Final Exam Extra Credit

1.  The man tried to calm down a panhandler who was harassing people, but the panhandler pushed the man into the path of an oncoming subway.  The photographer was able to get the photo because he was a freelance photographer and had a camera and saw the event and took the photo.
2.  He said he took the photos so that the train's operator would see the flash and stop. He said he did it as a warning.
3.  No, the photographer should not have taken the photo, he should have tried as hard as he could to save the man.  Th other people who were recording it should have tried too.
4.  The photographer did NOT do the best he could have done to save the guy.  From the picture you can't tell the photographer is definitely not close to the man.  He "said" that he had done everything he could have done, but if he really had, why was he so far away from the man when he took the photo???  According to his story, he said that he took the photo to warn the train with the flash, but if thats true, why didn't he get closer to the train??  That way it would be easier to see the flash.  And think of it this way, this photographer supposedly"tried" to help the guy, couldn't do it, so he STEPPED BACK from the guy and decided to take a photo, so the train could see the FLASH.  Does not make sense.
5.  I totally disagree with their decision to put this on the cover of a magazine.  His family has to see him a second away from death, with NO ONE trying to help him.  Everyone now know that guy as the man who wasn't helped, but used as a magazine cover.
6.  Sometimes ad things that happen when a photographer is out of their hands and their is no way to help, but in this case their WAS a way.  Obviously, the most important job of a photographer is to get good photos, but if there is a case of life or death, they should be human and try to help.
7.   YES i thin it is ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself in cases like these.  If they don't help, someone could die, and in this case someone did.  I get that sometimes photographer's bosses have strict rules about touching why they are photographing, but here it was this dudes CHOICE not to help to his fullest. He just wanted publicity and fame and money.
8.   Yes they should avoid events like this as much as they can, because then if they just stand by and take photos, then someone could get hurt, and it could be emotionally and  physically degrading for the viewers AND the photographer.
9.  HELP!! Thats the most important thing a photographer could have done in this situation.  Set aside the frickin' camera, man.

Final Exam Review

1. Caption

Matty the Monkey cowers under a police guard after the police man has chased him down the many streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Matty stole a bike from a child, yet no charges are being filed. When investigators asked Matty's trainer why he stole the bike he gave no comments.

Gory, the owl, yawns as he rest in the snowy mountains of the Alps in Europe.  After a long day of hunting for food, he wants to rest. Food is sparse here, so Gory tries to take advantage of daylight and hunt then.

2. Rules of Photography

Rule of Thirds- where you position your subject along lines (2 vertical and 2 horizontal) or where they intersect

Balance- in a photo having you subject off center is interesting, but it can make the picture feel empty, so you fill the empty space with something less important

Leading Lines- lines can be used to enhance a photo, as our eyes naturally follow lines, so the lines will usually draw us to the subject

Viewpoint- the viewpoint has a massive impact,so try to find unusual and interesting ways to shoot your photo

Symmetry and Patters- can be very eye catching, a series of the objects of the subject that seem to be the same and repeating

Background- sometimes a photo can have a busy background so you should find a simple background and compose your shoot there

Creating Depth- having depth in your photo by adding subjects in the middle ground, foreground, and background

Framing- trees, archways, and holes make great natural framing. framing helps to isolate the subject,a more focused image

Cropping- sometimes a photo loses its impact because the subject is too tiny and gets lost, so you eliminate background, noise, and other things that aren't needed

Mergers or Avoiding Mergers- when the background unintentionally or intentionally interacts with the subject of the photo

3. Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed

   aperture- this controls the depth of field, the amount of light let into a photo

    ISO- the cameras sensitivity to light 

    shutter speed- how much light and exposure in the picture, how long the shutter stays open

4. Photo ethics/manipulation

 Acceptable-

editing small things like the levels, and making small changes to some things only if the subject approves

Unacceptable- 

making big changes to someones appearance, the way they look, because they don't like it.  Making images incorrect. Adding random objects

5. Portrait Types

Environmental- the main focus in the photo is on the environment the subject is in

