Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo.
A man was shoved onto tracks of an upcoming subway and the driver could not stop in time and the man was crushed and the photographer was able to take the picture because he was there when it was happening.
2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo?
He said her took the pictures to make an effort to alert the train driver with the flash that something was wrong.
3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?
I think that the photographer is not wrong for taking the photo because it is his job.
4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not?
I think it was best for him because there was no way he was going to be able to save the man when the train was already coming.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post?
I agree with the decision because I think that it shows the full story and it shows the readers to be cautious around these things. 
6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening?



It is important because people want to see these things and it's the photographers job to go out and find news.  
7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs?
Photographers are paid for one thing and one thing only and that is to take pictures so they should try to stay out of the way as much as possible and not get into the scene.
 
8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? 
I think that they should avoid it and just take pictures 


9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation. "Once a reporter or photographer lends a hand to someone, that journalist ceases being a journalist and becomes part of the story" This one stood out the most to me because i think that it explains the situation the best because as much as he wanted to save him, he couldn't because it's not his job.

December 7, 2012

When I clicked on the photo it started to move. I think that this camera is like a 3D kind of thing. I think the photographer knows how to take this kind of photo because the way they set things up to appear that way. I think that it is worth the money because its different and people would pay money just for some pictures like this.

On the video some of the changes that happened from the computer was her neck, they made it longer and they made her eyes bigger and they took off any blemishes she may have had. I think that its ok to change this photo up because it goes on a big billboard and you don't want any part of it messed up. I think its wrong when someone is trying to sell something and they just use Photoshop to make it believable because then it's just false advertisement. I think some changes that ok is if you're fixing someone up just to make them look better but it's not ok if you just fix someone up to make the people believe something they are selling. Fashion photography is like pictures of fashion and stuff but photojournalism are pictures of everything.

December 3, 2012

• Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.
• Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.
• Use your imagination! A self-portrait can reveal a lot about you, by including props and even other people that are meaningful in your life

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT: I liked this picture because i think it showed that the girl i really passionate about what she does. It was a full body portrait and she was doing ballet. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAIT: I liked this picture because the man was just looking down thinking.. It's an empty cafe and it just looks like he is relaxing and taking a break from the world.

PHOTOGRAPHY SELF PORTRAIT: I liked this picture because I think it shows her personality just by the little things that she added like the mustache and her super long eye lashes.

PHOTOGRAPHY SELF PORTRAIT: I liked this picture because, there was a tornado in the background while the guy is creating a scene just like it with a tornado and I just thought it was unique.

November 29, 2012

I thought that this picture is the most powerful because it shows a little boy holding up a gun with his fingers.. the little boy respects the soldiers and what they do and i also think that it the strongest photo because this is a little kid looking up to them.
In the pictures they are mostly written in present tense. The captions enhance the pictures because it shows what they were doing in the picture and it kind of narrates the picture.

After 6 months, Ian comes back to his home town to visit his brothers Alex and John.. and he almost forgot how it was with them and he cherished every moment.

After a long day Ian falls asleep while taking off his shoe ans roomate, Jacob plays a trick on him and puts shaving cream on his head.. Look like he'll have a ride awakening!

After 5 years of being together Ian and girlfriend Angela finally get married, and they have a great future ahead of them.

5 Pictures

Shutter Speed

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light I would choose to do (A) The dunking booth. 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 I would choose (E) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle.

Aperture

The picture on the top was taken by a F16 which means that the aperture was smaller. The picture on the bottom was taken with an F2.8 and it relates to aperture because the background is blurred out and the focus is on the bird. The smaller the aperture the larger the F-stop, the higher the aperture the smaller F-stop. The Depth of field means the part of the picture that stands out more and the part that is mostly focused on.

Abandoned Theme Parks

Okpo Land, South Korea

     If i was to get a camera and take pictures I would pick Okpo Land because a lot of things happened there an it would be a good opportunity and show the evidence and capture things that people may not have known. I think that people would like to see how it looked now. It was shut down in 1999 after all of the things that happened .. the owners just left it like that, literally no one knew about it, they just left.
     I think some places would be good to take photos of are like haunted mansions, war zones, the era in Africa, or abandoned ships, and in the jungle.One that i would chose is the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania because it would be fun to find things about it because is haunted and some people are probably too scared to go inside to take pictures so the pictures that would be taken would be very rare. If I were a photographer, I would take pictures of things like this .. things that people don't usually take pictures of just because its a risk. To be able to take pictures at this place I would have to get a plane ticket to Philadelphia and get all the equipment like the camera, things like night vision because its probably really dark in there. To take the pictures it wouldn't break any laws because they allow visits. Also, it would probably a lot of money because of traveling and all the equipment that is needed but overall I think that it would be a good project.

FUNNY CAPTIONS

 All 8 puppies hanging from clothing line when owner Mike forgets that he put them up there while he was cutting the grass. Mike was surprised that they were just relaxing up there but they sure did look cute.

