Academic shoot preview

Best Story
The story here is being told by the placement and balance of everything in the photo. Everyone in the picture is wearing  winter clothes, from this I analyzed that it is holiday season. Then I noticed that the people on the left, giving food, are young. From this I figured that for the good of the community, students came together to feed the homeless.

Action and Emotion
The photographer took this picture at the perfect moment. It looks like s/he froze time and took the photo right when the experiment's reaction was at its highest point. At the same time, she captured the girls' facial expressions which gives the audience a feel of how excited and surprised they were. Action and emotion worked very well together to make this picture more interesting. 

Filling the frame

This photo is filled with several amused students that are all staring at what seems to be a science experiment. Your attention is immediately drawn to the center of the table, where most of their hands are reaching out to touch a small cloud created by dry ice.

From the Jostens photo contest, I chose the picture of a boy in chemistry. He is wearing goggles and gloves, while pouring one green and one blue substance into a beaker, making a purple substance. Everything in the back is completely blurry.

1. I picked this photo because the colors really caught my attention. Then I was reeled in by how captivated and focused the boy was on his experiment.

2. This photo follows the rule of balance. Both sides of the picture have the boys hand pouring the the two liquids into the beaker.

1. I think I could take photos like these in e hall, where most science classes are.

2. I would feel most comfortable going to my science teachers classroom, but she doesn't do many interesting, hands on experiments.

3. As a photographer, I will have to think about where I stand and the way I hold the camera, while I'm taking the pictures.

Photo manipulation and ethics

1. It all started April 1, 2009 when someone decided to clone and digitally manipulate pictures of Israel's new cabinet. What was supposed to be a foolish prank, actually turned out to be a terminal offense. Since then, people around the world have been using photoshop programs to manipulate photos of serious topics.

I think this type of photo editing is unethical. People shouldn't distort photos of people in such high power and authority. In addition, they shouldn't make jokes about something that could actually be a deliberate issue in the world.


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In my opinion, this photo was the most unethical. Changing her teeth to make them look decayed was cruel and unnecessary. Doing this only made their magazine less attractive.

I thought that this was the least unethical photo. All they did was bring the mountains closer together, which actually gave the picture a more appealing look.

Great black and white photographers - PART 2

Tina Modotti was born on August 17, 1896 in Udine, Italy. By the time she was 16, Tina moved to San Francisco, California where she took on her acting career. She was casted in silent movies, plays, and operas. In Hollywood she met Edward Weston  and his assistant Margarethe Matter who introduced her to her love for photography. They began a portrait business in Mexico where Tina met several important people in the political world. She took photos of flowers, urban landscapes, architecture and one of her most influenced, peasants and workers. Some of her photos were used in the book Idols Behind Altars by Anita Brenner. By 1927, Tina became apart of the Communist party. In 1929, she was accused for the murder of Julio Antonia Mella then later questioned for the attempt assassination of Mexico's President, Pascual Rubio Ortiz. In 1930, Tina was exiled from Mexico by the government as a result of the anti-communist campaign. She then went back to Europe where she was no longer a photographer. Tina died of heart failure at the age of 45 on January 5, 1942 in Mexico City, Mexico. It was said that her death was planned by Vittorio Vidali because she had known about some of his suspicious activities. All though Tina hadn't written any books of her own, several were written about her including A Fragile Life by Mildred Constantine.

These are two of Tina Modotti's photos.

Post shoot reflection

1. While I was trying to get the photos for the first 4 prompts, I struggled with finding something interesting to capture. I know that there are an abundance of things here at Bowie, but I have very little creativity.

2. During this photo shoot I was really paying attention on focusing my pictures. On our first day photos most of my pictures were blurry because I wasn't very familiar with how to work a camera. I've learned and improved from my mistake since then.

3. If we got to do the shoot again, I would try to think outside of the box and capture things that aren't so mainstream. I would also try to focus more on the rule of simplicity because a few of my pictures had some things in the back that took away from my photo's subject.

4. As I did last time, I would try to take at least one photo that is vertical. I liked doing that because it made my pictures look more diverse and not so uniform.

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6. I would not want to do those prompts again because I prefer if we were given completely different words so we can come up with completely different ideas and photos.

Prompt shoot

Happy
This photo clearly shows the rule of lines. Hannah is sitting on steps with lines leading directly to her.

