Bella Webster
November 15, 2020
Thompson
Photography 2
Photography 2 Proposal
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It took a little bit longer than I had planned to finish my last proposal, but I am finally ready to start a new one! For this proposal I thought it would be interesting to compare what my phone camera can do against what my camera camera can do. I have the iPhone XS Max and a Canon EOS M50. Both of them take great pictures, but I am curious how they would compare if I tried to get the same result using both cameras.
One thing that I noticed with my phone is that you can’t do much setting wise and it is more just all auto. Because of this, one thing I might try to do is use one of my parents' phones or one that we are not using as well as my current phone to get a sense of what other phone cameras can do. We have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 that isn’t being used and one very cool thing about that phone is it has a whole “pro” mode in the camera. The pro mode allows you to manipulate the photos so much more because you can change the iso, the shutter speed, the brightness, the point of focus and so much more. Depending on where it is/ if it still works I think it would be fun to compare the photos from the iPhone XS Max, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and the Canon EOS M50.
Along with taking the photos, I might try to summarize what I learned, how hard it was, and if I liked how the photo came out for each day that I do this. That way I will be able to remember better and it might be useful for anyone else who is curious about it as well. I don’t know everything about how I was to do it yet so this might change, but one other thing that I also think I want to try is to only do a few subjects each day but really focus on how the cameras differ. This proposal might not be too photo intensive and I think the bulk of the experience will be learning how different camera units operate.
As for how long this project will last, I am planning for it to be at least till the end of the semester. If I start on Tuesday, November 17th, and I end on the week of Tuesday December 8th, that will give me four weeks to finish this proposal (factoring out thanksgiving holiday). Depending on what we do the last week before finals I think I should have enough time to finish this, and most likely I will be doing a new proposal when we come back for second semester. That being said, I dunno, maybe I will be doing a part 2 to this later on in the second semester if I don’t have enough time to complete this.
Link to finished Proposal