Prompt Photo Shoot

Prompt:8

Prompt: Connected

Prompt: Footprints

Prompt: Yummy

Favorites of 2014

his photo is a protester in Ferguson being engulfed by tear gas.  I like this photo because the man is so into and focused on what he believes in. 

This is a girl wearing a prom dress, and she is paralyzed from he chest down.   I like this photo because she really wanted to go to prom and isn't letting her unfortunate circumstances control her. 

This is a wedding and I really like this photo because the view is really pretty and i like how they are all dressed in white and you can see the city and ocean.

5 Prompts
1. Favorite Music: I think the best song of 2014 was "Take Me To Church" by Hozier.  It was a little late in the year, but it was the best.  Hozier was sort of unknown and not very popular in the music industry until his recent album got introduced.  Hoziers songs hadn't ever been on the top 100 chart, an now "Take Me To Church" has reached #1 on iTunes charts. 

2.  The best movie of 2014 was the Fault in Our Stars.  This was based on a best selling book. It was inspirational as the main character has cancer. The book was a hit by itself, but the movie brought in a massive amount of gross and viewers.  It also introduced to the table a new actress, portraying Hazel. 

3. Most important news story: I think the most important news story of 2014 was Ebola.  2014 had the worst breakout of Ebola in history. Its killed more than 3,000 people in African countries and there has been a couple cases in other countries like America and Europe. There has been frenzy abou

t it mate spreading in America, but officials are sure it won't.
4. Most important person:  I think the most important person is Ellen Degeneres.  She's always been important, but especially in 2014.  She helps as many people as she can, giving to those in need and making people happier.  She's a TV host, and much more than that.  Her show has inspired many people to work harder and be better people.  She is funny, powerful, and a great person. 

5. Most important sports event: I think the most important sports event of 2014 was the FIFA world cup. It wa fun to watch, tense, and exciting as many different teams from around the world competed against each other.  In the end i was rooting for Argentina, but Germany won in the end.  This was the most important because it was a game with the whole world, different countries, all playing a game they loved, to win the title of the best soccer team in the world for that year. 

1. Over my holiday we couldn't real do anything due to an illness, but we got to spend time with family. We spent most of our break with my moms parents in Fort worth.
2.  My resolutions for 2015 is to get amazing and better grades.  Also i want to find more things to get involved with.
3.  There isn't anything i am really looking forward to in 2015, but i'll appreciate all the good things. I am looking forward to summer.

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