Academics and Community Service

Favorite Photo:

My favorite photo was the one with the boy pouring two different colored liquids (one green and one blue) into a glass cylinder vase that had purple liquid in it.

1. I picked this photo because I really liked the way the photo was taken more than anything else. The way the background was out of focus, but the subject (the boy and the objects he was holding/using) was in focus. This technique just make the photo very interesting and made me want to keep looking at it.
2. A rule of photography evident in the photo was the rule of thirds. The rule of thirds was expressed by the placement of the boy's hands, which weren't quite in the center. They were more in the one/third of the image which is why this photo contains the horizontal rule of thirds. The photo also contains the rule of balance because the boy and the glass cylinder with the purple liquid in it is fairly in the center and the boy is holding one glass flask that is the same size in each hand.

Pre-Shoot Questions:

1. I think I could take photos like the ones I saw in classes that are doing something interesting and more active than just doing a worksheet. Classes like chemistry that are conducting experiments, theatre that are performing, or art that are creating projects and artwork would be great classes to photograph because there will always be an interesting subject to take a picture of.
2. I would like to take photos in Ms. Holloway's class or Ms. Cornwell's class to take a picture of the students, if they are performing. I would also like to photograph Ms. Lozano or Ms. Davis's class t take a picture of the experiments they are conducting, if any. Also I'd like to take pictures in art classes and just around campus of students studying or doing something interesting.
3. To get amazing photos like I saw today, I will move my camera and take more control of the images I take by thinking them through and catching different angles to get better lighting or just an over better view of the subject. Also I will keep in mind the rules of composition for photography when I take pictures so that I can take a picture that is visually unique and nice to look at.

Tx1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?
2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?
3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?
2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?
3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?
2. Whose 1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?

2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?
3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?
3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

Filling the Frame

 
 
   This picture is very interesting because it fills the frame with different lights. The background is very dark almost completely black, while in the foreground towards the bottom of the image there is a gaseous/smokey light which is very intriguing because it's hard to figure out what the smokey light is, but it's very amusing to look at. The light plays an important part in the image because without it there would be nothing but blackness in the image, but the light adds color and visibility of the two students in the photograph.

Action and Emotion

   I think this photo contains action because the camera captured the result of the experiment which was the formation of bubbles. This image also captures emotion because the camera caught the reaction of the two girl's faces and how happy, excited, and awestruck they were seeing the result of their experiment. Their emotions are very raw and natural which makes the photo so appealing to look at.

The Story

   I think this photograph tells a story because it shows how much the students in the picture care and the impact that their effort creates on the homeless. I think the story told is that these students wanted to help the less fortunate by giving them food which will make the homeless happy, and in return the students will be content with the good deed they have done. The lady on the left seems to be smiling and that lets me know that she is grateful that there are people in the world who are willing to take time out of their day to help the homeless. The student's efforts will not go to waste because they have made the homeless happy by performing this good deed. 

Photo Manipulation and Ethics Part 1 and 2

Part 1:
1. Editing a photo to be published in a daily newspaper can be a terminal offense in some places. Committing the offense can cause one to get fired, and removal of photos from all published accounts as well as the omission of public access to their photos. Many of the photos that are edited are used to prove a point, like adding more missiles to an image in order to emphasize a more traumatic emotion to the viewer or replacing women with men in a photo to make men seem like they are more important or powerful.

2. I think this type of photo editing is unethical because as a photographer for a newspaper, it is their job to show people the real world and what goes on. By editing photos they are showing false realities and the newspaper will contain a photo that tells a lie. The photo issued by Sepah News with a four missiles instead of three is unethical because it gives off the message that essentially they sent one more missile which can make others think that Iran is aggressive by sending more four bombs. Even if the edit is done to make the subject look more appealing it is still unethical because the photo conceals the reality from the viewer.

Part 2:
1. 

   I believe that this photo was the most unethical because it completely changes the meaning of the photo. In the original the soldier looks like he is pointing his gun at the man standing up, while this one makes it look like the soldier is backing his gun away from the man. This is unethical because it makes the soldier look nicer than in the original picture, which takes away from the meaning that the original photo gave off.

