Final Exam Extra Credit

1. The man, Ki Suk Han, was pushed down to the tracks by a panhandler, he was not strong enough to escape before getting hit by the train. The photographer, Abbasi, was running, using his camera flash to warn the train operator, that's how he got the photo.
2. The photographer said that he took the photo because he was unable to help Han himself.
3. I think that the photographer was right to take the photo, but wrong not to even try to help Han.
4. I do not think he did the best he could've done in the situation, I think he could've really helped Han out of there.
5. I do agree with running the photo on the front of the New York Post, it really draws attention to the situation, maybe there can be gates on the sides of the tracks?
6. I think that it honestly depends on the person, in my opinion, I think that I'd try to help, then take a photo.
7. Yes I do think it's ethical to go and get involved with the situation, trying to save somebody's life for instance.
8. No, I think that photojournalists shouldn't influence things if it'll benefit the situation better by helping.
9. At least try to help, even if you fail, you'd still make the effort and that's what matters.

Final Review

1. Captions
-Equestrian, Robert, is grasping the reins so hard, trying to rope in the wild steed, Natasha,  while Mike is trying to calm her down.  Natasha was tired of going through training so she had decided to run wild.

Magazine Cover

Magazine Cover

Portraits and Self Portraits

Self Portrait

Portrait

Fashion Photography

1. Lips and eyes bigger, neck longer and thinner.
2. Hair longer, thinned out her arms, legs and stomach, legs longer, feet smaller, neck longer, changed skin tone.
3. Hair extended, made all of her body thinner and smaller, edited the size of some body parts.
4. No, it's not ethical to change and edit a person's appearance, it makes people want to look like them instead of themselves and it makes them self conscious, it gives them false hope of being perfect.
5. The plus size model being thinned out is just very wrong, it's not who she is and it's sad to think that she's brave enough to go out there and model lingerie, then to later be deprived of showing off who she is.
6. Changes that are OK, are fixing the models hair slightly, sometimes making them slightly tanner or covering up a few pimples. Changes that aren't OK, are thinning out models and making them someone they aren't.
7. The difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is that in photojournalism, there's only slight, necessary changes made to the photo, like the Levels. But in Fashion photography, they go above and beyond to edit the model to get as close to perfect as possible, it's unethical.
8. Photojournalism captures important pictures and they're made for telling stories. Fashion photography takes pictures and then dramatically edits the photos to sell the product faster.
9. I think you showed us these videos to show us that there's a line that can be easily crossed when editing photos.
10. I think that these weren't about guys because sexy sells, women are more easily drawn to be more like a perfect girl, men not so much.

Best Covers

1. Informal
2. Formal
3. Environmental
4. Informal
5. Informal
6. Informal
7. Informal
8. Formal
9. Formal
10. Formal
11. Formal
12. Informal
13. Formal
14. Informal
15. Formal
16. Informal
17. Informal

Magazine Tips

Five things to think about when creating magazine covers are:
-"What am I getting out of this?"As in the money and time.
-The image's emotional appeal
-What will pull in the viewers?
-Same brand from issue to issue
- Is it actually interesting and stimulating?

American Soldier

1)

2) A.

This was the most powerful photo of the slideshow because it shows that Ian may be busy and have a tough time, but he still maintains a close relationship with his father.

B.

At home in Denver - #1-7

At basic training - #8-50

In Iraq - #51-70

Back in Denver - #71-82

The set of photos from Iraq is the most powerful because it showed his strength getting better and his pain screaming, yet contained.
C.
I think the images work together to tell a story by showing his progression and pain. It all pieces together nicely, like a book.
3) A.
The captions were written in present tense.
B.
The captions enhance the photos by explaining the hurt and actions in the picture.

Cold, Purple, Electrical

Electrical

Cold

Purple

Self Portraits and Portraits Part 1

3. Break the Rules of Composition

There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them – as this can lead to eye catching results.

The Rule of Thirds is one that can be effective to break – placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image – or even creative placement with your subject right on the edge of a shot can sometimes create interesting images.

9. Obscure Part of your Subject

A variation on the idea of zooming in on one part of the body is to obscure parts of your portrait subject’s face or body. You can do this with clothing, objects, their hands or just by framing part of them out of the image.

Doing this means that you leave a little to the imagination of the image’s viewer but also focus their attention on parts of your subject that you want them to be focused upon. 

