A little update on my photography path

An Update About My Journey in the Photography World

               Since I've been swamped with school work and school in general, I haven't had much time to get out and take pictures. Since I'm doing yearbook, I have been able to take advantage of that at least to get some photo taking in and advance my skills (the little I have). I've been able to go to a few of my school's basketball games and take some pictures. I've been able to work with taking pictures at different angles and lenses. Recently I was able to use a portrait lens for the first time, learning that might not be the best kind of lens for a basketball game if you are right on the side line and they're coming right towards you.

 I wasn't able to get a lot of pictures when they were shooting because I was right behind the hoop they were shooting on. What the camera mainly focused on, I learned, was maybe a face or two. In order to get the whole shot, I had to go back towards the bleachers and possibly where people could barely see me but I could see them. A few times the referee even told me I could get closer to the sideline, which I found kind of funny. Next time i'm going to try a different lens. I was able to get some really good shots when my partner suggested that we actually go into the stands to get a better angle. Since it was only girls freshman basketball, very few supporters were there. Just mainly parents, which worked to our advantage. We were able to go back and forth, back and forth all along the bleachers. Switching sides to get different angles on each camera. Going up and down (since I didn't have zoom on my) and occasionally going back down onto the court and getting a few sideline shots.  Photographing sports is a really different type of photography that I've found fun yet challenging to be creative with trying to come up with different angles. That's exactly what Photography is, being creative.

Besides Yearbook I  haven't really been able to get any photography action. Luckily to my rescue a friend comes along asking me to be in his movie. Obviously I said yes because what if it were to go to Hollywood? I could become famous! (most likely not) Him knowing I'm into photography, he asked if I could get a camera from my yearbook class (since I have an $80 crap camera and having done this plenty of times before with permission obviously)  and be the official photographer for his movie. I would get full credit which would end up helping me in the long run for my career. It might even look good on my college application. Being able to say I was the official photographer for a movie. You never know. Even the small things count. In these next few weeks, I hope to be able to grow in my knowledge and experience. To be able learn from my mistakes and hopefully get pointer tips from those around me that are more well experienced (and hopefully get a better camera).