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Monday, July 6, 2015

Fantastic Photography

A few weeks ago, I did a photography camp at an art center. We got to use nice cameras, we went to some cool locations, and it was a lot of fun.

In this post, I will be sharing with you some of these photos. :)

Some bright flowers I saw when we were walking around the neighborhood.
You may notice in some of the photos, the subject of the photo (in this case the flowers) are offset. That is called the "rule of thirds." Have you every had a grid set on your camera? Imagine drawing a tic-tac-toe board on the photo, or a large hashtag. That's basically rule of thirds. The subject would be in one of the nine squares, instead of simply being centered in the middle. More on the rule of thirds here. 
 
A dreamy dandelion near the beach...
Here is another rule of thirds photo of a dandelion. This could be considered a close-up, because the dandelion is focused in on, and the background is slightly blurry.
These flowers and plants were in a big pot outside a shop.
This photo may seem a bit random...the yellow flower near the middle is the subject of the photo. The brownish-red plant is framing it. Framing in a photo is when the person or object in the photo is in a sort of frame. They could be standing in a doorframe or by a big open window.  It could be by a fence or a tree branch. Let's just say there are lots of options. If you'd like to see some more examples of framing, click here.
 

 This is one of my favorite photos. I love getting up-close and seeing things so clearly.
 This is a close-up, or what they call a "macro" (short for macrophotography) of a tree.
A "macro" photo captures the texture of something. It could be a tree, like in the photograph pictured above. I think macrophotography is fun. I always like getting really close to something and taking a clear, focused picture of it.
 
Here is another macro of a dog's nose and face.
 You can see the sort of dot texture on his nose.
This is an action shot, too. It seems as if the dog was sitting still, almost posing...but he was moving, and it was hard to take a photo of him. Though action shots are hard, they are often the best, because they capture moments and emotions.

The lake and sky looked gorgeous that day!
 
This is a landscape photo, which has three elements:  foreground, middle ground, and background. In this photo, the foreground is the rock, which I had the camera set on. The middle ground would be the lake, and the background would be the clouds and sky.
 
I absolutely love this shot of a rock, with the lake in the background. It's another macro shot. You can totally see the texture and details of the rock.
The clouds were really pretty. I love clouds when they are like this. This photo would look even better with a filter.
 
A beautiful day to be in the park. The boats looked really nice floating on the lake, the grass was green, the sky was blue.
 Above is another landscape of the lake, and below is the same photo but in a different view. I guess it could be a bugs-eye view. I've always loved getting into a different perspective:  laying down, looking up, shooting pictures in a different angle, etc.
The grass is close-up and focused on, so I guess this could also be considered a macro.
Speaking of perspective, I took the photo below by getting really close to the tree and then pointing the camera upward.


A great macro of some really cool tree bark.
Well, those are all the photos I will be sharing today. I have more and will take more soon so hopefully I will do another post on photography.
I hope you enjoyed this post! If you like my blog, share it with friends and family. Also, please go check out this awesome blog: The Earth Walk. There is an awesome post about dolphins on there, which sort of relates to my post about orca whales.
More posts coming soon, so stay tuned! :)