Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo.

• He was reportedly pushed onto the tracks at 12:30pm by a panhandler who had been harassing passersby. The Photographer tried to help the man by taking pictures hoping that the driver would see the flashes and be able to stop.

2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo?

• Hoping the driver i the train would see the flashes of the camera and be able to stop in time the photographer started taking pictures.

3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?

• No, i think the photographer should have try to help the man get out of there. H should have tried his best and all his strength. 

4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not?

• No, because if he had used all his strength he could have gotten the man out of there. He could have scream for help and try to get the man out in time.

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not.

• I agree so people can se how bad and mean someone can be.

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not?

• Is more important to capture images of life as it happens because that is their job. Their work is to take pictures of bad things. it's either helping another and not get money to support themselves and family or let another die or get hurt and be successful at their job.

7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not.

• No, because humans are suppose to help each other out. If we don't take care of one another nothing else will. People who do this have no heart and someday they will need help and there won't be someone to help them.

8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer.

• Not always. If there is a chance for them to take pictures of something or someone who someone else will hop probably that would be a good time but they should always try o help.

9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation.

Magazine Cover Images

Portrait and Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Portrait

FASHION

First Viodeo

In the first video they put a lot of make up on the girls face to cover all the imperfections and make her pretty. They also curled her hair and when she was looking pretty they decided that it wasn't pretty enough so they photo shopped her pictures and made her cheeks skinnier, her neck longer, her eyes bigger, and also reshaped her lips.

Second Video

They put a lot of make up on her and also changed her entire body. They made her legs longer, her neck longer too, and changed her skin color to a more lighter skin color.

Third Video

In this video they made a really fat woman into a very skinny one. They also added hair to her head and put more lighting into the picture so her skin looks lighter.



4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?

• For famous companies it is okay to change a person's appearances because even if it is face they need very good looking people as the face of the company to attract more people to the company.

5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?

• Yes, when someone post a picture on internet or when they use it for an important paper they have to use a picture that looks exactly like them because they could get in trouble.

 6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?

• The types that someone is just making their skin a little better or putting a little bit of make up on to not look too bad.
• To change a person's face completely is wrong. Also change they way their body is.

7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.

• Fashion Photography is more about fake pictures and seems everything look amazing.
• Photojournalism is more about real things it covers real stories and focuses more in whats true and whats natural and real.

8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?

• Fashion affects our reality by putting examples of something that woman in general cannot reach in real life.

9. Why do you think I am showing you these three videos?

• I think is because you want us to know not only one side of photography but also know what other parts of photography do and how they affect the world.

10. Why are none of these videos about guys???

• Because most of the fashion designers and famous fashion companies focus more on woman. The public also focuses more on the woman's body. Guys even if they are photoshopped is not that much as woman.

Cover Types

                                                          I. Early Magazine Covers

In the early times when the magazines started they didn't really have pictures on the they were based on book covers and only had the title of what the magazine contained inside

 

II. The Poster Cover: Pictures that need no words

 



In the 1890s to the 1960s people started putting more pictures in the magazines but not that many words in the just the title and some other sentences.

 

 

III. Pictures Married to Type

 

During this time Magazines had more writing in themes and cover lines started to be more common.

 

 For example this picture has a lot of writing and the face of the model overlapping the title.

 

 

IV. In the Forest of Words

 

By this time magazines have a lot of writing and a brief story of what the magazine contains. Also these magazines started to have a lot of pictures, more colors and too much writing in them, pretty much everywhere.



 



My Favorite Cover

    Vanity Fair, November 2014, Jennifer Lawrence Just before her intimate photos were hacked--and splashed across the Web--Jennifer Lawrence posed topless for Patrick Demarchelier for the cover of Vanity Fair's November issue. As part of the accompanying cover story, she decided to break her silence about one of the biggest scandals in Hollywood this year. The Guardian called her salvo "the end of the 'shamed starlet.'" So strong was the outpouring of social-media support for Lawrence's stance that The New York Times reported on the fact "fans took to Twitter to applaud her." Demarchelier's striking photos of the Hunger Games actress also helped spark a thoughtful debate about a woman's right to reveal her body. Lawrence (and the V.F. cover) made her message loud and clear: "It's my body, and it should be my choice."

