Extra Credit For Final Exam

1. The 58 year old man who was killed by the subway train in New York City was named Ki Suk Han. People explained that he was used onto the tracks by another man who was harassing a passersby. He stepped in to try and help the situation by calming the man down but that caused the man to become even more angry so, he pushed Han away causing him to fall onto the operating train tracks. Han began trying to lift himself out knowing there was a train coming his way but, he wasn't strong enough. Photographer R. Umar Abbasi was trying to lift Han out but realized he couldn't do it himself so he began to snap pictures towards the train to notify the driver of Han but the train couldn't stop in time.

2. The photo because he was trying to tell the conductor to stop the train with his camera flash but the train was going to fast and it wouldn't stop fast enough. 

3. I think the photographer should have taken the photo because he was simply trying to notify the driver that there was a man in the tracks and that he needed to stop. He wasn't choosing the picture over Hans life he was just helping when he couldn't pull him out by himself. 

4. I think the photographer did do the right thing in the situation because he was one of the only people to help. Other people were just walking by. He tried to pull him out he tried to help but he couldn't by himself. So, he choose to do the best thing he could think of. That was to warn the driver of the man in the tracks. He thought to use the flash on his camera which is smart. 

5. I don't agree with the photo being the front cover because it was a horrible thing that happened to that poor man. He should be honored and not be made into a debate. 

6. Stopping bad things from happening is more important. People should help others before going to the fame and the fortune. The photographer was just trying to notify the the train driver to stop. He didn't do it to get on the cover of a magazine. 

7. I think it is ethically acceptable to involve himself. He was just trying to help. He wasn't trying to make the front cover of the magazine. 

8. Photojournalists should not influence events because they could be bad things happening and instead of encouraging it they should be helping. Doing what they can to help those in need. 

9. People are saying that he is full of crap. They don believe the photographer because the way the photo was taken. The photo was taken form a distance an that says he backed up to take the photo and the photo is more aimed at Han than the train.

Final exam review

Rule of thirds: Is when the cameras focus is on the sides of the picture. The subject or object is off to the sides.

Balancing Elements: When the subjects are in uniform. They balance each other out like a fruit on either side of the photo. 

leading lines: Is when there are lines in the photo that draws the viewers attention to a certain part of the picture.

Symmetry and patterns: when both halves of the photo are the exact same. Same shape, size everything. 

viewpoint: The point of view like the angle the photo is taken at. It also is how the viewer sees it. 

Background: an area or scenery behind the main object of the photo 

create depth: Creating dimension in the photo.  It makes the photo look 3D.

Framing: Framing is where the picture is outlined by objects or the main focus point is outlined by objects.

Cropping: Cropping is where you make the picture smaller to show only what needs to be shown to get the message across.

Mergers and avoiding them: Mergers are objects that get in the way of pictures that you want to take and it confuses the person looking at the picture.

Magazine Covers

portraits and self portraits

magazine cover images

top 100 photos of all time image 2

1. I pick this image because it looks really cool and it shows the sport Michael Jordan loves. I also like the brand it is advertising for. 

2. This photo is showing Michael Jordan dunking a basket ball into the hoop in a graceful way. Michael Jordan is seeking design for his first Air Jordan sneakers. Nike paid him $150 for use of his slides for the Jumpman shoot. It became the most popular commercial of all time. The Air Jordan brand, made $3.2 billion in 2014. His brand is still taking off. 

3. I learned about Michael Jordans career taking off and his brand exploding. I learned about the brand Nike paying him to help their brand. I also learned about how much the Air Jordans Brand has taken off and how much money the bran has earned.

4. 

5. Jakobus Rentmeester

born: February 28 1936 in Amsterdam, Netherlands 

school: Art center College

top 100 photos of all time image 1

1. I picked this image because it shows our country fighting. It shows our men raising our stars and strips rising in victory.
2. The article i read was based in Iwo Jima a little speck of island next to Japan. The Americans and Japanese were fighting over the Iwo Jima air base. This one of the most recognizable images of war.
3. I learned about the war and what they were fighting about
4.

