I think this story is very sad. Everyday these people fear for their lives, even if they haven't had any bad encounter with the drug cartels. "As many as 28,000 people have been killed by the cartels since 2007", these are dramatic death counts for any one city to carry. The death in this city makes for a very sympathetic environment to even photograph.
My favorite photo in the video is the one where the father to one of the victims of the cartels has his hands over his head with a painful look of despair on his face. The composition technique very clear in this picture is the rule of simplicity, the only thing in this photo is the father and all the attention is on his emotion of sorrow and despair. This picture is also very focused,making every tense in the father's face very noticeable and distinct. This photo caught my eye because the emotion caught in this photo strung a note in my heart and made me feel sympathetic to this person.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Final Exam Study Guide
1. In order for the server drives to show up, you have to go to the desktop and click the icon that says "server_drives". After you do that, you have to click on "My Computer", then all the server drives will appear. After that you will need to click on the server drive that says "jstudents on 'akinspubserver'", that will bring you to a folder that says photojournalism, click on that folder. You will see 5 folders in the window, click on the one that says "8th period", that will bring you to a list of folders that have names on them. Find the folder that has you name on it and it will lead you to all the pictures you're saved on that drive.
4. The pinhole camera transfers light through 1 needle-sized hole onto a strip of glossy paper thus capturing a picture. This paper is light-sensitive paper, so if too much light is exposed onto the paper the photo can be ruined.
5.
a) Rule of Thirds- Imagine that the image is divided into nine equal segments by two vertical and two horizontal lines. Try to position the subject of the photo along these lines, or at the points where they intersect.
b) Balancing elements- Balance the 'weight' of your subject by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.
c) Leading Lines- When we look at a photo our eye is naturally drawn along lines. By thinking about how you place lines in your composition, you can affect the way we view the image, pulling us into the picture, towards the subject, or on a journey 'through' the scene.
d) Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)-Patterns can make for very eye-catching compositions, particularly in situations where they are not expected. A great way to use them is to break the symmetry or pattern in some way, introducing tension and a focal point to the scene.
e) Viewpoint- Take time to think about where you will shoot it from. Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
f) Background/Simplicity- Look around for a plain and simple background and compose your shot so that it doesn't distract or detract from the subject.
g) Create Depth- You can create depth in a photo by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and background. Another useful composition technique is overlapping, where you deliberately partially obscure one object with another.
h) Framing- The world is full of objects which make perfect natural frames, such as trees, archways and holes; place these around the edge of the composition you help to isolate the main subject from the outside world.
i) Cropping- By cropping tight around the subject you eliminate the background 'noise', ensuring the subject gets the viewer's undivided attention.
j) Avoiding Mergers- Mergers are things that merge with the subject, causing them to take away attention from the main object in the photo. By avoiding mergers, the photo becomes a more extraordinary picture.
6. Action makes the photo more dynamic, it gives the observer more diversity to look at. Emotion makes it easier for the onlooker to relate to the subject. Emotion tells us the background of the photo, while action tells what's going on at the moment of the picture.
7. A photo can tell a story with emotion and action combined. With both the present action and the everlasting emotion, the photo can thus tell a story.
8. Multimedia means, the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications. We have seen multimedia in the slide show about the soldier in Iraq.
9. First sentence includes major information about the photo (who, what, where, when, why, how). You may make up the information for this assignment, it should be written in present tense as if the action of the photo is still happening.Second sentence should be past tense, and should include background information. Information in caption should not be obvious by looking at the photo. Use strong action verbs whenever possible.
Johnny and Bill are sporting in the World Cup, when Johnny thought he should present to Bill a piece of his mind. Maybe if Bill hadn't diverted his jock itch infested jock strap, his gonads wouldn't be inverted.
Matt devoted the whole day aspiring to get into shape for the big game tomorrow night. If he would've spent the summer exercising instead of attacking everything in front of him he would actually be in shape for football season.
