Week 12

On Wednesday, I missed the chance to take an interesting photo. Out in the woods behind my house, the moon that was shining brightly over a pond. The moon was full on that clear night and the light made it able to see the reflection of the moon itself and the stars. I would have had to use slow shutter speeds and a tripod in order to have capture the image of the stars in the water since they were very feint and were barely viewable in the water. I also would have had to be far back and capture the image of the pond at an angle so my camera and I would not be in the reflection.

Week 11

Yesterday, I had the chance to take many photos, but one particular image is what I wished I had taken over all others. This image was in downtown Brattleboro as the sun was setting and behind one of the churches and being covered up by the clouds of the last rain storm, creating a gleaming light effect as it was hidden behind the large structure's spire. Beams of light were heading in many directions, which made me curious to follow as many as the beams with my eyes as they slowly disappeared. In order to have taken this picture, I would have had to use fast shutter speeds and high aperture settings so I would be able to dim most of the light from the sun. This would make it easier to edit the photo in Photoshop with the setting used to capture the image because it would have made it less time consuming to change the properties of the photo to make the light right.

Week 10

With Winter FINALLY ending, I now have to deal with its aftermath of mud and muck. However, in the woods behind my house, there is a scene that would be nice to take photos of. A stream is beginning to melt and defrost after being frozen for about 5 months. The small amount of water is flowing downward to a pond over and around natural obstacles such as branches and fallen tree limbs. If I were to have taken this photo, I would have actually decided to use a slow shutter speed to capture an interesting effect of the water over the still background. I would have had to use a tripod or a flat and steady surface so the camera would be in focus while it captured the image.