Week 3 has went extremely well. Learned a lot of new things about becoming a better photographer and how to make simple changes to make a better picture. Let me share with you some of things I learned.

One thing I learned was you can make a picture better by getting into silly positions. That then allows for the viewer to view everyday things at a different angel. I took a picture like this last year on my vacation in Orlando, Fl. I was leaning in the backseat of my mom’s truck and took this picture as we entered the theme park. Normally, people would see this at a straight angel and very beautiful, but not this time. This picture is out of focus and tilted.

Another thing I learned was take your camera with you everywhere you go.  For example, this week I was baking cup cakes for no particular reason. At 1:06 p.m I had finished my cupcakes and decided to take a picture of them. There absolutely nothing special about these cupcakes, but it was just a random picture that I liked.  And now I can always look back on that specific date and time and say, “I remember I baked cupcakes on that day.”

I also learned to capture the emotion of the place in which you take the picture and how the color of the photo can also show the emotion. Again, I had a picture from Disney World, and in the picture you can sense the excitement in the photo. In the backgroung of this photo you can see people off to the right smiling and a man with a backpack on,(my mother in the orange on the other hand, looks pissed), and you can tell they are ready to enjoy and explore the park. Also the banner in the picture say, “Let the Memories Begin.” So along with the banner, the excited people, and the man packed and ready, you can clearly tell that people are excited and curious to see what the park has to offer.

The color in the photo is very unique as well. The sky is very blue and the clouds are very white, which symbolizes a beautiful day. The garden made into Mickey’s head is also amazing. The colors that they park chose to us made the image of Mickey stand out and that lead to more excitement to take picture in front of it.

The last thing that I am going to talk about is how to take advantages of tools that you have and how to make a photo yours. It’s so simple to take a picture and just be like “oh this is cute.” NO! That is not enough, make the picture yours. Change it up and make it more exciting. You can easily do that by again, taking advantages of tools you have. For example, I just took a simple picture of me. And I said to myself, “This is cute, but I want to make it different.” So that I did, I went into a photo editor I have called PICSART and clicked “monochrome” and my picture went from regular to spectacular.

I’ve learned so much more about how to become a better photographer, but I used my daily creates to show that. Hopefully I will have other chances to show off my new photo taking skills. For example, getting a high tech camera where I can change lenses, or being able to travel and take street shots, or being able to catch more eventful things by being patient. I’ve learned some wonderful techniques about how to become better and I plan to use these techniques often.