Ben Goossens-Surrealism

MACRO!

Artist Emulation

My first two pictures are supposed to emulate Andy Warhol. I made them both in black and white. I found a few pictures by him that had old cameras in them and since I didn't have any available, I used an old record player that my dad has. I wish that I had a better white so that there was more contrast but I couldnt move the record player to get to better light. My second picture is of my cousin. A lot of the pictures I found by Andy Warhol with people in them, the people were wearing sunglasses and they didn't have much of an expression. They had high contrast and I think I acheived the high contrast aspect with this picture.

My second two pictures were to emulate Eileen Cowin. A lot of her pictures were of people, but not their entire face or body. She picked one part of a person and focused on that. In my two pictures, that is what I tried to do.

Artists

My first two pictures are from Eileen Cowin, and my last four pictures are from Andy Warhol

Photo Montages

My first image has a beach or vacation theme. My background is the beaech, the trees and sky. I added the seagull, the sailboat, and the two people sitting in the sand. I used the clone stamp tool to make the sailboat look like it was actually submerged in the water. I got the shadows under the people using the shadow tool. I love taking vacations and relaxing on the beach so that is why I chose this theme.

Does this picture look like the items in it belong or do they look out of place?

My second picture has a Roman theme. The background or original image is the picture of the Colloseum. I added the flag and lowered the opacity on it. I also added the Pantheon and the vespa. In parts of the Pantheon I had to clear in between the columns so that it looked legitimate. I chose this theme because I really like to travel and I loved going to Rome. The Colloseum was my favorite part.

Which of my pictures works better?

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Becoming Familiar With My Camera

Name: Canon PowerShot SD1100 Digital ELPH
Megapixels: 8

Ten things that I learned:
1. There is optical image stabilization that makes pictures more clear and focused.
2. Like a lot of other digital cameras these days, mine has a face detection feature.
3. My camera has a 3x optical zoom feature.
4. There are eight different shooting modes for my camera: auto, manual, digital macro, portrait, night snapshot, color accent, color swap, and special scene mode.
5. The lens on my camera has a focal range of 6.2-18.6 mm.
6. The maximum lens aperture on my camera is between F2.8 and F4.9.
7. To go along with the face detection feature, my camera has a "primary face" setting that allows the camera to track a certain face as it moves around the frame.
8. The Canon PowerShot has a continuous shooting mode that allows you to take pictures at 1.3 frames/second.
9. In the special scene setting, there are lots of other modes such as kids and pets, indoor, sunset, foliage, snow, beach, fireworks, aquarium, and underwater.
10. There are three focus modes to my camera. Face detection, AiAF, and center point.

Three questions that I still have:
1. The term telephoto was used a lot, what does that mean?
2. Can you change the shutter speed? If so, how?
3. What is AiAF mode?