self portraits and portraits 2

1 - If you’re taking photos in a studio, use a mannequin for light testing: Much easier than guesstimating!


2 - Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you’ve got the freedom to move around a bit.

3 - Use props! Are you a dad and a rocker? Bring your kid and your guitar. Are you a photographer? Add camera gear. Painter? Paint. Poet? Words. Make-up artist? Guess…You get the idea.

 I like this picture because I like the way that the photographer uses a darker lighting set along with darker storm clouds to give the shot a nature-like feeling.

I like this photo because I like how on one side it's the background of the mountains and hills and on the other side it focuses on the guy against the rocks, which shows that he is most definitely the subject in the portrait.

I picked this picture because I like how the photographer uses another picture to help make his shot more unique. It also has a theme of using photography to help portray his portrait.

I picked this one because not only does the photographer use some kind of reflection, he also used some elements from the theme of photography to help make his portrait.

 I choose this picture because to me it seems like just a casual portrait. The photographer also focuses on the boy's face to give the viewer a place that attracts the eye along with.

I like this picture because it's a normal portrait. It also has a solid background to make it more simplistic.

1 - If you’re taking photos in a studio, use a mannequin for light testing: Much easier than guesstimating!


2 - Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you’ve got the freedom to move around a bit.

3 - Use props! Are you a dad and a rocker? Bring your kid and your guitar. Are you a photographer? Add camera gear. Painter? Paint. Poet? Words. Make-up artist? Guess…You get the idea.

fashion

1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)

     The model's lips were resized, her neck was elongated and reshaped, her hair was reshaped and repositioned, her eyes were resized and repositioned, and her nose and jaw was reshaped.

2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?

     It isn't ethical because the people who modify the photos are only using the model for a base of what they want to make up and the model is completely left out.

3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
     Yes there are circumstances in which this is ethically wrong, such as whenever people are modified for magazines and other stupid things like that.

4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?

     Small adjustments allowed by the model should be okay, but complete reshaping and modification as such isn't.

5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.

     Fashion photography uses pictures as a base and then adds modification to get a desired result. Photojournalism takes pictures the way they are following rules and being creative to bend some of those rules.

6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?


     Most of the time fashion changes photos from their reality, which could affect the models and other people view this as ethically wrong. Photojournalism uses the reality to create photos that are interesting to look at.

lytro warm up

1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?

     The pictures where able to be dragged around like a hologram and you could also focus on a specific area.

2. How does this new camera work?

     It uses captures a light field that allows the photographer to change the focus of the picture after the photo is shot.

3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about)

     All the photographer will have to know about the use of focus.

4. Is it worth the money?

     I think that the technology is amazing and if you have to money for it go and get it, but I know that in a few years the technology will be mass produced by many companies and the prices will go down due to the amount of the light field cameras that have been distributed.

rules of composition

croping

 Avoiding Mergers

 background

 Framing

 Balancing Elements

 Symmetry and Patterns (Repetition)

 Leading Lines

 Depth

 

rule of thirds

 

american soldier q&r's

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?

    The image that I thought was the most powerful is photo number 14 because you can notice how he looks like  he is unsure about his decision about joining the military.

B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set. 

Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?      

    

     The set of images that I thought were the most powerful was set number 2. They way that you can see the transaction from his life as a civilian to a soldier was really powerful. You can see it in his face in some of the pictures that he realizes the change as well.

C. How do the images work together to tell a story?

     The images are set in a chronological order from beginning to end to tell the story.

Underneath each photo is a caption that ran through the Denver Post.

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?

      Majority of the photos are written in Present tense.

B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?

    They can add story and background to the pictures to help the viewer visualize what is going on and possibly how it happened.

Now its your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.

1. Joe looks around curiously about the small amount of people that arrived at the Recruiting Station in Louisville, South Carolina on July 27, 2009. (photo 8)

2. Tevin runs to join the battalion in morning P.T. at the Army Training facility. (photo 13)

3. Joe smokes a cigarette, waiting for an engineering team to come and help fix vehicle problems early in the morning during a mechanized infantry march out in the field of the Army Training Facility.