I notice many of these youth are embracing the counter-culture of the 1970's. At this time many youth were questioning the values on which they were raised. Kids and teens pursued social freedom. Today kids are moving away from tradition in a similar way. I've noticed many that embrace technology more so than adults.
(43) How do you think this photo was created?
This appears to be a sort of long exposure shot. One way or another the dancer was suspended in the air. This was probably so that a solid image of her is created in the center of the frame. I am surprised at the crispness of the image. I usually have a hard time with this in long exposure shots.
(44) Tell me about a funny, random, or scary encounter you’ve had with an animal.
I had a cat when I was younger. He was orange and white, and named Fluffy. Fluffy was a sadist. He would often attack my family and I without warning. He typically showed little affection to any of us except for my father. He would typically attack my father as well. No one was safe.
(45) We are going to be doing another set of portraits soon, using the lighting studio in the back of the room. What kind of portraits would you like to take?
I'd like my studio portraits to look very professional. I'll tweak my lighting to appear very soft and cast few shadows. Props will spice it up a bit. I will likely use my own camera, as I am most familiar with it. I'll edit the photos in Photoshop.
(46) We are going to start an studio portrait project. I 've had you look at a few sites like this before, but take a look at these and jot down 2 things from each site that you think will be helpful. The first one has more to do with how you work with your subject. The second one focuses more on camera stuff.
Shooting candidly will help make my portraits more interesting. Altering perspective is also something I'd like to try. Lens choice is key. Altering shutter speed and aperture also affects how the portraits will turn out. It will be interesting to try out these techniques.
(47) For your warm up today, look at the links below and tell me which category seems most interesting and why. You need to COPY and PASTE the links, don't click on them.
I am most interested in the culture category. Exploring cultures is fascinating to me and I want to try and capture as many as possible. There are many cultures both domestic and abroad worth exploring. I've already experimented with culture photography. It has been greatly rewarding.
(48) What's been going on with you lately?
I've been quite tired because of school and training for swimming. I am training to swim as best as I can in Cities and CIF, and I'd also like to stay in shape for my college season this fall. School has eased up a bit, which has been nice. I am in anticipation of graduation and other senior events. This summer I'm going to have a friend from Michigan in town so I'm looking forward to and preparing for that.
(49) We will begin doing some Photoshop stuffs in a few weeks. Brainstorm three ideas of things you might want to learn how to do. You don't need to know how to do the things, just come up with three things you would want to learn.
I'd like to learn how to isolate colors better in Photoshop. I've experimented with it but haven't perfected it. Also I'd like to learn to better touch up my photos and make them look more professional in Photoshop. A last skill I'd like to learn is the better isolating of shapes and forms from an image.
(50) How have you been editing your photos? Are you still using Lightroom? Do you use an app on your phone, or just the basic editing programs on your computer or phone? What do you usually do to edit your photos?
I only use Photoshop to edit my photos. I usually use it to adjust colors. I will adjust brightness and contrast. I'll also adjust hue and saturation. Sometimes I'll add vignetting.
(51) If you don't drink coffee, what's your favorite drink? From where?
I do in fact drink coffee. Apart from water, it is my favorite drink. I make it myself most of the time but if I need to I may stop by whichever coffee shop is nearest to me. I have an espresso machine and I know how to make my own americanos, lattes, and cappuchinos.
