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 * Action Pictures **

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 * Picture #1: Baby**



My camera was set on action mode while I shot this picture. This is my aunts new son who recently turned 100 days old. On the hundredth day after birth, it is a tradition for Korean babies to have a ceremony called 'Dol jan chi'. During the ceremony, a baby is given several items and the item they grab supposedly represents the direction they will head towards their future. This baby however grabbed something totally irrelevant; a string. I captured this moment in my photograph and I was satisfied with the composition as well as the bold colors. The position that the baby sits in the photograph lets the eyes of the viewer wander around. Instead of zooming in from far away I took the photograph close up the baby.

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 * Picture #2: Drawing**

My second action shot is about an artist from my art studio sketching. This photograph was set on action mode, just like the first photograph. However, instead of putting my camera on automatic mode I took this picture with manual mode. The focus of this photograph is the hand and pencil, which makes the background blurry. I like the composition of the photograph as well as how 3-D the pencil looks. Due to the emphasis on the pencil, the photograph goes by the rule of thirds. For this particular shot I ended up taking numerous shots since the pencil came out blurry. This would be a nice photograph for the art department.


 * Portraits **

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 * Picture #1: My Mother**

My camera was set on portrait mode as I took this picture. This mysterious person in my photograph is my mother, and the picture was taken in front of an art gallery. The focus was on my mom, making the background blurry. Also, the quality of the photograph is really nice. The photograph isn't too bright, too dark, too messy or too clean. I believe I captured a very nice portrait since my mother looks extremely happy in this picture. It is essential to capture pictures of happy faces since the yearbook is all about a fun and happy year. This photograph was taken from a close distance and the key to this picture was to put my mom on focus.

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 * Picture #2: My Aunt and her Son**

This photograph is of my Aunt and her 7 year old son. The lighting was key in this picture since some angles made them look either too dark or too light. It took about 10 shots to get this picture since one of them blinked when the other did not or the lighting did not work. Not only do I like the composition of the photograph, but I also think it has perfect lighting and makes the people in the picture look great. Both of them look happy which is again, an important factor when taking yearbook pictures. Through this picture I learned the importance of lighting and the angles I needed to use for different situation.