2. 

   I believe that this photo is the least unethical because to me is doesn't take away from the meaning of the photo. The edit simply makes the subject's teeth look healthier and more appealing. The couple still seems happy and friendly in both versions.

Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

Name: William Klein
Birth: April 19, 1928
Origin of Birth- New York City, New York
Books: New York, Rome, Moscow, Tokyo
   William Klein's photography is known to have unusual elements. He  was a Jewish boy who grew up in an area in New Work City that was prejudiced against Jewish people. IN order to get away from his surroundings, he decided to focus on art. Before joining the army he studied at the City College of New York. In 1948 he moved to France to study paintings and eventually joined the University of Paris aka. Sorbonne. After his marriage, he began to study more abstract art and paint murals, which got him a lot of attention Angelo Mangiarotti. They collaborated on projects when Klein worked for an Italian architecture magazine called Domus. During the 1950s he moved back to New York and began to wrk as a photographer. Klein would try new techniques which added many odd elements to his photography. Klein eventually patterned with Alexander Liberman, and shot fashion photos for Vogue. He made a collection of photographs depicting New York as this dark and shocking place, so no one would publish them. He created a book out of the photos and published them himself with the title New York. He also published Rome, Moscow, and Tokyo, which were photographic books. In the '80s he switched to films and created Broadway By Light, Who Are You Polly Maggoo?, and The Messiah, continuing his use of unusual elements. He then again switched his focus back to photography and showcasing his work at Piccolo Teatro and Galleria il Milione in Milan, the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and the Jane Jackson Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Klein now lives in Paris, France and continues his interest in art. 

Sources: http://www.artnet.com/artists/william-klein/biography

http://www.designboom.com/portrait/klein_bio.html

Post Shoot Reflection

What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts (Square, Metal, Happy, Bowie)
1. A challenge I encountered while shooting was trying to get distractions out of the image. Some of the distractions were other people coming into photo by accident or things like trashcans and lockers, or other things on the walls of Bowie. I was a challenge to try and get lockers out of my image because I can't move the locker so I have to move myself, but sometimes the image looked better from my previous position.
2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I found myself often thinking about how I could frame the image because Bowie has so many frames throughout the building as well as lines. To correctly frame my subject for a photo I would take the same picture from different angles and different zoom features so I could capture the subject in the frame properly.
3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
If I could do this assignment again I would think more before I took a picture because some of my images weren't as straight and balanced as I would have likes them to be. More thinking would have also allowed me to capture more rules and correctly portray them rather than just taking the image.
4. What things would you do the same?
The thing I would do the same would be how I took multiples of the same image from different angles because that gave me a variation of of the same photo so I could choose the best angle.
5. Are you interested in shooting those same prompts again, why
Yes, I am interested in shooting the same prompts again because now that I've seen all the photos I took and have been able to understand them I can properly I know what to correct and what to look for when I take pictures.

http://madisonwphotojblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/prompt-photos.html

   I really liked Madison's pictures, there were unique in my opinion because I didn't like to photograph any of the subjects that she did. My favorite photo was her metal photo, because the metal chain was in the center but the shadow wasn't so it created symmetrical balance vertically, but asymmetrical balance horizontally. All in all it was visually appealing. I also like her square photo a lot because again it was something I didn't think to photograph and the picture exemplified the rule of lines because my eyes were draw into the image with the line that the tiles created.

   I think she could have improved on the Bowie photo, because although it was a cool subject to take a photo of, the camera itself wasn't aligned properly with the subject before taking the picture. The crack between the grey concrete and the brownish concrete is very distracting so maybe the image was taken from higher but the whole square could be seen with an even border around it. The image also could have been taken at an angle similar to the way she took the square photo except from the ground.

I really liked her pictures though, they were different and gave me more insight on how creatively I can choose my subject to make my photos stand out like some of hers did to me.

Merger

Bowie

This image contains the rule of composition that is about lines. The lines are formed by the lights on the ceiling continuing on further past the point of view. The image also contains framing from the walls surrounding the subject, the girl.

