Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

QUESTIONS

1. Some challenges I encountered was finding ONE class that had all of the compositions in it. I had to go to many different classes because they didn't have all the topics.
2. I found myself thinking about balance and framing the most because those were the hardest to find.
3. If i could do this project differently i would look around the school and see if I could find classes that have a lot of balance in it or framing so i know i can go to that class and expect to get a photo of balance or framing.
4. I would continue to go around to different places and not stay in the same place so I have a variety of different photos in different places.
5.  For the next prompt shoot the easiest to shoot would be the rule of thirds.
6. The hardest to capture would be a framing photo because they're isn't very many different frames around the school and also lines would be hard because again there isn't many different lines at bowie.
7. The one rule that is still confusing to me is the lines rule and the balancing because in the power point they talked about balance having shapes in the photo so I'm confused if i have the find geometrical shapes in photos all the time.


STUDENTS BLOG LINK:

http://gailsphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com 

I liked how all her pictures were clear and were easy to see what the subject was.

Her photos that she used could have been different things. She used people looking through a microscope for 4 out of the 6 pictures. I would have liked to see something different then that.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

QUESTIONS: 

A. Some main point regarding the manipulation is that you don't want to make the edits to the photo too noticeable and you can't change too much with the photo that it doesn't look realistic. The photo also needs to be original and not a copy and pasted photo of someone's head on a different body.

B. Newspapers such as the NewYork times has strict guidelines that the photographers need to follow in order to keep there job. They have to make sure no colors are altered from the original photo.



C. To edit your photo to make it look better is you could make some of the colors stand out and make certain object appear and certain size but aren't really that size. Tiny adjustment to the photo that an onlooker will not tell be a quick look.


PHOTO MANIPULATION (BAD):

This is bad ethics because someone is not supposed to tell the photo was not actually taken. In this photo you can tell that the photographer just copied and pasted the face of Oprah onto a models body. This photo has no originality to it.  

PHOTO MANIPULATION (GOOD):

This is a good picture of ethics because the picture it still in its original form something was just ADDED  to it. The colors are the same and the size of the people are the same. From a quick glance you can not tell that that photo has been altered. 

Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

APERTURE:

F/2.8 aperture 

F/16 aperture 

1. The part of the boy we should associate the aperture with is the eye ball.
2. The smaller the aperture the more light is allowed through and the larger the aperture the less light is able to pass through. f/32 is a SMALLER aperture which allows less light the f/1.4 is a LARGER aperture which allows more light to pass through.
3. The aperture is what makes the background of the picture more blurry or not. The bigger the aperture the more light allowed in so the background object will be more blurred and the focal point of the picture will be more focused. The smaller the aperture the less light so the camera doesn't focus  on the focal point and blur out the background, it allows the background object to one through the picture.


SHUTTER:

SLOW: 

FAST: 

1. 

A. slow 

B. medium 

C. A fast 

D. fast

E. slow 

F. medium or fast 

2. 

A. slow

B. slow

C. medium 

D. medium 

E. slow 

F. slow or medium 

3. The three camera settings are Auto mode which is where when you take picture the aperture and shutter are automatically adjusted to the camera. Aperture  priority mode which is when you adjust the aperture manually and the shutter speed is selected by the camera. And also shutter priority where you adjust the shutter on the camera and the camera selects the aperture for you.  

ISO:

 picture with a ISO of 3200 and the same picture but with a ISO of 200.

 1. If you are at a night football game it is better to have a higher ISO because that means the camera will be more sensitive to light and it will be easier to take picture when the camera is focused on the light when it is dark outside.

2. When you are in a lot of light you want to use the lowest ISO possible because you want to have the best quality pictures.

3. When you are in a dark setting and you want the camera to be on a low ISO if you're not using the flash so when you take a picture the image wont be a blur.

DSRL:

1. the aperture setting for this camera are F2.8, F4, F5.6, F8, F11, F16 and F22

2. the shutter speeds on the camera are 1 second, 1/60 second and 1/4000 seconds. (and all shutter speeds in-between those three main settings).

