Color Correction

The Color Correction assignment was a challenge for me because a lot of different things went wrong. What made it harder was that most of the problems were my fault. We had completed the lab for this assignment a couple of weeks ago. At the time I was feeling really good about how the flash worked and thought I could get it down. However, when it came to do the assignment, there were many things that I forgot to refresh on, such as what white balance to use for the fluorescent lighting photo. When I first started shooting at Andy's Frozen Custard, I set it on the right setting the first time, however thought it looked too blue. Below is the photo I took in the correct setting.

Andrew Luley takes out toppings for a concrete ordered by a customer at Andy's Frozen Custard on November 4. He has worked at Andy's for two and a half years now. "I really enjoy the fast pace and the people I work with mostly," Luley states.

This photo isn't the best content, however it was the only one I took in the right white balance. I wasn't sure if it was the right one because it looked to me like his face was a little to blue looking. So I switched it to daylight, which was a mistake.

I really wished that I had looked back over the notes before I went out and did this part of the assignment because it had been a long time since we had gone over it in lab. Andy's was also a hard place to get good shots with because of the set up. I kind of liked that it was a challenge because it made me look outside the box and find neat angles and different opportunities to make a good photo. However, the fact that all of them are in the wrong white balance makes me very frustrated. If I could have redone this shoot I would have made sure that I knew exactly what to do and try to take the time I need to instead of feeling like I have to rush through it.

I felt a little better about the Tungsten portion of this assignment because I was comfortable with the setting and was able to try a lot of different things to get a good photo with strong content. Below is my select for this assignment.

Ashley Cummins, junior, works on a project for her graphic design class on November 1. Cummins was assigned this project for the entire month of October where she had to design her own clip art from a real life image as well as their own font. By doing tracings, flattening the image and pairing it with typography, she was able to pull together her entire project to turn in.

I shot this photo with an ISO of 200, aperture of f/3.5 and shutter speed at 1/45. I like this photo because it looks at the subject in a different angle. Even though I am shooting up towards her through the table, the glass allows us to still see her face and what she is doing.

All in all, I would have felt better with this assignment if I had gone over the assignment details again before shooting. I was also nervous because several others and I hadn't had time to meet with David before the assignment was due, but didn't want to pressure him as I knew he was really swamped with everything. Although I made some mistakes now it definitely taught me a lesson so that next time I will be sure to do everything correctly. I am really hard on myself when I make mistakes so it is really hard for me to turn in this assignment when there are things I need to fix, but I am also glad that I can learn from this experience so that it will turn out much better from now on.