Photo Manipulation and Ethics

Cloning over people in a portrait is a terminal offense at most U.S. daily newspapers. Image manipulation has recent precedents in the middle east. Los Angeles Times staff photographer Brian Walski was fired for combining elements of two photographs, of a British soldier taken moments apart, in order to improve the composition of the image. It cost him his job and his credibility. However, lessons are learned by others mistakes.

I think that its unethical to manipulate photos, it defeats the purpose of photography. if you get a picture that isn't that interesting doesn't mean u have to go lie and tell another story or make your own event/ subject. I think photography shows the real side of life by capturing the moment in time to keep, and cherish. 

I think this photo is most unethical because it was  manipulated to make it look like the solder was forcing the guy to sit down when in the original the guy was holding his hand up and on of his legs we in the air.

I think this photo was the least unethical because the person only fixed her teeth which isn't that bad she need it but its still unethical.

National Geographic Photo Contest

This photo is my favorite because i love how the lightning comes from the ash of a volcano i never knew that was possible. I also like how you can see the stars above which makes the eruption look like a tornado. And in the background you see the sunset.

I would like to take a picture of a once in a life time event like maybe the alinement of the planets which happens every 561 BC and the next one won't happen till 2854.

Touching people

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay?
I think this project is pretty cool because although these people don't know each other its like there a connection between them like they known each other for a long time. 

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 would probably laugh and tell them sure, but when it came down to touching another person it may be weird cause you never know how the other person may react if their cool its going to be a fun experience but if their shy then its going to be an awkward moment.

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot.

Kissing a random person because you never know the reaction the may have.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at them?

I think these photos are nice and have a nice meaning, i really enjoyed looking at these pictures some of them made me laugh.

40 Greatest Photos Taken

 I choose this photo because it shows a kid taking the flag at his fathers funeral after being killed in iraq on a mission he volunteered for right before his term was served. This photo caught my attention because it captures all the emotion and then angel and lighting are beautiful, i think this picture made the 40 most powerful photos taken because its an emotional picture.

I choose this photo ecause theres a couple in the middle of the street making out after the women was caught in middle of the riot and was knocked to the floor. This photo caught my attention because although someone is in infront of the picture its still focused on the couple, I think this picture made the 40 most powerful photos because this shows even during violence love can be more powerful then anything.

I choose this photo because a child gave a police officer a heart shaped balloon during a riot trying to make peace. this photo caught my attention because it has to pictures to explain what happened, i think this picture made the 40 most powerful photos taken because it has a powerful message.

Great Black and White Photographers Part II

Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice, Moravia. He began photographing his family and the surroundings with a 6 x 6 Bakelite camera. He was 14 when he started photography and was introduced by the local banker.he saved up money by selling strawberries to his village. He studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague between 1956 and 1961.  He received a Degree in Engineering in 1961. He staged his first photographic exhibition that same year. now he is know for a street photographer and has received numerous awards such as the British Arts Council Grant to cover Gypsy life in Britain UK, also the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation Photography Prize in Sweden, and the Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson in France and so many more. He witnessed and recorded the military forces of the Warsaw Pact as they invaded Prague and crushed the Czech reforms. His photos became 
international symbols and was published on "The Sunday Times."
                                                                   Koudelka has published many
books such as Chaos, Exiles, Gypsies and may more, he also has  many biographies written about him. Today he is 74 and still continues to take pictures and doing what he loves in Czech Republic and France.

Red, Metal, Happy

 This one is "Red" because of the second hand on the clock.

In this photo i achieved rule of thirds, lines, and balance.

This one is "Metal" because of the metal on the camera and because of the lockers.

    In this photo i achieved simplicity, lines, balance and framing because the subject was the metal and i had something in front of                                                          it.

This one is "Happy" because she has a big smile on her face.

In this photo i achieved line, balance and framing.

Camera history and information

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved? 
Camera obscura is Latin for "dark room". This was the first camera. The hole acted like a lens, focusing and projecting light onto the wall of the dark chamber.

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?

The modern camera came one step closer when 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.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?

Digital film.

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode?
Auto -  The camera will completely control flash and exposure.

Program -  Automatic-assist, just point and shoot.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?
Portrait -  To attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting.

8. What is the Sports mode used for? How does it work?
Sports -  To freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible.

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?
The focus lock allows the photographer to freeze the point of focus BEFORE taking the photograph.

10. What does this symbol mean?

Disabled Flash




 When would you use this? 
It can sometimes be more dramatic when the natural light is used.

11.What does this symbol mean?

Auto Flash



When would you use this?
It will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light.

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light?
Too much light and the picture will be washed out.

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?
Not enough light and the picture will be too 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?
4

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?
More light.

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?
Less light.

19. What does the aperture control?
brightness is reduced as light passes through an aperture.

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

The Camera

Focus - Due to the optical properties of photographic lenses, only objects within a limited range of distances from the camera will be reproduced clearly.

Lens - The lens of a camera captures the light from the subject and brings it to a focus on the film or detector.

Image capture - Traditional cameras capture light onto photographic film or photographic plate. Video and digital cameras use an electronic image sensor, usually a charge coupled device (CCD) or a CMOS sensor to capture images which can be transferred or stored in a memory card or other storage inside the camera for later playback or processing                                   


Film formats - A technical definition of a set of standard characteristics regarding image capture on photographic film, for either stills or filmmaking.

Aperture - A hole or an opening through which light travels.

Shutter - The Leaf shutter or more precisely the in-lens shutter is a shutter contained within the lens structure, often close to the diaphragm consisting of a number of metal leaves which are maintained under spring tension and which are opened and then closed when the shutter is released.
The focal-plane shutter operates as close to the film plane as possible and consists of cloth curtains that are pulled across the film plane with a carefully determined gap between the two curtains (typically running horizontally) or consisting of a series of metal plates (typically moving vertically) just in front of the film plane.

Exposure - The size of the aperture and the brightness of the scene controls the amount of light that enters the camera during a period of time, and the shutter controls the length of time that the light hits the recording surface. Equivalent exposures can be made with a larger aperture and a faster shutter speed or a corresponding smaller aperture and with the shutter speed slowed down.

Depth of field - The distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

F-stop - The f-number (sometimes called focal ratio) of an optical system is the ratio of the lens's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil.

Focal length - A measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light.

Great Black and White photographers

This photo was taken by: Koudelka

This photo was taken by: Laughlin 

This picture was taken by: Outerbridge

First photos, Best and Worst

 

This photo was my favorite, and the reason for that is the angle of the picture really gives the perspective of the model. I also liked it because the angle made her hair come out nice.

This photo was the worst not because of the angle but because of the expression the model had i took the picture right when the model started talking.

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