Casual- not formal, the main focus is on the subject

Self- a photo taken by the photographer of themselves

6. Photographic Terms

Exposure-  how much light is taken into the camera and photograph

Depth of Field- how much the subject is focused with the background

Focal Length- the space between the lens and its focus

7. Types of Magazines

Early- only has a title and publication date, maybe an illustration

Poster- not a lot of words, one big picture

Married to Type- words work together with the graphics, added cover lines

Forest of Words- lots and lots of words that cover the important/intense photo

Magazine Cover

Extra Credit Magazine Cover

Portrait and Self portrait

protrait

Self portrait

Second Magazine Cover

Photoshop changes

Dove Evolution video
Lots of makeup
New hair
Neck longer
Eyes bigger
Nose thinner

Body Evolution video
Made her eyes bigger
Her hair lighter
Her body lightened
Her nose tinier
Her legs longer
He neck longer and skinnier
Her whole body changed

Photoshop Skills video
Made her legs and arms skinner
Her hair longer and fuller
Her stomach smaller
Her butt higher and smaller
Her breasts smaller and higher
Her arms longer

I don't think it is ethically acceptable to change a persons appearance with Photoshop because it is showing that it takes photoshop to make a person beautiful. Everyone is beautiful the way they are and its insulting that people will change your face because they don't like it.
There are so many circumstances in which it is ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation.
There are sonly a couple,if any, types of changes that are OK, and only as long as its also ok with the person.  Maybe if like a model is doing a big shoot but she has a pimple and SHE wants it gone, then it could be ok to take it away in Photoshop. But thats about the only acceptable time. What isn't ok is when you change a whole persons face or body because they ave a few flaws in your opinion.  But flaws make people unique.
Fashion photography is when you photos of a person for a magazine or something showing a certain type of clothing article. Photojournalism can be anything from fashion to animals, to war, basically anything.
Every photo begins with reality, but some people think that reality isn't as important as perfection or pleasing others.  They will alter reality based on what they think it beautiful or perfect.  This affects the ethical practice of each photo by making it less ethical and morel because its not reality.
You are probably showing these videos because  you want us to see how taking Photoshop too far can really be horrible and unethical.
None of these videos are about guys because as a society we se guys as being particularly superior (which is wrong) and that they don't really have anything wrong with their bodies.  But just a few extra on a girl can make her and the people photographing her feel as if she has made a mistake and isn't beautiful. Unfortunately, females are still seen as objects that can be toyed and altered with.

Magazine Covers II

1. Early Magazine Covers

The covers had the title, and table of contents, and they were usually black and white, and were book like covers, and these lasted throughout the 1700's and 1800's. They were pretty generic. 

2. The poster Cover

These covers did not need words. Were from the 1890's to the 1960's and they looked like they were meant to me hung onto a wall and framed. The logo goes into the art. They appeared on many types of magazines. 

3. Pictures Married to Type

A lot of covers relied on cover lines for their covers. There were large titles, and subjects in cover might be interrupting it .  There is usually a combination of activity and repose with confidence. Placement of type is judged heavily in these covers. 

4. In the Forest of Words

These are what we normally use now in the 2000's.  The subject is usually centered and has a lot of subtitles and words overlapping them everywhere with titles from inside the magazine. The images are not in the foreground anymore as the cover lines are taking over. 

My favorite Cover

New York, May 20, Michael Douglas Is Liberace

"If simplicity is the essence of all great covers, then Martin Schoeller nailed this one. The photograph captured iconic actor Michael Douglas for the cover of New York’s annual television issue with just the slightest nod to the character he was playing. The result is a little Michael, a little Lee (as Liberace was known). The unorthodox type treatment complements the picture elegantly and with force."

This portrait is uniquely interesting. Its an older man with his hair brushed and has bright purple eye makeup on his left eye.  I don't really get the significance of this portrait but it probably does mean something.  The background is ombre gray and makes the subject stand out because it is simple.  His tan skin contrasts nicely with the gray of the background. It adds a lot of curiosity and interest by adding the makeup, and he is sort of smiling in the portrait.  He doesn't have a shirt on, and this Michael Douglass guy is probably an important figure and is trying to say something. Simplicity is a major composition factor in this portrait. 

