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.