unusual and interesting photos

Christian's photos are very weird. they are very abstract and confusing. I think he created these photos by layering the photo in different angles. Some buildings that would be cool to do this to would be some of the sky scrapers downtown, such as the capital building and the frost building. To get access to these buildings you could go downtown and take a photo of them.

part 2

I thought this photo was interesting because I liked the way the photographer showed the girl in a reflection. I found this photo in the portrait and personality category and it won 2nd place. The photographer used the rule of thirds to place the girl and a simple background. I think that is some of the things the judges saw when they picked this photo. The photographer had to take the photo of the reflection without getting the camera in the photo and they also had to get the right lighting in order to get the shadow of the tree over her face.

This photo stood out to me because it showed to powerful longing for a loved one lost a war. I found this photo under the category returning veterans, coming home, and the photo won first place. the photographer used lines to draw your eye to the woman. Also the lines are at an angle so it is more visually interesting and showed that the lines go somewhere. I think this is partly what the judges were looking at and also probably how the photo is black and white, creating a very sad and gloomy mood. the photographer had to find a sad scene and angle the camera so that the background was just the wall of names.

I picked this photo because it shows a heroic scene where the rescue crew is saving a guy from a fallen log in a flood. this photo was int he domestic news single category and won 3rd place. what got my attention was the movement of the water and the danger of what was happening. I think the judges were probably looking at the balance of the people and the colors. the photographer had to be with the rescue crew at the right place at the right time in order to get the photo.





part 3

the advice to take from this drawing was to take a picture of a portrait, a hand, a reflection and show perspective. the photo I found shows all of these elements except for the hand. 

academic photo shoot preview

the story

this photo tells the a story of kids serving the homeless. It tells a story of kids helping their community. In the photo there are kids handing hotdogs to a line of people. The photo uses the people and their positions and actions to tell the story.

action and emotion.

The action in this photo is the jell/ liquid exploding in the air. The girls show emotion with their smiling faces in awe of their experiment.

filling the frame

this photo fills the frame with the smoky light and the people experimenting on the stuff. the rest of the frame is filled with darkness which gives it a mysterious mood.

My favorite photo of these is the one called 'helping hands'. I like this photo because the angle the photographer took the photo. I think the bird's eye view of the subject. This angle keeps the background simple, the floor. on the floor there are lines leading your eye to the students studying around a circular table.

A photo like this one could be taken in the library where students are studying or in a class room where they are working in groups. I think it would be fun to take photos in a art room where everyone is creating a creative piece. As a photographer I would use the rules of composition to make any photo more interesting. Also I notice that almost all the photos area taken at unique angles so I will try to do that as well.

Ethics in digital manipulation

1.
A) When a photographer goes too far in manipulation of a photo, they can get fired from the job, loose all credibility, and have all previously taken photos removed or blocked. This happens to photographers who edit the photo too far and it changes the meaning or truth value of the photo. Photographers who add objects, combine photos, or replace objects can get in trouble for manipulating photos.

B) I think this kind of editing of a photo is unethical because it changes the meaning or truth value of the photo. When this happens the photo tells a different story then what really happened.

2.
A) I thought this was the most unethical after reading the editor's note because the photo on the right makes the man look more guilty.

B) I think this is the least unethical because it didn't really change the meaning of the photo. It still shows the pyramids and the camels, just the pyramids are closer together.

post shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts (Square, Metal, Happy, Bowie)
One challenge I had was trying to find a photo to represent 'happy'. I wanted to take a picture of a group of people laughing but when ever I went to shoot I felt really weird.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
When I was taking pictures I was thinking mainly about getting a picture that was in focus. For my 'square' photo I thought it was really cool because it was in really god focus.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
I would make my backgrounds simpler and look for subjects and lines that lead to the subject.

4. What things would you do the same?
I would still keep the photos in focus.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 4 photos (square, metal, happy, Bowie), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

6. Are you interested in shooting those same prompts again, why?
Yes because now that I know some rules and tips for better composition I feel like I could take much better photos.



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comment:
I really likes your photos. I really think you did a good job at the rule of simplicity especially in your square and happy photo. I suggest that on the 'bowie' photo you could make it clearer that the bowie logo is your subject and not the kid. I really enjoyed viewing your photos!

national geographic

An extraordinary display of spring frost covering everything in sight. This particular image of a frosted fence with a backdrop of a blue metal dumpster from a construction site was taken in late-March of 2011. (© Sara Worsham) #

I liked this photo the best because it was the only one I noticed that was taken of just a regular old fence against a regular old dumpster that anyone could take. Only that not anyone could take this photo without the artistic eye that this photographer has. This photo's composition includes the rule of simplicity because of the simple background and the rule of lines with the frost and the chain link fence. If I were to take a photo for this competition I would take a photo of something going on at bowie that shows an aspect of what its like to be a student here.

touching people

I think this project was interesting. It was a weird concept to have random strangers touch each other and photograph it. It kind of shows how most people don't really interact with people they don't know. If someone came up to me and asked me to touch a stranger and pose for the picture I probably wouldn't but I still think its a cool idea. Another photo shoot that would be fun to shoot would be to have two strangers do some sort of dance together. I thought the photos were well taken. I liked the one with the bride and the kid and I liked the one with the two men on the green background.

