I was very excited to photograph the eclipse because I have never seen an eclipse in real life before. I found the moon quickly, dialed in my settings (1.6s ISO 250 f/2.8), and composed my shot. I tried to frame the moon in the center of a few tree branches to make the picture more interesting and give it a sense of scale. I was pretty happy with the result, given that I left the tripod in the car and used the ground for stability. Who says you need a tripod to photograph the eclipse?
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These are pictures of the Lions Gate Bridge. The first picture is one that a typical tourist would take. The picture is very flat and boring. The second picture has another perspective of Lions Gate Bridge. It is shot directly beneath the bridge. Although it taken on the same rainy day, this picture has much more life in it because of the green vegetation. The pristine paint on the metal supports contrasts with the rusted chain-link fence on the ground. The bridge supports on the other side of the water gives the picture a sense of depth
My symmetrical and asymmetrical photos are close up shots of plant leaves. Even though I used a wide aperture, I still had to shoot on a tripod. I found that it is easier to take asymmetrical photos than symmetrical ones. For the symmetrical picture, I had to find the perfect leaf without major imperfections on it and shoot it at a certain angle to make it centered. I really liked the symmetrical picture because of the contrasting veins on the leaf.
This photo was inspired by Adam Kokot. His photos are vibrant and exciting yet mostly in greyscale. This is an exciting photo of a cyclist in downtown Vancouver. I converted the picture to grey scale and added vignetting to make the mood dark and mysterious. I panned with the cyclist to make him stand out more against the background.
During summer, my family and I went to California for vacation. We went to Universal Studios in Hollywood and saw how movies were made and watched an amazing live show. Then, we headed to San Francisco. On the way, we saw some beautiful scenery from rolling hills to the pristine shoreline. As the sun set and we neared our destination, I saw some elephant seals sunbathing on a beach. Later, I visited Stanford and downtown San Francisco. It was a great experience and the most memorable experience of my summer.
The 6 bad snapshots are all related to plants. When I started doing this assignment, I thought it will be very easy to take 6 bad photos. However, I soon found out that the auto features of the phone make it very difficult to purposely make a bad photo. I have to try very hard to find the limit of the phone camera. The first snapshot had a distracting foreground and rolling shutter distortion. The other snapshots either contained unfocused subjects or distracting backgrounds.
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