10. Strong action verbs enhance a caption because they help make the picture more dynamic.
11. The ethics of fashion photography are that everything has to be physically attractive not matter what the costs. These ethics are not okay because it sends the message that people should alter themselves in order to be beautiful. The ethics of photojournalism send a message that beauty comes from the relationship between everything in the world. The ethics of photojournalism basically say that everything is beautiful, and that there's no need for physical change.
12. A portrait is a photo of someone else, while a self-portrait is a portrait of oneself.
13. A good portrait uses most of the rules of composition and yet are still able to keep the emotion within the relationship between the subject(s) and the photographer.
14. Newspaper prints stories every six weeks, while yearbook prints a whole 200 page album from that whole school year.
2. We use blogger.com to blog our assignments that were issued to us in the class. It is also used for us to blog what we've learned from photojournalism class.
3.First you have to put black construction paper all around the inside of the can (including bottom), be sure to glue the paper to the inside of the can. Next, you will want to tape (black tape) the black construction paper on both sides of the lid of the can. Make sure that no light is shown through the lid into the can. After you have light-proofed the can, get an X-Acto knife and cut a rectangle horizontally in the middle on the outside of the can. You should be able to push your finger through the rectangle. Then get a piece of foil and cut a square that is slightly bigger than the rectangle you've cut in the can. Paste the foil inside directly covering the rectangle light from showing into the can. After you have secured the foil, with a needle, poke a whole directly in the center of the rectangle foil. To finish it off, with the extra black construction paper, cute a decent size square to be the "flap" of the pinhole camera. tape the "flap" over the rectangle and secure it with black tape on all sides. Make sure you can open and close the flap easily.4. The pinhole camera transfers light through 1 needle-sized hole onto a strip of glossy paper thus capturing a picture. This paper is light-sensitive paper, so if too much light is exposed onto the paper the photo can be ruined.
5.
a) Rule of Thirds- Imagine that the image is divided into nine equal segments by two vertical and two horizontal lines. Try to position the subject of the photo along these lines, or at the points where they intersect.
b) Balancing elements- Balance the 'weight' of your subject by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.
c) Leading Lines- When we look at a photo our eye is naturally drawn along lines. By thinking about how you place lines in your composition, you can affect the way we view the image, pulling us into the picture, towards the subject, or on a journey 'through' the scene.
d) Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)-Patterns can make for very eye-catching compositions, particularly in situations where they are not expected. A great way to use them is to break the symmetry or pattern in some way, introducing tension and a focal point to the scene.
e) Viewpoint- Take time to think about where you will shoot it from. Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
f) Background/Simplicity- Look around for a plain and simple background and compose your shot so that it doesn't distract or detract from the subject.
g) Create Depth- You can create depth in a photo by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and background. Another useful composition technique is overlapping, where you deliberately partially obscure one object with another.
h) Framing- The world is full of objects which make perfect natural frames, such as trees, archways and holes; place these around the edge of the composition you help to isolate the main subject from the outside world.
i) Cropping- By cropping tight around the subject you eliminate the background 'noise', ensuring the subject gets the viewer's undivided attention.
j) Avoiding Mergers- Mergers are things that merge with the subject, causing them to take away attention from the main object in the photo. By avoiding mergers, the photo becomes a more extraordinary picture.
6. Action makes the photo more dynamic, it gives the observer more diversity to look at. Emotion makes it easier for the onlooker to relate to the subject. Emotion tells us the background of the photo, while action tells what's going on at the moment of the picture.
7. A photo can tell a story with emotion and action combined. With both the present action and the everlasting emotion, the photo can thus tell a story.
8. Multimedia means, the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications. We have seen multimedia in the slide show about the soldier in Iraq.
9. First sentence includes major information about the photo (who, what, where, when, why, how). You may make up the information for this assignment, it should be written in present tense as if the action of the photo is still happening.Second sentence should be past tense, and should include background information. Information in caption should not be obvious by looking at the photo. Use strong action verbs whenever possible.
