Bridgette Goes to College

This assignment was lots of fun. I got to roll around in the grass and take pictures of my BJD (Ball-Jointed Doll for those unfamiliar with the term). BJD's were basically the only things I took pictures of in my teenage years and I was really excited when I found out I was taking a digital photography course because now I can finally take good pictures of my dolls again instead of trying and failing with a cell phone camera and a window. For this assignment I had to focus on things like lighting, angle, aperture, point of view etc. It was hard to decide what picture was the best. Mostly because Nienor, my subject, is just so beautiful and also I'm biased because I did her face-up. In the end, I went with this one because the angle and point of view are unique and I love that I was able to capture the wisps of hair blowing in the wind. I learned that you can't just do what's expected with things like point of view. While I love looking at her face, I think the...

To start off, I just want to say that for me, understanding the actual concepts of apertures and f-stops, particularly the relation between the two terms...it took a hot minute. I figured out what the buttons did on my camera, but I was still confused as hell about the term f-stop, because why is it even called that? Apparently the f stands for focal length, and yeah. I took a series of photos the other day and while I got to pick and choose the best of the bunch, the photo below I think displays all the things I'm supposed to be learning about this week. Depth of Field  Sharpness Dynamic Range Ok, there's more things I'm supposed to be learning, but those were the top three for this particular assignment.  I haven't learned how to talk about photos like a Photography Elitist yet, so bear with me. I think this image was the first one I took that I actually got the results I was looking for. I fiddled around with aperture and f-stops for a long tim...

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