Portrait and Mural

Portrait:

Mural:

Magazine Cover Intro:

Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)
Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal
If it is invisible like wallpaper, decide what element is worthy of becoming dominant.
Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)
If the cover pops out from its background, don’t weaken it by fussing with it.


2. Formal
3. Formal
9. Formal
10. Formal
11. Environment
13. Environment
15. Formal
18. Environment
19. Formal
21.Infromal
22.Formal
23. Informal
26.Formal
29. Infromal
31.Formal
32. Formal
36. Formal
37. Formal
37. Infromal
37. Formal


FAVORITE:

#32 Vogue (May 2004)
Photographer Irving Penn captures Nicole Kidmans back profile dressed in a Christian Lacroix oyster satin backless dress for this cover of the May 2004 issue of Vogue. This was the first cover shoot for Vogue by Penn since 1989. The issue contains more photographs of Kidman dressed as a Grecian goddess, an Italian diva and as legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt.

Nicole Kidman is posing in a very formal posture facing away from the camera. The photographer seems like they are trying to catch the elegance of the dress as well as hair and the make-up. The background is somewhat faded and keeps the whole portrait simple. The lighting isn't very heavy, and is more towards the background. The portrait's main focus was the elegance on the cover. So without the loud background or large subtitles, it draws your attention to the model in the cover.

Lytro Warm-Up

1.   When i clicked on the photos the viewpoint automatically focused on the subject or part i clicked on.
2.    Through the camera's "Light Field".
3.    Actually know how to take photo's on manual on that camera.
4.   I belive if photography is something you like to do and taking photgraphs is something you call more than a hobbie, then im pretty sure it is.

Rule Of Photography Part 2: Soccer

Rule of Thirds:

                                                                  Balancing Elements:

Leading Lines:

Symmetry:

Viewpoint:

Background:

Depth:




Framing:

Cropping:

Avoiding Mergers:

Self Portraits and Portraits (Part 2)

• 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.
• You may want to make photographs of people going about their business—vendors in a market, a crowd at a sports event, the line at a theater. You don't want them to appear aware of the camera. Many times people will see you, then ignore you because they have to concentrate on what they are doing. You want the viewers of the image to feel that they are getting an unguarded, fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the scene.
• A self-portrait doesn't have to be of your face—the image of two hands holding a camera says a lot about the photographer who shot his own portrait. You can also aim the camera down your body from eye level.  A picture like this will say a lot about your activities and surroundings.

I like this photo because unlike some of the other pictures he isn's staring into the camera and striking a pose. Now if this is staged, it isn't as obvious as the others. But otherwise, he looks like the typical man that works at those really expensive tuxedo places and has to wear nice clothing to look the part.

I like this photo because the scene is in a little kids room, and she looks as if she doesn't work but is a stay at home mom the way she is dressed and how her hair looks. This fits in perfectly with her environment and everything such as the kid and the toys are just props that add that "mom" feel.

I like this picture because this is something different. This is the typical perspective of a biker because of the mirror from a bike, the glove, and the helmet. These props help us understand the person's personality.

I like this picture because it's as if he doesn't even know the camera is there. I like the whole secnery in the background and the fact that it's in black and white.

I like this picture because the liitle girl in the picture is just so cute. and the apple in her hands reminds us of the fact that we need a healthy generation which starts wiith the kids. The little girl is in a simple little background that isn;t loud nor takes away the attention of the subject.

I like this picture because it is a typical little boy picture with the loud t-shirts of a rocket ship. And the sandwich that his mom probably made him. This picture looks as if it was taken outside because of the colors in the blurred background.



I wanna try to take my own picture for the shoot. I also wanna try to take the picture inside the gym, because that's where i spend most of my time. I wanna try to encorporate props and lost of rules of photography. Props such as a volleyball and maybe the net, as well as maybe my jersey and gear.

Shortlist Warm-up

The reason i liked this photo was because the green color and the mystical effect it adds to the photo. And i also like how you can see the reflection through the water and it balances out the green both on the top and the bottom.  

