Photographing Butterflies

Photographing butterflies is very challenging. Yesterday I went to The Coral Gables Library Butterfly Garden to take photos for my Photography Class. The garden is pretty with flowers and trees, three benches and a bird bath with mulch on the ground. There were four Monarchs flying in the garden. I decided to take a photo of them. They were speeding all around. I tried to take a picture but they kept on flying away. As I was ready to leave, I looked down on the floor and saw a newborn butterfly that was perfect to photograph. It is easier to take a photograph when the butterfly is newly born because they cannot fly yet. I got my camera out of my bag and I was ready. I stood there for at least 10 minutes, waiting for the butterfly to open its wings, but each time it did I messed up the shot.  The butterfly has a fluid in it that is pumped through it's wings and makes them their normal size. We should not pick up a butterfly too soon because it's wings have scales which feels like powder and it needs to have space to open their wings. I crouched down and I waited another 5 minutes. Suddenly the butterfly opened its wings and I took the shot and it was perfect.

Here is a link to my FLVS Photography assignment:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXNqCtETMmk

An Everyday Object

 I am in a photography class. My assignment was to take an every day object and think about the many ways I could photograph it. I could put it in places where it would not likely be found or take pictures from different angles. I thought to myself, "What is an object that I use everyday? A hairbrush! Almost everybody uses a hairbrush." I decided that I would put the hairbrush in places where I would not usually find one. I put my pink, silver plastic hairbrush in a plant, standing up on my bed and in a bubble bath. I also took close up pictures of it.

Pinhole Photography

What is pinhole photography?

Pinhole photography is the use of a small dark chamber with one small hole in it. Among other things, you can use a Pringles Can, a green pepper or a shoe box! How does a pinhole camera work? The light reflects off of the object and goes through the pinhole and is projected onto a screen and images look upside down. It is unique because you are using the earliest form of photography. Pinhole cameras have been used for looking at eclipes of the sun.

I made a pinhole camera out of a Pringles Can.

Here is the link to the instructions I used: http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/pringles_pinhole.html