants, but look for something I usually would not pay attention to. It was cloudy that day, and I had to adjust the iso from time to time, but still, the photo of the hospital window was underexposed, and the window didn't look green enough, as it was reflecting the color of sky, which was full of light gray clouds.
From the feedbacks, I realized that I was not close enough to the subjects when I was shooting. For example, the pair of shoes. I could have tried getting down further or even lying or on the ground, so the camera would be on the same level with the pair of shoes, instead of from a look-down angle. Also, I learned that I need to crop dead spaces out when editing the photo. In that bicycle photo, there is also a blue bicycle on the left side. Even though it was just a small part of the picture, but it could become a distraction to the color that I wanted to emphasis, so I probably need to crop that bit out as well.
My second Seeing Color assignment is red. This time I paid more attention to the composition, exposure, and texture of the picture, and also, I tried to find red colors that really pop out from the background, and try to get closer when shooting the details, and pay more attention to dead space when editing, to make the color to appear as the only focus, and also make the picture look more complete.
From the feedbacks, I realized that I was not close enough to the subjects when I was shooting. For example, the pair of shoes. I could have tried getting down further or even lying or on the ground, so the camera would be on the same level with the pair of shoes, instead of from a look-down angle. Also, I learned that I need to crop dead spaces out when editing the photo. In that bicycle photo, there is also a blue bicycle on the left side. Even though it was just a small part of the picture, but it could become a distraction to the color that I wanted to emphasis, so I probably need to crop that bit out as well.
My second Seeing Color assignment is red. This time I paid more attention to the composition, exposure, and texture of the picture, and also, I tried to find red colors that really pop out from the background, and try to get closer when shooting the details, and pay more attention to dead space when editing, to make the color to appear as the only focus, and also make the picture look more complete.
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