Self Portrait/Portraits Part II & Rules of Photography Part II

Self Portrait & Portraits Part II

• 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.
• Don't be shy. If you approach people in the right way, they'll usually be happy to have their picture made.
• It helps if you can get a friend to be a stand-in until you can be there, or mark your spot with tape or chalk.

                                                                                                                

I chose these environmental portraits because the setting around them is perfect and really brings out the subject/subjects.

                                         
I choose these self portraits because their really great photos these are the kind of photos i would take their really nice.  







I choose these casual portraits because although their very similar they bother are plain simple no poses or anything special.







                   












Rules of Photography Part II

Balance

Creating Depth 

Faming

Leading Lines

Merging

Pattern

Rule of Thirds

Simplicity

View Point

Cropping

Lytro Warm-Up & Ethics in Fashion

Lytro Warm-Up

1. It focused in on the spot you clicked and zoomed in on 


2.  It works by capturing the light field, you can do incredible things, for example refocus pictures after you take them you can also tap the screen on whatever part of the picture you want to bring the photo into focus.


3. I think they would have to know the  quality amount the photo is  and how to use it correctly


4. Honestly i believe is you enjoy taking pictures and want to make a job out of it yes because on day you may take the worlds greatest photo but it comes out unfocused this program would help alot.


FASHION

1. They made her neck longer her eyes stand out more and made her lips bigger and head more rounded.

2. No because it create a lie and makes a unperfect person perfect and creates a bad standard to live up to because its physically impossible.  

3.  I would say if the person was already beautiful why would you have to make yourself even more beautiful or durning a contest it would be wrong because thats cheating and unfair

4.  The photos in which the person uses makeup and  fix their hair are okay, but using the computer to change the subjects facial structure is bad.

5.  Fashion photography are altered to make the subject perfect and create a unachievable beauty naturally while photo journalism finds the natural beauty in the photo it captures.

6.  I believe it shows us the true nature of things and people but sometime they are both used manipulated, the right way to take someones photo may or may not be ethnically wrong depending on the viewer since we all have different perspective on the topic. 

American Soldier

Part 1

A. I believe photo 17 is the most powerful because you can see the fear in his eyes but also the determination behind it. 

B. 

Set #1 At home in Denver - Image #1 to image #9

Set #2 At Basic Training - Image #10 to image #50
Set #3 In Iraq - Image #51 to image #70
Set #4 Back in Denver - Image#71 to image #83

I feel like the basic training images were most powerful to me because a lot of sad moments were on there.

C. They work together because its telling the story before and after he went to the army it also showed details from the middle of that like him going to church or him getting talking to his girlfriend about their problems.

Part 2

A. The verbs tense are usually written in present tense for example, " Ian races straight for an embrace with Devin."

B. They enhance the photographs by helping the person seeing the picture understand what happened at that moment why did they take the photo.

Part 3

A. Image 79

Tuesday october 5th Ian holds his girlfriend for the first time in a year, since he's been gone in iraq. 

B. Image 83

Shortly weeks after Ian arrived from iraq him and his new wife move in together and discuss what kind of furniture would be nice in their new house.

C. Image 2

Ian finally graduates and receives his diploma May 31, 2007 and is finally ready to join the army.

Part 4

A. They enhance photography by allowing you to have more then one option maybe you want photos so you can post it on the wall ore maybe you want videos to capture the memory and live that exact moment again after watching the video. 

B. Videos are better then photos because they actually capture the moment and the talking so you can know what exactly happened like in "Coming home" you see all the emotion going on.

C. Photos are better then videos because photos are faster to see and they still capture the moment even without the talking.

Aperture, Shutter speed, ISO - How do they all work?

Part 1

This is a photo captured with an aperture setting of F2.8

This is a photo captured with an aperture setting of about F16

1. Your eyes are mostly related to aperture.

2. The smaller the Aperture the bigger depth of field, the higher the Aperture the smaller depth of field. 

3. The smaller the aperture the the more it focuses on the foreground rather then the back ground thus making the background blurry.the bigger the aperture the more clear you see the background there for making both the fore and 

backgrounds visible.

Part 2

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

a.) the dunking booth  1/25

b.) the food eating contest  1/4

c.) the rock climbing wall  normal

d.) someone working at a booth  1/2 

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle  1/4

f. ) the Diamonds performance  1/50

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 1/50

b.) the food eating contest 1/8

c.) the rock climbing wall 1/2

d.) someone working at a booth 1/8

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle 1/8

f. ) the Diamonds performance 1/8

Part 3

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

This helps because the shutter speed is able to capture faster photos so you can capture the photograph better.

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

When the lighting is good and strong, or in low lighting to make a paranormal illusion. 

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

When theres not enough light to fully capture an image, you need ultra-fast shots. 

F4-  You can tell what the background is but its still very blurry  looks best at 1/125 shutter speed. 

F5.6- The background became more visible but is still blurry, you can see the slide and a playground a little. 

F8- The whole photo is blurry you can't even see what is going on in the photo. 

F11- The photo is still blurry, this is shot at 1/11th shutter speed.

F16- The shutter speed at 1/16 just makes the photo go blank like nothings there. 

F22- The photo is way to blurry at shutter speed 1/22 it does not look well it messes with the skin tone of the girl. 

I got a low score on the first time, but the second time i got all of them right. This is simple to me and all makes sense now think i got this down.

Mural Project

Abandoned Theme parks

I would like to go to the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans it looks so creepy like inside these pictures you can still see the people there. Its interesting how it became abandoned not cause of financial causes but cause of natural causes (Hurricane). So there must be a lot of flooded areas which makes the park more dramatic.