 

    The reason I really like this picture is because I love fashion and for me Jennifer Lawrence is representing fashion in this photo. She inspires me to try harder in life through the movies of  The Hunger Games. Those movies are very sentimental but also show how strong a woman can be when she is pushed to her limits. In this magazine cover Jennifer is sending a massage that it is her choice to show her body and that people should not judge that bad. Because of the scandals that people made about Jennifer she found herself in need to speak for herself seeing that everyone was trapping her she spoke for herself saying that it should be a woman's choice to do what ever she wants without thinking that the world is going to judge her. One of the things that I do not really like about this picture is that whoever photo shopped it they tried to made it too perfect that Jennifer's hair and face look almost fake.

Best Covers

1.  Formal
2. Informal
3. Informal
4. Environmental
5. Informal
6. Informal
7. Environmental
8. Environmental
9. Informal
10. Informal
11. Formal
12. Formal
13. Formal
14. Environmental
15. Informal
16. Formal
17. Informal
18. Informal

Blog #1 Magazine Tips

What I should be thinking of when I'm thinking of making my magazine cover is about the rules and the tips that fashion and magazine experts tell us about, for example:

1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (that’s the brand)

2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal)

3. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)

4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)

5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service)

6. Worth the investment of money and time.

Self Portrait and Portrait part 1

                                                      Enviromental Portrait

• I like this photo because I love music and dance. The girl standing with one leg represents the rhythm of the music she is listening to.

• I like this picture because it's really interesting how the girl is in the air holding the lish of a toy in the shape of a hourse. What I like also is how the picture is focused in the girl but also has a bunch of random hourses in the back.

                                                       Photography Self  Portrait

• I really like this picture because is really creative how where the ocean ends the shirt stops been wet. It blends in.

      

• This picture is very emotional and makes me think how life can get really complicated but even then we have to try to make it better.

                                                                      

Casual Portrait



 



 

 

 

• I love this picture because the mother and the baby look very happy and smily which makes me feel happy too.



 

• This picture is very pretty being in black and white. The girl has a not too serious face but she is not smiling either which makes it casual.

 

 

       1. who will you shoot?   

•   I will photoshoot my best friend.

       2. where will you shoot?

•   I will shoot it on 360 bridge at the overlook area. It has the most beautiful view I can think of and I love the place too.

       3. what will you do to make the shot successful?

• I will go on daylight to have the best lighting and sky view.

Self portrait and Portraits part one

B. Looking within the frame – alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ‘story’ within the image.

14. Change the Format FramingMany photographers get stuck in a rut of only ever shooting either in ‘landscape’ (when the camera is held horizontally) or ‘portrait’ (when the camera is held vertically) modes. Look back through your images and see which one you use predominantly. Just because a vertical framing is called ‘portrait’ mode doesn’t mean you always need to use it when shooting portraits. Mix your framing up in each shoot that you do and you’ll add variety to the type of shots you take.

17. Introduce MovementPortraits can be so static – but what if you added some movement into them? This can be achieved in a few ways:

Love and Loss

1. What emotions did you feel as you worked your way through these images?

• My heart started accelerating really fast. It made me feel really sad and like I wanted to cry. I felt like I knew how hard it was for the husband.

2. The photographer said this: "These photographs do not define us, but they are us." What do you think about this comment now that you have looked at the photos?

• For me the meaning of the quote is that the pictures reveal a lot of a couple and that they are the ones in the pictures but their lives are not exactly that way. the story that the pictures reveal is not the real story.

3. Do you think you could shoot photos like this if you were in this situation?

• No, I think it would be too painful for me and for my relatives to see pictures of me suffering and going through this tough time. 

4. If you could write Angelo a letter, what would you say to him?

• I would give him my condolences and give him all the positive advice for him to keep going forward and not to give up because thats not what his wife would've wanted for him.

Prompt Photo Shoot

Electric

Purple

                                                                     

Cold

Theme of Capital Rules of Photography

This picture is fallowing the rule of thirds.



This picture is following the rule of Balancing.



This picture is following the rule of Leading Lines.



This picture is following the rule of Symmetry and patters because has a lot of things in repetition.



This is the rule of the viewpoint.


This is the rule of Background.




This is the rule of Depth.

This is the rule of Framing.

This is the rule of  Cropping so the main thing of the picture will be more visible.


Avoiding mergers.

