Capturing My Life

 Hello! This is a pretty extensive assignment, not just focusing on the conceptual side of photography, but also the physical! In this project I was told to take pictures that represent steps throughout my day that though mundane, can be brought to life through a little contrast here and a little saturation there! Along with editing my photos, I've posted each photo's metadata as per requested as well as an explanation to the setting and how each photo means something to me. Enjoy!


Theeeeee first. Waking up starts the day. In the winter months I don't have the privilege of waking up to a sunrise, unless I sleep in inappropriately late. I really like light gradient photos where the sun really creates the photo! I had to play around with the aperture and shutter speed a little bit, to get some nice natural light without using my room's ceiling light! To get good exposure I bumped the aperture as low as it could go and slowed down the shutter speed until there was enough light coming through the lense to look appealing. I tried using an ISO of 400 but saw it was much too dark so I tried 800, and that seemed to work. I prefer looking somewhere, not directly the camera, because it suggests there's something the viewer of the photo can't see; something intriguing! That's the first! Now for the second picture!

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Snow shoveling is probably one of my least favorite past times... Music helps though, and brisk chills are a good wakeup. It's even worse when a vehicle has driven over fresh snow and it's had a while to really stick to the ground. So much work! With all the snow and outdoor light I had to turn up the aperture and turn down the ISO, to compensate. Even with minimal exposure and low light sensitivity I still needed to ramp up my shutter speed to regulate the light. Or maybe that was to capture my lighting-quick shoveling!

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Back inside, it's time to get dressed. This photo to me represents action. It shows the motions in getting dressed; a simple thing we do everyday. It's the transition between private and public. I used a higher ISO because I was in my room, and the shutter speed is relatively slow because I was using flash, which greatly increases light levels, but I do still need lots of light! The last two shots have a different shutter speed than the first two because I shot them at a later time when the sun had gone down. I'm not sure why I left them so quick as that makes both pictures more shadowy. Oh well. The aperture was as low as it could go in this room, for maximum light!

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Alright, here we have a shot of my food! The table is kinda messy (sorry about that). The shot is just telling you, "Hey I eat! Woo." My aperture was low to compensate for poor lighting and my shutter speed was a bit quick for this situation, but I'm not confident that I am not shaky. My ISO was for an indoor's situation as well. 

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Some family-ness. Every morning I sit with parts of my family (usually not all at once) and enjoy fellowship with food! The reason I have two pictures is that both our facial expressions change, making a comedic scene. I had a low aperture for indoor shooting and a high ISO as well. My shutter speed was slower, because my camera was in a fixed position. I actually set the camera to take six shots in a row, and then set a timer. It worked well, allowing for a large range of pictures to choose from, without me having to be behind the lense.

P.S. I included part of the Christmas Tree, 'cause it's festive.

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I forget to feed this little guy allllll the time! Luckily my mother keeps a good handle on his hunger and is constantly reminding me! His diet consists of some parsley or cilantro and half a large carrot. I used a low aperture to compensate for poor lighting and a high ISO for a decent amount of light sensitivity. My shutter speed was set a bit slow, and you can tell this by my arm's blur; my mistake. I used the repetitive-shooting mode on my camera for this also, and I moved while the camera was working. When I was editing this, I struggled with adjusting the Offset and Gamma Correction because fading the picture really muddled the color of Elmer's food to a black but without some color overcast, the picture was much to yellow and pretty ugly. This I did not like.

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Keeping my Pearly Whites, white. I chose a collage here to show to adventure that is brushing your teeth! It's such a journey.. I used an aperture of 3.1 to allow for high exposure, and an ISO of 800 to make it brighter also. My shutter speed is the same for all the photos because I used the repetitive shooting mode and there wasn't enough light shifts for my camera to need to adjust anything. I do floss too. Maybe that would make the moment more exciting! :p

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Coming downstairs again, I catch my mom in the act of making my lunch! This picture tries to encompass several aspects of your everyday lunch (not that my lunches are everyday-like). They're seriously massive. There's usually a leftover, a sandwich, two drinks some fruit and maybe a salad. I pace myself through the day. The aperture is higher than other photos so far because the stove light is on beside the counter, making a brighter setting! The ISO stays the same because this is still indoors. My shutter speed is just what it is. I have no explanation. (This is all shot in manual!)

