teddybear


 * Teddybears**

The digital camera I used for this assignment was a Canon Powershot A400. This is an excellent camera to take pictures with in any situation (vacation, ceremonies, etc.). It's very user-friendly. You basically just point and shoot. But, for the purposes of this assignment, I played around with the shooting effects of the camera.

I absolutely LOVE teddybears. In fact, I used to collect them. But once my nephew (6 years old...soon to be 7 October 12th) and niece (2 years old) were born, I passed all of my teddybears down to them so they could enjoy them.

Don't fret, I kept 2 of my favorites :)


 * Here is close-up shot of my teddybear:**

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The Canon Powershot A400 has an incredible zoom feature!! I was able to zoom in fairly close to objects around the house. I noticed that the closer you zoom in on an object, a box pops up on the digital display for centering. The digital display also shows the distance that you are zooming in.


 * Regular shot of my teddybear:**



This shot was a regular standard flash shot taken at a normal distance.


 * Sepia Shot of my teddybear:**



I really enjoyed taking this shot. This effect makes the teddybear look almost like it's historic. I borrowed this camera from my mother. Unfortunately, she could not find the instruction booklet, so I had to download the camera's instruction booklet to my computer. Now that I know how to choose these cool camera effects, I can show my mother how to use them. She uses the computer the most out of all the technical gadgets she owns. She has a cell phone, but doesn't know the first thing about how to send a text message. Most times I try to call her and the phone is turned off. She received this camera as a gift. But what surprised me was that she taught herself how to use the basic features of the camera. She actually taught me how to download images to the computer!! Go MOM!!


 * Black and White shot of my teddybear:**



Again, this is another cool effect that I really like. It also makes the photo look historic. I love black and white images. Teddy came out looking a bit blurred in this image.

Overall, this camera was a great tool to use to capture images. I had problems with trying to figure out how to access the menu to select the appropriate shooting effect. Unfortunately, a couple of the images didn't reflect well because when I chose the manual camera mode to use the shooting effect, I forgot to select that I wanted to use the flash feature. That shows how dependent I am on technology. I think it should do everything for me.

Things can be made more noticeable with taking a digital photo.
 * Teddybear and Winter Teddybear**

This was my first time creating something in a wikispace. I struggled at first to use it correctly. I'm still struggling with it a bit, but I think the more I use it, the more comfortable I'll feel with it.
 * Special note about using a wikispace:**