5. Joe Rosenthal was an amazing photographer who was even awarded the pulitzer prize for his iconic world war 2 photograph. He was best know for his war images. Some of them even best known in America. He was born on October 9th 1911 in Washington D.C and died August 20th 2006 at the age of 94. He went to and graduated from Mckinley High School.

prompt shoot 3

numbers

tiny

Fashion Photography

video 1

Changes:

- added makeup

- enlarged lips

- widened eyes

- lengthened the neck 

- defined cheek bones and nose

- raised eyebrows

- fixed hair 

- made her ear smaller 

video 2

Changes:

- added makeup

- added hair

- widened lips

- widened eyes

- raised shoulders

- smoothed skin

- plumped lips 

- defined nose and cheeks 

- darkened skin

- shrunk stomach

- lengthened legs

- reduced under eye bags 

- shrunk butt

- shrunk breast

- shrunk calves and feet

video 3

Changes:

- made her skinnier 

- enlarged breast

- got ride of arm creases

- shrunk butt

- made her skin look tighter

- got ride of wrinkles and blemishes

- slimed back

- added more hair

- slimed her stomach

- puffed hair

- slimed her arms

- brightened the background

4. It really depends on the person and how he or she wants their photo to be. But my personal opinion is that you shouldn't change the picture to far to where they look like a different person. You should be yourself and not hide who you really are. 

5. Yes, there are circumstances where a person would want to change parts of a picture. Like maybe they want to take out a pimple or brighten their skin but nothing as far as taking away all fat. I think removing fat or making them taller is wrong but a quick fluff of the hair is ethical. 

6. Removing a pimple or fixing the brightness or even fluffing the hair. Making a person skinnier or taller is not okay. When they change the bodies height make a dramatic change. 

7. Fashion photography is mainly used for advertisement and to display clothing. Photojournalism is when you take a photo and write about it and its meaning. Fashion photography usually involves a model or what is being advertised but photojournalism can be whatever you want. 

8. When Fashion Photography is compared to reality the person does not even look like what they started and the pictures are edited to where the don't look realistic. In photojournalism the pictures are very realistic, no major changes are made to the person or the background. These affect the ethical practice because fashion photography is not always ethical because when there is so much change you aren't able to recognized the person in the first picture. 

9.  I think that Mr. Reeves is showing us these photos to make us realize that photoshop can do dramatic and shaking changes to a person or even changing a object into a different object but, It can do good things if you just blurt a pimple out or brighten someone. It also shows us that it can be unethical because it shows us that people all around the world change picture so we might think it is okay to do that in our own pictures.

10.  I think none of these videos are about guys because women tend to focus on the little things of how they look. I also think they are not about guys because all the models are perfect. They are so skinny and tall and pretty. Also, most women believe that men want a tiny and skinny women look compared to heavier women.

The oldest living things in the world

http://www.rachelsussman.com/oltw/

This website is a gallery of pictures of the oldest living things in the world. There are photos of old plants and bacteria in different places around the world. There are even some photos old trees and some are mosses. There is even one from under a microscope. I picked this photo because I love the color scheme. I can see balance and some simplicity. Rachel Susan took this photo.

7 Tips to Shooting Great Portrait Photographs

http://blog.phowd.com/2014/09/7-tips-shooting-great-portrait-photographs/

On this website it talks about different ways to take an amazing portrait. The also talk about different types of portraits and the rules of portraits. One thing I learned his how to add emotion and depth to the photos. By having different background in photos. It also says it adds more suspense to the photos when the subject is looking away from the camera. I could use this in my up coming assignment where we take portraits. I could add more emotion with the background and more suspense to the photo by having the subject look away. No this did not expand my knowledge on Adobe computer Programs.

The Disorienting Beauty of Spiral Staircases in Old Abandoned Buildings

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/

On this website they talk about the different abandoned spiral stair cases. One thing I learned from this website is that even simple thing can be really cool. I really like this photo because it looks like a vine. I looks old and rustic and your can see things from an aerial view. I see lines in this picture. All of the bars and each step on the staircase. Christian Richer.  