Get Closer

The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close.

Don't be shy. If you approach people in the right way, they'll usually be happy to have their picture made. It's up to you to break the ice and get them to cooperate. Joke around with them. Tell them why you want to make the picture. Practice with people you know so that you are comfortable; people can sense when you aren't.

Environmental Portraits

I like this portrait because of the overall elegant presentation. It's very sophisticated and the woman makes pointe look easy.

I love the beauty and colors in this portrait. The shades of nature and the texture of the photo really draws you in.

Photography Self Portrait

I really like how the angle isn't just straight ahead, it's a cool looking angle. I really like how his eye pops.

I love this photo, it's such a unique picture. It looks as if he had cloned himself again and again.

Casual Portraits

I like this portrait because of the cool angle and the way her eyes are the only thing with color. 

I like this portrait because it isn't posed, it was taken at random and turned out t be a great photo.

My Portrait Assignment Plan

I think for my portraits, I'll shoot people in the streets or at random, I think it'll bring some diversity into the assignment. To make the portraits as successful as possible, I plan on including lots of lines and colors to bring out the photos. I'll also be incorporating in Rule of Thirds, Simplicity and framing.

Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

APERTURE

F2.8 Aperture

F16 Aperture

1. The eyes are the closest part of the body that are similar to the aperture.
2. The smaller the Aperture the larger f-stop, the higher the Aperture the smaller f-stop.
3. Depth of the Field is impacted by aperture by how far, or deep, the sharpened background goes.

SHUTTER SPEED

1. At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light.
a) slow shutter speed
b) long shutter speed
c) fast shutter speed
d) fast shutter speed
At night  where there's no sun and it's too dark to see the other end of the courtyard from another
a) long
b) long
c) fast

d)fast
2. Priority mode has you set the lens aperture and the camera automatically sets the shutter speed. Shutter Priority mode has you set up the shutter speed and the camera set the aperture. Manual mode is where you set the shutter speed and aperture on your own.

ISO

Iso 200

Iso 3200

1. 

A Husband's Journey Through Photography

1. As I was scrolling through these photos, I felt like I was losing somebody as well, it was a depressing kind of feeling.
2. I think this comment says that even though the photos were them, it doesn't mean that it defines them as weak, it makes them stronger.
3. If I was in this situation, I don't think I could shoot photos of the journey, I'd be too heartbroken and I wouldn't want to see the person suffering hurt ever again.
4. If I wrote Angelo a letter, I'd say that I'm sorry for his loss, that his pictures were done beautifully and that they did a great job really helping people understand the pain he went through.

Africa

1. -
2.

3. I love this picture, I think it's such a great shot, it's risky and it pulls you in. It's my favorite of his pictures because it comes across as symbolic to me, it's unique.

4. The rules present in this photo are: Rule of Thirds, Balance, Lines, Simplicity. It shows Rule of Thirds by putting the Ranger in the bottom left of the photo, Simplicity by just focusing on the man with the tusks, Balance by making geometric shapes with the tusks and drought ground, and finally, Lines by using the cracks in the ground and the curves of the tusks draw in the eye, especially since the tusks make an S- shaped curve.

5. Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67II to shoot his photos, it only has two fixed lenses.

6. He likes photographing animals and people to get close and learn their personalities.

7.  He hopes to capture these animals and their personalities before they're murdered by humans. 

8. "I'm not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being." (Brandt, 2007)

Funny Captions

An elderly, crippled man named Lester looking for food in a Wendy's drive through. Lester was starved after an intense physical bingo game, so he figured why not go to get a burger?

Sue, a very passionately hating 86 year old woman, is taking a trip to the farmer's market. She decided that since her grand children were misbehaving in the previous morning, she'd buy them Brussels sprouts as punishment.

Billy and Shelly are racing each other to the GAP to buy their seven granddaughters new dresses. They were bored with their boring scooters this morning so they designed them to look more hip. 

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

Reflection

1. One challenge I encountered while trying to get photos that follow the rules, was trying to focus on only academics. It would've been a lot easier to just focus on anything I choose instead of only academic things.
2. One technical aspect of my photos I really tried to focus on the angles, I wanted my photos to look as best as possible.
3. If I did the assignment a second time, I'd most likely try to work on really putting the rules into focus.
4. I would definitely keep the same if I were to do it again would be my angles.
5. When I shoot with my next set of prompts, I think the easiest rule to achieve would be to achieve would be lines.
6. The rule that's hardest to capture in my opinion would be mergers.
7. One rule I'm still not very clear on is Mergers.

