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.

Avoiding Mergers

This photo is avoiding mergers because it doesn't have any mergers with the background or with the edge of the screen.

Framing

This photo is framing because notice how theres leaves from a tree in the foreground.

Balance

This photo has good balance because it has some shapes in there such as squares and triangles and a variety of colors.

Lines

This photo has lines from the building which follow the guy who is falling from the building.

Rule of Thirds

This photo has a rule of thirds because the fire men are on the middle of the bottom right where the invisible lines intersect. 

Simplicity

This photo is simplicity because the object which is the writing has nothing distracting in the back but a plan grey background.

Unusual and Interesting Photos.

Part one

This photo is very cool, not your average boring postcard photo. i think he used photoshop and copied the building 3 times and changed the transparency levels between each layer. I think the frost bank at night, downtown, would be awesome for a project like this but i don't really know if i could get access to it...

Part two.

I like this photo because it symbolizes a lot and speaks out to you. i found this photo in the category "Portrait Series" and it won 1st place. the photographer made the focus very strong on the subject, but i think the judges really like the subject, because it really made the photo. i think the unique thing that the photographer did was be at the right place at the right time , and find this subject among the many that might have been around.

Part three.

I think the most important things photographers must remember when shooting is to connect with your subject, to make the ordinary seem extraordinary, and have juxtaposition.

I think the photographer used juxtaposition very well, by expecting you to see one thing, but revealing another subject or topic as well.

 I think any painting that is very passionate, connected, with a message influence my photos or even the way i see the world around me