Lighting Final Critique

When i showed my mom my blog post of the photos i took of her my mom said she was surprised that i actually liked her. She was pleasantly surprised of what i had to say, and it was very touching and made her cry. My mom said she feels as if all the photos i took do represent her personality. Her favorite photo was the 4th one because she likes to do things she enjoys and that i captured her in that moment.

Lighting Final

For this project i photographed my mom because she is an important person in my life. When i was only 2 years old my mom and dad got divorced, so my whole life I've been raised by only my mom. Without my mom i would have no one to look up to, or have someone to cheer my up when needed. My mom has done everything for me throughout my life. Not only is she my mom but my best friend, we always do stuff together. I chose these poses because my mom is very funny and outgoing, and is always laughing or doing something stupid to make me laugh. My mom loves flying kites on her free time, and loves pretzels. This unit has made my photography improve, it was difficult but made it so i have to choose different lighting's, and even angles. Overall, this project was a good experience.                                                                       

Lighting Final Contact Sheet

Lighting

While working with different types of light I've learned it's very important to focus on your subject closely and make sure there inst a glare, or lighting at weird angle. Lighting is an important thing when taking a picture, if it's too dark you can't see and if it's too light it makes it also difficult to see. if i were to complete this project again, i would work more with soft and hard lighting.

Natural 

Existing  

Artificial 

Silhouette

 In this unit i enjoy using the non-traditional way of taking silhouette shots. Photoshop has a variety of options and things to choose from to edit your picture, i really like the set up and what photoshop has to offer with layers. The outcomes of my photos i think are pretty good, i could've done better with  the shape editing but otherwise, the outcomes are great.