Academic Shoot Reflection

1. I had a hard time getting comfortable enough in the class rooms to take a lot of pictures. I am very uncomfortable around people I don't know and so when I was in the class I had a hard time walking around and getting in their faces to take pictures. As well as me being really shy and timid, it was very hard for me to find class rooms where they were doing something, other than just sitting there taking notes or listening to their teacher talk.

2. Every time I get to go take pictures, I am always thinking of angles. I am big on taking pictures with angles, and so there is a little voice in my head that non stop saying,"What about that angle? That could be cool.." I also am always trying to not let the photos have any blurry aspects, because i have a pet peeve about photos being blurry and that is always something I am thinking about, whether or not I can make every inch of the photo clear or not. A lot of the time if I something in the photo is blurry I will not like the photo at all and it will ruin the whole picture for me.

3. I would definitely have to push myself to become uncomfortable so that I could take better pictures, and get in their faces, and not think of what people are thinking of what I am doing. I would also have to make myself go into more class rooms, because maybe when I walked by I just walked by at the wrong time, so I need to go into classes and spend more time in each one, instead of just glancing inside and then leaving immediately.

4. I would and still hold the camera, and be careful, and be polite when I go into class rooms. I also am going to stick with going to teachers I know, and teachers I have a connection too, because it is just very uncomfortable if I go to a teacher who I don't know at all.

5. I think the easiest rule for me is the rule of thirds, and simplicity, because those are already automatic for me to follow and use.

6. I think the hardest rule for me is the rule of lines, because it's hard for me to be creative with it and I will need to focus mainly on trying to get some pictures with good examples of lines. Also, I need to try to get photos with lines, but not physical lines. I need to try to get photos with imaginary lines and lines that are not as obvious, connecting objects in the photo to make shapes and making everything fit into the picture right.

7. The rules I am not still completely comfortable on are the rule of lines, and avoiding mergers/mergers. I will have to go and surf the net and look at more examples of these rules and read more about them to fully understand them.