Math+Homework

The following pictures were shot using my Canon Powershot S2 IS with 5 megapixals. I received this camera as a gift a couple years ago and had really only used it on automatic or preset features like portrait and to make short videos. Like many others in this class, I discovered all sorts of extra bells and whistles on my camera that I never knew existed. It was very exciting! The following photos were taken of my son doing his math homework in the school library.

In these first three pictures I use the Fluorescent lighting feature on my camera. It did help to make the skin color more natural.







The next three pictures were taken using a few of my camera's coloring features.

My son looks like he is asleep in these next two, :-) but he is not...just seriously concentrating (bigger :-)







I learned several things through this assignment such as the fact that I have been under using the wonderful digital camera that I have. There are so many features on it that, like I mentioned earlier, I didn't even know I had. I also learned that although I do manage to get some good pictures once in a while, I don't really think very much about "my shot" before I take it. I really liked Annette's Photo Safari. It helped to realize that I need to think about my picture instead of just pointing and shooting. I need to create context, watch my lighting (perhaps use my lighting features), create interesting points of view and use the rule of thirds.

The most frustrating part of this assignment has been this wiki and resizing my pictures. It's been too traumatic to even discuss...lol, however, I have to admit that even though I am limping through it's creation, making this page is kinda fun.