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.

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.

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. 

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.
  
  

   
   
   

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.

What are the pros doing- Repetition

In this photo the repetition is in the appearance of Lisa Simpson, on the repetition of the televisions, on the repetition of the seats. This leads the eyes through the frame not only vertically but horizontally.

In this photo the repetition is in the windows and the same amount of people in each window.This leads the eyes from window to window, thus leading us through the whole frame.

 In this picture, the repetition is in the yellow jackets. This helps to lead the eyes through the frame because it shows the numerous ways in which these jackets work.

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.