Five Unusual Places to Photograph

• Chernobyl
• Easter island
• The Great Blue Hole of Belize
• Giant Fire Hole of Darvaz
• Sanquinshan Garden of the Gods

I would take photos of Chernobyl because i like taking photos with sad stories behind it. Chernobyl's was one of the saddest the whole town was Abandoned because of a nuclear melt down. I would expect to take photos of eroded buildings, grass going out of the roads and etc.

I would need a camera of course and as far as traveling i would have to take a plane to europe and then take a car to Chernobyl Money wise you would pay for all the equipment the plane tickets, the ride to Chernobyl and then a ride back. As far as taking the pictures i would try to use all the rules to get a great set of photos.

Funny Captions

Peter the panda, homeless in a old abandoned park he's been on the run for 10 days now and decides to have a little fun.

Peter died 2 days later from lack of food but he lived a very happy life. (RIP Peter the panda)

"Its 2012, 1 is the new 2" remarks Lesley "get your new "wheel" today at your nearest asian car dealership." 

Lesley used to ride bikes but now he rides a wheel.

Billy the firefighter remarks "i've been out here 3 hours trying to put this fire out in this poor worthless neighborhood and my feet are killing me now i need to sit down."

After today billy decided to retire.

Great Black and White Photographers part 3

I think what caught my eye is the emotion in these photos. i chose these photos because the subject of the photos are amazing they make you feel like your actually there and make you want to cry.

I see depressing moment of a lonely dog on the lonely streets with no home and no owner.

I smell a wet dirty dog.

I hear foot steps, hunger from a empty dogs stomach and whining.

I taste saliva and my lips whenever their dry and i have to lick them to moisten them.

I feel sad because it looks like the subject in this photo don't want to be in that situation.

I would like to create a blog with photos of great things going on around school, not ordinary ,something different, a once in a life time event. 

Academic Shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 

Nothing really it was just difficult to find a class room that looked interesting, but i guess i just got lucky.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general did you find yourself thinking about the most?

I thought about finding a really good "Merger" photo. It was really hard but i got lucky and got the perfect Merger. 

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

I wouldn't do anything different i believe i got really good photos using all the rules, but i would of loved to do this assignment about sports.

4. What things would you do the same?
Everything this by far was the best shoot i ever had.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?
I think "Lines" is the easiest because all you need in your photo is lines.

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?
For me it was hardest to find "Simplicity" just because our school is round and there is no plain background.

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

Well honestly i believe i got all the rules down and I'm ready to shoot great photos.

Academic shoot

Lines

I believe I followed "Lines" very well on this photo because as you can see there are lines on the table behind the girl.

Here is a picture of a girl playing with her hair.

Simplicity

In this photo i followed "Simplicity" pretty well as you can see its a very simple background.

Here is a picture of a girl blind folding someone else

Rule of Thirds

I believe i followed "Rule of Thirds so so i wasn't sure if this one was rule of thirds but it looked pretty close to it.

In this photo three different girls are doing something different fixing hair, taking blind fold off, and one is just looking that way.  

Balance

I believe this photo uses "Balance" because you can see many triangles in the photo between the 2 subjects.

This is a picture of 2 girls walking while 1 is blind folded.

Framing

This photo is "Framing" because their is an object in front of the subject I'm photographing.

This is a photo of a trust exercise where one girl is blind folded and the partner has to lead them around.

Merging
This photo is "Merging" and i believe this is an amazing merger photo i actually didn't even mean to take this photo.
This photo is my favorite the subject is a random person putting his hand on her head which scared her, thats why she's covering her mouth, because she's laughing hard.

Africa Mural Project

Part 1

I thought the power point was awesome, and are amazing because its not like i live in the safari and i see stuff like this everyday. makes me feel like there's a bigger world out there.

 

I like this photo because elephants are pretty cool, also the scenery and simplicity makes the subject stand out and it just caught my eye. 

simplicity was used because you clearly know what the subject is. avoiding mergers was used even thought its black and white, the sky is very dark making the elephant stand out more. 

He used a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses.

The photos are his elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes.

One of his goals and kinda hopes was to record a visually poetic last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are gone at the hand of man.

"To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera."

Part 2

 
1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?

We could do a ski mask series. I think it could bring up cool questions about identity and stereotyping.

 

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 we should open it up to both because some people don't have phones and all the other stuff that you don't get with a smart phone like adjustable focus and shutter.

 

 3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?

The cafeteria seems like the best place Because everyone goes at some point. 

Favorite Academic photo

1. I picked this photo because it had a lot of emotion like it grabbed me and pulled me in in the sense of only using black and white it was a very elegant photo.
2. This photo used the rule of lines


1. photos like the ones i saw today could be taken in different classrooms or in during a school event such as sports or theater or after school activities.
2. I really don't know what class i would like to photograph but i would be really be interested in after school activities such as football games.
3. I would use all the rules i have learned to create a magnificent picture such as the ones i seen today.

Academic Shoot Preview

The Story

This photo tells the story of a group of Christians uniting for a cause, a time of prayer that is held once a year nation wide. This story is telling a big moment in their lives called "See you at the pole" which can be done alone or in a group during or after school.

Action and Emotion

This photo is a very emotional cause where a group of students help feed the homeless which give them hope although they have nothing.

Filling The Frame

This photo fills the frame because a student is being the professor and teaching students his age, which is very interesting because this cause rarely ever happens unless the student understands that topic very well.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy)?
I had troubles finding happy it was so easy to find metal and red but no matter what there was nothing happy.

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.

Focusing the camera because one day Christian film a music video and for some reason it kept coming out of focus so i asked him how to fix that he said you can auto focus it or do it manually so thats how i corrected myself.

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

I would use rule of thirds, balance, framing and etc. 

4. What things would you do the same?

I would take the same exact pictures but better.

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

Ya because i had a fun experience and because i would like to make better pictures knowing the rules of photography now.