The reason i liked this photo was because this scenery isn't something you can see here on a daily bases... Its a scenery out of the ordinary. For some reason everytime i see this picture it looks like it had just got done raining, i guess its from the lights around the city.

When i first saw this picture it automatically caught my attention because the lighting and the shading on the animal's face, you can somewhat tell that the picture was taken during a sunset.

The reason i really liked this picture is because i absolutely love fashion photography and the stillness of the model and her refection is so simple. But it still has a edgy feeling to it.

I liked this photo because the little girl's expression says it all. It tells you a story and reminds you of when you were a kid and everything was mostly fun and games, when your parents hardly yelled at you, and when you were the little kid that everyone adored.

I really liked this photo because of the blur of the background and how it focuses on one light bulb. The light bulb is also centered just right and balances both sides.

I like this photo because this isn't a type of building you see very often. And how the outline of the outer building is a circle yet the inner glass building is square and it looks as if it's boxed.

I like this photo because in first glance you wouldn't be able to tell what this is, or what the photographer was trying to take a picture of. But once you read the title of the group of pictures you wonder how the photographer was able to accomplish this using a garden and flowers.

The reason i like this photo is because the genre of the picture, the lady's hair, tattoos, guitar, cigarette, and the background all tie into what seems to be the lady's personality. The tattoo's and her red hair are loud and extravagant. She gives the appearance of a punk rocker chick sorta look, which is why I'm pretty sure they tied in the guitar, the alcohol and gold-ish background color.

I liked this picture first of all because i want a motorcycle for myself, and this picture really flaunts the beauty of the motorcycle and i love how the movement through the tunnel is noticeable yet totally still. And how all the colors tie into each other and how the lighting adds that effect.



Self Portraits & Portraits

I believe a good photo cannot exactly be determined... Only for the fact that the photographer might've spent so much time and effort on the picture for it to be criticized. The self portraits are how a person feels about themselves or how their feelings and emotions can be shown through the photos.

I don't have an exact style that i know i want to use. Maybe having to do with sports, in the gym.
Or somewhere having to do with Art in the AHA building.

Ethnics In Fashion Photography

1. Lips, Hair, Neck, eyes, neck & shoulders, roundness of the face.

2. it isn't ethnically acceptable to change a person's appearance, especially like they did in the bill board. It's almost like saying that the person wasn't good enough for the picture. It also isn't their natural look.

3. I believe that bill boards such as the one in the video was surprising to see all the drastic changes that were made.

4. Little changes like red eye removal if necessary. But not huge changes that can change a person's physical appearance.

5. I believe that in fashion photography, changes like the ones made in the bill board are done often as well as commercials etc...
And i feel like photojournalism is more of what you capture in the moment. And exploring, and taking-in what's going on in the world around you.

6. It depends on what you like to take pictures of and what inspires you. Fashion industries seem to not really care how many changes they have to make to please others and have others critique their work. Whereas it seems like in photojournalsim, you take pictures in a genre of your choosing and on what pleases yourself and you critque your own work.

National Geographic Warm-Up & Photo Manipulation and Ethics

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2. First of all i really like this picture because of the colors, black and white. The colors make the building very retro yet future like. I really like the structure of the builing with the stairs and rounded halls. And your focus on the picture leads up to the center on the very last floor. The person who took this picture was really lucky for getting a chance to enter the building.

3. I would probably like to take a picture of town lake with the buildings of downtown in the background yet the focus to be maybe on something thats on the water. Maybe of a kayak or a rowing class in their canoes.



A. Even though photochop is a very useful tool to many photographers, there is a right and wrong way in using it, and there is always a good time to use it, and sometimes it is just un-called for.

B. There is a time when you can photochop the pictures, but when you alter the picture to the point where it's completely diffrent that isnt correct.

I believe this picture was the most unethical, because the topic of war is something alot of people will read about, and for them to manipulate such a photo to make it seem harsh towards the father and kid, isn't reasonable.

In my opinion this is the least unethnical because you hear alot about magazine and propaganda's reputation for "fixing" the original photo and making many changes to make the star or cover look more appealing to the readers/viewers.  

