Romi's #2

1. What brand and model of camera(s) will you be using for this class? Nikon Coolpix S51c
2. Is your camera digital or film (you know where you go to the store and buy it and load it into your camera and take a bunch of pictures and then take it back to the store and then pick it up later and then FINALLY get to see what pictures you took!) Digital
3. Do you have, or can you get, a copy of the manual for your camera? Yes
4. On a scale of 1-10, how familiar are you with the features of your camera? 4
5. Do you have, or have access to a camera with interchangeable lenses? If so, what lenses to do have? No…well, I might be able to borrow my sis’s
6. Do you have any photo editing software (like Photoshop or Photo Elements)? Photo Impact Pro (& I know about 2% of the program)
7. Do you have a tripod for your camera? No
8. What percentage of the time do you use your camera on “auto everything” mode? %70
9. Do you know how the following terms apply to photography: just Yes or No - if you don’t know, don’t try to find out – I’m just trying to figure out where to begin.
a. Aperture No
b. Shutter speed Yes/Somewhat
c. ISO/ASA Not at all
d. Focus Yes
e. Depth of field Yes
f. Composition Yes/Somewhat
g. Quality of light No
h. Exposure Not really
i. What other photographic terms can you think of?
10. What is your photographic experience? e and f
11. How much time per week are you willing to spend on these photo assignments? A couple of hours.

Romi Assignment #1

I've always been the last one done....I'm a plodder...and a procrastinator :P (like Hanna...but she doesn't seem to be much of a procrastinator). :P I really have been looking for TEN pictures I really like (in digital format...because, let's face it, I wasn't going to get prints scanned at Target before my time was up), but I agree it really is tough, and I didn't know where to start. Then when Diana did her post I was grateful for a lead (thanks for the idea Diana/Ashley!!).

#1: I enjoy the spontaneity of this one (from Flickr.com), the fun it conveys, the way the water frames the side of the picture and the great timing the photographer had to catch that exact moment on film.



#2: I really liked this one because of the light reflecting off the wall and the tree onto BR's face (although I don't like how washed out the tree looks...because of the light). It was posed, but I didn't/don't know anything about lighting so the glow was pure accident...nevertheless, serendipity! I also liked the dreamy look on his face...he has a hard time with fake smiles for pictures, so I like the fact that his face almost looks like it wasn't posed. :P



#3: I loved the feel of magic that this one (from Pfarm Photography) conveys with the warm, gold light in the background. It makes me feel like a kid, the night before Christmas, reading about and believing in Santa Clause.


#4: I like this one of my nephew because of the way that looking through a bubble is like looking at life through the eyes of a child. I just wish I new more about settings and composition...maybe I should have been down a little lower with the camera?? And cut out more of the background?? :P


#5: Pictures with different/unusual perspectives catch my attention so I thought it was cool that with regular glass it would have been a picture of the building out the window (or maybe focused on dirty spots on the glass??) was focused instead on the cracked window. And I also like that the world seems a bit helter skelter beyond the broken glass...like the building is lopsided and could be from a fairy tale like "Through the Looking Glass". (I can't remember which website I found this one on.) :/


#6: On this one (again from Pfarm Photography) I like how the foreground is not in focus and you feel like you have to kind of peek around to see the focus of the picture.


#7: I liked this one (also from Flickr.com) because of the back lighting and the boys being silhouetted against the sunset. I also like the moment that it catches and the feeling of pure, frolicking fun that I get when I look at it.


#8: I love the moment that was captured here! I love how it shows my kids interacting with their dad...and the way that excited terror wells up in my heart just from the look on BR's face. :)


#9: I like how Diana put it, that the focus is on something besides the face, giving it an unusual perspective. (Another from Pfarm Photos.)


#10: I love the emotion that this one (Pfarm Photos) evokes in me!! It's strange to me that although the child is not mine (or related to me) and the grandma is not one of mine, that it would bring me close to tears. I love the contrast of the sweet, wrinkled hands of the grandma holding the soft, plump, tender baby. And also that it doesn't scream posed.


I love so many of the photos that have been posted so far!! It was so hard to choose!! Specifically, I was really drawn to Ashley#'s 5 and 6!! As well as all the beloved "Paula Pics"!! (I'm definitely a big fan!)

P.S. Hey Teach- we're headed to Phoenix in the morning and don't get back till Tuesday, so I hope I don't miss any asignments. :P