10. Strong action verbs enhance a caption because they help make the picture more dynamic.
11. The ethics of fashion photography are that everything has to be physically attractive not matter what the costs. These ethics are not okay because it sends the message that people should alter themselves in order to be beautiful. The ethics of photojournalism send a message that beauty comes from the relationship between everything in the world. The ethics of photojournalism basically say that everything is beautiful, and that there's no need for physical change.
12. A portrait is a photo of someone else, while a self-portrait is a portrait of oneself.
13. A good portrait uses most of the rules of composition and yet are still able to keep the emotion within the relationship between the subject(s) and the photographer.
14. Newspaper prints stories every six weeks, while yearbook prints a whole 200 page album from that whole school year.
- Emulsion- a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.
- Aperture- an opening, you can adjust this opening on most cameras
- Masking Easel- A frame, often with adjustable masks, used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.
- Exposure- The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination
- Safe Light- A darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- Dodging- To shade part of picture from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area.
- Burning- To expose one part of an image to more light by masking the other parts in order to darken and give greater detail to the unmasked area.
- Contact Sheet- A contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- Agitation- The act of moving something vigorously; the shaking or stirring of something.
- Enlarger- An apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, and projecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.
- Developer- A reducing agent or solution for developing a film or the like.
- Stop Bath- An acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- Fixer- A chemical substance, as sodium thiosulfate, used to promote fixation.
- Single Lens Reflex Camera- In the single-lens reflex camera the photographer sees the scene through the camera lens.
- Pentaprism- five-sided reflecting prism used to deviate a beam of light by 90°.
- Image sensor- is a device that converts an optical image to an electric signal.
- Parallax- an apparent displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.
- aperture- a hole or an opening through which light travels.
- shutter- a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene.
- exposure-The size of the aperture and the brightness of the scene controls the amount of light that enters the camera during a period of time, and the shutter controls the length of time that the light hits the recording surface.
- depth of field- the portion of a scene that appears acceptably sharp in the image.
- F-stop- expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens; in simpler terms, the f-number is the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter.
- focal length- a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Yearbook Spread
Yearbook Spread-
Newspaper spread-
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/51/Default.aspx
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/51/Default.aspx
Abandoned Theme Parks
1. The amusement park that I would like to visit is the Spreepark in Berlin. The part about this photo that makes me want to go there and take photos is the greenery and the unique attraction qualities. The colorful dragon covered by a forest of trees seems like a unique subject to take a picture of. the trees and the tracks add a mysterious ambiance to the photo, while the colorful exotic animals balance the photo out.
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3. Moon Valley, Bolivia
Dinosaur Provisional Park, Canada
Chocolate Hills, Phillipines
Burren Landscape, Ireland
Petra
4. Felix Hugs
5. I think it would be fun to photograph this location because the colors are so vibrant and the hills resemble hershey kisses. I think the types of photos taken here would have really great balance because to balance off all the green there is also a nice variety of brown within the hills.
6. To be able to take a photo like this is that I would need to get all my shots for all the different diseases out in the Phillipines. I would also need a lot of money to buy all the equipment such as a professional camera, a plane ticket, money for a hotel and food and a rental car. I would also need access to a helicopter to take an aerial shot like this.
3. Moon Valley, Bolivia
Dinosaur Provisional Park, Canada
Chocolate Hills, Phillipines
Burren Landscape, Ireland
Petra
5. I think it would be fun to photograph this location because the colors are so vibrant and the hills resemble hershey kisses. I think the types of photos taken here would have really great balance because to balance off all the green there is also a nice variety of brown within the hills.
6. To be able to take a photo like this is that I would need to get all my shots for all the different diseases out in the Phillipines. I would also need a lot of money to buy all the equipment such as a professional camera, a plane ticket, money for a hotel and food and a rental car. I would also need access to a helicopter to take an aerial shot like this.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Portraits and Self-portraits
My favorite self portrait was of Sydney Herndon in the ATPI contest in 2002. I like this photo because it shows emotion in such great simplicity. The photographer demonstrates techniques such as "Rule of Thirds", leading lines, balance, simple background, and framing. These techniques help to create so much depth, even with minimal objects in the frame.