Projector Brought into the Forest Turns Nature Into Glowing Wonderland

http://petapixel.com/2015/01/01/projector-brought-forest-turns-nature-glowing-wonderland/

The article is about using a projector to add light to certain parts of a photo. The main use for it is in nature where they turn forests into a glowing wonderland. They make nature look majestic and unrealistic. There are so many really cool pictures that show how the projected effected the plants and animals. I learned that you could make real life things such as nature and turn them into a bright and colorful place from a projector. I also learned how the placement of the projector can give a photo more dimensions. I picked this photo because it looks really cool how the light reflected onto the plant make it come to life. The rules of photography in this photo in this photo is balance because they are equal of both sides. Friedrich Vanschoor this photo.

6 Types of Photos Every Photographer Should Know How to Make

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/01/6-types-photos-know-make/

On this website I looked at different ways to take photos. I learned how to make them more interesting and give the more dimensions. For example I learned how to take a long exposure landscape photo. It tells you how your can use theses things when your take pictures. Another thing I learned how to take a 360 degree polar panorama. I looks really cool because you can fit so much into  one picture. I gives the photo a new perspective and it is from a different dimension. I could use this in this class later this year because I can take different photos. My photos won't be the same as everyone else they will be different and new. I learned how to do use photoshop and photo merger. 

Magazines Part 2

Image Based;
The image based magazine cover is the most common cover that most designers use. the person or people usually look at the camera and smile. Depending on the subject the person could be frowning or smirking, not all pictures are of happy people. They don't always look at camera but you will commonly see them looking at the camera. 

Illustration Based:
In the mid 30s drawing illustrations were the only way to create a magazine cover.  Many of the illustrations on magazines now are made to be funny or out of the ordinary. Now there are many places that get computer generated illustrations. Many magazines have a trend of doing computer generated covers. When magazine companies have illustrated covers they are colorful and eye catching.

Type Based: 
This approach is rare not many companies use it. There is always something very unique about the way the numbers and words are placed. Type based covers are very different and striking. More people are using calligraphy on there covers to give it character.

Concept Based:
Concept based magazine covers are used to get across a strong message that is usually powerful and can have any meaning on the way you perceive it. When planning a concept magazine cover you need to be thinking about how to give it character how to give is a message. You need to ask yourself will the readers understand the message you are trying to get across. This type of magazine cover is not commonly used.

The relationship between words and photos on a magazine cover is words can be written in all types of ways. You can arrange your words with colors. You can express a hidden message through photos. This is important because some topics cannot come across from a  picture so you need to have words and numbers while some topics can come through from a picture and explain everything and catch the readers eye. But both pictures and words need to catch the readers eye.

My Favorite Cover

Favorite

description:
"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits.










This photo is very mind tricking because the background makes Geoge really blend in. 
He is wearing a polka dotted suit that blends perfectly with the background. The cover is very clean and simple. It displays what the magazine talks about. He has a little smirk on his face that makes him look precise and it makes look like he knows exactly what is going on. There is also a formal and serious feel to the cover. He has his hands behind his back and he has a straight face. The lighting is very bright and you can see a little shine on his face. The white polkadots are very bright and clean on the cover.

Best Magazine Covers of 2013

1. formal

2. formal

3.  informal

4. environmental

5. informal

6. formal

7. formal

8. formal

9. formal

10. formal

11. formal

12. formal

13. informal

14. formal

15. formal

16. informal

17. formal

Magazine Tips

Five things you should be thinking about:

• It is important to have familiar faces on the magazine. When people see news about people they know it is more interesting.
• When people see news about kids in Africa with no water they become emotional. So they are more interested. 
• The more color the better. People appeal to color. 
• Have a lot of information but make it short and easy to scan.
• Make sure where you sell them are interesting and cool.

Self portraits and portraits

1. Alter your perspective:
Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

2. Breaking 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.

3. Take unfocused shots:
As photographers we have ‘sharp focus’ drummed into us as an ultimate objective to achieve in our work – but sometimes lack of focus can create shots with real emotion, mood and interest.There are two main strategies for taking unfocused images that work: Focus upon one element of the image and leave your main subject blurred. To do this use a large aperture which will create a narrow depth of field and focus upon something in front of or behind your subject.

I like this photo because the portrait focuses on her but you can still see the nature behind her. I picked it because it looks really cool and simple. 

I really like this photo because it shows her covered in nature with the flower crown and the dandelions in her hands and all the nature around her. I picked it because it is simple.

