photo by: Anahi Gallardo

This photo was taken at orange glen high school. Since this is my first HDR photo, I will say that I'm not too pleased with the results. Originally, I had planned to shoot at the beach or at Kit Carson park but one thing led to another and before I knew it I forgot to take the camera home. Fortunately, I had taken a couple photos the week before which was a relief for me. The HDR photo shown is the result of a time-consuming process. It consists of a series of at least three photos. One balanced photo and the other two under-exposed and over-exposed. This photo however took five photos. I decided to shoot another pair of photos thinking that it would make the photo more dramatic. I'm glad with the result though, it's not what I had expected but it's alright considering it was my first.

photo by: Anahi Gallardo. Taken Outside my apartment

At first I didn't think this photo would have worked out. I wasn't present in class during the notes on panoramics. However, i looked up a tutorial and I got an idea on how exactly they're taken.  I understood that panoramics consists of a series of about 10-20 photos (depending on overlapping space) which are then layered on top of each other and finally cropped and edited to the desired effect. The result, a beautiful photo of the sun sneaking through a gap between the tree's branches. I didn't think it would work out since the tree in this shot is actually very small and creating a giant of a tree seemed impossible. The shot only portrays the magic of photography and special effects. I considered desaturating the whole shot but in the end I decided that the pretty bright green compliments the light blue perfectly. I love it