Workshop 4

Three girls walk across the street heading towards Starbucks. Kirkwood is a popular place to catch up with friends. [Photos captured and text written by Natalie Austin]

The bus passes through Kirkwood.

A student walks through the crosswalk heading towards Kirkwood.

For this assignment I found it difficult to manage the light and exposure. As you can see in my first image with the girls their hair are too dark and kind of blend in with the shadows. Then, for the second image I wanted to play around with framing so I liked the way the bus framed the crosswalk a lot but I felt it lacked content because there was a lot of empty space across the street. To make this composition stronger I would want to try again and try to capture a subject across the street emphasized by the framing that the bus provides. Finally, for my final image I choose I liked my angle a lot and the way I used the car to give more structure to the composition. I think to improve on this image I could work on the exposure and lighting because the guys white t-shirt is bright and over-exposed in the sun. I think I am still working on getting used to the settings with the camera and working with adjusting the shutter and ISO depending on the situation so I just need to keep practicing and experiment with different compositions.