Photography has always been something I loved doing, on an iPhone at least. Coming into digital photography I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew, however, that I found taking photos a fun past time. The most experience I had with even editing an image was filtering the natural colors out of my six grade instagram. Opening photoshop was extremely overwhelming to me. I was definitely intimidated by this class. The first time we were told we had to create a photo assignment around a single topic I thought I had it all under control. During the weekend of shooting I came to find that it was a lot harder than I anticipated. The point and shoot cameras where new territory for me and my subject (my cat) kept moving. I did what I could with the assignment but I knew it wasn't my best work. From there on throughout the rest of the trimester, I worked on the mechanics behind the photos. I forced on shutter speed, aperture, white balance, and patience with the subjects. I learned photography is a lot more technical than it looks; not only do you have to have the creativity to look beyond everyday objects but you have to capture them in the best way possible. I also learned that photoshop is not as hard as I anticipated. Taking time and learning the basics help me create and style my base images to change there context or display. This year has taught me tons of skills I hope to continue using and definitely will keep taking photos.
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