Critique

http://hwolfie34.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-10-10T08:23:00-07:00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true

I really liked Hannah's Simplicity and your Rule of Thirds pictures. The Simplicity photo is really unique and I enjoyed her Rule of Thirds photo as well! One thing she could improve on is making her Balance rule more clear.

Great B&W Photographers Part 3

1. The first thing that caught my eye about Lothar Wolleh's photography was that all of his photos were portraits.
2. I see a scruffy, grumpy looking older man. He's sitting alone on what appears to be a throne. He's holding some sort of staff.
I smell fresh, clean marble floor. I smell metal from his necklaces and chains. I smell freshness.
I hear complete silence. The occasional echoing of footsteps on the tile and marble. The shuffling of the patriarch's feet.
I taste bitter, cold nothing. My breath tastes of nothing. I taste purely nothing.
I feel drafty air brushing my skin in this solid room. I feel my throat and mouth dry like a drought. I fell my fingers fidgeting, wondering what he'll say next.

I see a guard looking back at me. I see his perfectly handled uniform. Then I look down to my tattered clothes, ashamed.
I smell the guard's crisp uniform. The smell strikes me as new, fresh. I smell shoe polish.
I hear his stiff breathing, out, in, out, in. I hear footsteps in the distance. I hear more sharp breathing, in, out, in, out.
I taste nothing at all.
I feel drafts of air against me.

Photo Mural Blog

1. A theme we could use around the school to make panels is a theme of metal, or a theme of happy students.
2. I think we should only use phones, it seems like a more personal way to get pictures.
3. I'd want to put the mural in the courtyard or in the cafeteria.

Academic Shoot

Lines

1. I followed the rule pretty well, the photo has lines and thanks to the angle, has what appears to be diagonal lines.

2. The subject of this picture is the chalkboard.

3. Yes, it's very clear to the audience what the subject is.

4. One thing I could've done better is I could've gotten the entire rectangle for the day on the far right, biggest to the camera.

Balance

1. I think that I followed the rule of Balance very well, there's geometric shapes and the picture is well balanced without stuff everywhere in the picture.

2. The subject is the two boys working.

3. Yes, it's very clear to the audience what the subject in this photo is.

4. One thing I could've done better is gotten taken the picture a little higher up, then it would've gotten the boy on the right's tool completely in the photo.

Simplicity

1. I think I followed the rule fairly well, the photo is simple, but there;s two people in the back taking away from the simplicity of the photo. 

2. The subject is the girl hard at work on her assignment.

3. It's easy for the audience to see what the subject of the photo is, being that she's in the middle of the hall.

4. I could've waited for the other people in the background to pass so that I could improve the photo.

Rule of Thirds

1. I followed the rule well being that the girl is in the bottom left side of the invisible tic-tac toe setup.

2. The subject of the photo is the girl working at the table.

3. Yes, it's clear to see what the subject of the photo is, her pink shirt makes her stand out. 

4. I could've gotten the thermostat out of the picture to improve it.

Framing

1. I followed the rule sort of well, I could've done a better job of framing the girl.

2. The subject of the photo is the girl working at the table.

3. Yes, it's clear to see what the subject of this photo is, her light clothes and hair stand out.

4. I could've gotten the bottom part of her framed better, instead of cutting her off. 

Mergers (extra credit)

1. I followed the rule fairly well, he wasn't really cut off much and nothing really seems to be going through him.

2. The subject of this photo is the student thinking about his assignment.

3. Yes it's easy to see what the subject of the photo is, he's up close to the camera and his shirt stands out.

4. I could've backed up a little to really capture all of him.

Great B&W Photographers Part 2

Lothar Wolleh was a male photographer in the early-mid 20th century. He was born on January 20, 1930 in Berlin, Germany. He would later die in London on September 28, 1979 after returning from taking photos of Henry Moore. Until the late sixties, Wolleh worked as a commercial photographer, he'd capture portraits of international contemporary painters, performance artists and sculptors. In the end, he'd photographed about 109 artists. Lothar used a characteristic format, with mostly symmetrical compositions, in his photos. In his young life, he'd been sent to Siberia for 15 years of forced labor and mining on suspicion of spying. He served 6 years at Vorkuta and was later let out for cooperating well with the people in the camp. Lothar Wolleh left his mark on the world and is still remembered today.