Abandonded Theme Parks

1. I would like to visit "Shidaka’s Utopia, Beppu, Kyushu, Japan". Because, of the "House of Horrors" building that has the mechanical monsters that were left to decay. The monsters would probably be ten times scarier just for the fact that they are just sitting there to decay... On top of that, it is said that everything was left as was when the amusment park had shut down.

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3. Abandoned Hospital, Abandonded Schoolyard, Abandonded Factory, Abandonded Daycare, Abandonded City.

4.  (Abandoned Hospital)

5. I think being there in the abandonded hospital would be cool just to see what had happened whether it was half torn down or burned down. I would go explore all the rooms and see if any documents were left. I would take pictures of the conditions of the hospital like the rooms and hallways. I would check If any tools that were used for surgery were still there, or if it looks like someone has been in there recently since it was abandoned, for example graffiti.

6. Im going to need my camera of course. A flashlight just in case. I would probably take a plane and a taxi. I would have to pay for a hotel, plane tickets, taxi rides, food. It might be closed down and it might be illegal to enter the premises.

American Soldier slide show and captions

2a) The picture that is the most poweful from the slide show is the picture where Ian met his parents and friends at the Denver airport when he was finishing his first training.
2b) I believe its "In The Army" because it shows how the first few days went for him and a wake up call that no one said being in the army was going to be easy.
2c) They are in a sequence in order how the progress through leaving high school all the way to coming back home went for him.

3a) Present Tense
3b) They explain more into detail what is going on, or how they feel, or who is all in the picture. It helps alot to understand what the picture is representing without having to guess what is going on.

4a)     -Ian and his father (Don Johnson) are trying to spend as much time as possible together before he leaves for training in the Army. Both talk about the old times, and his father, being an only parent of two, this was emotionally hard for him.
          -Ian calls home while he's on break to check in on everyone for the fact that he is feeling home sick there at the "Army Center".
          -Ian and his family and friends are eating pizza around the dinner table, while listening intently to Ian describe how life was like back in Iraq.

5a) The videos are almost like captions in a way. They explain to us what exactly is going on or how the main person in the picture is feeling.
5b) The video when he is first being enrolled into the Army shows how Ian is reacting to his postion in enlisting and how his parents and friends feel, where as the pictures only show their reactions.
5c) The pictures when he is in Iraq show much emotion and the postitioning of the people and camera has alot to do with the effect. The video on the other hand only explains what he is going through.

Funny Captions

"Hey! I see my favorite word, 'FREE'!"
...
"Nevermind.. Dont slow down, unless you wanna drive to the nearest garbage disposal..."

"Now if everyone will please fasten your seat belts. Just for safety precautions... and maybe say a prayer.. or two... for the plane next to us, and for your life!"

-"Hmm...I wonder how the bullet holes got there?"
...
-"And i wonder how we got here..."

Cool Video

I thought the video was really cool, and i liked the fact that its a picture slideshow and videos...
I think that the pictures that were in the end that were in the slideshow need to be a little slower cause i couldn't take in all the pictures at once.
But other than that i thought that it was a really smart idea to make a video yearbook.

Next assignment.

The normal everyday lives of an Akins Eagle just in general.
Maybe action photos of sports or p.e.

We should use cameras because some phones wont catch the picture as good as the camera can.

Maybe by the art building. or by the cafeteria somewhere outside so visitors can also have the advantage to see it as well...

Warm-up

You have to capture multiple standard photographs, often using exposure bracketing, then merging them into an HDR image.
Yes.
Yes, outside.

I really liked this one because the colors in the picture really stands out and you can hardly see the water because it reflects the sunset in the sky along with the clouds.
Simplicity.

