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Practicing Camera Angles!

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 During class we practiced shooting all different kinds of camera angles- high to low and close to far. I had a lot of fun doing this assignment considering I LOVE taking photography and finding what angles may be the most flattering for the scene I'm trying to capture. I think my experience in photography not only helped me enjoy the assignment, but also helped me feel confident about the shots I was taking and them being flattering to my subjects (huuuge thanks to cassidy and jazmine!).  That doesn't mean that it was a total walk in the park, though. I remember having a rough time getting the shot of the person walking. It felt like there was no comfortable way to shoot it? I was bent down at this awkward angle and couldn't exactly see what I was getting on the screen. It really puts into perspective why we have specific gear to get different angles with steady hands, lol.  Here are some of the results from the activity <3             ...

Introduction Post!

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  Hi there! As you can see by the name of this blog, my name is Alyssa, and I'm a senior this year! (Ahh, exciting!) (...Maybe?) I'm 17 and this blog is going to be used for my AICE Media Studies class. I still need to think a LOT about the direction I plan on going for this project, and I'm excited about it, but I'm not going to lie and say I think ANY of this is going to be easy.                                                          ☆ ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆  ☆ I'm also going to be honest and say that I did NOT intend to take this class like... at all... But when I learned what this was about I got really excited. Ever since COVID I've found personal enjoyment in film/media analysis so the fact I got ...