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.

5. http://josem1999.blogspot.com/2015/09/prompt-shoot.html#comment-form

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.