Abandonded Theme Park

The theme park that I would really like to go is Spreepark, Berlin, Germany. The reason I would really like to go to this park is because it looks really interesting even though it is really old. The one thing I like the most is the Ferris Wheel because it is big and old but still looks really pretty. And also the lake looks beautiful in between the things in the park.


There are a lot of places that could be really interesting to go to like there are a lot of walls and old buildings in the country of Chile, also in the country of El Salvador there are a lot of ruins that could look amazing from different angles in photography. Also in Austin TX places that could be amazing to take pictures of are the views of Lake Austin, Down Town, and also one of my favorites are 360 Bridge and Lakeway Resorts.

Gesa Mayr Posted the story behind this park. She is no Photographer she just wrote the information and the situation of the park.

I believe that it would be fun to take pictures of this park because it has a lot of very interesting and funny figures. For example there is a lion when people go on the train and that could be fun. The types of pictures that we could take there can also include a lot of the rules of photography that we have learn in class. Also the place the park is set at is a lake so it could be really interesting taking pictures of things that are half in the water and half outside of the water.

The main thing that I need to take to that place is a camera with good lenses. One and the only way to get to the park is to travel in a plain. I would need around 3,000 dollars to make a satisfying trip because the tickets are from 800 dollars to 2,000 dollars so most of the money would go to the tickets and some to be comfortable at the place where I would be going. Some of the rules that I have to have in mind are that I might not have permission to take pictures in some places but I can ask for permission to the police or guardians of the place if it has any.

Africa

I really liked the pictures taken by Nick Brandt because it inspire m to care more about the nature and wild life. The pictures of the lions made me thought of how animals suffer sometimes without food or water of because of the weather. Some of the animals he took picture of look really normal and ok in the environment that they are living in.


This is not exactly one of my favorite pictures because one of the elephants is suffering but that's exactly why I have chosen this picture because animals are suffering or sometimes killed by humans and little by little they are disappearing from our world.

The rule that this picture is fallowing is the rule of simplicity because pretty much everything behind the elephants is cloudy so you can only see the elephants.

The type of camera lens that he used was Pentax 6511 with only two fixed lenses.  This is important because it makes the pictures look more dramatic.

When he was directing a music video called "Earth Song" for Jackson in Tanzania he fell in love with the animals and land of east Africa.

The reason Brandt wants to take pictures of these landscapes and animals is because he wants to capture every moment in the wildlife he can before the land is destroyed by man.



You were previously a director of music videos (including for Michael Jackson; Earth Song was what brought you to Africa in the first place). How much crossover of skills and creative vision is there between stills and video? Was it easy to make the jump?
It was easy to make the jump practically and financially, as I was fortunately cushioned by continuing to direct commercials for 2-3 years (although I was very disdainful of them). Creatively, it must have helped, yes, as I had spent my adult life working with film and image. It was also easy to make the jump because as a photographer, I felt so liberated not being answerable to anyone, being able to photograph what I wanted, when I wanted, how I wanted. Filmmaking is fraught with endless frustration and compromise in a way that photography is not. Or at least, with the exception of the bad printing of the first two books, that is what I have been lucky to experience.

Great Black and White photography part 3

                                             
What made me choose the pictures of this photographer was the beautiful landscapes that he has taken. There is not much in particular that made me choose the pictures but I love the photographers work. When I see at this particular picture makes me feel free. When I look at it I can almost feel the fresh and cold air that is touching the mountains. The sound of the air blowing and the smell of nature outside come to mind looking at this picture.





This is another picture taken by Ansel Adams. When I see this picture makes me feel fresh and reminds me of the beautiful nature around the world that we still have. The trees, the water, and the humid air makes me feel relax. I can hear the water falling down hitting against the rocks. I can smell the humid rocks and plants. I can taste the cold water that's in the air.

Funny Captions

Seren is talking about how kids are complaining because they dont have enough this days and his wife Felicia agrees with him.

Back in the days Felicia and Seren did not have much bt they where okay with what they had because it was enough to stay alive.

 

 

John, Sasha, and Marvin are really good friends they live in San Francisco and go out every Saturday to get fresh air.

They all stopped at a store to have some icecream and talk for a while. They all have been friends for a very long time now and love to talk about the past from when they were young.

The grandmother's name is Ryanna and even though she is pretty old already she is still having fun and going Down Town.

Most of the things in the background were made about 65 years ago. When Ryanna was about 16 years old. The town was pretty back then but with time it became old. 