Baby Jason trying to fly, when mother, Stephanie leaves to take a nap, she comes back to find her baby boy hanging from the wall. His shirt was hooked on to a hook from the wall. Stephanie says she doesn't know how he got up there. Jason is going to be a track star when he grows up.

A day at the zoo just driving by the animals a donkey sticks his head into the car window making Tyler laugh. The donkey strikes a pose for mom and dad, Tyler had a zoo trip to remember.

Great black and white photographers, PART 3

When I first looked at the photographers photos I liked them because she took pictures of unique things and also because she would be in her own pictures. On the first photo I see a girl maybe a librarian reaching out on the bookshelf trying to get a book. I smell the smell of new books and newspaper. I hear silence because it is a library and all the people are quiet reading their books. I feel the intention of the photo, It looks like she is trying to be sneaky about it. The second photo there is a girl looking out of the window sitting on the window seal with one leg on it and the other just resting. I smell the smell of a new house. I hear silence because it seems like she is all to herself and she is just relaxing

Academic shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?  It hard trying to capture some rules because most of the classrooms were just sitting down and learning, there weren't many that were actually up and doing things.


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 mostly thinking about focusing the camera like when I was taking a picture of a student drawing i tried to focus mostly on the drawing but still included the student in the picture.


3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography? I would have tried to take more pictures using the rules of photography


4. What things would you do the same? I would have kept what i had taken pictures of because overall i think that it was a good example of Academics shoot


5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve? I think that the easiest rule for me is The Rule of Thirds


6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture? The hardest rule for me is Avoiding Mergers


7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is? I think i need a better understanding of Avoiding Mergers

My photos

I chose this picture as framing because I think that the lights above the students frame the photo. I think that if people saw this picture they would know what rule was used. I think that I could have gotten the picture better though but it does show framing.

I chose this picture as lines because the chairs and the tables are in a straight line and also the students. When people see this I think that they will get that the rule is Lines. I could have taken this picture by taking it from directly in front of the tables to show the line in between the two tables.

I chose this as simplicity because the photo is focused directly on the drawing that the student was doing. The background is just the table and some other papers but you can tell that the picture is meant to be focused on just that drawing. I think that people would know what this rule was.

I chose this picture as the rule of thirds because the picture wasn't taken from directly i the middle. The students are more to the right since I took the picture more on from the right angle. The students are the main thing in the picture and the cabinets are just in the background. I think that if someone saw this photo they would know what rule it is.

I chose this photo as balance because the picture is balanced. There are students in the front of the picture and on the far end. I think that this is a good example of a balanced picture and I think if someone were to see this picture, they would know what rule I was using.

I chose this picture as an Avoiding mergers picture because the teacher is using the background in the picture. In this picture its focused mainly on the teacher but the students are still in the picture. I think that I could have taken a better Avoiding Mergers rule better because this on isn't so good. I think that to make it a better picture I could have focused on the teacher more and what she was doing. 

Instagram

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?
I think that the theme could be like the schools sports 

2. Should we use phones only, or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people that don't have camera phones?
I think that we should do it on cameras so that everyone can participate 

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?
In the cafeteria where everyone can see it. 

Nick Brandt

 

This is my favorite photo because I like how the baby elephant is behind the bigger one. I think that the photographer took it at a really good angle and it came out really good. I think that this picture is an example of The Rule of Thirds because the picture is not directly in the middle and it wasn't taken from directly in front of them, it was taken from an angle.  He photographs with medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses, he uses a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses. Brandt took pictures of animals in Africa because he loved animals and the land of East Africa. His hope is that animals are treated better. "this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera." He hopes for a change in the world and the way people view things.

October 8th

I like the photo with the people feeding the homeless and I chose this photo because I think that it has meaning and it shows how dedicated these people are and it shows how people are interacting with each other. It shows that people actually do care and the way the photo is taken shows this as well. The rules that apply are simplicity, balance and avoiding merger.
I think that the best photos would be in the science lad or in a class with athletes practicing, I would like to go to the gym coach or a science teachers classroom. I would take action shots like the  photos in I looked today and some action and emotion photos.

Academics/ Community Service

The story

I think that this shows a story because this is obviously an experiment that went wrong. I think the story is that they were doing a lab and one of them accidentally mixed the wrong thing and it just blew up out of no where and started laughing about it in the end. 

Filling the frame

I think  that this was most was most interesting because you don't really know whats going on and it would be interesting to see what the outcome was. And it leaves you kind of guessing.

Action and emotion

I think that this was action and emotion because it shows emotion, it shows that they really  liked him and its also an action photo because they were moving at the time and the teacher was laughing and they were having a good time.

Post Shoot Perfection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy)

It was hard trying to find things like that

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 found myself focusing and holding the camera. I would hold the camera with a firm grip and focus it on the object that I wanted to take the picture of. 

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?

I would have taken my pictures from a different point of view.

4. What things would you do the same?

I take pictures from an angle like I did before.

