Nature Brings Peace March 29, 2014

      On this wet day, my parents brought me to a really nice place called Muir Woods to get some good hours. This place was literally filled with tall red wood trees and nice looking greens, which gave me the opportunity to practice some photo-shooting. The only problem about the area was that it was drizzling a bit, that then made me cautious, because I didn't want my camera to be ruined. On the other hand.... I really enjoyed my time out there working on blurring photos and zooming into objects. The goal of these few hours was to experience taking photos in some sort of "wilderness," because I was out there and it felt like I was taking pictures at the forest. The only good part of the wet weather, was that wetness created a pretty reflection, which gave more details and light to the objects I took photos of. Overall these hours I obtained from Muir Woods expanded my knowledge of taking in-depth photos. I was able to take pictures of flowers  while adding more texture and color to it's appearance.

Time Logged: 2 hours
Total time: 17 hours

Adventure Time! March 22, 2014

       Man where do I even start.... Well I guess I can say that I went on a trip to Reno, but on my way we stopped by various places to go adventuring and take pictures. First we stopped by for breakfast in San Francisco, thus gave me the opportunity to take pictures. I have to admit long car rides definitely sucks, but what can I do to kill time? Take pictures of course! I took pictures of the bay bridge, down town San Francisco, and the hills we passed by.
       We stopped by Sacramento State to check out the campus and to go exploring. I took so many pictures, but mainly of squirrels running around and doing what they do. It was so cool seeing the squirrels react to my whistle and actually, these squirrels have the guts to walk up to anyone including me. It took tons of patience to get the squirrels to stand the way I wanted them to stand. Moving on to the other things in that campus, I took pictures of a very cool bridge, which was designed as a "miniature"-size  golden gate bridge. There I took pictures of my family and everything around the bridge. There was a river that flowed under the bridge, which made the bridge look even more legit. I spent two good hours around the campus being adventurous and put my camera to good use.
        On our way to Reno, I took some pictures of some snow that we passed by and some other pretty scenery up on the mountains. Having a sister that cares, she pulled up to the side where tourists or anyone can stop to enjoy the nice scenery. I played around with the shutter and amplitude to obtain the best filter of the snow and the trees up on the mountains.
        Overall, I spent seven good hours taking pictures in the car and everywhere I gone in this trip. I finally had the opportunity to be away from home not only to have a small trip, but to get some hours done and to enjoy my time taking good photos. Every hour I would take around 10- 20 pictures of anything that seemed amusing to these eyes of mine.

Time logged for this session: 6 hrs
total time logged: 15 hrs

Splash! March 15, 2014

         Swimming is a huge part of my life, I pretty much grew up swimming competitively and for fun. Pretty much the swimming pool is like my second home because I spend hours in there swimming and working.
        On a nice sunny day, I decided to take advantage of the nice weather to go shoot some photos at my school's pool during practice. It was awesome mainly because the weather was nice and the pool just looked gorgeous from the lighting of the sun. I went around the pool taking different angle shots, playing with my camera's features, and just enjoying my time capturing shots. Action shots were definitely the main core of this hour, because every small move that a swimmer makes is worth the moment to take a picture of.




Time logged in for this session: 1 hr
Total time logged: 9 hrs

Photography Up and Beyond February 2, 2014

         Though Saturday didn't have the best weather to take some pictures, it didn't stop me from wanting to take advantage of my free time to go get some photography done. I drove and walked up to sign hill holding all my equipment that I would need to get work done. The walk was quite miserable, but it was definitely worth the view I got up there. I could get the whole view of South San Francisco easily by looking down. I quickly went to work taking all sorts of pictures. I was amazing having this opportunity to take photos of a city with so much different culture. Next time when I go back up there to take photos, I hope the weather will be sunnier than it was that day.



Time Logged for this session: 1 hr
Total Time logged: 8 hr

Quad Game Frebruary 13, 2014

Because I am a huge fan of basketball, I decided to go to one of our quad games which was against El Camino. This mainly focused upon my ability to take action shots, which took a lot of patience and precision to do so. It was hard at first because everything was coming out blurry or slow, thus became quiet irritating because everything seemed to challenging to do. I took a lot of time adjusting the amplitude and shutter speed of my camera. Finally when the boys varsity game started, I was able to adjust my camera to the way I want it to function. My feelings was definitely great as the boys varsity was playing. It was quite unfortunate though when my camera ran out of batteries, because that's when the game got exciting and emotions were high. Taking pictures of a basketball game had it's sweets and sours, but it was  definitely a good opportunity to take some awesome pictures of basketball. 

Time logged for this session: 3 hrs

Total time logged: 7 hrs

Adventuring January 25, 2014

Today my mentor came over to my house and reviewed some basic information that I learned from the last session. After a bit of reviewing, we went to my backyard where we put the camera to some good use. My mentor gave me a good half an hour mastering some techniques into taking some pretty cool pictures. It took me quite the time though to figure out how to balance out the lighting when I was standing in a sunny side. After that, my mentor showed me how to change the shutter speed of a camera. This gives the camera to take an action shot, like a picture of someone jumping. This pretty much tested my reaction skills, because I had to take the picture at the right timing, or else the picture would look really awkward. After fooling around with that, I decided to drive down to Orange park to review some technique work I've learned with the camera that day. I pretty much just walked around the park taking pictures of different areas. I think my photography skills are improving bit by bit, but I still got a long way to go!


Time logged for this session: 3 hrs
Total time logged: 4 hrs

Great Way to Start the Project!

       Today was the first hour I completed for my Capstone Project! I went out to Skyline College to get a nice scenery of the pacific ocean and the environment around me. I probably spent a good half an hour there taking some photos and getting use to the camera. It's a lot of work at first trying to adjust the camera to take a picture, but it was a great first experience!

       Later on today, I had the chance to meet up with my mentor. She gave me some notes on basic vocabulary about photography and it's function. These three words all had to do with adjusting the camera to different lighting, so that it would be easier to take a photo. At first it was quite a challenge to adjust the Aperture for the lighting (controls how much light comes in through the lens.) Overall, I'm really excited to go more in depth with the use of a camera! This is going to be a really fun project.

1 hour