Work Records- Walks

Walk 1
The walk was my first ever lesson in photography as I joined late therefore I learnt various things such as, to use the view finder and not the screen and how to hold the camera etc. Overall this was a very beneficial lesson for me. We were instructed to take pictures of autumn colors (due to the autumnal season beginning) which was very interesting as some things were still in summer season colors. We were also instructed to take pictures which inspired quiet reflection which was a bit harder because what quiet reflection was wasn't really specified and left up to our own minds to think, which I personally found difficult. I took lots of photos and after about an hour and a half we went back to the classroom and put the photo's into contact sheets. After that I chose more than 4 of which I wanted to be straight prints because I took so many, I then gave my contact sheets to Paul and he selected the pictures he thought should be straight prints. After this I altered the image size, levels, curves and used the unsharp mask. With a couple of selective photos I also edited them further.

Both Paul and I chose this picture because we both saw the quiet reflection of the stones. I zoomed in that I got less rather than more because I thought it would look better and I think it did because I actually took a picture of a lot of the stones without the zoom and its didn't look as highlighter. I really like this picture and I edited it in black and white because I think this made it look more reflective for a person to look at.

Paul chose this picture for quiet reflection but I did not. However, I see why he did, it is because in the midst of the grass there is a daisy which could reflect the idea of standing out and celebrating difference. I don't really like this picture but I see that it sends a message for quiet reflection, which is probably why Paul chose it. With this picture I edited it so it was brighter to try and make the daisy stand out more.







To improve my walk pictures I would perhaps go on another walk and take more pictures and perhaps familiarize myself with a camera more so I have more knowledge on how to take a better photo.

Walk 2
In this lesson we went on a second walk and I feel this went much better than my first one. I feel this because I was much more familiar with the camera and therefore I felt more confident when taking pictures and I think all of them generally came out better. We was gone for about 45 minutes and then we came back to the classroom and put our pictures into contact sheets, I selected my favorite photos and then handed my contact sheets to Paul and he chose the pictures he thought suited the same theme of autumn colors and quiet reflection. I then edited the pictures that Paul chose by altering the image size, levels, curves and using the unsharp mask found under filter. I then edited some of the photos in even further depth.

 This is one of my favorite photos that I have taken, both Paul and I chose it because I both think we saw the autumn colors within and the quiet reflection. I shot this because I thought in terms of quiet reflection it showed that everything becomes brighter in the end and that there is always something to look up to, religious people may see the brightness upon the leaves as a higher being who is looking down on them with happiness. This was also a good picture for autumn leaves because the picture shows the transition of the green healthy leaves to the light yellow leaves which are in the beginning of their cycle ending .

Paul chose this picture however I did not but I am glad he did because I liked this picture very much once it had been edited as I used selective color against a black and white background, so this made some of the leaves stand out against the other which was an effect I really liked and I think it supported the themes of autumn colors and quiet reflection because in the terms of quiet reflection the leaves seem to show standing out and in the terms of autumn colors various leaves containing autumn colors are highlighted in these pictures.



To improve my walk pictures I would try and view other peoples work of nature on the internet and perhaps look at their editing and then maybe incorporate that in my work.