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Critiques on other people's academic shoot

http://hannahhartley-blog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2016-09-21T12:45:00-07:00&max-results=7 1. I love most of her pictures! She did really well with following  the rules and she really thought out side of the box. 2. Also, she got close to her subjects and made it really clear what her subject was, and what the rules were. 3. One thing that could be improved in her photos would be to make sure her photo ( for mergers) is in focus. But all of her photos are very clear it's just the one. :)

Academic shoot reflection and critique

1. Some of the challenges I faced while trying to follow the rules during the shoot was, that it was hard to find all of the rules. I thought it would be easy but it was actually kind of hard to find some of them. Not only that but as a photographer, i personally like more of a clear background but you can't do that with academic shoots since their are people everywhere! Lastly, their was not the best lighting since it was in a classroom. 2. I thought the most about the rules since that was what we were out there to do. I also focused on flipping the camera horizontal for some photos that I needed a closer and more full- body picture for. 3. If I could do the shoot again, I would try to get closer to some of the "subjects" to make sure it focuses only on the things I wanted in the photo. 4. I would keep my balance photo, my lines photo, and the simplicity picture. These are my favorite photos since I feel that they are good examples of the rule. 5. I think that the ne...

Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

1. The aperture settings available on this camera are anywhere between an aperture setting of F2.8 to F22 2.The shutter speeds available on this camera are high and low shutter speeds, to be more precise anywhere between 1 second to 1/4000 sec. 3.The ISO settings on the camera include anywhere between ISO 100 to ISO 25600

ISO

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Photo on the right is taken with ISO 6400 The same photo set at ISO 100 and ISO 3200 1. The advantages of shooting at a higher ISO at a sporting event would be to quickly capture an image. 2. The author suggested to use a lower ISO as often as possible to allow for a clearer picture. 3. The author suggested using a higher ISO when needing to quickly take a photo (usually an action shot).

Shutter Speed

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Photo taken with a lower shutter speed Photo taken with a high shutter speed 1. If I was assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and hotdogs when the sun was still up and there was still good lighting... a. at a booth in the middle of the yard I would use low shutter speed to show the direction of movement. b. while shooting at a food booth I would use low shutter speed since the action of eating food is not very fast and you can still show the direction of movement. c. Now if I was shooting the Silver Stars performance, I would use high shutter speed to capture the fast actions of the dancers. d. I would once again use high shutter speed to capture a picture of students dancing in the courtyard so you can capture their precise movements in clarity. e. I would use low shutter speed to capture people streaming in the front doors to show the massive direction of the people going into the school. f. I would use high shutter speed to capture students playing basketball so you can get ...

Aperture

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Photo taken with an aperture setting of F2.8 Photo taken with an aperture setting of F16 1. We should closely relate aperture with the human eye. 2. The smaller Aperture will bring all objects into focus and a higher Aperture will focus on a single object in the photo and blur everything else. 3.Aperture impacts Depth of Field by deciding what parts of the photo will be in focus/ appear sharp. This is based on the size of the Aperture setting.

Great black and white photographers part 2

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William Klein: Born on April 19th, 1928 in NewYork City and is currently 88 years old. He got his education at Sorbonne, City College of New York. Klein started as a painter training under Fernand Léger. He then took up photography and was a fashion photographer for Vogue. He is also known for his photo essays on various cities. Some of the books by William Klein include, New York, Paris and Klein, William Klein contacts, and many more. He hada spouse named Jeanne Florin. He has even created a few short films/movies. Photo of Anouk Aimee, in Paris 1961 Some awards that Klein has received would include the Hasselblad Award. Giggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, and many others. 1960

Photo Manipulation and Ethnics

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A. When manipulating images, some photographers edit it so much it is almost a completely different photo. Since photoshop is something most people are able to easily have, many people alter photos. Some even merge photos to get the one they want, or completely change the color or people in the photo. B. The philosophy of newspapers such as Washington Post and New York Times is to not change the colors of the original photo, and you can't merge pictures. C. I think when editing a photo, you should not completely change the image. I believe it is ok to enhance color (a little) and adjust focus/ make a picture more clear. D. I think this photo is the most unethical because it gives girls bad body image. Some girls may look at this and think they need to all have large butts, a small waste and smooth thighs even though this is not realistic.Not only that, but she is already a pretty woman and should not need photoshop. E. I don't think this one is so bad because maybe she...

