Frame Two– The ABC’s of Photography

A is for Aperture
B is for Bokeh
C is for Connections and Creativity
And the list goes on and on.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, my first assignment was to photograph the alphabet. I had planned on going around San Diego to find all of these pictures, but due to a mix up in my schedule, I ended up only being able to photograph around my house. It wasn’t exactly exciting, so I wasn’t really interested in my pictures. And when Jeff started critiquing them, he put emphasis on trying more angles for my pictures to make them more interesting. So, I went around downtown San Diego in order to find as many letters as I could. Oddly enough, it was very hard to find any letters of the alphabet at all. I guess when you have so many places to look, it’s a little hard to focus on detail. Not to mention how many people were around and getting into the pictures I wanted to use. Oh well, such is life, right?
I even got to go on a photo shoot on Saturday with Betsy and Jeff. We went around University Heights to take pictures of whatever we found interesting or beautiful. But this time, I had to try out different angles. I found myself on the ground a lot, and liking how the pictures came out from down there.
I became really fascinated with this door we came across. It had this air of mystery to it, and I loved taking pictures of it. The doorknob had been taken off, the mail slot was covered by a piece of wood that was nailed on, and the whole make of it looked old, abandoned, and shabby. It even had an actual pad lock to keep it shut. I wondered why it was like that, so of course I took quite a few pictures of it.

I also came across a couple of ghosts! Four of them were on a wall, and one was the ghost of a ninja on a door!

So, there I was, taking pictures of the fascinating land of university heights. Betsy and Jeff had told me that we would be taking pictures of each other today, but I figured it was just going to be test shots, and such. Imagine my surprise when it turned out to be an all out photo-shoot of me! I’m talking posing and all! I was really camera shy. I laughed a lot, mostly out of nerves. But it was really fun, nonetheless.
Within just this one day, I can already see my pictures improving in quality substantially. I think that’s mostly because we have me taking pictures in a setting that a bit more manual than I used to. I love it this way, because now my boundaries have widened and there’s so much more to explore!