Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The End

This semester has definitely been a blast! My knowledge of how to use my camera has greatly improved, and I feel like I'll be able to continue taking pictures and improving my skill. What I'm most exited about is my confidence in being able to take great shots while climbing. No more blurry mountains in the background, or dark faces.


ISO 100  35mm f/18 at 1/13 sec.
Tripod used


 ISO 400  200mm f/7.1 1/50 sec.
Handheld

  ISO-100 18mm f/8 1/60 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-400 70mm f/7.1 1/500 sec.
Handheld

ISO-100 135mm f/5.6 1/30 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 90mm f/18 1/8 sec.
Tripod used

ISO-100 28mm f/5.6 1/125 sec.
Tripod used

ISO-100 28mm F/7.1 1 sec.
Tripod used

ISO-100 28mm f/18 1/15 sec
Tripod used

  ISO-100 135mm f/6.3 1/13 sec.
Tripod used

ISO-200 200mm f/8 1/250 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-400 70mm f/10 1/125 sec.
Handheld

 ISO-400 70mm f/9 1/25 sec.
Handheld

ISO-100 65mm f/5.6 1/50 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/18 1/6 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 75mm f/16 1/8 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/22 1/60 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/9 1 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/22 1/25 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 50mm f/16 1/10 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/9 1/13 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/16 1/13 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 28mm f/13  1/8 sec.
Tripod used

 ISO-100 135mm f/29 15 sec.
Tripod used.

 ISO-100 70mm f/5.6 1/125 sec.
Tripod used


 ISO-100 28mm f/16 1/2 sec.
Tripod used

ISO-100 28mm f/20 1/2 sec.
Tripod used

ISO 100- 47mm f/13 1/5 sec
Tripod used

ISO-100 28mm f/22 1/3 sec.
Tripod used


ISO-100 24mm f/22 1/6 sec.
Tripod used


Throughout this semester I used one camera, a Canon Rebel Xs, and a few different lenses. The first (and one used the majority of the time) was an EFS 18-55mm f/5.6 (the lens that came with the camera), after my 18-55mm exploded at the end of October, I bought a Canon 28-135mm f/3.5 IS USM, and the third lens I used was my dad's Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 L I USM.

All the editing was done in Adobe LightRoom (most in 4.1). As far as editing, I seemed to do similar things to all of my photos. I usually left the temperature setting left "as shot" if the photo was taken in the snow, but "auto" if the picture was in a warmer setting. As far as exposure goes, I usually adjusted it a bit ( I seemed to generally make pictures darker). Often times I adjusted shadow, but almost always left black and whites alone. Clarity I bumped up around +20-+30, however in one shot I used +100. In colors I always adjusted saturation and luminance (just to taste). In most of my pictures that include sky I added a filter to. I know I used spot removal in 4 of my pictures and cropped 10 of them.