Academic shoot

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1. Avoid mergers 2. The subject of my photo is the two boys in the back writing and the boy scratching his head. the merger is the blonde boy in the bottom of the photo. 3.I think it is fairly clear that the 3 boys are the main subject with the blond boy as the merger. 4. If people couldn't easily tell I could have gotten closer to the boys and maybe have made my subject smaller and done 2 boys instead of 3. (and a half) 1. Rule of thirds 2.The subject of my photo is the girl reading her book 3. It is pretty clear whom my subject is since she is what the photo mainly focuses on. 4. If it isn't clear, I should have gotten closer to her and crop out the boy on the far left. 1. Simplicity 2. The subject of my photo is the piece of art. 3. I think it is pretty clear since the main thing in focus is the drawing. 4. If it isn't clear I should have used a high aperture setting to blur out everything except for my main subject. 1.balance 2. The subject of m...

Shooting academics

1. I think I will try and take some photos in science classes, and math classes. 2. I would like to try and get into mrs. Bielkes classroom- if she has a first period. She is my biology teacher so hopefully she has a first period and I can get some science pictures. 3. To get good photos, I will try to get candid photos of people and try to use some of the rules of photography.

Favorite photo

In the photo there is a girl with safety goggles, and she is poring paint as it is going everywhere. She appears to be in art. I chose this photo because I thought it was cool that all of the paint fills up the frame. Also, it looks as if as she is poring the paint, she  didn't realize it would go everywhere. The rules of photography that are evident in this picture is lines, and mergers.

filling the frame

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The frame is filled with this purple gas that these two people have created and looks really interesting against this black background, and fills up the frame. It is not completely clear what it is that they are making but it looks kind of like the galaxy which is really interesting to me.

Action and emotion

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I think this has good emotion and action because it shows how close all the teachers and students are at this school. The teacher looks happy and the students look really happy to and makes this an all- around light hearted photo. 

The story

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To me this photo has the best story because I feel that the story was that this girl was attempting her science project and added to much making it completely explode. I love that this is a candid photo and shows her exact reaction and what she was feeling when her unexpected explosion occurred. 

Post shoot reflections

1. Some challenges I faced during the shoot were it was hard to find something for happy, and some pictures I got were good but since the picture was near glass it showed the reflection of the flash. 2. For some of the pictures I turned the camera vertical to get a better picture. For example, In the photo I took of the bikes, I got closer to the bikes and flipped the camera to get a more up close, and personal view. 3. If I could redo the assignment, I would not take any photos near a window, I would try to use more techniques. (for example, framing, rule of thirds, simplicity, etc.) 4. Some things I would do the same would be that I would still use the same pictures (I would just make it a different angle) and I would keep the flipping of the camera and up- close aspect. 5. I used the rules for three of my pictures (which I edited to show the rule) and I was really surprised that some of my pictures used the rule. 6. I would be interested in shooting these same prompts again to ...

Extra credit falling man response.

 The photo of the falling man is the most famous photo that people were unable to see. In the photo, it shows a man plummeting to his death. As he falls, the picture captures him looking peaceful even though the wind and degree made it anything but. This picture is so sad and is hard to believe this actually happened. It is hard to look at this, and my generation didn't even live through this. I can't imagine actually have lived through it. The hardest part is when you think about the people whom were in the building and how they had lives and families. I can't imagine having a normal day then all of a sudden your life is at deaths door. The man in the photo was not identified for almost five years. Even after identified, it is not completely assured it is him. I can't imagine anything like this or how it feels to be so hopeless as in to jump. This picture is defiantly important and should be shown so that people can truly understand just how bad that day was.

balance

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I chose this photo for balance because the two mean balance out the picture and so does the water bottle by making it a triangle.

rule of thirds

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I chose this photo for the rule of thirds because the buildings and plains are all in the upper corner but still gives the plane room to go.

mergers

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I chose this photo for merger because of a few reasons. First, the little girls heads are cut off, second the man whispering head is cut off and the chalkboard looks like it is going into Mr. Bush's head.

simplicity

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I chose this photo for simplicity because the photo showcases one of the twin towers and is only focused on this twin tower as it is being hit.

lines

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I chose this photo for lines because the man is directly on a line and is following it showing the direction of the picture.

framing

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In this photo I chose framing because the broken metal makes a perfect frame to showcase the fire fighter.

Prompt shoot #1

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square Bowie- I used the rule of lines metal- used the rule of lines Happy- In this photo I used simplicity

The Camera

                                                                The Camera                 1. The "camera obscura" effect is an optical effect which inside a completely dark room, a small hole is made. Through the hole, light is focused and the optical effect is projected upside down on the opposite wall. 2. When Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding go optics which helped getting to the modern camera. 3. In 1827, Joseph Niépce added film which pretty much created the modern camera. 4. Modern Cameras still use film and has the same basics except Niépce camera took over 8 hours to expose. 5. digital cameras use electronic sensors called a CCD. to capture a photo. The photographs are stored on the reusable computer memory.           ...

Great black and white photographers

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Andre' Kerte'sz- wandering violenist , Abony, Hungary 1921 William Klein Broadway and 103rd street New york 1954-1955 Helen Levitt New York, 1940