Post shoot reflection

1. The challenges of getting all four prompts was that we had a limited space and time which made it hard to think outside of the box.
2. On all my photo's I tried to keep in mine all my the aspects I could remember from last years Journalism. For example on the bowie photo I tried to accomplish rule of thirds.
3. On my next photograph I will try to accomplish a lot more of the rules since I could not remember most of them. I really want to practice framing and simplicity, I think that would of made a lot of my photos better.
4. I think I would keep my technique of focusing because I think it would add a lot.
5. On post…
6. I think I would be interested to do this prompt again because I know rules that will make my photos a lot better.

Photo opinions-
a. I really love the square photo because is so beautifully simplistic.
b. I also love the metal one because the way it was shoot, it made you look down the line. She did a very good job of using leading lines.
c. I think that if she captured the happy photo without the blur it would look better.

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Manipulated Phots

Most Unethical:
I think this photo is very unethical because the editors manipulation could defiantly change a person views about this conflict. They are making it feel like this solider hates children when in the actual photo he might actually be helping, changing opinions.  

Least unethical:
This is unethical because the editors did change the position of the mountains but not very ethical because the pyramids are  nearly a background. To a "normal eye" it does not really effect your "stand on it", or maybe how you perceive the message. 

Photo manipulation and ethics

A. The main point of this story is that you should defiantly not manipulate photos when posting on a newspaper because people want the truth, no distortion. By doing so all your handwork could go down the drain, including your job, photos, credibility  and ego. 

B. This kind of editing is not okay, because when people look at the news they want facts, what really happened. When you distort a photo you are giving them false info. which in that you should lose your job. 

9/11 Rules Of Composition

Lines:
This is a good example of lines because the burning trees brings your eyes down to the people. 

Framing:
This is a good example of framing because the the focal point, the fire man, is framed on all four sides by the broken glass. 

Simplicity:
This is a good example of simplicity because it has the simplistic shapes (building) against the simplistic background (blue sky).  

Avoid Merging
This pictures exemplified merging because of the total different sides merging together to make it very akward and cramped.  WE DO NOT WANT THIS!  

Balance:
This shows balance because the men divide it, and has mostly the same concept on both sides.

Rule of thirds:
This photo is a good example of rule of thirds because the building is off to the side which follows the tic tac toe rubric. 

National Geographic

I love this photo because it has so much character. I also enjoy this because it shows all the elements of photography in the older years .It is really cool how the stairs carry your eye down through the cameras.This photograph tells a story, by the expression on is face to the black and white of the film, and each and everyone of those cameras.

If I were to photograph something it probably be somewhere in Austin because the atmosphere is great and you can find everything from nature to city life, downtown Austin would be prime.

Touching People

I think this project and photo essay is really cool because you are studying social behaviors that cause the photos to be abstract, it is awesome that it has never been done before. If someone came up to me and asked me if I could take a photo while touching a stranger I would hesitate at first but since its in daylight I think I would do it.  Another really unusual photo to take would be if your asked to sit in someone or an object that you don't usual sit in. I thought the photography was really good because in each photo you could see the contrast very well.

3 Links

Photographed by: Justin Lane-Pool
This photo almost brought me to tears. I think I was drawn to this because of the simplicity yet the huge meaning behind. There is not much there but you feel like your their experiencing his tremendous loss, one that this country will not forget. The long brass placque with the thousands of names on it brought you down the line to him. Also focusing him in the middle brought you to him and his emotions. I think this photo made the top 40 because of the great meaning and remembrance of a horrible event that happened on 9/11/1.

Photographed By: Mare Riboud
This photo caught my eye because you have this girl who is somewhat happy with pretty cloths and a beautiful flower amongst these soldiers in black representing death and destruction. This photo is an amazing because it captures peace VS. perfectly. What I thought was cool element of the photo was how he captured this with the line of soldiers, it brings you down the line and through the photo. I this made the top 40 because like I said its a great balance of emotion in one picture.
 

Photographed By: Louie Favorite
This photo out of all of them caught me the most. When you see at it you don't even need to look at the caption. You just know whats happening there is just so much love and emotion. You just feel it. What I really liked about the technique of this photo is the focus on those two, it is just perfect! I think this made the top 40 because of how much emotion was captured.

Minor White - other photo's - (black and white photographers part 2)

Minor White - (great black and white photographers part 2)

Minor White

     Minor Martin White was born on july 9th, 1908 in Minneapolis MN and died on June 24, 1976 in Boston MA. He was an American photographer, theoretician, critic and educator. 

