Unusual and Interesting Photos

Unusual and Interesting Photos

Part 1

1. What is your reaction to his work?

I thought his work was well not very creative or boring to me.

2. How do you think he made these photos?

I assume he made the photos by taking pictures of the landmarks in different angles 

3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them?

I think it might be cool do this with the frost building in downtown Austin.

Academics and Community Service Section

Academics and Community Service Section 

my favorite photo is the one with the student writing a math equation on the transparent broad. I like the photo because iv'e always like those types of broads and what you can do with them photography wise and i enjoy the angle of it and the simple background. The rules of photography in this photo is simple background, There is also a little bit of balance, rule of thirds and it avoid any mergers.

Filling in the Frame

Filling in the Frame

In this photo really does fill in the frame,e there is o much stuff going on. There is the smoke coming out the students around it and they all have different emotions and it fils in everything.

Action and Emotion

Action and Emotion 

Action and emotion doesn't have to be all about fighting and drama. It can also be about humor and the little things in life and this picture captures it.

The Story

The Story 

I think this picture describes a story very well to me because i can see the students raving there helping out the homeless.

Digital age Ethical Manipulation

Digital Age Ethical Manipulation 

             Photoshopped images can sometimes be funny or break the rules of what is and isn't ethical. For examples there are photos of with the Prime Minster of Benjamin Netheantyau of Israeli and his cabinet and how they cut out the women of his cabinet and replaced them with men. Another example is the missile testing in Iran and how it was originally  3 missiles but then became 4.

             Personal i think they are ethical i mean for the most parts the only ones I think that can hurt someone is the photoshopped is the photo of the Israeli Prime Minister and his cabinet, the picture can only affect the the feelings of the women but thats just being mean not really being unethical.

I find this altered photo the least offensive or unethical because i think the photographer had a reason to change the photo. I also think that no ones feelings will get hurt, also it helps out with composition.

 

I think this has to be the most offensive photo for the fact that the changes could easily be made the top one is the original one and the bottom is the altered one. If you haven't noticed that the top one has an all white crowd and the bottom one was changed by adding a black student. Wisconsin University thought that they needed a cover of diversity and instead of retaking a photo or just leaving it so not a to of feelings would be hurt they changed it.

Post Shoot Reflection

Post Photo Reflection

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

Some of my challenges was that I would shoot something then when my partner went I would think of a great idea for a picture but I was unable to shoot it.

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.

I would do focus a lot. For the most that i thought i did right would be that i would half-press

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

I would maybe do some different pictures first. I would then do them in a different angles and maybe use them in a different tone of light.

4. What things would you do the same?

I would kept my habit of taking the picture i want about 3 times, just incase I'll have a 2 bad photos but this one looks goods and it's what I wanted to take a picture of.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 4 photos (square, metal, happy, Bowie), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

I would say i did a lot of framing and simplicity i don't think I did to much margeirs

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

Not really, I want to something that is simple but I can control it a lot better.



http://hannahsphototjournalismblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-prompt-shoot.html

I thought that Hannah's photos were very creative and different. They do need work on composition and some of them don't make sense like the shoe is distracting in the square picture.

Basic Composition of 9/11

Basic Composition of 9/11

  

 Framing

This a a simple example of framing because we need to look at the surroundings. We know that the ruble are making our attention to the firefighter.

 Rule of Thirds

This picture is a simple good example of Rule of Thirds because in the invisible tic tac toe our eyes lead to the helicopter. Though the background is a little distracting we still know that the main subject is the helicopter. 

 Simplicity

The subject of this photo is the Staute of Liberty. The picture is taken so that the smoke (a solid color) makes our attention to the subject or the Statue of Liberty 

 Balance

This picture is very balanced in many ways mostly the fact that the rubble is shaped in a good geometric shape (triangle). The picture also looks like it is weighted.

 Lines

This picture is a very good example of lines first it has lines. Seconded the lines are placed so we follow them to the falling man.

 Avoiding Margins

I'm terribly sorry for this picture I had trouble downloading it so its small and pixelated. But this is a bad picture anyways not because of me, but the subject is the sad firefighter. But the photographer got the other "cheerful" firefighters and it upsets the mood of this picture. 

National Geographic

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National Geographic Photo Contest

This is my favorite photo because it really catches my eyes. Just look at this photo, I like the effect that nature has on it and the effect that the photographer did on it too. I love the look at the water running down the canyon and it just looks beautiful.

If i were to go and a winning photo I would go to the ruins of South America and the old Aztec ruins.

Touching People

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Touching People.

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay?

I think this project is a very interesting concept and very unique.

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 thought it would be a very strange question to ask but out of curiosity I would try it out and see what it is like. 

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

I think it would be great to do a photo shoot like this. manly because I would get to create a area of awakens.

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

I think there are alright nothing great or eye popping but they do have a good story behind it.

Top 40

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Top 40 

1. I picked this photo because I like the way it looks like the sweat is running down his face and his eyes and how interesting they look.

2. The Composition of this story is that his is one of the Sudan People's Liberation Soldier, of how he is fighting for his independence from Sudan. I thought that was a good story, and it showed me that this soldier is fighting for his freedom and I thought that was great.

3. I thought it made the top 40 because it was shoot good the story is great. I thought that this was a good example of the face of a soldier who was going to war.