Favorite Yearbook Contest Photo

1. I picked this photo because of the how the angle brings everything together. Since the photo is taken from above, it reminds me of the saying "in over your head", the SAT books also contribute to that.
2. This photo has Balance, being that the SAT books make triangles and other geometric shapes, it avoids mergers by not cutting of the boy's back in the bottom part of the frame. This picture is a nice example of framing because of the way the bookshelves frame the boy and the books. It has lots of lines, diagonals, horizontals, curved, vertical, etc, which makes it all that more interesting.

1. I think I could take academic photos like the ones I saw today in the library, by the lockers, in classrooms, etc.
2. I'd like to visit Mr. Laney's, Ms. Nunnery's, Ms. Holloway's and Mrs. Vohl's rooms.
3. To get good photos like those veiwed today, I'd like to play around with photoshop. Maybe some filtering, things like that.

Filling the Frame

I think this photo "fills the frame" by really utilizing the space, the steam fills the bottom, the boys fill the top and sides. It all touches the borders, or frame.

Action and Emotion

I think that this photo potentially holds a lot of emotion, maybe they're remembering a lost teammate, teacher, peer, etc? It seems to be a beautiful, touching moment. The action of "standing around the pole" shows a lot of respect and peace.

The Story

This photo tells a visual story of kids that care enough to help those less fortunate than themselves. I think this school went on a mission to help the hungry, maybe on a holiday, Christmas maybe, being that they're in hats and coats.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1)

A. The main points of this article were that the photographers did wrong by photoshopping and editing their photos. If you photoshop something to be published or taken seriously, it can be a serious offense and you could potentially lose your job.

B. I think that this type of photo manipulation is unethical and wrong because after you edit these photos, they are no longer reliable sources for information, proof, etc.
http://globaljournalist.jour.missouri.edu/stories/2009/07/01/ethics-in-the-age-of-digital-manipulation/

2)

A.

The edited photo (left), shows how Newsweek tried to clean up McCaughey' s teeth, her real teeth were shown in Time magazine. This is unethical because it doesn't show who she is, it's another way of saying she isn't magazine-worthy.

B. 

I think that this photo is the least unethical from this website because even though the african-american boy was photoshopped in, it shows that they aren't a segregated campus. The other photos on this website are simply unethical because they change the view of the photo or are racist or sexist, etc.

http://www.sree.net/teaching/photoethics.html

Avoiding Mergers

This photo is an example of Merger because some of the men's bodies are being chopped out of the picture, it's also hard to see the man in the middle with some parts being covered up by the firemen.

Mergers make it difficult to focus on certain parts of the photo, if you, however, avoid mergers of color and cutting people out, you can simply make the photo better.

Balance

This is an example of Balance because it has several geometric shapes, it also has a good arrangement of colors and light. The unique shapes of this photo adds strong visual draw to the picture, Balancing photos can make your photography a lot easier to understand and look at, while still drawing attention to it.

Lines

This photo shows the photographer's composition of Lines by putting diagonal lines into the photo, it draws the eye of a viewer. The diagonals of the cranes make imaginary shapes, attracting the eye of viewers. Lines are very important in photography, they're what make up the construction of the photo.

Rule of Thirds

This photo is an example of Rule of Thirds because the girl is focused in the bottom right point of the tic-tac toe shaped imaginary frame that helps photographers improve their photos. By putting the subject of your photo in one of the intersections of the imaginary or visible tic-tac toe shape, it makes the photo more constructed, making for an interesting composition of the photo, it's not boring or basic, it's unique.

Simplicity

This photo shows simplicity by only focusing on the subject, the man, watching what has just happened to his country. The photo has no confusing backgrounds, it's just a simple, yet great, photo. The photo just focuses on one subject or idea, which makes it simple.

Framing

This photo shows framing by outlining the explosion with a building on the right, traffic light on bottom, and a street light for the top and bottom part of the frame. Building a frame around a subject in a photo helps it to build structure, it's a stronger more powerful photo, it makes a statement saying "hey, I'm here, I'm the subject, look here."It makes it easier to focus.

3 Links

Top 40 Photos:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/most-powerful-photographs-ever-taken

1. I picked this photo because it was a very symbolic photo of a landing on the moon. It shows how beautiful the earth we live on really is.