My favorite professional portrait was taken by Mark Seliger of Willie "The Lion" Smith. I like this photo because it captures a blues vibe in a very classy and sophisticated way. I think the photographer used great techniques such as, leading lines, "Rule of Thirds", repetition. these techniques help to demonstrate a sense of comfort that is presented within the photograph.
My favorite professional portrait was taken by Mark Seliger of Willie "The Lion" Smith. I like this photo because it captures a blues vibe in a very classy and sophisticated way. I think the photographer used great techniques such as, leading lines, "Rule of Thirds", repetition. these techniques help to demonstrate a sense of comfort that is presented within the photograph.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Ethics in fashion photography
1. Some of the differences that I saw in the model's face were that her blemishes disappeared, her eyes became larger, her hair went from bland to almost perfect, her neck increased in length, and her shoulders became narrower.
2. It is not ethically acceptable to change someone's appearance in a photo because it sends a message to viewers that in order to be beautiful, you have to alter your image. Which is a wrong message to send to people who are generally insecure about their appearance.
3. It would be more ethically wrong if the photo were to be presented generally to adolescences.
4. Changes that are alright are changes such as adjusting the brightness, adjusting the hues or putting in different backgrounds or foregrounds to enhance the story of the photograph. Changes that are not alright are changes that manipulate and change the appearance of the subject of the picture.
5. Fashion photography focuses more on the physical beauty of the subject, while photojournalism tries to capture the truth of the moment.
6. The relationship in fashion photography is a relationship in which the model portrays the message that the media sends out that success comes to those who are physically attractive. The relationship in photojournalism is a relationship in which there is truth with the connection between the photographer and the subject. Photojournalism is a more ethical form of photography because it displays a message that is more realistic than that of fashion photography.
2. It is not ethically acceptable to change someone's appearance in a photo because it sends a message to viewers that in order to be beautiful, you have to alter your image. Which is a wrong message to send to people who are generally insecure about their appearance.
3. It would be more ethically wrong if the photo were to be presented generally to adolescences.
4. Changes that are alright are changes such as adjusting the brightness, adjusting the hues or putting in different backgrounds or foregrounds to enhance the story of the photograph. Changes that are not alright are changes that manipulate and change the appearance of the subject of the picture.
5. Fashion photography focuses more on the physical beauty of the subject, while photojournalism tries to capture the truth of the moment.
6. The relationship in fashion photography is a relationship in which the model portrays the message that the media sends out that success comes to those who are physically attractive. The relationship in photojournalism is a relationship in which there is truth with the connection between the photographer and the subject. Photojournalism is a more ethical form of photography because it displays a message that is more realistic than that of fashion photography.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Negative Evaluation
1. Out of my negatives, I think that about 8 of them turned out well.
2. About 4 of my photos didn't turn out well because they were over exposed.
3. I think that my number 4 will turn out well when it's printed because it shows a great example of "Rule of Thirds" and the negative is nice and clear.
4. The aspects of photography that are present in my best photo is: focus, exposure, composition. The evidence shows in how the photo is clear and the edges of everything are nice and sharp.
5. I used "Rule of Thirds", lines, and repetition.
2. About 4 of my photos didn't turn out well because they were over exposed.
3. I think that my number 4 will turn out well when it's printed because it shows a great example of "Rule of Thirds" and the negative is nice and clear.
4. The aspects of photography that are present in my best photo is: focus, exposure, composition. The evidence shows in how the photo is clear and the edges of everything are nice and sharp.
5. I used "Rule of Thirds", lines, and repetition.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Making Black and White print
1) Processing sinks with hot and cold running water
Tanks for roll-film processing
Timers
Thermometers for processing tanks
Film clips or a drying cabinet
Graduates
Negative envelopes or sleeves
Sponges
Film squeegees
Scissors
Chemicals
2) developer, stop bath, and fixer.