I like this photo because it is from a cool and different perspective. I picked because it is clean and simple.

I like this photo because it is cute and simple. I picked it because it is clean and simple.

I like this photo because it is clean and simple. I picked because i like the black and white. 

I like this photo because it is simple and clean.

I like tis picture because the little boy is so cute and it shows him enjoying nature.

  

American Soldier

A.  The most powerful image i found was the picture of Fisher bowing his head in prayer after a hard day of work.While he was suffering from a heat rash on his neck, chest and back. Later he said, 

“I’ve been praying that God takes this stuff off my back.” I think this image is powerful because it shows how he stays strong and who he turns to when he is in need in the tough times of war.

B. The images in the article create a story by showing you what he wants to be to what he becomes. It shows him on his graduation day and him opening his diploma. All he wanted to do was be enlisted to the army and he couldn't do that if he didn't have a diploma. Then it goes to him going off to an recruiting office to learn the basic training from another soldier. It then goes to him getting ready for combat then going into combat. As the weeks go by it shows Fisher turning to god to help him through the tough times of combat.

C. The captions give you more information on the pictures and they draw out details that you made not have noticed. They help know exactly what is going on.

D. Ian Fisher enlisted in the army to redefine his life and help and save others. He went through a process to train and build his body to become the best  he could be. He encountered many hardships and tough life decisions. Even through the hardest times he always turned to god to help him. He was put on many drugs that impacted him in a major way and his family was really worried for his well being. He found joy in saving lives even though he was away from family and the times were tough. Ian enlisted for a year-long deployment where he was sent to Iraq. He found many new things about himself through this experience. He new how lucky his life was by seeing and living some of these peoples experiences. When Fisher came back from his final deployment he proposed to his girlfriend and they got married the same day.

E. In the photos where Ian is the main subject the captions are mainly written in present tense.

F. The captions are about2-3 sentences long. In the first sentence the captions is given a who, what, when, where and why. In the second sentence more details are given and sometimes there is a quote.
In the third sentence it is based on what the person or subject thinks or feels in their case Ian. Most of the captions in Denver post provide a quote that shows emotion and their feelings in the photo that was captured. There were some of the captions that had four sentences throughout the newspaper. It usually only happened when there are multiple people have a quote.

G. I think it is possible to tell  full story with just pictures and captions because a picture can show the emotion and the caption can add details and tell you whats really going on the picture.

H. Even though you can create a story with photos and captions it is still important to write the story so you can be creative with it and add more detail and more explanation. 

10 rules of composition

rule of thirds

balancing elements

leading lines

 Symmetry and Patterns 

viewpoint

background

create depth

framing

cropping

mergers

funny captions

Moris is at his birthday party celebrating his 100th birthday, It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon he lives in Arizona and His family just arrived two hours ago to visit him for his special day. The cake is lit but Moris begins to doze off and accidentally knocked his whiskey onto the cake later in the night, the cake begin to blow up in flames and Moris kept sleeping on and never woke up.

Ruby is at the super market in Florida on a bright Saturday morning, wearing this shirt because she always gets distracted when people talk to her when she is picking out food. Ruby used to love everyone but whenever her husband doesn't take her out to dinner she always wears this shirt the next day.

Rick is at his sisters funeral dancing with joy, on this Monday afternoon in Louisiana. As a child Rick, as an older sibling swore on his life that he would live longer and once it finally happened he rejoiced.

warm-up

1. I felt sad, sorry and unable to do anything for her.

2. After looking at these photos, I think this comment means that even though she was diagnosed with cancer, it did not define them. They were still happy and able to share and cherish there last moments together. 

3.  I don't think I could take photos in a situation like this.  I would become emotional and it would be hard to look through the photos. I like to keep my photos happy and not full of happiness. Even if i had to take these photos i would try to capture the happy times and there special moments together. 

4. I don't think I would have anything to say. Of course I would say something about his loss, but I don't think I could find the words. I might thank him for allowing everyone to see his amazing photos and share there last moments together. 

prompt shoot #2

purple

cold

electric

abandoned theme parks

I would like to visit the Takakanonuma Greenland in Japan because it is colorful and there are many tall rides which would look cool in a picture. If the ark was still running it would be really cool to catch a contagion of all the cart going down on the tall rollercoasters. There is a lot of trees surrounding the park and they would look cool in the background of a picture. The foggy area also adda a cool touch to the photo. 