2. I like how the photographer set up the photo to where everything is purely dark and the there's a gorgeous pop of blue, the earth.

3. I think this picture mad the top 40 photos because of what it symbolizes, it makes you realize how far mankind has really come.

1. I picked this photo because of the thousand words of pain this picture screams.

2. I like how the photographer set up the photo to where the camera is so close the soldiers face that you can feel what he feels, pain and bravery.

3. I think this picture made the top 40 photos because of the feeling it gives you, it makes you stronger in one way or another, it instills a feeling in you that you can't describe.

1. I picked this photo because it makes you feel as if you're right there with them, fighting for your country.

2. I like how since the photographer is standing in the center of the action, you get a nice peripheral vision of what's occurring.

3. I think this photo made the top 40 because it's timeless, it's part of American history.

Touching People:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/11/01/130974145/touching-strangers

http://bumbumbum.me/2010/08/26/richard-renaldi-touching-strangers/

1. I really like this project that the photographer has presented, in my opinion, I thought that it was a cool way to represent that there is unity in diversity, we're such a diverse species, its unique to observe how no two people are alike.

2. If someone approached me with a camera and old me to touch a stranger, I would honestly be a little confused, but I'd do it willingly after they explained. 

3. An unusual photo shoot that would be similar to this one would be to photograph someone doing something they've never tried before with someone they've never met before.

4. I thought that in some of the photos, the people didn't mesh well, which in some cases was a good thing, sometimes it made the photo a little less appealing. But in the long run, I did enjoy looking at the photos.

National Geographic:

http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/11/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100187/

This was my favorite photo (43/45) because it was a very neat shot with the light shining through the building and the mysterious person down below. The angle and the lighting are both beautiful, however, what really grabbed my attention was the architecture of the building. It's so unique, so bold and different, it makes me really want to study it and observe every detail of the photo.

If I were to take a photo and submit it to the National Geographic Photo Contest, I'd take a beautiful picture in Africa, the sun setting in the back and a silhouette of a tree and an isolated person sitting and contemplating.

Happy, Metal, Bowie, Square

Happy

Metal 

Bowie 

Square

Warm Up 9/15/14

1. I think that the unique idea of flipping photographs upside down to make a face is so interesting, it's so original and it draws your attention in.
2. It definitely took me a second to realize what exactly I was looking at, but as I scrolled down more and more, I saw the unique faces, it was really cool.
3. Maybe sometime I can try something like this, it'll help me grow as a photographer and get more interesting photo ideas.

The Camera

1. The "Camera Obscura" effect is achieved by creating a dark room, and shining light onto the wall of the dark chamber.
2. Lenses and optics were invented in the 17th century, this helped the camera take one step closer into the reach of mankind.
3. The parts of the first modern camera were a glass lens, a dark box and film, invented by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.
4. Modern cameras contain film (or digital film), a dark box, and a lens, just like Niépce's.
5. Digital cameras use an electronic sensor, called CCD, that replaces the old plastic film.
6. The difference between Auto Mode and Program Mode is that Auto Mode completely controls the exposure and flash, whereas the Program Mode will let you take the reigns of flash and exposure.
7. The Portrait Mode is used for blurring out the background, so you can focus on the main part of the photo, it does this by using the fastest available lens setting (aperture). 
8. The Sports Mode is used for freezing the motion, it does this by using the highest shutter speed.
9. You should do a half press on the trigger button because it gives you more control over focus, as well as faster camera response and it even encourages better composition.

10.This symbol means that there is NO flash, you'd use this when you want natural light, or maybe your preference is no flash. 

11. This symbol means that the camera will automatically flash if it feels the picture needs more light. It's called Auto-Flash, it's enabled by default.
12. If your photo has too much light, it will be washed out.
13. If your picture has too little light, your photo will be too dark.
14. A stop is something that represents a relative change in light.
15. If there are two suns instead of one, it means there was one stop.
16. If there are four suns instead of two, that means that there was two stops.
17. The affect of a longer shutter speed is that you'll have more light in your photo.
18. The affect of a shorter shutter speed is that you'll have less light in your photo.
19. The aperture controls the amount of light coming into the lens. 
20. When adjusting the aperture, you can increase the amount of light by making smaller F-stops, which makes more light come through.