Madelyn Paschall – Redwood Photography

Final Project – Mady Paschall

Madelyn Paschall — Tue, 28 May 2024 20:40:56 +0000

Changing of Seasons

Objective: Take photos that capture the changing of the seasons. These pictures should be taken during the transition of seasons to create a feeling of change or time passing. For example students can take pictures of the autumn leaves falling from the trees as we transition to winter.

Exploration: Students should go outside and explore around campus or other spaces in nature that are transitioning from one season to another. Students should find things that represent time passing as the seasons change.

Photography: To create these pictures students should use different settings on their cameras like adjusting the shutter speed and aperture to create a different mood. Students should also use lighting and angles techniques to capture the changing of seasons. Each student should have at least two different pictures that show the change of seasons over time in a different way.

Editing and Composition: Once students have taken their pictures they can edit their photos by adjusting the lighting, colors, and shadows to help express the change that’s happening. Editing the pictures can help change the mood by making us feel a certain way. For example if you want to capture the transition from winter to spring you can brighten the picture or darken it depending on the mood you want your audience to feel.

Submission: Once students have finished the project they can upload the pictures to Redwood Photography and name the file firstname.lastname.seasons changing.24. Then update your portfolio and add your new photos.

Tools Needed:
-Camera

-Editing (Adobe, Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.)

Additional Notes:

Safety: While completing the project be sure to be careful and aware of your surroundings and others around you.

Mindfulness: Always be careful while using your camera and be cautious of what you are doing.

Final Notes: Be creative and think outside the box! Use the skills you have learned to create photos you are proud of. Remember these pictures are supposed to be capturing change so try to make the audience feel something when they see your work.

Aperture Priority Reflection: Mady Paschall

Madelyn Paschall — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 23:50:48 +0000

Aperture plays an important rule in taking pictures. Aperture is the depth of field that a camera catches.The aperture number determines the opening size of the lens. A higher number of apertures actually creates a deep depth of field. With larger depth of field the subject is included in the background and the picture is all in focus. However a smaller aperture number results in a shallow depth of field. A shallow depth of field is when the subject is separated by their background. This makes the subject in focus but the background blurry. Through this experience I learned what a difference it makes when just changing the aperture by a little. When doing this assignment I found it easier to make a great picture by using a shallower depth of field. I like the way it looks when the subject is in focus and the background is blurry because it shows what you want the person to focus on when they look at the photo. I was able to adjust the aperture to what I wanted easily. One problem I had was when I changed the aperture the shutter speed was changing to 1/10 of a second because the ISO number was too low. Once I was able to change the ISO the shutter speed was not so long. Overall I learned a lot about aperture during this experience.

Shutter Priority Reflection: Mady Paschall

Madelyn Paschall — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:20:36 +0000

Through this experience I learned the significance of shutter speed when taking pictures. Increasing and decreasing the shutter speed number can change a picture in so many ways. When you increase the shutter speed number this allows the camera to open and close the shutter faster. However when the shutter speed number is decreased the shutter is opened for a longer period of time. This is because the number is a fraction of a second. To get a picture where the subject was in focus and the background was blurry I would increase the shutter speed number to be higher. I would do this because I was trying to freeze time and if the subject is moving the shutter has to open and close quickly so that the subject won’t turn out blurry. When I took a picture where the subject was blurry and the background was focused I would decrease the shutter speed number. This would allow the camera to open the shutter for a long time and capture the subject in motion. I found it easier to blur the subject and focus the background because all I needed to do was hold still and take the picture of the subject in action. Another thing that is affected by shutter speed is the lighting in a picture. When the shutter speed is higher there is less time for light to come in so pictures often turn out darker. Although when the shutter speed is a smaller number the camera is allowing more light to come though so the pictures are lighter.