Project 0: The Vertigo Shot

For this project, I used a Nikon D40 6.1MP digital SLR camera.

The biggest difficulty I encountered during the project was keeping the subject a constant size, in spite of the fact that I used a tripod. To overcome this, I used the frames in the viewfinder of the camera as a reference and tried to keep the subjects the same size relative to the frames. Unfortunately, there was still a considerable amount of variation in terms of both size and position.

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Image 1: The Pumpkin

For this sequence of images, I used a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens. I put a pumpkin on a table near the front of my apartment. I decided to shoot here first just as a trial before going out and taking photos, but this ended up being one of the better shoots, so I decided to keep it.

Image 2: The Hallway

For this sequence of images, I used a Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED lens. I decided to visit the second floor of Baker Hall and take photos of the large window in the direction of Hunt Library. These were more interesting than the pumpkin photo shoot because my subject was so much further away, so I had to use a stronger zoom lens and move back in larger increments.