1. I chose this photo because first I like Koalas, and second the story behind this is heart warming that i just had to pick it.

2. The Composition of this picture is that there was a forrest fire in Victoria, Australia, in 2009. So a firefighter found this Koala and gave him some water. I thought that story made me appreciate the photo more, and made me pay more attention to the firefighter than the Koala for his service to the fire and the Koala.

3. I think it made the top 40 because, the story was good for the background and it showed the care for nature and its people.

1. I picked this photo because I love the way it looks, like the barrier of the prisoner and the German soldier look. I like how it creates tension.

2. I thought the story behind this is a nice and sweet story. The prisoner is Horecne Gresaly. He escaped the prison and wen t back in more than 200 times just to met up with a german girl he called in loved with.

3. I think this is in the top 40 because it looks good has a nice story and is a good memorable to PoWs and WWII. 

First Photo Shoot

First Photo Shoot

Happy

Bowie

Metal

Square

Warm Up Flipping Faces

Flipped Faces

1. What did you think about that unique idea? I thought the idea was unique for the fact that i've never seen anything like this before in pictures. Also I thought it looks cool, by him making different emotions in his pictures. 

2.  When you first looked at the photos, did it take you a second to figure out what you were looking at? I kinda new what I was looking at I knew it was a face of some sort, but then I had to check it more to figure out that it was an upside down face.

3.  Sometime maybe you can try something unique like this..... I would like to try this 

My Favorite Black and White Photographer

William Eugene Smith

      Was born on December 30, 1918. He started photographer at 15 when he was taking picture for two local newspapers when he was in Wichita North High School. He went to University of Notre Dame when he got a scholarship just for him. After one year he left and went to New York to study from Helene Sanders. He then work for News-Week in which he got fired for refusing to use the cameras they wanted him to use. He then worked for BlackStar and worked as a freelance.

       

      When WWII happened he took photos of it for Life and Flying.

he got servilely injured a lot but still took pictures of what was happening and was in the front lines. 

      

      When he got back home he work for Life, then resigned to work for Magnum. He the left to teach in the University of Arizona but died of a stroke on October 15, 1978 in Tucson, Arizona. His legacy is that he wrote Jacques-Henri Lartique and has a foundation that funds the success of photographers.

 

The Camera

"The Camera" 

1. How the 'camera obscure" worked was, in a dark room there was a tiny hole that projected light and caused whatever was on the outside to be projected in the room (upside-down).

2. The invention that made man one step closer to the modern camera was that Sir isaac Newton and Christen Huygens made the lens that helped the understanding of optics.

3. The final parts of the camera that was invented by Niepce is film.

4.The one piece of the modern camera that Niepce used is the film to create a photograph and they were also portable.

5. Digital cameras use something called digital film which replace the old film, and made al the pictures portable. 

6. The difference between Auto Mode and Program Mode is that on Auto Mode the camera will take over the flash and exposure. The Program Mode is like Auto but can adjust the flash and other settings.

7. Portrait Mode is when you want to take a picture of one thing, how it works is it simply blurs out the background.

8. Sports Mode is you want to see something in motion, how it works is that it uses the biggest shutter speed as possible so it'll look good.

9. You should Half-Press the trigger button because it helps the Camera get the shot better as in being more focused, a better response time, and it also encourages better composition.

10.  The symbol means you have disabled the flash, and it won't go off. Sometimes you would want natural light over the cameras light.

11. The symbol means the flash is on auto, and will automatically fire the flash when the camera thinks it's right. You may want to use this if you think there needs to be flash but you don't really know so you let the camera decide.

12. What will happen to your photo is there is too much light then the camera will wash out your picure.

13. What will happen to your photo if there not enough light the picture will be too dark.

14. "stop" means the change of light in a picture.

15. If there was a new planet identical to earth but had two suns it would be one stop brighter.

16.  If there was a new planet identical to earth but had four suns it would be two stop brighter.

17. The affect of a longer shutter speed means that there is more light.

18. The affect of a shorter shutter speed means that there is less light.

19.  The Aperture controls the size of light before it reaches the CCD

20. To control the Aperture by making the larger the opening the more light that there will be, if the opening is small it will open less light.

My Favorite Black and White Photographers

My Favorite Black and White Photographers

Max Waldman

"Fiddler on the Roof"

W. Eugene Smith

"Demolition" 

Helen Levitt

"New York c. 1945"

First Photo: Best And Worst

                          Best And Worst: Of Teammates 

Best of Ken: I thought that this was a good picture of one of my teammates Ken, because I think it shows his personaltiy as an strong, flexible and humorous guy.   

                           

 Worst of Ken: I thought this was a terrible picture of Ken,  beacuse he was obvisully posing and not in a good way. Although it is not taken Ken horriblly but it just a weird face to make and you can rarely see his actually face.

Best of Luna: I thought this was the best of my other teammate Luna because I thought I took the shot well. Also it remind of the helping hands picture. She even had some chalk on her hands make it look like she was working, and I thought that was pretty cool.

Worst of Luna: This was the picture that was supposed to look cool but didn't. My best picutre of Luna above where there was chalk on her hands. Well she had the can on her hands because of this. I thought it was taken at a bad angle, and ken got in the shot and last it really doesn't look like a good picture.