Best Covers

1.Formal
2.Informal
3. Environmental
4.Envrionmental
5.Informal
6.  Informal
7.Formal
9.Formal
10.Formal
11.Formal
12.Informal
13. Formal
14.Formal
15. Informal
16. Environmental
17. Informal

Magazine Tips

When I am doing my magazine cover, I should:
1. make sure it is emotionally irresistible
2.make sure it is interesting and stimulating
3. make sure the cover is unique compared to others and
4. the cover should make people curious about it and make them want to buy it
5. Mount it beautifully, and try not to trim it.

American Soldier

This is the most powerful photo to me because it is showing that you can not make mistakes in the military, because it might mean death.

The most powerful set of images is the basic training because this is when he is pushed the hardest, and is prepared for what is to come. He needs to learn more things to stay alive.
c. The images work together to show a story by making a timeline from his recruitment to his training to his war time to him coming home.
3. The images are mostly in present tense.
B.  The captions enhance the photos by telling the story of that day and having quotes by the people Ian was with and himself.
4. --39.  Ian inwardly curses himelf because he forgot to sing in the shower that morning, which relaxes him. Now that his sargaent is out of his office and coming to see him, he is sure that he will see the pit stains forming underneath his arms.
--41.  I cant believe i broke my leg.  Now i wont be able to play hop scoth with my stuffed animals, Ian thinks as his friend wraps his foot.
--44.    Ian accidenatally ran over a bunny on the road.  His name was Fred. He is crying guilty tears as a storm brews in the distance.
 

Prompt 2

These are photos that i took based on the three prompts; purple, cold, and electrical. 

This is a portrayal of electrical

This is a portrayal of cold

This is a portrayal of purple. 

Nature and the Compositions

Avoiding Mergers
Actually 2 Giraffes not1 with 2 heads

Background
a simple background doesn't distract from the subject

Balancing Elements
without the bench there would be empty space

Cropping
the photographer cropped the photo to get closer to the bird

Depth
There are lots of different stems which add depth

Framing
the trees frame the road in the image

Leading Lines
the dock is a long one which leads on to places

Symmetry and Pattern
the crop squares are symmetrical and in a patter

Viewpoint
this is an odd viewpoint because the boar is tiny

Rule of Thirds the bear is in the bottom right corner of a rule oft birds grid

Portait shoot plan

I hope I can shoot my friend Olivia because she is really pretty.  I would want to maybe take the photos  in a nature scene because she likes nature. To make this shoot successful i will make sure the IOS, Aperture, and shutter speed is all aligned with what the photo needs.  A possible place for this could be like next to a tree, or at a park.  I would want the shoot to be powerful, and i think it would look good if  the shoot is powerfully depressing or powerfully happy.  Both ways can look good. I think that i could use framing in this shoot. Like the tree branches surrounding the shot or something.

holography Self Portraits

I like this photo because he seems just really calm and collected and sort of depressed maybe. I like that its black and white and how the camera is showing so its probably in a mirror or something.  The black and white makes it more powerful. 

i do not know why but i am in love whit this portrait.  There is just great raw emotion that ads to the photo to make it funny.  His teeth make him look nerdy, as well as his hair and the camera lenses acting as his glasses. 

Casual Portraits

I liked these causal portraits because the couple look so relaxed and happy to be with each other.  The exposure and lighting is really good, and i like the scenery, especially in the second one. 

I also really liked this photo because of the framing composition that was done.  The sewage pipe (or whatever it is) frames the photo nicely and the woman has a nice smile.  She seems really reeled, which is great for this photo.

Environmental Portraits

I really liked this photo of a dancer because this is probably her life, and she just looks so dramatic and into the dance that it really adds to the photo.   I also liked how there was a mirror which made the picture more dynamic.

I also really liked this photo because of the colors. There was a great color contrast, like the cranberries and then the sky, and it made him look as if he was the only person on earth. I think that the red with the sky looks amazing. 

Self Portrait Tips copy and paste

Get Closer

The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close.

Experiment with Lighting

Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.

Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Break 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.

DSLR camera simulator

The aperture settings are from 2.8 to 22.
The shutter settings are from 1 second to1/4000 second.
The ISO settings are from 100 to 25600.

ISO

This is ISO 200

This is ISO 6400


1.  Because then you can get more noise in the photo and see sweat and the players' faces more clearly. 

                 2.  You should always use the lowest ISO when there is a lot of light. 

       

                 3. You should use a higher ISO when there isn't enough light. 

Shutter Speeds

This is an example of high shutter speed

This is an example of low shutter speed

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light
a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree
b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings
c.) the Stars performance inside the gym
d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard
e.) people streaming in from the front doors
f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop
a)low
b)low
c)high
d)high
e)low
f)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.

                                                                    …….same

You can set the camera to Shutter Priortiy, which is automatic.  You could do manual, where you set everything manually. or you cold let the camera select the shutter speed for you. 

Aperture

Aperture F22 

Aperture F2.8

We closely relate aperture to the pupil in the eye.
The smaller the aperture, the background is less clear, the bigger the aperture, the background is clearer.
Having a larger aperture will make the whole picture clear while the smaller aperture make the depth of field after the subject less clear.

Abandoned Theme Parks

I would mostly want  to got and visit the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans.  Its interesting because six flags is a very successful amusement park business, and New Orleans is a pretty entertaining city and the fact that the amusement park is abandoned and worn down is weird.  It's also pretty sad.  But i would want to take photos of the place to document the difference between a kept-up and abandoned amusement park from the same company

another 5 places that would be cool for photographers to visit would be:

a desert (like taking pictures of a single green plant in a vast empty desert)

a ghost town

night life in a foreign city

hamsters in cups

old people playing canasta

So someone already started this, but i think its so adorable I'm still recommending it :)


I would want to photograph this because there are os many different types of hamsters and their all cute.  They can make great photos.  I think that if you pair a hamster with the right type of cup, it can make a great photo. Like in the one above, its about the cutest thing ever.
It would be pretty easy to get photos of hamsters in cups.  You just need to find a cute hamster, and asks the owner if you could take a photo, and the cost though is pretty cheap. You might jet need to but the cup.  Also, you could just use a cana camera or something with a good zoom and focus setting.

Nick Brandt

My first reactions to these photos was astonishment because you could tell how close he was to those animal (especially the lions). When i read that he didn't want to pretend he felt a connection to the animals, i liked him a lot more because a lot of photographers say that they have these amazing connections to the animals, while some of them are telling the truth not all of them are.  I like that he's real. And another shocking feature of his photos was the contrast he was able to get between the animals and the sky, they were so clear. The benefits of being close to the subject, i guess :)

This is definitely my one of my favorite photos from Nick.  I love the cheetah's (or leopards, idk) faces.  The mother looks so passionate about whatever she's doing. and the little cubs are so cute, but formal.  I love their fur, and the contrast with the background.  The photographer used the composition of balance. 

Brandt  uses a medium format black and white film without zoom or telephoto lenses. His reasons for taking these photos are to show and photograph the destruction man has on animal life. He hopes that people will see these photos and understand that what they do influences (badly) animals, and will try harder to keep all the species alive. He focuses on the killing of animals for their parts, like elephants and their tusks."My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing." 

Captions

I don't know if I have figured this out yet, because i forget things,  but maybe today will finally be the day i can actually get to the building where they give me my meds. The authorities made this because……. i forget.

BIlly Bob and I raced Josie over here because Josie is always goes a little crazy, if ya know what i mean, when she gets the first can of beer. It started when we were 25, and seventy years later, well, lets just say she still needs  us to watch her. 

I was trying to get Hank to take the picture so i could get in, but his pants accidentally fell down, and he was wearing a speedo. They took offense….

Photo Mural Project Ideas

1.  I think a really good theme for this idea would be to take a bunch of photos surrounding "happy" and pep rally days.  Thats when people dress up, get their faces painted, which can make great photos.
2. Open it up to cameras too because some of us can't bring our phones to school, or just dent have a smartphone.
3. We should put the panels where everyone can see them.  Like in the courtyard, or in the gym, cafe, or a popular hallways, above the library maybe.

