American Soldier slide show and captions (review)

1A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why? #32, because its him and his dad talking it i feel like its a special moment between them.

2.
Set #1
1-7
Set #2
8-23
Set #3
24-30
Set #4
31-36
Which set of images was the most powerful? Why? The first set. because it shows how everyone was before he went off to the army

c. How do the images work together to tell a story?  Because there were in order from the store

3A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written? present tense 

3B. How do the captions enhance the photographs? Cause it tells you whats going on.

 in this photo andrew is asleep after a long day out on the field. It is 9pm and he is sound asleep.

In this photo andrew has just gotten back from his mission. he is at the airport with his mom and dad. and he arrived at 5pm back home. 

In this photo andrew is with his girl friend in the car, parked outside some stores. It is late in the evening but they are having a wonderful time while he is back home.

Video's 

A. How do these other features enhance the photographs? because it lets you know what there thinking, it lets you know how much more feeling there is behind the photo

B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? because it tell you more then the caption does. It lets you know what is going through there mind.

C. In what ways are photos better than videos? because it kinda lets you make your own story.

Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO - how do they all work?

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The Lens

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the less light that enters, the higher the Aperture more light enters.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? it makes the back blurry and focus on the thing you want it to.

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Blue and Gold night, which was earlier this month, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

a.) the dunking booth

fast

b.) the food eating contest

medium

c.) the rock climbing wall

slow

d.) someone working at a booth

slow

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle

medium

f.) the Diamonds performance.

fast

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) the dunking booth

fast

b.) the food eating contest

fast

c.) the rock climbing wall

medium

d.) someone working at a booth

medium

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle

medium

f.) the Diamonds performance.

fast

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. 

aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

it would be more sensitive 

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?

the lower the iso the less sensitive the camera.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?

the higher the iso the more sensitive the camera.

f 2.8 1/250

f 4 1/125

f 5.6 1/60

f 8 1/60

f 11 1/60

f 16 1/30

f 22 1/15

Mural Project - BLOG GRADE

Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? That he took photos that caught your eye. cause there was on that a guy was sitting there and he looked sad because right next to him there was a women and a man kissing. That they have a story.

see:There is a guy that looks upset that there is a girl and a guy kissing, i think it looks like she is cheating on him.

I smell:Smell the smoke from the guys cigarette

I hear: The silence 

I taste: The smoke taste

I feel: Upset, sad, down

see: The ear that is listening to the world

I smell:The smell of gravel

I hear: The wind passing by the rocks

I taste: The dryness in your mouth

I feel: At peace with everything

Peer Critique

AM- Simplicity, Rule of Thirds, Framing

RM-Merging, Rule of thirds, lines

JS- Lines, simplicity, rule of thirds

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 
That it was hard to find picture that had one of the rules. You had to really look for that rule that you wanted.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I was thinking of focusing the camera. i use it before i took a picture and i waiting till it looked at its best and then took the photo

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
I would concentrate more on

4. What things would you do the same?
that i took a lot of photos

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?
The easiest rule i think will be Simplicity

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?
Balance

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?
The rule of Balance. look back at the post i have and see from there.

Academic Photos

Rule of Thirds

Because the girls are on the middle left part of the photo.

 Simplicity
Because the background of the photo isn't distracting.

 Lines
The lines on the paper

 Framing
The cabinet and the table are framing him

Merge 
The two guys are merged they look like they have two heads on one body

Balance

There are the guys making a triangle.

Filling the frame

This is the most interesting to be because she is in a cooking class and you always want to know what someone is gonna make. so thats what i found interesting about it.

Action and Emotion

This photo has the best action and emotion because there laughing and one of the guy is playing around with the teacher. there all expressing emotions.

The Story

It a story of someone helping someone out one step at a time. its like one of them is telling the other what to do and they are doing it together.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy)  That it was hard to find good photos that had what we were looking for and that it i wanted it to be of something. 

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly. i thought about focusing and holding the camera. I need to focus the camera so the picture would look good and i need to hold it right so that you could see the picture straight. 

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography? i would trying to use some of the terms that we have learned like balance, the rule of thirds, etc..

4. What things would you do the same? i would try to take the same photos cause the photos i took had a good quality.   

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, happy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any? I didn't really have any rule.

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?  i am so i can use the new terms and new things to do when you take a picture. 

Avoiding Mergers

This picture is merging. it is merging because the pieces of ruin are match the same color as the one that the truck has.

Framing

This picture uses framing. it uses framing by have the buildings around it, the building make a frame that leave the build ruins in the center.

Balance

This picture uses balances. it uses balances because out of the three people that are more in the center they make a triangle.

Lines

This picture uses line. it uses lines by showing how many layer it has and how it got all bent.

The Rule of Thirds

This picture uses the rule of thirds because it is on the upper right hand side of the picture. which lets us see more of the picture and whats around it and how it looks.

Simplicity

This picture uses simplicity because it zoomed out all the things that were around it. since at the bottom of the build there could be a bunch of people and it just took it of the building by itself.

Great black and white photographers Part 2

Bill Brandt

1904-1983

Born in Hamburg, Germany

Red, Metal, Happy

i took this photo because it has red on the building. its happy because its outside. and there metal around the court yard

i took this photo because it has red. and its happy because of the windows. and it has metal lockers around it.

I took this photo because it has red on the doors. and metal on them too. it is happy because you are leaving.

Unusual and Interesting Photos

Part 1

1. What is your reaction to his work? My reaction to his work is that it doesn't look like a normal photo. there all reflected and rotated.

