People photography is hard!

My feature photos were very hard to find.

   Feature photography is difficult, especially if you do not know what to shoot. My teacher Lori King basically gave us our assignment and explained how to do, it but she did not tell us where to shoot or how to shoot it.

   People photography was hard because while doing this specific project, there were many great shots I could have taken, but people said because I did not belong to a major paper they were not interested.
   The most challenging thing I discovered throughout this assignment is metering. Metering was difficult because when trying to get an action shot of the boys playing or the team playing softball a lot of my pictures were very blurry and over exposed or under exposed.

Kaden Thompson, 8, Jesse Allan, 8, Jacob Chovan, 10, and Joshua Chovan, 8 (from left),  play video games after school at Jesse's house. Jesse said, " I hate homework, so my mom lets me come out and play before dinner, then I have to do homework after dinner." (PHO 245 Photo/ Jocelyn Chovan)

Liza Huerta, 46, practices for an upcoming softball game at Highland Park in south Toledo. " I have not played softball in years so I need all the practice I can get," Huerta said. (PHO 245/ Jocelyn Chovan)

   

Camera Controls

   Camera controls and lights are very important when taking a picture, whether your shooting news or weddings.

   One lesson I learned is to never use auto-exposure because it can be fooled in certain situations. Before learning how to meter, I always used auto features.  Here at Owens, I am the kid with the high-end dollar camera, but I always used auto in everything I did.

   Now that I have learned how to meter, I will never use auto again. Mark my words!