Great Black and White Photographers part 3

1. I wanted to chose a photo by Robert Doisneau because in the photo i did end up using, the emotion on the musicians face is great.  I also like how he is sitting on the ground forlornly with instrument and people are carrying on with their lives behind them.  The black and white affect added to the solitary of the photo.      

I see the people walking around the man like he doesn't even exist. 

I smell the cigar smoke of the man that just walked on by.

I hear the sound of the beautiful sadness of the music the man is producing.

I taste the body sweat of everyone in the street moving fast

I feel as if his feelings go deeper than the way it seems

I really like the photo from Eugene Atget because….. i don't even know why.  Its just the whole composition and subject of the photo that draws me to it.  The man is looking at the camera and frowning, so he's probably not very happy about what he's doing, but this just makes the photo that more intriguing. 

  I love this photo. The thing that drew me to it was how clear the man's face is and you can see the sweat as he's drinking the water.  I also wanted to chose this photo because i wanted to honor the the people that fight for our country.

I see the battlefield of men preparing for fight

I smell the sweat mixed with gunpowder filling the air

 I hear the anguished cries of men reading letters from home 

I taste the bittersweetness of hatred  

I feel as if this man will risk his life for us

I would want to make posters, books, blogs, just about one of these photographers so everyone will be able to see and know about this photographer. 

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1. Some challenges that I endured was trying to vary my photo subjects.  i didn't want all of my photos to be of a kid in a classroom.  I wanted to have different pictures.
2. I though the most about the focusing of the camera.  this is also my favorite part for some reason.  I like seeing the difference between a blurry and focused photo.
3.  Now i would probably try to do better angles.
4. I would still do the same areas and subjects .
5. I think that the framing is the easiest of all the compositions.
6.  Probably the hardest composition is simplicity for me because there is always some sort of busy background and its hard to find a subject without a busy background.
7.  I'm still not really sure on avoiding mergers, but practice makes perfect so i'll just keep practicing.
i commented on this person
http://brianmjblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/academic-shoot-and-reflection-brian.html?showComment=1412700614600#c6292934326648155582

Academic Shoot

Simplicity
I chose this photo for simplicity because the background is blurry so it makes your eyes focus on the object in the front, which is clear.  The background isn't that busy, and the blurriness takes away most of the business, so your main view is the faucet.  The subject is the faucet in the science room.  On first glance, its hard to know what the subject is because it doesn't look like a normal faucet.   Maybe for my simplicity photo i could have done a less busier background. 

Rule of Thirds
I had a lot of fun taking this photo :) and it was accidental.  So i was leaning up against a wall, and then this fly came at me it landed on this sheet of paper that was on the door.  I slapped it and killed it :( but i found it ironic that this sheet of paper has the word "flick" on it and a dead fly. This applies to the rule of thirds because the fly is in the lower left hand side, which makes it look better because then you can see the names and other academic words.   The subject is obviously the fly. 

Framing
I chose this photo for framing because i took this photo through a door window into a book room and the door edges are the framing.  I like how the lines are clear and the books and shelves in the room is blurry.  There really isn't a subject in this photo and i think it was a good example of framing.

Lines
I chose this photo for lines because i really like how the lines of the shelves lead off the picture and make you wonder. I also like how the we can read the first label, which makes it academics.  I think making it black and white was a good idea because it makes it more simple but prettier i think.  The subject is the shelves, and thats pretty obvious.

Balance
This was also a fun picture to take because while i was in the room  the kids were trying to not look at the camera and it was hard for them to actually act normal, but they tried.  I chose this photo for balance because kids and desks are taking up the whole framing. The several different heads create balance.  The subjects are probably all the kids, especial John and Jackson.  

Christian's Work Reaction Part 1

I really liked Christians work because it adds a spin to the photograph, which is my favorite kind of picture. I think he made these photos by took a scattered panoramic of these photos.  I would like to take this photo of building downtown in Austin.  Maybe the capital or something.  Te building is really pretty and you can get easy access to it.