3) First you will need to rotate the aperture ring on the lens to f8 and switch on the enlarger light. Focus the light until a rectangle of even light covers the baseboard. Turn off the light and put print paper on the baseboard shiney side facing up. And then put the negatives emulsion-side-up on top of the print paper. Set the enlarger timer for 10 seconds (depends on the density of the negative). Put photo in developer for 1 min. Place in stop bath tray for 15 seconds. After put it in the fixer for 1 to 2 minutes. Let it dry. Put negative inside of the frame in the center of the negative carrier. Make sure the emulsion side of film faces up. Close the enlarger head using a lever to the right. Focus the image on the easel using the white side of a piece of exposed print paper. Turn off the light and put strip of print paper on the easel. Make sure they are held in place.Put a piece of cardboard over the strip, leaving a small part exposed. Set the timer for 2 to 5 seconds and switch it on. After each exposure, move the cardboard to reveal more of the strip till its completely exposed. Develop the strip. Once the strip has been in the fixer for 2 minutes you can take it into the light. Take the strip into the light and decide which exposed part looks best. Use this for deciding how long to expose the print paper. This determines whether to use filters, also which aperture setting to use.For the print you do the same thing, except put photo paper on the easel (make sure it's focused and centered) . Select a filter (there are five grades), 1 being low-contrast and 5 being high-contrast. Place filter in filter holder and close securely.
Tanks for roll-film processing
Timers
Thermometers for processing tanks
Film clips or a drying cabinet
Graduates
Negative envelopes or sleeves
Sponges
Film squeegees
Scissors
Chemicals
2) developer, stop bath, and fixer.
3) First you will need to rotate the aperture ring on the lens to f8 and switch on the enlarger light. Focus the light until a rectangle of even light covers the baseboard. Turn off the light and put print paper on the baseboard shiney side facing up. And then put the negatives emulsion-side-up on top of the print paper. Set the enlarger timer for 10 seconds (depends on the density of the negative). Put photo in developer for 1 min. Place in stop bath tray for 15 seconds. After put it in the fixer for 1 to 2 minutes. Let it dry. Put negative inside of the frame in the center of the negative carrier. Make sure the emulsion side of film faces up. Close the enlarger head using a lever to the right. Focus the image on the easel using the white side of a piece of exposed print paper. Turn off the light and put strip of print paper on the easel. Make sure they are held in place.Put a piece of cardboard over the strip, leaving a small part exposed. Set the timer for 2 to 5 seconds and switch it on. After each exposure, move the cardboard to reveal more of the strip till its completely exposed. Develop the strip. Once the strip has been in the fixer for 2 minutes you can take it into the light. Take the strip into the light and decide which exposed part looks best. Use this for deciding how long to expose the print paper. This determines whether to use filters, also which aperture setting to use.For the print you do the same thing, except put photo paper on the easel (make sure it's focused and centered) . Select a filter (there are five grades), 1 being low-contrast and 5 being high-contrast. Place filter in filter holder and close securely.
Set the aperture and timer using the strip as a guide. Switch on timer. After exposing the paper, place it in the developer tray and then process it.
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- Emulsion- a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.
- Aperture- an opening, you can adjust this opening on most cameras
- Masking Easel- A frame, often with adjustable masks, used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.
- Exposure- The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination
- Safe Light- A darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- Dodging- To shade part of picture from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area.
- Burning- To expose one part of an image to more light by masking the other parts in order to darken and give greater detail to the unmasked area.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
American Soldier
2) A- The most powerful picture to me was a picture in which all you can see is a soldier holding 2 bottles of Vicodin in each hand and a cigarette. This picture is powerful because it shows how much pain the soldiers are always in and how they risk their health to fight in a war just to keep our country safe.
B- The most powerful sequence of photos would be the whole chapter 6: In Country. This is the most powerful sequence to me because it showcases all the fear that they go through from the minute they first step into the country. All the stress they have and all the praying and all of their hope that they will make it out alright.
C- Each image backs the one right before and after it to produce a heart-felt story of Ian and his comrades. The pictures tell his story from even before he went into Iraq and as soon as he got back into the U.S., making the observer feel sympathetic towards the soldiers in the Iraq war.