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Just trippin' out, putting my headphones in. The walk is more enjoyable with good tunes. The aperture is at a low setting to allow for more exposure and the ISO is high too. The shutter speed is quick because I used flash. Our entrance way is bad for photos because it has a single chandelier lighting the space, mounted on the raised ceiling. Like my coat? Me too.

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I'M PROUD OF THIS!!! I decided to try for a long exposure shot because it well-symbolizes my leaving; motion. The lighting outside is actually realistic at this time of the year. We have like half and hour of light in the middle of class and by the time you have the chance to go outside it's dark again. I like Alberta. My aperture is low to let light in and my ISO is high only because it's dark outside. AND THE SHUTTER SPEED, is really really slow to let me mooooove. That's all.

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Isn't it magical how my hat disappeared and the sky became a million times brighter? It could be that I took these photos taken at different intervals throughout the week OR there are flying unicorns that make the sky brighter as they travel. I'm not sure which. Anyways, I mistakenly took this picture with an INCREEAADIBLY high ISO and a ridiculously fast shutter speed. Just have a chuckle at that.

Now that you're done laughing at me, let's get down to business. Even though I completely forgot to check my camera's settings in BROAD DAYLIGHT, we can still observe the compensations. My aperture and ISO are set opposite to what they should be; not low aperture and high ISO, but high aperture (low exposure) and low ISO (low light sensitivity). Luckily my shutter speed kicked in (I mindlessly racked it up to the thousands obviously thinking, "It's too bright, I better make the picture darker by quickening my shutter speed", and leveled out all the light.. What a story. That should be published.. Oh and the picture is just me walking to school, across the street I always have to cross.

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So I must have finally figured out that my ISO was too high, but continued to neglect the aperture so my shutter speed gets to be quicker than a cheetah. Oh well. This is me still walking. I thought this was pretty; the fairly monotone picture but a complicated sky and contrasting trees. Walking to school is a mini journey and each step is another foot closer to my destination.

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I love this style of photography, comparing blur to focus. I need a low aperture to compensate for PITCH BLACKNESS (notice the daylight change again). Also the ISO boosts the light levels as much as it can without more grain than a pig's feed trough (pigs eat grain right?). My shutter speed changes between photos and this makes sense. The blurred photo needs the 1/5 of a fraction less time to allow a smidge more light in, because the closer the focus, to the lense, the more light let in. In the focused photo there is less light because a farther depth of field allows for more detail, cancelling out excess light. I think. Why wouldn't the aperture change? I'm lost.

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Welcome to daylight (I think that's a song). The end of my journey is upon me! Through the door and up the stairs to Mrs. Bucyk's classroom we go! I really enjoy the hints of snowflakes in the air; very wintery. My ISO is low which is good but I again forgot my aperture.................................................................... so my shutter speed is still unnecessarily quick. For outdoor winter shots, because of ALL THE WHITE SNOW and the albedo affect, I need to have a much higher aperture so my shutter speed doesn't pass out.

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Time warp to my locker! There's me with no toque again. Did you catch me with it in the last photo? Here I am looking at something on my door, probably my schedule because I know it off by heart and I might have needed something to mundanely look at while the picture was taken. The aperture is good now (finally. yay.) and so is my ISO. The skylights in Bellerose are nice, but they are a bit too direct, so the light doesn't attractively diffuse. My shutter speed is decent. There's enough light. There's no motion. Oh, and by the way, photo credits to Travis my friend in photography class!

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And there is David, all ready for another day of school! Aperture is low enough to regulate the skylights and the ISO is just right for indoors! The shutter speed catches my NINJA FAST walking, that normal people can't actually see.

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I hope you enjoyed this! These are all things I do everyday that have become a habit and for the most part; boring. I hope I brought these moments to life for you though, through editing, explanation and technicalities! Thanks, have a nice day.

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