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

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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

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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

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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.