3) A- The verbs are usually written in the past tense.
B- The pictures can sometimes be misleading. For example, there was this one photo in which I thought that soldiers had been dead, but in fact they were communicating with their feet. The captions also enhance the photos because they help you to understand the photo more and give you more information leading you to sometimes feel more sympathetic towards the subject(s).
4) A- 1.Ian Fisher talking to his mother after finally being home after years at war. His mom believes he did well in fighting for his country.
2. A rosary is one of the things that Ian carries with him every day throughout the war. Every nigh the would pray for protection of himself and of his allies.
3. After a long day of his first assignment, Ian feels accomplished and thus holds the belt of glory high above his head. Playfully the belt was fictional for the assignment purposes.
5) A- These features enhance the photographs because it gives more insight and a more detailed observation that the onlooker can connect with more.
B- The videos are better then the photos because they don't mislead you as much as the photos might. Like in the videos, Ivan is talking about his experiences and gives more details than the photographer showed in the photos. Also it feels more personal in the videos because Ian is telling you himself about his obstacles and how he got over those walls.
C- The photos are better than the videos in that they leave more to the imagination. They give room for the observer to draw his own conclusions. The photographer did a great job in leaving more to the reader to decide what the picture meant to him.
B- The most powerful sequence of photos would be the whole chapter 6: In Country. This is the most powerful sequence to me because it showcases all the fear that they go through from the minute they first step into the country. All the stress they have and all the praying and all of their hope that they will make it out alright.
C- Each image backs the one right before and after it to produce a heart-felt story of Ian and his comrades. The pictures tell his story from even before he went into Iraq and as soon as he got back into the U.S., making the observer feel sympathetic towards the soldiers in the Iraq war.
3) A- The verbs are usually written in the past tense.
B- The pictures can sometimes be misleading. For example, there was this one photo in which I thought that soldiers had been dead, but in fact they were communicating with their feet. The captions also enhance the photos because they help you to understand the photo more and give you more information leading you to sometimes feel more sympathetic towards the subject(s).
4) A- 1.Ian Fisher talking to his mother after finally being home after years at war. His mom believes he did well in fighting for his country.
2. A rosary is one of the things that Ian carries with him every day throughout the war. Every nigh the would pray for protection of himself and of his allies.
3. After a long day of his first assignment, Ian feels accomplished and thus holds the belt of glory high above his head. Playfully the belt was fictional for the assignment purposes.
5) A- These features enhance the photographs because it gives more insight and a more detailed observation that the onlooker can connect with more.
B- The videos are better then the photos because they don't mislead you as much as the photos might. Like in the videos, Ivan is talking about his experiences and gives more details than the photographer showed in the photos. Also it feels more personal in the videos because Ian is telling you himself about his obstacles and how he got over those walls.
C- The photos are better than the videos in that they leave more to the imagination. They give room for the observer to draw his own conclusions. The photographer did a great job in leaving more to the reader to decide what the picture meant to him.
What are the pros doing- Repetition
Photo Shoot Reflection
1) The most challenging part about this photo shoot was being able to capture real interactive moments and that the subject(s) were made aware of my presence. The way I dealt with these challenges is that I tried to eliminate the distraction of my presence as much as I possibly could for the next subject(s)
2) I thought about focus and exposure the most during my photo shoot. I used the dials on the lens to control how much sunlight was coming into the camera, and I also used the dials to help make the picture as focused as possible.
3) I tried to use the easiest composition technique to me, rule-of-thirds. I used this rule in almost all of the shots in my photo shoot.
4) Next time I shoot I will attempt to use more of the advanced composition techniques to make my pictures more diverse.
2) I thought about focus and exposure the most during my photo shoot. I used the dials on the lens to control how much sunlight was coming into the camera, and I also used the dials to help make the picture as focused as possible.
3) I tried to use the easiest composition technique to me, rule-of-thirds. I used this rule in almost all of the shots in my photo shoot.
