What I learned is that photography is much more than just pressing the shutter button on something that pleases you visually. It's a trial and error process, and it takes time to see what works, what doesn't, how something can be improved, and how just the slightest change can to the settings can change a whole photo.
What did you learn about yourself this semester?
I learned that I very much enjoy photography, and that I love the process of developing photos, and what it takes and the hard process for something that you very much love, and grow attached to for so much hard work. I love that process of developing the whole film, the one picture, or manipulating the whole picture in Photoshop, its a wonderful process.
What do you wish we had done that we did not?
I wish that we would have done the cool gif that you showed us at the beginning of the year, (the wolf, that was black and white, and it twitched into like a blue layer, and a red one, then went back to normal.) I think other than that, we covered all the things that wanted to learn, and it was very pleasing to me to learn many different things.
What was your struggle?
I don't think I struggled that much, but I did struggle with the things at the beginning of the semester, and how to the process of developing photos, but after a while I could pump out like 4-5 photos in a while, so I didn't very much struggle with that. I didn't struggle with the technology part of the class either, because I had previous background with photoshop from a prior class that I had taken before this one which allowed to use photoshop as well.
What did you conquer?
I conquered my fear of failure, and not getting things right the first time around. When I developed my first photo, it came out completely black, and I was really disappointed in myself, because I thought I could have done better, but after a while I realized you may not get the perfect photo the first time around, you have to keep trying until you feel what you poured into the picture is the best. So, after that experience with failure, I kept trying but I didn't let that get to me, and I succeeded this semester and I am proud of what I have accomplished.