Bowie
This photo is following the rule of thirds. Madison is placed to the left of the picture which gives her distance in the front. This gives the audience an idea of where she's going.

Square
This photo is a good example of framing. Hannah is my subject, being framed by the two pillars and the ceiling.

Metal
The is another picture showing the rule of lines. There is a repetition of vertical lines going through the photo, though there is no subject.

Merger
This photo is a merger because the person in the picture is messing with the background  by acting like she's framing the flowers with her fingers.

Avoiding Mergers

Everyone in this photo is cut off in some sort of way. This creates a border merger which can be solved if the photograppher zoomed out to leave room for everyone. 

Framing

This photo is a really good example of framing. A blown out window is acting as a frame for the view of a fire fighter climbing a ladder over all the debris. This element gives the photo more depth and creates a feeling of sorrow.

Balance

This photo gives balance on the left and right. If cut down the middle, the photo would look like a mirror with a reflection of a burning tower on both sides. It could also represent balance on the top and bottom, because there's a feeling of tragedy on both ends while showing cause and effect.

Lines

This photo shows the rule of lines. In the back there are several lines laying vertically and going straight down just like the subject of the photo. This gives you a better visual and makes the picture more appealing to the eye.

The rule of thirds

This follows rule of thirds because none of the photo's subjects fall completely in the center. In addition, the plane has distance in front of it so you can tell exactly where it's heading, the Twin Towers.

Simplicity

This photo is a good example of simplicity because in the background is a completely clear sky with no other distracting factors. This gives you a chance to focus on the photo's main idea which is the Twin Towers.

The Camera

1. Inside of a dark room, there was a whole in the wall that acted as a camera lens by focusing light. The outside scene was projected upside down on the wall inside of the room. This was known as the "camera obscura" or "dark room" in latin. This was the first camera.

2. During the 17th century, Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens invented the high quality glass lens, which got man one step closer to creating the modern camera.

3. A glass lens, a dark box, and film were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce.

4. Just like Niepce's camera, modern digital cameras still have light pass through the lens, into the camera, expose the film, and create a photograph.

5. Digital cameras use an electronic sensor called a CCD to capture an image.

6. On auto mode the camera will completely control flash and exposure, while on program mode you can control flash and a few other camera settings.

7. Portrait mode is an attempt to blur out the background. The camera will use the fastest available lens setting (aperture).

8. Sports mode freezes motion for action shots. The camera will use the highest shutter speed possible.

9. A half press gives you a faster camera response time, more control over focus, and encourages better composition.

10. This symbol means no flash. It can be used to make the photo more dramatic by using its natural light.

11. This symbol means auto-flash. It means the camera will automatically use flash if it thinks the photo needs more light.

12. Too much light means your picture will be washed out.

13. Not enough light will make your picture too dark.

14. The term "stop" means a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. The new planet would be one stop brighter if there was two suns instead of one.

16. The new planet would be two stops brighter if there was four suns instead of two.

17. Longer shutter speed means more light.

18. Shorter shutter speed means less light.

19. The aperture acts as a pupil by allowing the light to reach the film.

20. When adjusting the aperture, you increase the amount of light by moving from f22 to f2.8.

Great black and white photographers

Tina Modotti
Campesinos
1926

Garry Winogrand
Untitled
1950s

Roger Fenton
Still Life
1860

First day photos

This was my choice photo. What I like about this is the repetition of pink throughout the picture. To make this better, I could've shot from a better angle to just show the pink flowers and not the other things in the back. Another thing I could've done was to focus the camera better.

This is a picture of my partners behind bars. It represents how school is like prison! This picture also could've used a little more focus. What I like about it is how Leslie and Ian really acted like they were mad which made the meaning more real. I would've liked if we switched sides to where the school was behind them because I don't like all those cars in the back.

I loved everything about this photo. The vibrant colors really compliment each other in a way that makes the picture brighter. I also liked how the further back, the more blurry it gets, so you can really focus on whats right in front of you. The only thing that could've made this better is if I captured a bee pollinating the biggest flower.

This is the picture to help me remember my first day of high school. I am holding up the fish necklace I got from a senior. I like how this picture is also blurry in the back so you can focus on whats really important in the picture.

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