4) Next time I shoot I will attempt to use more of the advanced composition techniques to make my pictures more diverse.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Processing Black and White Photos
1) A metal or plastic film tank
Three dark plastic containers to hold chemistry
Graduates (used to measure chemicals)
A darkroom timer
A can opener
A room that is totally light proof (not even the slightest sliver of light should be visible).
2) Developer
Glacial Acetic Acid (optional, for Stop Bath)
Fixer (Kodak Rapid Fixer with Hardener is highly recommended)
Hypo Eliminator
3) In total darkness, remove the film from the cassette. Pull the flat end off the 35mm canister with a can opener. Unwind the film and remove the end of the film from the spool by peeling off the tape that connects it. Load the film onto either a metal or plastic film reel. Place the loaded reel in the film tank ad cover it as directed. The film is now in a light tight container. You can turn on the light.
Three dark plastic containers to hold chemistry
Graduates (used to measure chemicals)
A darkroom timer
A can opener
A room that is totally light proof (not even the slightest sliver of light should be visible).
2) Developer
Glacial Acetic Acid (optional, for Stop Bath)
Fixer (Kodak Rapid Fixer with Hardener is highly recommended)
Hypo Eliminator
3) In total darkness, remove the film from the cassette. Pull the flat end off the 35mm canister with a can opener. Unwind the film and remove the end of the film from the spool by peeling off the tape that connects it. Load the film onto either a metal or plastic film reel. Place the loaded reel in the film tank ad cover it as directed. The film is now in a light tight container. You can turn on the light.
- Most film is processed between 65 and 75 degrees. Higher temperatures could lead to "reticulation", which gives film a coarse, overly-grainy appearance. Pour developer into the open part of the sealed film tank, known as the pour spout, and cover it.Agitate, then tap to avoid messing up the picture.Develop for time said on the package. When done, take the lid off the tank's pour spout and pour it out. Pour running water into the pour spout for one minute to stop development. This is called the stop bath. Use a fixer with hardener, since that will help protect the negative from getting easily scratched. Fixing takes 5-10 minutes, depending on if you used a normal or rapid fixer. Remove the tank cover completely and let the film sit in cold running water for five minutes. Pour in a tankful of Hypo Eliminator (also called Hypo Clearing Agent) and agitate for two minutes. One final wash, for five minutes. Carefully pull the film out of the tank. Don't touch the surface of the negatives! Use washing pins or film clips to hang the film to dry in a dust-free area. In about 1-2 hours, the film will be dry. Use scissors to cut the film into strips six negatives long.Store the negatives in clear glassine envelopes or PVC plastic negative pages.
- 4)
- Vocabulary
- Contact sheet- A contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proof print.
- Agitation- The act of moving something vigorously; the shaking or stirring of something.
- Enlarger- An apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, and projecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.
- Developer- A reducing agent or solution for developing a film or the like.
- Stop Bath- An acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
- Fixer- A chemical substance, as sodium thiosulfate, used to promote fixation.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Statesman
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Funny Captions
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Malboro Marine
2.
A) Luis Sinco used great timing when he did his presentation. Each slide's time up was in sinc with how powerful the photo was. I also like how the subject was presenting himself in first person through most of the slideshow, but at the end Sinco told the story of him and the subject in third person.
B) The effect of the mutlimedia was that it had the viewer feeling sympathetic towards the subject and Mr. Sinco. the whole time I was watching, I felt a sadness and a sorrow come over me that I felt truly sympathetic for.
3.
A) The most powerful image in the slideshow was the one where Miller was holding his gun and about to shoot a target. All you could see was the gun and Miller pointing it at the target even though he felt horrible about taking another person's life. It's powerful because you can see him about to shoot a person, but in his heart he knows how wrong it is.
B) I feel the most powerful sequence of photos was the sequence where he's smoking a cigarette. I feel like this is the most powerful sequence because it is perfectly timed to make it look like his is actually doing the action sequence of smoking a cigarette. And throughout the entire slideshow, Sinco shows how fond Miller is of cigarettes, and how they seem to calm him or be his addiction.
