Extra Credit for Final

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. 

The man who was killed by the subway was trying to stop a another man from harassing people at the station. the harasser pushed Ki Suk Han onto the train tracks which ed to his eventual death. The photographer was able to capture the photo because he too was there while at the train station at the ams time, watching what was happening.2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo? 

He was supposedly trying to help Han get off the tracks, but when he couldn't he tried to warn the train conductor by using his camera flash. He ran to get the train operator attention, but his attempt failed.
3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?

No, I do not think that the photographer should have taken the photo because the man was clearly about to die, and instead of helping him as doing his job as a human, he did his job as a photographer. 4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not?

The photographer did not do the best thing he could have done, because there's no way the train operator would have been alerted by the camera's flash. He should have made more of an effort to help the man, but instead he took a photo of a dying man.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not.

No I do not agree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of a newspaper, because his loved ones could see this photo; his spouse, children, parent, friends. They would be deeply hurt and emotionally scarred seeing Han seconds before he was about to die.

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not?

I think it is more important to a photojournalist to capture images of life as it happens because that is what they have been taught as a journalist. They aren't supped to let heir emotions get in the way, so there moral values aren't as important to them as showing the world images of reality.7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not.

Yes I do think it is ethically acceptable for them to get involved and help people in danger, because they are also humans with moral values that should have some importance to them. As a photojournalist they may lose an opportunity, but to me it is better to try and help someone, than to simply photograph an incident.8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. 

No, they should help situations that they can. If someone is being harassed in front of them they should help out rather than just take a picture, unless they are trying to get a crime reported. But if someone is clearly about to die in front of them, and if they made some sort of an effort the person could live, then the photojournalist should get involved.9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation.

I think that the most appropriate response for a photographer to do in this situation is to try and get some help, because you could save a dying man from death by helping out the person. But by not helping him, you are only encouraging and accepting the death.

Magazine Covers

Portrait:

Self-Portrait

Portrait and Self Portrait

Portrait:

Self- Portrait

Extra Credit

 Photography Resolutions for the New Year
1. The article I read listed resolutions that can improve a photographer. The tips were things like taking criticism better, boasting your confidence, being more organized, and taking photos of people you know to build yourself as better photographer and capture your life.
2. I learned about how I can better my self as a photographer and my photos through simple resolutions.
3. This site relates to photography because it informs me about things I can do to and change about my photography habits to be more efficient and shoot better pictures.

Fashion Photography

1.

• The model's hair is changed and makeup is up on her face.
• Blemishes are removed
• The shape of lips are changed
• Her nose is reshaped
• bigger eyes

2. 

• Her shoulder is heightened
• she is made skinner by the chest and waist
• her legs are made longer/thinner and more shapely
• her neck is made longer
• thinner face
• Her hair and skin color is lightened

3. 

• The model's body shape is made thinner to look like the ideal model. The editor removed wrinkles and other "unattractive" lines that the model's body made.

4. I do not think that it is ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance  like done in these photos. I believe that it is ok if the change is a stand of hair or redness to the face. I understand that magazine pictures have to look perfect, but body shape and skin tone should not be changed because that promotes the wrong idea. People will aim to look as perfect as the model does in the pictures, when no one can be that perfect, and will think less of themselves if they cannot achieve that body type or don't looks as pretty as the model.

5. It would be more ethically wrong to do this type of modification on a per on that doesn't consent to the changes that will be made. Also it is more unethical for a person who is against body modifications and doesn't promote perfection to consent to the change.

6. To me changes like redness of the skin, hair strands, small hayes that aren't really body changes are acceptable. It is unacceptable to length someone's body, make someone skinner or shape their body to make then more appealing, make their lips or eyes bigger and changing their skin color. If the lighting changes the skin color then it is alright, but the editor shouldn't try and make the model look lighter or tanner. Also I think that removing blemishes/oily skin is alright, but the skin shouldn't be over done (airbrushed).

7. I think that fashion photography is more about beauty and perfection. The models always look perfect and flawless in order to make people want to buy clothes and makeup like them so they too can look and feel beautiful (marketing). Photojournalism is more about capturing reality and showing it to people. The photos can be gruesome and depict real life situations that aren't pretty to look at.

8. Every photographer has their own perception of morality in photography. Each photographer's relationship with reality is different. Some photographer's reality is to show the real things on earth, while other photographer's reality has to do with what people(customers) want to see.

9. I think you are partly showing us these videos so we can learn about how advanced photoshop is and how far from reality they can make photos without making the photos seem fake. The other reason I think we are watching these videos is to understand that much of fashion photography is an illusion. The models aren't really flawless, they are just made to look a certain way using editing techniques and makeup.

10. I think that none of these videos are about men because they don't strive to be physically as perfect as women do. Women are better targets for fashion posters where other women look skinny, have perfect skin and body structure, because they will make more of an effort to buy products and clothes that supposedly will make them as beautiful as the models in the pictures. Also I think that society always tries to portray women to have to be a certain way: skinny and pretty; so that could also be why none of the videos are around men.

Magazine's Part 2

Early Magazine Covers:
The first covers only contained basic information like the title and publication information of the magazine. Some covers resembled the covers of books with a symmetrical layout, one picture in the middle all centered while others contained a typical pictured that had to do with the content of the magazine.

The Poster Cover:
Although this cover was not the only cover available during its time, this cover dominated. Many of the professional illustrators in this era learned from the Art Norveau movement. The photo on a poster cover is so large that it looks like it should be framed. To accommodate the photo size, the magazine's were made oversized.

Pictures Married to Type:
Cover lines lured the consumers into wanting to buy the magazine more than the pictures could do. By the 1800s cover lines were common and From the 1970's on the cover lines were made much smaller and were fit into extra space on the front rather than invading the whole cover.

In the Forest of Words:
This over has more intense photography and bold cover lines. Some of the covers in this time period had cover lines that was a larger font size than the title of the magazine. Models and celebrities today rent the places on their body that text promoting the contents of the magazine contains can be placed.