Great Black & White photographers 3

• All her pictures look very unique... Even though they are in black and white, all the pictures have a focus point and a purpose.
• I see...
• -the finished Lady Liberty with some workers cheering. New York from afar and down below. Other people cheering and smiling like never before.
• - work of machines in the factory in the Gilded age. Co-Workers at work without a stop. Clothing being made with determintaion to finish the never ending workload.
• I smell...
• -Fresh air blowing by my face of trees and water. Corn Dogs from New York being sold to customers. Metal that surrounds me.
• -Old buildings that has been through alot. Rusty metal being overworked. And the smell of cotton from the shirts that are currently being made.
• I hear...
• -People yelling that "we're done". People cheering for our completed work. Screams of excitment so all of New York can hear.
• - Engines of machines going off. Shirts being rubbed against the "belt" of the machine. The light posts swerving back and forth that hang from the roof.
• I taste...
• -The corndogs in New York. The taste of Salty water. And the taste of old and chewed gum. 
• -The metal in braces. The taste of a home-made sandwich during the lunch break. The smell of the building hitting my tastebuds. 
• I feel...
• Excited to be apart of this moment. Happy that our work is finally noticed. Joyous for the completion.
• Hardworking without a stop. Determined to finish. Ready to go home to prepare for the next day at work. 
• I would like to create a blog so each one of us can visit eachothers blogs in the class.

Fixed Photo Shoot Post Shoot Reflection

• I learned how to change the ISO number, the shutter speed, and the F-stop.
• Their brightness and darness of the pictures.
• Yes because the lighting in the pictures vary.
• Depending on where your taking your pictures the lighting changes throught each ISO. Each ISO at the end gets lighter and lighter.
• All the pictures in each ISO started off bright and went darker throughout the f-stops and the shutter speed.

ISO: 400

Shutter Speed: 1/1000

F-Stop: 22

Distance: About 10 feet

Lighting: Sunny

The ISO number according to how bright it is inside or outside also the F-stop and Shutter speed that makes a perfect picture...

Shutter speed

High Shutter Speed

Slow Shutter Speed

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light
a.) the dunking booth- High
b.) the food eating contest- High
c.) the rock climbing wall- Slow
d.) someone working at a booth-Slow
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle-Slow
f.) the Diamonds performance.-High


Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.
a.) the dunking booth- Slow
b.) the food eating contest- High
c.) the rock climbing wall- Slow
d.) someone working at a booth- High
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- High
f.) the Diamonds performance.-Slow

• Aperature Priority
• Shutter Priority
• Manual

3.) Shutter Speeds: 30", 25", 20",15", 13", 10", 8", 6",5", 4", 3"2, 2"5, 2", 1"6, 1"3, 1", 0"8, 0"5, 0"4. 0"3, 1/4, 1/5,1/6, 1/8,1/10, 1/13, 1/15, 1/20, 1/25, 1/30, 1/40, 1/50, 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/200, 1/250, 1/320, 1/400, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800, 1/1000, 1/1250, 1/1600, 1/2000, 1/2500, 1/3200, 1/4000.

Aperature

[F2.8]

[F16]

1. Our eyes

2. The smaller the Aperature, the larger f-stops. The larger the Aperature, the smaller f-stops.

3. The section of the picture that comes out clear or "sharp".

4. F3.5, F4.0, F4.5, 5.0, F5.6, F6.3, F7.1, F8.0, F9.0, F10, F11, F13, F14, F16, F18, F20, F22

Reactions to power point

I personally was amazed by the power point and the pictures. I think one of the reasons they came out really good is the effect of Black and White. The subject in all his pictures and his framing was really percise...

My favorite picture is the one with the two Zebras. First of all Zebras are my favorite animal.
second the picture was really simple. there was nothing in the background or taking your attention from the pictures. third the stripes on the Zebras look really cool in the black and white effect of the background.

He photographs on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses.

 To memorialize the vanishing natural grandeur of East Africa. And he said he not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild.

to record a visually poetic last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are gone at the hands of man.

"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being."

                                                         (Zebras turning Heads)

Academic Shoot Reflection

• The people who kept starring at the camera or the people being distracted from their work. (Especially fresman and sophmores... -_- )
• Making sure that the rules were obvious and visible, took different types of each rule.
• Different angles in the pictures. Make sure that subject in my pictures are noticable.
• The same Simplicity picture. Same group.
• Simplicity and Merger,
• Lines.
• I understand them.

Lines

Okay.

Student walking down the stairs.

Yes.

Zoom in a bit more.

Merger

Pretty well.

Students in the classroom.

Yes.

Different angle.