C) The audio enhances the photos because it's as if Miller is talking about the story that is taking place in each of the photos. I also think that the bit of audio done by Sinco at the end of the slideshow enhances how the third party views the events that happened in the war.
D) The images work together to get the essence of Miller's experience during and after he had fought in the war. It shows both the good (with his wedding) and the bad (the people he had killed) throughout the presentation and it plays along well with the audio on how Miller had felt about both sides.
A) Luis Sinco used great timing when he did his presentation. Each slide's time up was in sinc with how powerful the photo was. I also like how the subject was presenting himself in first person through most of the slideshow, but at the end Sinco told the story of him and the subject in third person.
B) The effect of the mutlimedia was that it had the viewer feeling sympathetic towards the subject and Mr. Sinco. the whole time I was watching, I felt a sadness and a sorrow come over me that I felt truly sympathetic for.
3.
A) The most powerful image in the slideshow was the one where Miller was holding his gun and about to shoot a target. All you could see was the gun and Miller pointing it at the target even though he felt horrible about taking another person's life. It's powerful because you can see him about to shoot a person, but in his heart he knows how wrong it is.
B) I feel the most powerful sequence of photos was the sequence where he's smoking a cigarette. I feel like this is the most powerful sequence because it is perfectly timed to make it look like his is actually doing the action sequence of smoking a cigarette. And throughout the entire slideshow, Sinco shows how fond Miller is of cigarettes, and how they seem to calm him or be his addiction.
C) The audio enhances the photos because it's as if Miller is talking about the story that is taking place in each of the photos. I also think that the bit of audio done by Sinco at the end of the slideshow enhances how the third party views the events that happened in the war.
D) The images work together to get the essence of Miller's experience during and after he had fought in the war. It shows both the good (with his wedding) and the bad (the people he had killed) throughout the presentation and it plays along well with the audio on how Miller had felt about both sides.
Friday, October 8, 2010
show and tell
Beginning Landscape
What makes this a powerful picture is the great sense of depth that the photographer created from his lower viewpoint. Also there is a great deal of darkness that takes place mostly in the front of the picture that balances the light in the more back of the photo. This representation of balance also makes the picture look more surreal and deepens the depth even further.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Great Black and White photographers part 3
2) I see a grasp for steadiness. A desperation to hold onto something that was once there but now is gone.
I smell the strong scent of red wine. I also smell the leather of shoes that have been freshly polished.
I hear the sound of a ballroom being filled with music and voices. As if a grand ball is being thrown and people are communicating in the soul of the music and those who are not are commuting with the ones standing by
I taste French delicacies. The creamy and sweet insides surrounded by a fragile, crisp shell that almost crumbles when you take a bite.
I feel desperation.
2) I see a sadness that has a certain spot of warmth and hope. I see that even though there is a struggle to remain steady, there is also a stability within the sorrow.
I smell the scent of rain in the air. The rain is a representation of the tearless cries that the statues are expressing.
I hear the sound of raindrops slightly against the noise of the ocean waves crashing along the shore.
I taste a dryness that would accumulate in the mouth if a sorrow were to strike.
I feel a depression, yet a sliver of hope. The hope coming from the supporting shoulder that the subject is depending on and has to rely on.
Great Black and White photographers part 2
Clarence John Laughlin (1905 - 2 January 1985)-
Lake Charles, Louisiana.Though Laughlin dropped out of high school right after freshman year, he is a very literate man. He went on to pursue a career in photography and has even had French books and poems written about him. He is a freelance architectural photographer and has shot for many agencies such as vogue. Many historians mark him as the first true surrealist photographer in the U.S.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Acadmeics preview
"The Story"- This visually tells a story because it has emotion, action, and captures a perfect moment between the male and the female subjects. It's also a good story picture because it uses the rule of balance between the "big" male and "small" female objects.
Emotion" because with the viewpoint on the ground instead of eye level, it gives off the vibe of effort and joy that the band members are making in order to have a good show.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Advanced Photo Composition- Females
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