I took this photo up on a hill overlooking the city, I wanted to show some movement but when I took them with a longer shutter speed I did not like the way it looked. So I ended up with this lower shutter speed shot.
I found this cross up on top of a hill overlooking the town and I really like the way this photography turned out using the artificial light from it. Shows a nice contrast.
Saw this house and thought it would look nice with the stars above it. Took a bunch of photos most of which turned out super blurry but this one came out okay.
Another Astrophotography photo taken with a long shutter speed. I downloaded a third party app to have access to longer shutter speeds. I tried different speeds some at 4 seconds, some at 8 and 12 and even 30. Because of my tripod breaking this one at 4 seconds came out the best.
Reflection
This week’s assignment was my favorite assignment to work on so far. Getting to go outside and try to find the best places to shoot was just a lot of fun to do. I found a lot of cool spots in the town I live that I had never explored before. It became part exploration and part assignment. The best part of taking pictures at night is how serene everything feels, there are way less people around so you can just focus and do your thing. I’d say the only downside I experienced was the 30 degree weather, my girlfriend was not interested in leaving the car. Throughout the process I got to experiment with a ton of different angles and shutter speeds. I ended up taking a plethora of super blurry photos because the tripod I was using broke and wouldn’t stay steady whatsoever. I was most interested in the potential of Astrophotography. Since I was very little I’ve always loved staring at the stars, I feel like I could stare for hours just admiring the ever evolving sky. It is also something that bonded my girlfriend and I when we were first getting to know each other so it is something we try to do regularly. That is why after reading this assignment, I was sure that I wanted to focus most of the photos on Astrophotography and I’m pretty happy with how everything turned out.