Photography Tips

In class we learned several ways to improve your photo quality. In this blog I will explain a few simple ways to turn your average picture into a phenomenal one!

The photo to the left represents the element simplicity. Imagine the shoes in a room full of other items, you wouldn't pay attention to the shoes. There would be too many distractions from the focal point. Since the picture only displays the shoes, the attention is drawn to the shoes. It makes the picture simple. This is where the word "simplicity" comes from.

The photo to the left represents the element angle. This technique changes the entire look of the object. In this case, angle was used by taking the picture of the statue from above. The angle in which you take the photo can make the picture look completely different. It can make it so much more interesting. By using angle it adds much more depth to the picture. Angle makes things closer to the camera look much bigger than things that are farther from the camera. This makes angle important when you want to enhance the importance of your desired focal point.


  Last but not least, the photo to the left represents the element lines. By using diagonal lines rather than straight, it adds much more detail and depth to your photo. Where the carpet and lockers meet you can see what I'm talking about. The diagonal line makes the picture look like it goes on and on. This improves the picture drastically! Imagine if it was just a plain straight on picture of the lockers. It would be much more boring! This is a perfect example on how lines are very important with picture taking.

Piracy podcasting

While pod casting, our group used Garageband. Garageband gave us the tools that were necessary to create our podcast. It provided us with a variety of jingles and music to choose from. We were able to use these features legally because when you purchase Garageband your also purchasing the right to use the features (music.. etc). We used the website Picnik to edit the picture that we took for our album cover of our podcast. We abide by all of the copyright laws because obviously that's what the podcast is about. We now know the consequences of copyright infringement and try to do everything possible to avoid it.

Before I learned about copyright infringement, I thought that downloading music illegally online was no big deal. After finding out how artists felt about it, my opinion completely changed. I definitely agree with the statement that downloading music illegally is wrong. It is stealing! Copyright laws should exist because if they didn't, people would never purchase music. People would constantly download without paying for the music and artists wouldn't make any money.

Copyright infringement is very prevalent in the society today because many people don't know about the laws. Copyright infringement and the consequences need to be greater publicized! Another reason why copyright infringement is prevalent is because so many people get away with it everyday. There needs to be harsher punishments so that copyright infringement gets put to an end. If someone was to use my podcast or graphic without my permission, I would be very upset! That is someone getting credit for all my hard work. Click here to listen to our podcast!