Week 9

On Thursday, as I was waiting from my ride to pick me up at the Co-Op, I decided to kill some time by walking around downtown Brattleboro. After walking up to the library and back, my ride still did not arrive so I chose to take a walk across the bridge that leads into Hinsdale. While I was on the bridge (a death wish due to it wobbling left and right slowly from the growing decay), I saw the sun setting behind some of the buildings in Brattleboro. The Connecticut River, which was also in my eyesight, was relecting some of the light off the surface of the water. In order to take such a picture, I would have had to use fast shutter speeds to capture the moment very quickly. If I were to use slower shutter speeds, the shot would have been over exposed with too much light. As usual, I could have taken this picture with digital and film cameras. I might have had to use a tripod so the camera would not shake, but due to the wobbling bridge it probably would not have done much help.

Week 8

On Wednesday, there was yet ANOTHER snowstorm, just before Spring began (and people say global warming is a myth...). The snowstorm lasted for quite sometime and left around another foot of snow around my house. I still find this hard to believe with the recent warm weather, but the rather largesnow flakes made me except the what I was seeing. During the storm, I could have used both my digital and film cameras to capture streaking effects of the snow. I would have preferred to have done this shoot at night with a flash and/or a flashlight, because I would have been able to pick up the white snow trails in the dark background. In order to create this streak effect, I would have had to use low aperature settings of the cameras to capture the movement and light of the snow. If I were to use low aperature setting, I would have needed a tripod or any flat, steady surface so the camera would not shift while it took the images.

Week 7

When I got out of school, I missed what would have been an amazing photo. While I was being driven back home, I saw through the windshield two eagles flying over. These eagles both had white heads, which led me to believe that these were both bald eagles! This would have been a great photograph for both digital and film since it was bright and clear out. However, due to the vast distance from the eagles in the sky and me on the ground, I would have had to use zoom lenses and fast shutter speeds on both my digital and film cameras in order to capture the amazing image. This to me was a once in a lifetime opportunity since it will be very rare to see two bald eagles out in an area such as Brattleboro again.

Week 6

During my photoshoot during school on Friday, I saw a small stream of water flowing into a wooded area that was near the career center. In the water, there was lines of trailing rocks, shadows being casted by rocks, textures from the plants and rocks, and reflections from small amounts of light on the water. I would have been able to use differnt shutter speeds and aperature settings on film and digital cameras to have different exposures and effects on my photos. I would have taken this picture, with both a film camera and digital camera, but I was not able to for two reasons: My digital camera's battery was dead at that point and I had run out of availible film on my black and white camera to take the picture.

Week 5

During this week, what was supposed to be a major snow storm turned into a mixture of snow and rain. As a result. my driveway was filled with slush and mud from the aftermath of the storm. This would have given me different pictures of angles, light, and contrast for both black and white film and digital color photos. The light in my photos would have reflected off the water and ice, the angles from standing on snow drifts or being in the middle of the road, and the contrast from the shades of the snow, ice, and mud. I also saw the reflections of the trees in the water as well.