Just Another Student with a DSLR Thinking She's a Photographer

Month February 2017

Project 1 – The Sequence

For the Sequence Project I chose to take pictures of my dog’s favorite chewies.  I set them up in front of a white background, white foreground environment to make them appear on display as in an advertisement or a museum… Continue Reading →

February 23, 2017

We played around with Photoshop today to edit RAW files and create a temporary logo.  Here’s what I created! I wish there was an easy way to change the focus on the picture to include the dog as well as… Continue Reading →

Task 2 – The Camera

These were all taken with a Nikon D3300 camera and a 18-55mm, 1:3.5-5.6 GII lens. 1. Correct Exposure f/3.5, 1/800, ISO-100, Focal Length: 18 mm 2. Overexposure f/3.5, 1/4000, ISO-25600, Focal Length: 18 mm 3. Underexposure f/5.6, 1/4000, ISO-100, Focal… Continue Reading →

Task 1 – The Presentation

I chose Steve McCurry for my artist presentation.  Here is a link to my presentation: ARS281 Steve McCurry presentation by Kelly Smith

Playing with the Camera

Playing around with the camera’s aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and manual focus to get an interesting photo with good lighting.  I’ve also included other pictures that I took to figure out the best controls for this photo.

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