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?

yes

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?

I would because I think these prompts could be anything it just depends on how you look at it. 

Guidelines to better Photography

Avoiding Mergers 
I  chose this picture because it has a plain background and its focused on one thing. And if someone were to just look at it, they would know exactly what they were looking at because there are no distractions on the picture.

Lines
This is a line photograph because there are several lines in it. There are the lines that reflect off of the light. "Diagonal lines are Dynamic!"

Framing
I chose this photo because i think that the light pole was framing the picture 

The Rule of Thirds
 I chose this picture because the building with the flag was more off to the side, it wasn't directly in the middle. And it was taken from the right side and not right in front of it. 

Balance
I chose this one because this photo is balanced. The mood of it, it pretty much looks the same.

Simplicity
I chose this photo because there are n distractions from the building and its just the sky background. 

Painting photos

Campbell’s soup cans by Andy Warhol

Some photographers get hung up by finding subjects for their photos. They want something spectacular. A better skill to have is being able to make the ordinary seem extraordinary and that is what Warhol did with these cans of soup. The photographer followed the instructions because its different and she took something ordinary and turned into something unique. I think that this style of painting would influence me because its different and you could make so much out of something so little, you bring meaning to the paining.

This is an original picture of a Campbell's soup cans, she just took the same thing and painted it into a bigger picture

Contest winners

David Guttenfelder

 I chose this photo because I like it. It's little girls in panda suits doing a dance in the woods.

Photojournalist of the Year was the category i found this photo. This photo was 2nd place. The photographer attracted my eyes because I liked his photos that he took. I think that the judges probably likes it because it was unique. The photographer probably had to look for them and catch the picture at the right moment, that's why it's so unique.

 

David J. Phillip/Associated Press

 I chose this photo because it's Miami Heat and I love Miami Heat and it's a really good picture of Dwayne Wade. I found this in the category Sports Photojournalist of the Year. This won 3rd place. This photographer attracted my eyes because he took pictures of sports and i love sports especially basketball. I think that they chose this photo because its hard to get those kind of shots up close like that. I think this photograph is unique because it was taken at the right time and at a good angle.

REUTERS/Reuters

I chose this photo because it shows the girl in the reflection. It was in the category News Portrait and Personality and it won 3rd place. It attracted my eye because it was different than other photos. I think that they chose this photo because its different and its so unique because it has the girl in the reflection and also the girl speaking in the background. 

Christian Ruhm

1. What is your reaction to his work?

I like his work, I think it's unique, it was mostly buildings.
2. How do you think he made these photos?

I think that he used photo shop to edit the, and make them look blurry
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?

I think that the Eiffel Tower would be a good building and it would look good like this, you could get a good picture by finding  a really good photographer that took a good picture.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

Photo manipulation is using photo shop to add or remove things in your photos. Photo shop can be extremely dangerous because in the past it has cost people their jobs and careers. You may use it in the right time and when needed. I think that this is acceptable because, say you were taking a picture and something got in the way so you could simply remove it with photo shop.

February 2003: Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush did not debate, but appeared to in this cover shot.

I think that this photo is unethical because this didn't even happen so its basically feeding the people lies. This is the kind of photo shop that they shouldn't do because its not true so they shouldn't make it seem that way. 

February 1982: The pyramids were moved closer together to accommodate this vertical National Geographic cover.

I think that this is acceptable because they were just moving things closer to fit onto a magazine to put a better image. In this case its alright, it just depends in what they are changing or taking out of the picture.

National Geographic

I chose this photo because I think that it was captured good. The photographer probably took a long time on this but it came out wonderful. I like how the photographer got the water coming out of their mouths at the right time. If I had to submit one to the contest I would probably take a picture of my dogs because I personally think pictures of animals are amazing.

Touching Photos

In touching photos, photographers get strangers to touch each other as in holding hands or putting their arms around each other. I personally wouldn't want to touching another person or have another person touch me. But they are great photos, just not for me.

A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero on January 15, 2011.

I chose this picture just because I know how it feels to have a dog and so much love for it and then lose it. When you get a dog .. it gets attached to you and this picture just says it all. A part of you leaves when you lose something special. I like how the photographer took this because it has the whole background showing that the dog is the only thing there with nothing . And it also shows the setting and what kind of mood there is.

Terri Gurrola is reunited with her daughter after serving in Iraq for 7 months.

I chose this photo because it shows a strong bond between a mother and a daughter. It shows how much they had missed  each other and how happy they were to see each other. I like the way the photographer took this because it shows that they were at an airport and the mom had just gotten off ready to see her daughter.

Australian Scott Jones kisses his Canadian girlfriend Alex Thomas after she was knocked to the ground by a police officer's riot shield in Vancouver, British Columbia. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins.

I chose this photo because I think it means a lot not only did he risk his life but it shows how strong their love was. I also like how the photographer took the picture, how it blurs everything else out and it just focused on them.  And I like how it also shows all the other people running away from them.