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.