Create

• Create
• Page 90 Enhancing highlights and shadows
• During this shoot, I had more light on the top half, and kept the bottom half in a little more shadows.  I thought this worked well, because the lightly gradually increased the more vibrant the colors became.
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Parallel Lines

• Parallel lines
• Page 97 Hide distracting stuff
• In the background of this picture there was a lot of unnecessary things.  They ended up drawing the viewers eyes away from the actual subject.  I had to remove those distracting things to get the shot I wanted.  Some of them I just cut out of the shot, and others, I had to physically take away for this shoot.
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A Group

• A group
• Page 68 Macro Lens
• It was on accident, that I stumbled upon this photo shoot.  I was fortunate enough to already have had my camera settings perfect for this shot.  I was close enough to the wasp's nest to get clear photographs, but not too close that I did not need to use my zoom lens.  I could have gotten closer, but I thought it was safer just to zoom in a little.  I did not take many pictures of this, but thankfully was able to capture a few very clear detailed images.
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Sunshine

• Sunshine
• Page 113 Low ISO-speed
• This photograph was taken with the ISO-speed set to 80.  Because of how low it was, I tucked my arms into my sides to help steady my camera.  I did not mind that the branch in the front is not in focus, because I was trying to focus on more things further back and higher up in the photograph.
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In the Distance

• In the distance
• Page 120 Don't always shoot wide angles
• For this photo shoot I took multiple pictures using both landscape and portrait layouts.  I found I liked the portrait angled photographs better.  It made the photographs slightly more ominous with the trees creating shade in the left side of the photograph which was closest to me.  The portions of the photograph that were actually "in the distance" were bathed in bright sunlight. I thought this created a contrast throughout the photograph.
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Hide

• Hide
• Page 68 Macro lens
• I thought this was a relatively interesting shot.  I was trying to capture how something could be hidden in between these two sides, or what could be hidden on the other side.  With the help of the natural lighting, which was shining directly on to me, I was able to get a good few through the lattice.  Using the macro lens, and just slight zoom I was able to  keep in focus what I needed to.  I actually managed to focus on more than I had originally anticipated.
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Smooth

• Smooth
• Page 68 Macro lens
• I had a lot of difficulty getting my photographs in focus.  There was a lot of wind, which kept blowing everything around.  I was fortunate enough to get a few clear shots during the times when the wind subsided slightly.  Aside from the wind, it was still challenging getting clear pictures because of how close I had to be to my subject matter.  
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Friends

• Friends
• Page 164 Still players are boring
• While this page in the book was talking specifically about sports events, I thought it fit very well with this particular photo shoot.  There was a lot of dancing and movement going on, and I think this photo captures that.  Because of the motion captured in the front, the still people in the background help add to the photograph.  They are focused on something that just needs a little more motionless concentration.  
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Toy

• Toy
• Page 181 ISO-speed
• For this photo shoot my ISO-speed was set to 200.  Even though I was quite close to my subject matter, I did not use my macro lens.  I think had I, my ISO-speed would have drastically dropped, and it would have been harder to get sharp photographs.  I did rest my arms on the table to help unsure I got the maximum clarity possible in these photographs.
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Time

• Time
• Page 68 Macro lens
• The macro setting on my camera worked perfectly for this photo shoot.  I do not think I could have captured this photograph using any other lens.  Since macro lens has such a shallow depth of field, I was able to capture such a contrast between the close-up blur on the left side of the photograph, and then go straight into a perfectly clear photo on the right side.  I think this perfectly depicts time.  In the beginning, things can be very unclear, but as time goes on we are able to see things in sharper focus.
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Fresh

• Fresh
• Page 89 Mixing daylight and studio light
• Since the colors I used in this photograph were warm, I thought it seemed practical to add incandescent overhead light in addition to the natural daylight.  Since the colors from the light and the photograph were so similar, I did not have to adjust my white balance so much.  The light, rather than creating artificial colors, added to the ones that were already there.
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Tiny

• Tiny
• Page 173 Interior lighting
• During this photo shoot I was in a rather dark room.  Even with additional light, it did not brighten up this area very much.  The one advantage I had, was that even though limited, there was some natural sunlight coming in from the side.  This helped to not cast the whole photograph in to darkness.  I did adjust my white balance also, which aided in not adding artificial colors to the background
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Deep

• Deep
• Page 98 Clean it before you shoot it
• Before I started taking these photographs I had to wipe down the piano keys.  Since these particular keys were at the far end, and are less frequently played, they were somewhat dusty. After cleaning them, they looked much better.  Even though it was such a small thing, I could tell it helped make the photographs look just that much nicer.
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Sour