2. 

3.  under water hotels, glaciers, geysers in New Zealand, lagoons in Bora Bora, Lock bridge

4. 

5. I would really like to shoot in an area with glaciers because they are so beautiful and they have such pretty colors. They are all different. I think it would be really cool to get an overhead shot of the glaciers because it is a different perspective on that site.

6. I think it would be kinda hard to get to a place with glaciers because the travel expenses would not be cheap and the places that have them are far away. like Antarctica and Alaska. I would probably have to ask an expert on the certain area i go if the glaciers are safe to be around because if they are breaking or melting or sliding it could be very dangerous. If i wanted to do an over head view i would have to get a helicopter which is not cheap. 

africa

1. I was very impressed by Nick Brandt's photographs because he was able to get so close to the wild animals. I was surprised by the time he would wait to get the perfect shot of the animals. 18 days is amazing in my opinion. That shows that he is an amazing photographer who will waiter any amount of time to get perfect photo of these beautiful animals.

2.

3. This photo is showing the love between the two lions. I like this photo because it is beautiful and amazing how he got so close to these dangerous animals. I think they are a family. It is really cool to see these animals in their natural habitat.

4. This picture is simplicity because there is no distracting colors or objects in the background, its just a solid color background.

5. Brandt uses a Pentax 67 camera with a fixed lens. This is important because when using a fixed lens, there is no zoom. Brandt believes that being close to the animals makes a difference in the photo.

6.  He takes these photos to simply just show their state of being and that they exist. He is trying to show people that animals are important too.

7.  He hopes that from taking these photos, he can show people just how amazing these animals are. He wants to capture these animals before they die.

8. "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

great black & white photographers part 3

Ansel Adams

When i first saw Ansel Adams pictures i thought these are really cool. I like how he used shadows to make some parts look darker than others. The angles he takes pictures from make it seem like there are so many dimensions. 

E. J Bellocq

When i first saw this picture i thought this is cool. She is just having fun with her dog. It is very simple and clean. 

Harry Callahan

When i first saw this photo i thought this is really cool how it is set back then and it shows a little restaurant and it is clean and simple. 

2.

I see many dimensions and angles though tho photo. I like how i can see the shadows in the mountains in the back but, my favorite is the reflection of the clouds off the lake.

I smell the freshness of the water and all the little fish swimming underneath. I also smell the fog roaming through the mountains as well. 

I hear the little fish jumping in an out of the cold water. I also hear the hikers on the log journey up the mountains. 

I taste the free water running through the land. I also taste the breeze coming from the sky. I can taste the gross fish swimming underneath.

I feel the cool water running through my fingers. I can feel the hikers hard work and sweat as they climb higher and higher. I can fell the freeness of the land and the clouds

I see the many dimensions coming from the many levels in this picture. I also see the the shadows coming throw the clouds and the shadow covering the land. I also see the beautiful snake shape of the river.

I smell the the blossoming of the flowers and trees. I also smell freshness of the water and the coldness of the the snow covering the mountains. I can smell the fish swimming through the river.

I hear the fresh water running through the land. I hear the trees blowing in the wind. I hear the snow melting on the the mountain top. I hear the flowers opening.

I taste the cold water running down the land. I taste the freezing snow from the mountain. I can taste the fresh breeze rolling in. 

I feel the the wind through the trees. I feel the coldness of the water and the opening of the flowers. I can feel the snow rolling of the mountains.

3. Something I would like to create to show the world my great photographer is i would like to make blog or a powerpoint just about them. You can also put an audio in to the power  pony or blog to show a interview. I would also like to create a poster because you can put pictures of them and their work.

mural project Q&A!

1. One theme that we could do around Bowie is shoot motion and active things such as electives and clubs. One good example is pep rallies and dance and cheer.

 

2. I think we should use both because some people might not have a phone or they might not have the storage but they can use regular cameras if they don't have those things.

3. I would want to put the mural somewhere in the school where everyone can see it. For example the courtyard or by the library. 

Photoshop Practice!

Simplicity

Rule of Thirds

Lines

Framing

Balance

Merger