Academic Photo shoot

In this picture I am following the rule of lines.

In this photo I am following the rule of Thirds because the camera is focused on the kids on the sides of the picture.

This picture is following the rule of thirds.

This picture is following the rule of complicity because the camera is mainly focused on the girl.

                                                  

F/2.8                                                                                                    F/16






1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

• The part of the body that we should relate aperture to are our eyes.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the higher the f-stop is, the higher the Aperture the lower the F-stop.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

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1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?

• I believe I could take really good pictures in classrooms like science clubs and fun and educational activities in groups. 

2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?

• I would really like to take pictures in Mrs. Shan's room because is a science class and Mrs. Shan is the coolest chemistry teacher I know. She makes amazing things in her classroom like fires in different colors and turn really bad and unrecognizable coins into shiny and completely new coins. 

3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

• I would ask the teacher and the students to cooperate with me and do what the teacher indicate them to do in the class. Then I would focus the camera on the most interest things I see going on in the classroom between the students.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

This picture was the most unethical to me because the person who photo shopped this picture is showing a fake version not the real one. They probably did it to get more people's attraction but is still a wrong thing to do because they are lying to the people who are interested in Kim Kardashian's life.




This picture I found the least unethical because the editor did not change anything of the person of made something fake he/she used photoshop only to change color and make the picture more beautiful.

Academics and Community Service Area picture

I like the picture "Going for the Goal" picture where a young teen from Dos Pueblos High School is playing soccer. I like this picture because the girl is on the air you can see the her in action about to hit the soccer ball. I picked this picture because one of my favorites sports to play is soccer. This picture has the rule of thirds because all the action is happening in one of the corners of the picture.

Best Story, action/emotion, the one that fills the frame with the most interesting stuff.

This picture represents the best story because its a group of people getting together honoring the American flag. This means that the American flag its important to them and they feel that they have to honor it before it is erased.

This picture represents action because most of the people in the picture are moving. The people in the picture are feeding the poor which is very generous of them. The poor people are moving, smiling, and happy that they are about to have a good meal and this represents action and emotion.

This picture is the one that fill the frame with the most interesting stuff because has two kind young men helping out to put nail by nail in the project that they are constructing. This shows that they care and the fact that they care and are helping is very interesting now that now a days people don't see that often.

Great black and white photographers, PART 2

                                         

Photographer Robert Adams, is a very good photographer. The reason I like this photography is because he chose something simple to make it a good picture. A line of trees and an empty road made the picture just look interesting. Robert Adams was born on May 8, 1937 at this time he is 78 years old. He was born in Orange New Jersey. Some of his awards are,  Hasselblad Award, MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada, Phoenix Award. Adams went to  University of Southern California. Some of his artwork know are,  Abandoned Windbreak West of Fontana, California. Before Adams was a photographer he was an English teacher then he became interested in photography when he bought a small camera and started taking pictures of nature.

Post shoot reflection

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I really liked this picture from Rebecca I like how it starts at the lockers and continues with the rest blurry looks really nice.

In my opinion Rebecca could have made this picture better by getting the first locker completely not just some part of it.

Post shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts (Square, Metal, Happy, Bowie)

- I had some trouble finding a picture for happy. Happy was the las picture I took with the help of my partner Ethan. Since I could not find anything or someone that was 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.

- One of the technical aspects that I found myself thinking a lot about was how to hold the camera. In some ovations i would find myself having some difficulties to take a picture because the way i was holding the camera wasn't completely right.




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

- I would try try to follow the rules more with each picture i took. Bowie High school has a lot of really cool things around that could help me find a picture for each one of the rules of photography.



4. What things would you do the same?

- Something i would do the same would be my interest and focus to get something right. I would put the same effort as the first time i went to take the pictures.


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

- Yes I am, because I like taking and knowing the rules will make me feel very smart because I will know what I am doing. Also taking pictures with the same rules will give me the chance to practice more those rules and truly learn them for the future.

Merging

the picture is not complete, part of the poles are missing.

Bowie

This picture follows the rule of third because the big B for Bowie is on one side of the picture.

Square (prompt shoot)

This picture follows the rule of Simplicity because the background is plain with one color which let the people see what the camera is confused on.

Metal (prompt shoot)

This picture follows the rule of lines.