Independent Component 2

 L. I, Jessica Velasco, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. For my second independent component I decided to do more hours in my Digital Photography ROP class where I do my service learning and collected all the photographs that I have taken throughout that time. Some photographs are from the assignments that have been given to us, and other photographs I have taken with more of the techniques and skills that I have obtained from taking my ROP class.


I. My component represents 30 hours of my work, by then being able to show how I was able to apply the techniques and skills that I have learned throughout the past 8 months that I have taken ROP. It also represents my growth as a photographer when compared to my very first Independent Component where I showed the first photographs which I believed where good. Now with my second Independent Component my photographs have become better and I also believe that my growth as a photographer is noticeable and is shown with this second Component.

A. Doing this as my Independent Component helped me answer my EQ in many ways, first of all it taught me all about a photograph's composition and how the subject does not necessarily have to be set in the middle. That it is usually better to follow the rule of thirds unless you find an amazing way to break that rule which is pretty hard (and is only recommended once you know all the rules of composition) to pull off unless you are doing Macro photography. By sitting in class and having a professional like Jack to learn all these things from was the biggest help. The second thing was being able to learn these techniques and then being given assignments using them, because that way I was able find a way to take a photograph and apply those techniques to my photography's composition with my own creativity. Which is the best way for me to learn things, rather then just sitting in classROP Log of hours learning about photography.  

Rop hour log

Pictures from a Story Telling assignment we had.

Motion Photography, using the technique I learned in ROP in January.

 Nature Photography and Macro Photography

Animal Photography

One of my favorites

Using Surrealism.

 

Independent Component 2 Approval

For my second Independent Component I plan on doing more hours for my service learning in ROP. During this amount of time I will be gaining more knowledge about the types of photography and how to apply that knowledge in my own photography, which will also provide me with more experience than what I have at the moment. This will help me answer my essential question because in order to be able to create visually appealing photographs it is very important that a photographer has as much experience and knowledge as possible to be able to succeed.

Idependent Component 1

L. I, Jessica Velasco affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 48 hours of work in my ROP class. I completed all the assignments, where I applied all of the different types of photography that I have been taught and learned about in the class since it began on the 7th of September 2011. 

I. The most significant parts of my component were getting to learn and apply the photography rules to my own photography while using my own creativity to do so. Like the rule of thirds, leading lines, points of focus, capturing motion, and lighting. With the photographs that I was able to create while applying the rules I learned from all the classes I will show the amount of time that was put in to this component. 
A. This helped me answer my Essential Question, by providing me with the knowledge to be able to create photographs that will be eye catching to the viewer, for example the imaginary leading lines that lead to the photo's focus point and the rule of thirds where the eye is automatically drawn to the line's intersections.  

Here is my log of hours for ROP:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApjKsWjPV5e-dDZCN0lMcDI0ajdrdVVNYXNqd3RLVEE

 Leading Lines

     

 Motion Photography

Rule Of Thirds

Different types of lighting

These are everyday photos that I have taken by using the techniques and skills that I have learned in ROP.

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

For my Independent Component I plan on doing more hours of service learning for ROP. I will keep track of the hours with a log of the hours a week that I spend taking the ROP class learning about Photography and applying it to my own photography. I will also use the Photos from ROP to show how my Photography has improved over time. Doing my Independent Component on this will help me with my Essential Question because I will learn about all the aspects of photography and everything that makes a photograph appealing to its viewers.