Simplicity, The Rule of Thirds, Lines, Balance, Framing, and Avoiding Mergers

simplicity

 This photo is an example of simplicity because the background is simple. The Background is just lines of the building and there are no colors or sky or other buildings to distract your eye away from the falling man.

rule of thirds

This photo is an example of rule of thirds because the twin tower on fire is in the upper right corner of the photo. Neither of the buildings are exactly in the center so it makes the photo more appealing.

lines

This photo is an example of lines because there are a lot of lines leading your eye to the subject, the firefighters. there are lines on the fence and the building and the road that are diagonal and make the photo more appealing and dynamic.

balance

This photo shows balance because there are two people on either side of the photo. The people on the photo balance each other out. Also two of the men are warring dark blue shirt on either side of the photo and that also balances out the picture.

framing

This photo is framed by the bridge on the top and right and the water on the bottom. The smoke coming from the buildings also frames the top of the photo. When the bridge frames the photo it gives a sense of depth an layers to the photo.

avoiding mergers

This is an example of mergers because the people are cut off. All the people on the right side are cut off by the border.

top 40 photos

“La Jeune Fille a la Fleur,” a photograph by Marc Riboud

I picked this photo because it shows the power of beauty against the dark figures in the war. It also shows how brave the pacifist is because in the picture you can see in the picture how he is up against a whole army. In the composition of the photo you can see the flower lit up in the center and a long line of soldiers in the background and in the foreground there is a close up of the soldier's gun. I think it made the top 40 pictures because it is a powerful symbol of the flower power movement.

Vanderlei Almeida 

I chose this photo because the dog looks so sad that her owner died. The photographer composed this photo so that the dog and the grave are at the bottom of the picture and there are rows of holes dug by a tractor that go off the page. I think it made the top 40 pictures because it shows the loyalty of the dog to her owner.

Eric Gay

I chose this photo because there is a 5 year old and a 105 year old holding hands after a hurricane. This photo is composed so that the girl and tho elderly woman are in the foreground and the police are evacuating them away. There also are two boys being pushed in a yellow cart behind them. I think this picture made the top 40 because it represents the century between the woman and the girl and how they can still connect even though they are 100 years apart.

bowie happy metal square

square

in this photo I achieved the rule of lines because the background lines help bring out the bigger bars.

metal

In this photo I achieved the rule of thirds and of simplicity. the light post is in the bottom left third of the photo and the background is a simple blue sky.

bowie

In this photo I achieved the rule of lines but I don really have a subject at all.

happy

In this photo I'm not really sure whats going on. This one didn't really have any of the rules.

upside down faces

I think its really cool and unique how the faces are turned up side down. the faces look completely different form normal faces but at the same time some what familiar. When I first looked at the faces I thought it was some weird photo shopped face where the nose and mouth had been smoothed over. But then I looked closer and noticed the eyebrows and realized that these were really human faces.

Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

Robert Doineau was a French photographer who liked to photograph the streets of Pairs. He was born April 14, 1912 in Gentilly, Val-de Marne and died April 1, 1994 in Montrouge. His most famous work, "kiss by the hotel de ville", came known to represent life in Paris. Some of the books he has written include "Three Seconds of Eternity", "Robert Doisneau: A Photographer's Life", "Robert Doisneau: Retrospective", and "Doisneau Pairs". After graduating from lithography school l'Ecole Estienne in Chantlly in 1929, he assisted sculptor Andre` Vigneau with his camera. He was drafted in to the army in 1939 and took pictures while a soldier of world war 2. He also worked for Rapho photo agency and French Vogue. In 1992 his art was at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.

first day photos

The top two I liked because they are taken from a cool perspective. I do not like the bottom two because the lighting is really weird and they are blurry. I really like the top on because you can see the shadows on his face and it looks cool.

Great Black and White Photographers

    Robert Doisneau

 Blossfeldt  

Margaret Bourke-White

  

The Camera

1 inside a completely dark room, a tiny hole is created in one wall. through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected (upside down) on the opposite wall.

2 making of high quality glass lenses 

3 A glass lens, a dark box, and film

4 Light passes through the lens, into the camera and exposes the film

5 electronic sensor called a CCD

Camera Modes

6 auto mode completely controls flash and exposure. program mode automatically assists, just point and shoot, usually can control flash.

7 portrait attempts to blur out the background, camera uses the fastest available lens setting

8 sports is used to freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible

Half Press

9 faster camera response, time more control over focus, encourages better composition 

Controlling Flash

10 disabled flash: no flash, when the mood of the photograph can be more dramatic with the natural light

11 auto flash: is enabled by default and will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light 

Introduction To Exposure

12 too much light and the picture will be washed out.

13 not enough light and the picture will be too dark.

 

The Universal Stop

14 represents a relative change in the brightness of light

15 1 stop

16 2 stops

Shutters and Aperture

17 longer shutter speed = more light

18 shorter shutter speed = less light

19 aperture controls the size of the opening that the light passes through 

20 larger F-stop numbers

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