     He went to Columbia University (1945-1946), and the University of Minnisota(1933). 

     He wrote "The new zone system", "Eye, Mind, And Spirit", and many more. He won the "Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada". 

     His first job was at YMCA where he taught his first class of photography, then he was offered a job at the Organ Art Project. The in 1940 he was hired to teach again at La Grande in Organ.White resigned from the Art Center in late 1941 and returned to Portland where he intended to start a commercial photography business. In April 1942. White was drafted into the United States Army and hid his homosexuality from the recruiters. After the war White traveled to New York City and enrolled in Columbia University. White was offered a job as photographer for the museum and spent many hours talking with and learning from Nancy Newhall, whom he said strongly influenced his thinking about and his direction in photography.

   

Great Black And White Photogrophers

By: Bernice Abbott

By: Minor White

By: Tina Modotti

Square, Metal, Happy, Bowie

Square:
This exemplifies leading lines because the lines up down lead you down the hall.

Metal:
This could be leading lines, leading you down the lockers, and simplicity because it focuses on one thing with a simple background. 

Happy:
This exemplifies balance because it has the even line of red in the middle and green on top an bottom.

Bowie:
This exemplifies rule of thirds because it follows the grid criteria. 

Warm Up - 9/15/2014

1. I though this unique idea was really cool, I like that is is different. It is difficulty something you don't see everyday.
2. When I first looked at the photos it defiantly took me a minute to figure out what I was looking at because you don't see that kind of angle every day.
3. It would be awesome if we could something like this because I love the factor that it is different, aim for something outside of the box.

The Camera

1.The camera obscure effect…
     
    The camera obscure effect is when a tiny hole is created in one wall inside of a completely black room. Through the hole the light is focused, and the outside scene is projected (upside down) on the opposite wall. This was the first camera. It was created by Greek and Chinese philosophers.

2.The invention in the 1700s that brought man one step closer…

    Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens  perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making lenses and created the first camera lens that got us closer to making the modern day camera.

3. The first modern camera in pieces… 

     The parts of the first modern camera where the lenses made by Newton and Huygens and then finally in the 19th century Nicephore added film which created the first photograph.

4. Modern cameras V. S Nicephore's camera 

    The new cameras contain a computer which makes it very easy instead of Nicephore's process which took about 4 hours. So basically the big difference between the cameras before and now are the technology and the developed parts which makes modern day cameras a lot easier.

5. Modern days  tool to take pictures…

    Digital cameras use digital film to take pictures.

6. Auto V. S Program Mode

    In program you have automatic-assiast, just point and shoot unlike auto mode where you usually control the settings like flash.

7. Portrait Mode

     The portrait mode is used to attempt to blur out he background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting, (aperture).

8. Sports mode

    Sports mode is used to freeze motion, camera will use fastest shutter speed.

9. Half press

     You should do a half press on the trigger button because it gives the camera some time to adjust to the best settings for the picture.

10. Controlling Flash

      The symbol with the slash through the flash symbol  is used for when you do not want to use flash even if the camera wants to.

11. Controlling Flash 

     The symbol with the flash symbol and the words auto next to it when you can tell it to pick whether it thinks you need flash or not.

12. Introduction to exposure

     When you have to much light you will wash the photo out.

13. Introduction exposure
       
         When there is not enough light in the photo the picture will be too dark.

14. The universal stop
   
        A "stop" is a relative measurement of light.

15. The universal stop 

      The new planet will be one stop brighter if there are two sons instead of one.

16. The universal stop

      The new planet will be two stops brighter if there are four sons instead of two.

17. Shutters

     A long shutter has the effect of more light.

18. Shutters

     A short shutter has the effect of less light

19. Aperture

      The aperture controls light before it reaches the film

20.  Aperture

       When adjusting the aperture, you can increase the amount of light by setting the "Aperture Opening", also known as F-stop.

     
 

This is my best picture…
I am focusing on the branch and the sunbeam so it makes the picture  look simplistic, yet still good.The sun rays shine at an angle on the photo which I think makes it cool.

This is my second best photo…
I like this photo because I think it is a cool silhouette against a very colorful and nature like photo.

This is my 2nd worst photo…
This could have been cool if I got a different face from her, because I do like the lines on the side.

This is my WORST photo..
This is terrible because my hand is in it, that is super unprofessional. I guess I was too into the photo and forgot about my had. Also its kind-of creepy because it looks like the his ledge is broken.

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