2. How do you think he made these photos? I think he use photoshop and just copy the pictures over each other and changed the photo.

3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them? The capital. its in the center of downtown austin. theres easy access cause anyone can take pictures of it and its free to get in.

Part 2

1. Why did you pick this photo? Cause it looked good. It caught every player and the background

2. What category did you find this photo? Sport Action 

3. What award did it win (what place)? It got 4th place.

4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) The sunset and the ship in the background.

5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? They liked all the elements in it.

6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? That the ship was in the background and that it was outside with a nice sunset.

1. Why did you pick this photo? Because i like that it had the emotion of the dog.

2. What category did you find this photo? Local Portrait and Personality

3. What award did it win (what place)? It got 2nd place

4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) That it got the emotion of the dog and you saw it in its eyes.

5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? Because it caught all the emotions in the dogs face and its eyes and it saw how valuable it was.

6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? He wasn't in a normal place you can see that a soldier is holding the dog, which is saying that he saved him

Part 3

1. Below each photo are suggestions for photographers. List 3 of the ones you think are the most important for photographers to remember when they are out shooting. Emotion, Shade, Background.

4. Did the photographer follow the suggestions fully? yes, they have.

5. Which style of painting do you think might influence you? Rembrandt lighting.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

The main points what that photoshop was used to help or mess up. Like some photographers used it to crop and clone things that didn't need to be cloned or cropped. And they got in trouble for that since the people in the photo didn't like what they did, but it also helped. One of the photos was when the missiles didn't go off but in the picture it made it seem like they did. So people thought it was a complete success.

I think it is acceptable because it can help and most of the time that the photographers got into trouble was on april fools day. So i don't think there anything wrong with a little prank.

I think this is the most unethical because it just makes him look darker and it just doesn't let him get a clear picture of him self like it did at the beginning.

 I think it is the least unethical because it just want matter. it will just make it look better. people don't notice most of that the pyramid are closer together.

National Geographic Warm-up

This is my Favorite photo because i love sharks. i would like to get to do what there doing in the picture. also because it shows how close they are too the shark.

The picture i would take would be of the clouds when there at there sunset because it looks beautiful when the sunset hits the clouds and it looks peaceful.

Touching People

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay? i think kinda creepy that some tell you to touch someone to take a picture of the people.

2. What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger? i wouldn't mind if they just took a picture of me. and if they asked me to touch a stranger it would have to be a non creepy person. 

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot. Someone being tackled by a football player.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at them? the photo are good and i enjoyed looking at them. there were some nice photos

40 Greatest Photos Taken and Touching People

Photographer: Aaron Thompson

What made you pick the photo? What made me pick this photo is that the boy was being strong for his father that had passed away.

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo? That is got all the emotions of the boy in the picture. you can see that he wants to break down.

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever? i think this photo make it to the top 40 photos because it show how strong kids can be.

Photographer: NASA 

What made you pick the photo? That it shows the world and how it really looks from the outside instead of seeing it in your everyday life

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo? That it captures the moon and the earth, showing how the world really looks like

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever? I think it made it in the top 40 cause you can see how the world is and it isn't so distructive.

 made you pick the photo?

Photographer: Jeff Widener

What made you pick the photo? what made me pick this photo is that it shows that you can stand up for what you believe even when your alone.

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo? that it got how many tanks there were and how he was alone.

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever? because it shows that one can stand up for anything even thou he is alone.

Camera History and Information

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?The hole acted like a lens, focusing and projecting light onto the wall of the dark chamber. Inside a completely dark room, a tiny hole is created in one wall. Through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected (upside down) on the opposite wall.

2.What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera? Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.

3.What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?A glass lens, a dark box, and film. 

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera? Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. The end result is still a photograph.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image? Electronic sensor called a CCD.

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode? The difference is that you can control like the flash and other simple thing. unlike auto mode with the camera controls everything.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work? to zone out the background and it will choose the fastest lens setting.

8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work? it is use to control motion so it can take the picture the fast way possible.

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button? it lets the camera get better focus and so it can take the best picture possible.

10. What does this symbol mean? it means the the flash is disabled 
  When would you use this? when there is a lot of natural light or during the day when your outside.

11.What does this symbol mean? it means that the camera will decide when it is ok to use flash and when its not.
 When would you use this? you could use it whenever you want.


12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light? If there is to much light the photo will look washed out.

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light? if there is not enough light then the picture will come out dark.

14. What is a “stop.” is used in every aspect of photography to represent a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one? 1

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two? 2

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?  it gives it more light

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have? it gives it less light

19. What does the aperture control? The aperture is like a pupil. You can control the aperture by setting the "Aperture Opening", also known as an F-Stop.

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light? with the F-Stop

The Camera

Video Camera Tube- In older video cameras, before the mid to late 1980s, a video camera tube or pickup tube was used instead of a charge-coupled device(CCD) for converting an optical image into an electrical signal.

Camera Lens-is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.

Photograph - Is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usuallyphotographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip.

Charge-coupled device (CCD)- is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value.

Aperture- A space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, esp. the variable opening by which light enters a camera.

Shutter- Each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light.

Exposure- An act or instance of being uncovered or unprotected.

Depth of field- The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

F-Stop- In optics, the f-number (sometimes called focal ratio, f-ratio, f-stop, or relative aperture) of an optical system expresses the diameter of the entrance pupil in terms of the focal length of the lens.

Focal Length- The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.