Mural Project

1. A theme we could do here at school and off school is nature because bowie is around woods and it even has a cave and you can also find forest androids outside of campus too.

2. I think we should only use cameras because using a real camera will give you the experience of using one and being a real photographer.

3. I would want to put the mural outside the classroom down stairs by the library where everyone hangs out and were everyone can see.

Academic Shoot PhotoShop Practice

BALANCE 

SIMPLICITY 

RULE OF THIRDS 

FRAMING 

LINES 

MERGER 

Black and white Photographers 3

The first thing that caught my eye was that the pictures both have a lot of things going on in the background which makes it more interesting to look at. The photo on the left is a very popular photo by Robert Doisneau and i have seen it before in many museums about world wars and there is also a famous statue in Washington DC and Hawaii which i have seen both before.

Photo on the far left:
1. I see soldiers coming home with smiles of happiness and content on there face. In the middle of the picture i see a man and women being reunited after a long time and showing there happiness of seeing each other through kissing.
2. I smell alcohol from the celebration of winning the war and the smoke from confetti being shot into the air. I also smell the dirty stale air of a down town populated city in the 1900's
3. I hear cars driving down town and beeping there horns at the traffic. I also hear the cheers from other people congratulation the soldiers on there big win and being able to come in.
4. I taste spit being passed between the two people.
5. I fell excitement and the powerfulness of the soldiers coming home. I can also feel the energy and electricity of the soldiers finally seeing there loved ones and being able to come home.

Photo on the far right: 
1. I see the  Eiffel tower shooting up into the sky in the far left of the picture. I also see kids and families enjoying a nice day out in the heat by the river.
2. I smell the fresh water from the river and the sunscreen being applied to fair skinned kids back along with it being sprayed. I smell the fresh french bread cooking in a near by bakery along with the smell of yeast.
3. I hear the water splash as kids make cannon balls into the river and splashing each other in the face. I can her the conversation and the kids scream of delight. behind me i can hear the cars drive by as i take a picture by the bridge.
4. I taste the french bread in the air and the water in my mouth as i splash into the water.
5. I feel the cold fresh water from the river on my skin as the people jump into it. I also feel the nice warm sun beat down on me from high above.

To show the whole school what a great photographer Robert Doisneau is i would like to do something that catches peoples eyes. Something the pops which is why i want to create a poster. I want to use a colorful poster that will make his photos pop especially since most of his photos are black and white. Instead of posting one picture i want to put several pictures on the poster to show his variety and many of the good pictures Robert has taken.

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.