Metal

This photo has follow the rule of composition of lines. The line of eyesight is formed by the row of packers drawing the eyes across the lockers and creates depth because from the angle the picture was taken at not all the lockers can be seen completely.

Square

This photo contains framing. The frame is formed by the window which captures the school, but also frames in the girl staring out through the glass.

Happy

The rules of composition in this photo are rule of thirds and lines. Rule of thirds is created by the subject, the boy, standing in the third section of the photo. Lines are creating by the bricks on the ground below him, drawing the eyes further back into the image.

Avoiding Mergers

The red of the stripes in the flag clashes with the red in the sign and visually makes the sign look like part of the flag. This should be avoided because it takes away from the purpose of the image, which s to show patriotism.

Simplicity

Although the image features an explosion, the simple blue background allows for the image to not be distracting and lessens the load of image on the viewer. Simplicity in the background makes the image easier to look for the viewer, when so much is going on.

Framing

The smoke as well, the bottom of the bridge, and the ocean narrow in the subject of the image which is the building and frame the picture. The framing allows the viewer to focus on the subject.

Rule of Thirds

The buildings being hit are the subject as well plane which is going in the direction of the buildings. The buildings are in the third section of the image vertically, while the smoke from the building is in the first third of the image horizontally. This creates the rule of thirds in the picture because the subject is not in the center, which is more visually interesting.

Balance

In this photo the two men create a center, while the destroyed buildings around them make a balanced photo because there is about the same ruins on both sides. There is an asymmetrical balance on both sides of the men because the ruins are not placed perfectly.

Lines

In this image a long line of pathway is created from the front of the photo to the back through the buildings and past them, where you can't clearly see where the path leads to. A line is created because the eyes are drawn into the depth of the path. Because you can't see the whole path, the image leaves the viewer looking deeper into the line of path.

The Camera

1. The camera obscure effect was created when in a completely dark room there is a small hole made in one wall. Light is focused through the hole and upside down on the opposite wall the outside scene is projected. Camera obscure means "dark room" in Latin.
2. Issac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the whole process of creating high quality glass lenses.
3. Niepce added the film and the parts were the film, dark box, and glass lens.
4. Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. The end result is still a photograph
5. Digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD. Photographs are stored on reusable computer memory devices.
6. The auto mode is when he camera will completely control flash and exposure. On most cameras this is labelled "auto", on others simply "A". While the program mode is automatic-assist, just point and shoot. Unlike full auto mode, you can usually control flash and a few other camera settings.
7. The portrait mode is used to attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting(aperture). 
8. The sports mode if used to freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible.
9. The half press should be used to allow for faster response time, control over the focus of the camera, and have better composition.
10. This symbol means that flash is disabled and should be used when the natural lighting makes the mood of the photograph more dramatic. 
11. This symbol means that the auto-flash is on and will be used by the camera based on the camera's judgment of whether there needs to be more light or not.
12. If there is too much light than it will cause the photo to be washed out. 
13. If there isn't enough life in a picture the photo will be too dark.
14. A "stop" is a relative change in the brightness of light.
15. If there are two suns instead of one then there will be it will be one stop brighter.
16. If there are four suns instead of two it will be two stops brighter.
17. A longer shutter speed has the affect of more light.
18. A shorter shutter speed has the affect of less light.
19. The aperture controls how much light passes through beofr it reaches the film.
20. Light can be increased by adjusting  the "Aperture Opening" settings to a larger number of openings.

Master of Photography

William Klein

Candy Store, Amsterdam

1954-55

Yousaf Karsh

Queen Elizabeth II

1951

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Broadway at Night

1909

First Photos

    I whose this photo because it was in focus with good resolution. I really like the image for the vibrancy, bright colors, and the way the flower is in focus but the background is not. I think I could have improved the image by taking it from another angle which could have added more depth and made the image more interesting.

    This photo has a lot of greenery and just looks very intriguing. I chose this photo because I liked and disliked it. I like it for the depth and quality. I dislike because I feel like I could have done a better job. I really wish that if possible I could have put the wind chime in focus with the tree, leaves, and branches out of focus.