Initial+Proposal

=Initial Proposal =

 How can camera modes be altered to produce high quality photographs? With this driving question, I plan on investigating photography techniques in order to produce higher-quality, professional grade photographs. All my sources describe the usage of camera modes and techniques that vastly improve pictures. They show how pictures change depending on the modes, and how to work the modes in different situations to capture a perfect picture. Photography in its form of art has inspired me to see things in ways I have never thought possible. Photography to me is a way to look at the earth and the objects on Earth as individual forms of art. Finding beauty in things unimaginable and creating beauty from nothing. I have a vision to make the everyday point-and-shoot photographer, into a quality amateur/intermediate photographer. I will learn how to use a Digital SLR (DSLR) camera and attempt to take good pictures using certain modes most people aren't aware of. I plan to use the Nikon D80 and the standard lens that comes with it, as well as a ultra-compact Canon SD1100 IS. I will show in my presentation a step by step way to correct pictures by tweaking setting. My mentor and topic expert will help me overcome difficulties in the photography process. My mentor will help as my subject when taking photographs and my topic expert will assist me in learning camera modes, as well as guiding me through the discipline required to take a good picture. Getting good quality images and effectively learning the proper usage of a complicated camera is essential to this project and I consider it a challenge and a potential problem that will indefinitely need to be overcome. The first step in making my vision into reality is to write a paper pertaining to the essence of the skills required to take adequate pictures. The second step is to inspire people, through an art show, that they too, have the skills to take outstanding amateur/intermediate photographs.