Tori Patterson – Redwood Photography

Tori P. Future class assignment (Final)

Tori Patterson — Mon, 27 May 2024 18:11:05 +0000

OBJECTIVE: Have students establish a style or identify the parts of a photo that define the style.
HOW TO: Students will take 3 pictures that all have a similar “style” weather it’s lighting, angles, or subjects that make that style. Then capture one more pictures that is an opposing style. For example 3 underexposed rich pictures and one bright more faded picture; or 3 close up pictures with odd angles and one simple eye level picture.
side note: the style doesn’t have to be obvious, it could be whatever they decide as long as they can describe their style and have a contrasting picture

SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENT #2

OBJECTIVE: students will play with the idea of self portraits and using their camera out of hand. They will learn about becoming familiar with pre-setting iso sitter spear and aperture for specific environment by forcing them to take pictures where they can’t just (for lack of a better word) click change, click change, click change, until they’re happy with they’re settings. Similarly they can also use it to practice posing and what they like as far as portraiture which is a very common field of photography.
HOW TO: students will capture 3 self portraits in different environments such as inside, outside, shade, sun, cloudy. They’ll also keep count of how many shots they took before they got the one they wanted. Hopefully each different shot/ setting change will have less retakes displaying an increased ability to understand lighting and anticipate setting changes.

Aperture Priority Reflection -Tori Patterson

Tori Patterson — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:12:46 +0000

The latest assignment in photog has been Aperture priority. In comparison to Shutter Priority, I enjoyed Aperture way more. I also enjoyed more opportunities to capture pictures with different aperture effects. A few plants around the Redwood campus served well as models but my favorite pictures came from the vineyard. The local LDS church held our probably last grape harvest at the Madera service Vinyard. The harvest is a tradition with many families so after the fact I decided to take some pictures around the rows. I was able to capture a place that holds memories and has helped many people while also practicing with aperture and shooting in bright sun. The aperture, also known as F-stop or depth of field on a camera affects the depth of the area in your picture that is in focus. For example, you can change it to blur the background for a portrait or vice versa have a blurry foreground and a crisp background. Depth of field is one of my favorite effects on a photo. I enjoy using it to highlight my subject or focus and blur out distractions. Learning to understand Aperture undoubtedly will serve me well when shooting pictures.

Shutter Priority Reflection -Tori Patterson

Tori Patterson — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:36:02 +0000

Barely having lifted our cameras, Millers photog class found ourselves with our first assignment. The first priority on our list is shutter priority. Catching moments frozen in time, along with motion streaking across the frame. We learned to manipulate settings and navigate camera complications. For about a week I wandered campus and main street looking for opportunities. The color guard provided lots of opportunities to capture the motion blur, along with cars on the main street. For Motion Freeze Emily Dean was my primary model. The constant motion around campus was unbelievably helpful. At first, it seemed redwood, during class periods, would be a pretty dry place for finding shots but as Emily and I looked around we noticed more and more options. From this point, it was time for a shot list. A common challenge we faced was exposure. The shutter speed also affects the exposure of your photo so finding the balance and making constant adjustments on my camera was crucial. The majority of my photos didn’t turn out as is common but by the end of the week, The practice paid off. I’ve gained an exceptional amount of knowledge from this assignment that will 100% come to use in my future photog endeavors.