For the first project in my photography class, we did something called 'learning to see'. We started by going to five different locations with a pencil and notebook, then writing down what we would take a picture of in each location. The next day we went back out with a camera to actually take the pictures we wrote down.
We did this to learn how to think about taking pictures. To look around and see what would make the best photos. I learned that sometimes photos won't come out exactly how you think they will. I found it was easier for me to look for the best photos when I had a camera with me. For example, the first day I found this beautiful flower, it was yellow, big, and looked like a star. When I went outside the next day, it had shriveled and died. I cursed myself for not taking the picture the day before, even though the project wasn't to take pictures the first day. I took a lot of great photos that day, but some of them weren't written on my paper.
We did this to learn how to think about taking pictures. To look around and see what would make the best photos. I learned that sometimes photos won't come out exactly how you think they will. I found it was easier for me to look for the best photos when I had a camera with me. For example, the first day I found this beautiful flower, it was yellow, big, and looked like a star. When I went outside the next day, it had shriveled and died. I cursed myself for not taking the picture the day before, even though the project wasn't to take pictures the first day. I took a lot of great photos that day, but some of them weren't written on my paper.
1. The front of the school
The bench in front of the school, camera low to the ground.
2. Freshman Pond
Across the top of the water, from the edge of the pond near the two trees.
3. Baseball Field
Signs on the back of the Dugout, taken from an angle
4. Garden behind the school
Tomato plant in the back of the garden
5. Path behind the school
Yellow flowers at the entrance of the trail
