Things I have learned

I have learned alot this year in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I feel like I have accomplished alot through these programs and progressed, especially since I knew very little when I started. I feel like I am more knowledgeable in editing pictures and creating my own objects. My hopes for the last few weeks of the semester are to successfully finish my projects and create some creative things. I think I have grown in understanding illustrator because I thought that was more difficult than Photoshop. Even towards the end of Illustrator I found some of the lessons difficult, but asked others for help and eventually figured it out. The projects I'm considering for my final project are a collage, another panorama project, a CD cover, or possibly another logo creation.

My Logo

Logo Design

I found the coolest website for help with logo design at http://logopond.com/. At this website you can look through a logo gallery for ideas and there are some really cool ones to look through. Also, you can read blogs from other people that have great photoshop tips! This website is also connected with flickr and you can look through the logo images on that, too. You can create your own account and upload your own logo images for people to look at of comment on them. Another thing logopond.com has is a search bar, in case you are looking for a speciffic thing or idea. You can also advertise you own logos by registering through the website. I was glad to come across this website.

Panorama Picture

This is the panoramic picture I created through photoshop. I made this by putting three pictures together and matching the saturation on each. It was a really cool project!

13 lessons about photography

After reading about the 13 lessons of photography I saw some things I knew and some things that I didn't know about before. Some of the things I already knew about photography were: experimenting, taking lots of pictures, holding the camera straight, the rule of thirds, and finding a point of interest. I thought the focal look was interesting because it talked about knowing how the work the focus and shutter so you can focus before taking the actual shot. I agreed with different modes for different situations because if it's an action picture it will come out alot better of you switch to your sports mode or change the mode of the camera if you're in the dark, too. Expose settings is another lesson I thought was helpful. In one of the lessons they talked about going on vacation and only taking pictures of buildings and places intstead of people in them pictures, I agreed with this lesson alot. I think it's important when you go on vacation or a new place that you don't just take pictures of scenery, but with your own travelers too. Finally, the other tip I thought was useful was to check your background. A background is part of a picture and it's important, by checking the background for clutter it helps you get a better picture.