Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Picture time!

This week I started on a cool project for photography class. I thought I'd share:
This is probably the most fun I've had with homework since I took speech. Yep, I loved that class. I'm odd, I know. Here's another shot, but I don't know if I will be able to use it for class. It's a good shot, but not really right for the assignment.
I don't actually like the class itself, but the assignments are fun. The instructor is kinda boring (though I don't know how to make camera equipment exciting, either). Also, since the class is really for anyone, we have to go slowly, step-by-step through everything like downloading pictures and how to crop and stuff. I know that stuff, so going through that so slowly is really irritating sometimes. Still, I understand the need to teach it slowly because there were people in the class getting lost still. I just got done with what I was doing and started to play with my pictures. It's nice to have the full version of photoshop at your fingertips. Still, I had to work with a Mac. Not that I have anything against Mac, I just don't know the OS like I do windows. I am still learning Vista on my mom's computer. My main problem is that I keep pressing the control key instead of the Apple key. It isn't really bad, though. It's probably the lack of a right click that really bothers me. Still, it just takes getting used to. The Photoshop stuff is really nice. I realized that I needed to change some settings on my camera to use some of it, though. Now I get why setting the quality really high is a good thing, though I probably won't use it after this class much because I don't have the money to spend on the cool programs to do all that stuff with the pictures. Not to mention the awesome printer to go along with it.
I still need to work on my project. I will probably be working less with my kids for the rest of it, though. They are not always the best models for getting my homework done. They are cute, though. Maybe I'll use some of their artwork for some of it. Hmmm...

So I was looking for a verse about pictures, and I saw an interesting verse in Ezekiel (8:10), but it really wasn't the right tone, and comlpetely out of context (but if you look it up, you will probably laugh). So I went to image, and here's a good one:
"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.""
Genesis 1:26

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Oooooh! I wish I was able to take a photog class!
Oooooh!

Anonymous said...

I love playing with pictures. I actually have a degree in it. :-)