3. the ISO settings available on this camera is 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 64000, 12800 and 25600.

Academic Shoot

FRAMING

1. The composition rule i followed in this photo was framing.

2. The subject of the photo is the man standing in the center of the photo. 

3.Yes it is clear to the people what the subject is because there is only one focal point.

SIMPLICITY 

1. The photo composition that was used in this photo was simplicity 

2. The subject in the photo is the boy walking in the hall, alone.

3. Yes this photo shows clearly what the subject is. 

BALANCE 

                                      
1. The photo composition that is used in the photo is balance.
2. The subject of the photo is the two girls in the center of the photo.
3. The subject should be clear because the two girls are the only people in the photo.

MERGER

1. This photo represents a merger 

2. The subject is the girl on the far right of the photograph

3. The subject might be hard to see and it's not the clearest to see.

4. I could have not have had so many things in the back ground. Like the boy and the poster at the very top that draws peoples attention. 

LINES 

1. This photo represents the lines rule.

2. The subject is the boy sitting on the bench 

3. The subject is not that clear to see

4. Where the boy is sitting doesn't make him stand out and you eyes are drawn to the light coming into the windows. I could have set my camera on a higher ISO and focused more on the boy. 

RULE OF THIRDS 

1. This follows the rule of thirds

2. The subject is the girl off to the right of the photo 

3. Yes, the subject is clear to see in this photo. 

Black and White photographers #2

name: Robert Doisneau

birth: April 14, 1912

death: April 1, 1994

origin of birth: Gentilly, Val-de-Marne Paris 

jobs: At the age of 16 he got a job to work as a photographer André Vigneau, that was when he first starting taking picture of objects in 1930. By 1934 he was working for Renault but was fired and began working and selling pictures on postcards and advertising. In 1939 he worked for Rapho where he was able to take pictures during World War 2. In 1948 through 1952 he worked for fashion photography and french vogue. 

books published: He was only able to publish one book called "the Suburbs of Paris " in 1994. 

education: He attended Ecole Estienne school where he got his education learning the book trade but later discovered his love for photography. 

Academic Shoot Preview

BEST STORY: 

I believe this shows the best story because it shows the community helping out and giving back. I can see a school or a non profit program getting together and standing out in the cold to give the homeless food. 

ACTION AND EMOTION

 

This photo shows the reaction of the girls when they see what happens in the science lab. 

FILLING THE FRAME: 

This is the most interesting because it shows the unity and the way the photographer used the light and edited the light makes the picture more interesting. I also found the light coming in from the trees really interesting as well. 

The photo that was most interesting to me on the website was the picture of the boy sitting on the floor with a bunch of SAT and ACT books on the ground. The camera angle isn't directly above the boy it is  angled in a diagonal. The photo is also in black and white which makes the photo more dramatic. This photo really caught my eye and thats why i picked it. The photo used balance and it also used some lines with the book shelves. You could take photos like this in your every day class, specifically in the classes that do more then just sit and read or write. I would like the visit my hospitality class because we do activities and games or my science class because we do different labs.  I will use different angles of the camera and I will try to use lines and the rule of thirds more. I will also keep in mind the simplicity and mergers.     

Post Shoot Reflection

PROMPT SHOOT REFLECTIONS 

1. For m prompt shoot the hardest thing for me was to find something that was different and unique that not many people had seen. 
2. I was most worried on how my camera was focused and what angle to hold the camera to get the good picture. 
3. I would try to place the center of the photo in a different areas instead in the dead center of the photo. I would also try to do some more make some of the photos more dramatic with the lighting. 
4. I would continue to  use the focus on the camera to make the pictures really good. 
5. I used the rule of thirds a little bit in the picture of metal because the focal point of the picture is the farthest to the right and no in the canter of the photo.
6. No I am not interested in shooting the same prompts because I want to have the opportunity to take pictures of different and new things. 

STEP THREE:

blog link: http://collincphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com   

             
1. I really liked how for the picture of Bowie they used something I had never seen before on campus. I also liked they're perspective of happy, I wouldn't have thought of using a leadership poster as happy.

