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

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.