• Sour
• Page 91 Making your own product table
• I was limited in availability of a good product table.  I found this surface, but thought it was a little dark for the whole photograph.  I added a piece of white paper to the greater front of the product shot.  This helped make the photo become a little  brighter, and also added dimension with the differing colors between the background and front, and the colors of the candy.
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Work

• Work
• Page 179 Low light 
• The lighting in this room was very dark.  Fortunately there was a little bit of natural sunlight coming in from a nearby window.  That sunshine helped create the lighting on the second coin from the left, which also happened to be directly set to fit for the rule of thirds.  I did not want to add artificial lighting, because I thought it would brighten the coins too much, and remove pixels.  In hindsight, I think I should have maybe added light further off in the room, rather than directly on the coins to hopefully avoid that issue.
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Rough

• Rough
• Page 72 Zoomed vs. full frame
• Since I was so close to my subject, I set my camera to macro lens.  On my camera, when I activate this setting, it instantly zooms the lens in.  I did not think I needed this zoom on, since I was  able to be just a few inches away from my subject.  I took a few images without the zoom, and had difficulty getting clear photographs.  I was too close, for the field of view my camera was trying to access.  I ended up taking a few steps back, and increased my zoom just enough so my frame only contained the tree, and nothing else in the background.
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In Between

• In between
• Page 52 Uneven lighting
• As I was setting up for this photo shoot, I noticed my camera lens was creating a shadow directly over some of my product.  After taking a few photographs like this, I realized I actually liked the way the shadow was cast across the left side of the photograph.  Since the word for the day was "in between" I thought it fit well to have the lighting also be in between.  I had taken some photographs with additional lighting that removed this shadow, but I did not like those pictures as much.
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Cold

• Cold
• Page 97 Hide distracting things
• For this photo shoot there were a lot of things immediately bordering what I was trying to capture.  I tried taking pictures from varying angles, but there were too many distracting things in these images.  I ended up having to take straight on photographs so as to hide the unwanted things on the sides.  Despite this, I felt this photograph still followed the rule of thirds.
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Hot

• Hot
• Page 203 Tuck elbows in for sharper shot
• Since I was photographing upwards, I had a little trouble steadying my camera.  I was also quite close to my subject matter.  I had my camera set to macro lens, which lowered my ISO-speed, allowing the photograph to blur more easily.  I tucked my arms inward, and tried to keep them close to my side.  After doing this, I found that the photographs turned out a lot clearer.
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Celebrate

• Celebrate
• Page 97 Hide distracting things
• During this photo shoot, my focal point was position between a building on either side.  It made it increasingly difficult to get photographs that captured the fullness of the shot, without having the buildings be a distraction.  I tried to adjust my position and the angle of my lens to best avoid capturing the buildings as well.  I ended up getting several shots that did not need any re-sizing, and several more, that with a few sizing adjustments, will contain the perfect subject content.
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Red

• Red
• Page 140 Overexpose
• Even though this page in the book was referring to portraits, I felt it worked equally well for this photo shoot.  The area this shoot took place was full of shadow, but there was a great deal of natural and additional light in the greater part of the room.  I knew my colors were rich enough, that overexposing would not remove any of the necessary content.  It helped to create an over bright white background, and made the red pop even more.  If I had had access to more lights, I would have added a few more to remove some of the shadow still in this photo.
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On My Street

• On my street
• Page 187 White balance
• It was very bright outside when I did this photo shoot, so I did not think I would have many issues getting the white balance correct.  I set it to flash, and that seemed to give me the best photos.  I adjusted it to daylight once, just to see the difference between shots.  The photos set to daylight had a very washed out color to them.  I liked the brightness captured in this photo, even though there were not very many colors.
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Sparkle

• Sparkle
• Page 68 Macro lens
• I used my macro lens for most of this photo shoot.  Even though I was able to be so close to my subject, I did end up using my zoom lens for some of the shots depending on the angle, and to avoid unwanted shadows.  I had trouble getting clear photographs.  Because of the shallow depth of field, sometimes it would focus on things further back in the photo, or the surface directly in front.  I was able to rest the lens and my arms on the surface, which helped steady the camera and allowed me to get some crisp detailed photographs.
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Wet

• Wet
• Page 89 Daylight and additional light
• It was actually unexpected, that I came upon this photo option.  A major benefit for it though was, that I had to advantage of outside daylight that was beginning to go down.  This made it appear almost cloudy outside, and the addition of more light increased the photos composition.  I had light directly above this shoot, and I believe that light was what helped create the highlights.  I was able to keep the white balance on daylight, and captured the exact off white color of my subject matter.
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