2. One thing they could do is use different camera angles when taking picture, all his picture were all up close and directly in the middle of the photograph. 

Composition 9/11

                    SIMPLICITY:

In this picture the twin tower is in the middle of the photo and the background has a nice color and the explosion is also in the middle of the picture as well.  

                 RULE OF THIRDS: 

For this picture you can see that the twin towers are off to the side of the picture and towards the top right of the picture instead of the middle. This makes the picture seem more dramatic and you can see  a lot of the smoke travel to the left. 

                                                                       LINES: 

The lines in the American Flag all lead directly to the firefighter who is crying. This is a line because the lines are directly moving toward the firefighter. 

BALANCE: 

This picture shows a triangle of where the men are hanging the flag, which is a apart of balance. 

                                                                        FRAMING: 

The broken wall or glass forms a frame around the firefighter who is climbing up the ladder. 

                                                           AVOIDING MERGERS:

Because there is so many people in this picture the photographer cropped and cut out people in the picture. 

Prompt Shoot #1

METAL

HAPPY

BOWIE 

SQUARE 

The Camera

 THE CAMERA 

 1.   The "camera obscura" is where you have a dark room or box and you cut out a small hole in the box and put a piece of special paper behind the hole in the black box. The light shines on the special paper and the image on the paper shows up upside down in the black box.

2. In the 17th century Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens made the process of making high quality glass lenses better.

3. Niepce created the film for the camera to create the first successful photograph taken.

4. The modern camera and the Niepce's version of the camera both still have the film and the camera lens.

5. The digital camera uses the CCD which is a electronic sensor where the photographs are stored.

CAMERA MODES 

1. With audio mode the camera controls the flash and the exposure on its own. For the program mode you have to control the flash and the other camera settings. 

2. The portrait mode the camera blurs out the background of the photo and focusses on one single point on the camera. Portrait mode is used for when you want to focus all on one single thing and nor have the images in the background show up. 

3. For the sports mode the camera uses the fastest shutter it has possible to capture moving objects. You use it for when you want to take a good, clear photo of a fast moving object. 

THE HALF PRESS

1. You half press on the trigger button because sometimes the camera doesn't focus on the object you want, so you half press on the trigger button and the camera focuses on the object you want to take a picture of. You also use the half press to allow the camera to prepare for taking a picture, you will be able to take a better picture when the camera is prepared. 

CONTROLLING FLASH 

1. The image on the Bowie website was the symbol used to indicate that flash is not on. 

2. It all depends on what kind of picture you taking, if you taking a picture during the day time of flowers you wouldn't want to use flowers. If your taking a picture of the moon you would want to not use flash to capture the natural light of the moon and stars. 

3. This symbol means that the camera will automatically turn the flash on if it thinks you need more light in the picture. 

4. You would use this if you walk into a dark room and don't have time to manually turn the flash on.

INTRODUCTION TO EXPOSURE 

1. When there is too much light in a photo the photograph will become to bright and you won't be able to see the images in the photo. 

2. When the image appears to be to dark you will not be able to see any images in the photograph as well. 

THE UNIVERSAL STOP 

1. A "stop" is used to represent the charge of the brightness of light in a photograph. 

2. The earth will be 1 stop bright if there is 2 suns instead of just one. 

3. The Earth will be 2 stops brighter if there is 4 suns instead of just just one sun. 

SHUTTERS AND APERTURE 

1. The longer the shutter is on the camera the more light allowed inside the camera and the more light you have the brighter the image is and more of the image will be taken. 

2. With the shutter having a shorter speed there is less light able to come into the camera and the less of the image you are going to take. 

3. The aperture controls the amount of area of light taken in by the camera. The larger the aperture the more light able to come into the camera. 

4. You can increase the amount of light taken into the camera by making the aperture bigger on the camera when you take a picture. 

Black and White Photographers #1

1.  Imogen Cunningham                       

           






2. Roy DeCarva                                                                              3. Robert Doisneau