Rules of Photography part 2

     Rules Of Photography 

Part 2

Theme: America 

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

Self Portraits

Self Portraits 

Experiment with lighting

Move your subject out of their comfort zone

 

Environmental Portraits

I like these pictures especially the first one because it simple looks cool I mean the boxer punching the punching bag. The soccer player in mid air.

Self Photography Portraits 

Both of these were taken by the same guy and i like them because they are really good examples of what self portraits are and the first one with the mirror was very creative and the one with the chess pieces was just a fun photo.

Casual Portraits 

these are both very different photos one is a family portrait and the other is a senior portrait. i like the family portrait because it looks interesting but still keeps the simple element. I like the senior one because i think it's kinda funny I mean hey look I'm gonna smile in the sewage system because I want to look good before the serial killer in there come up and takes my picture then stabs me.

Portrait Photo Shoot Plan

I plan on taking most of my portraits of people who are both willing and able. I will take them mostly in places where their is ether something going on that my subject can interact with. Or a simple background to take a simple picture of my subject. I will also try to do something different and maybe get my subject out of their comfort zone.

Abandon Amusement Parks

Abandon Amusement Parks 

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

I would want to go to the prehistoric park in Michigan because I like dinosaur. I think that it is cool I would get a chance to take pictures of "dinosaurs". Also because it is abandon it will look more realistic.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

a barber shop

a dry cleaners 

a hospital at nighttime with nobody around

a suburban neighborhood at night

a shipyard/marina

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

So far no one is documenting just neighborhoods at night

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

I think it looks cool for that none is ever outside their neighborhood when its dark. Everyone is ether staying inside or somewhere else. It adds to the mystery of what is really happing

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.

I can see that all you need to do is go to neighborhoods at night. I think their may be laws that invoke taking pictures of people houses that might invoke stalking.

Project Photos Mini Assignment

Project Photo Mini Assignment

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

I felt a little sorry for them

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?

I think he trying to say this are not just photos of someone going through cancer that they are real people going through some real things

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

I would most likely not considering I'm not a art hungry jerk who uses bad situations to get attention

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

I would say I'm sorry for your lost but that you are a jerk to take photos of something tragic just so he can get attention.

Africa

Africa

I read about a photographer who aces picture of animals in africa. His picture are dramatic and have good power in them. They show good forms of rules of photography and he adds his own style in it. There was also a contervisoery about him and his ideas of how us humans are treating the environment.

3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.

It is two baboons or monkeys that are just sitting in the jungle with their baby. It is my favorite cause I like the background and how calm the monkeys are.

4. What rules of photography are evident in the photos you selected, be sure to explain the rule to me?

The light that is shining down is a diagonal light and is very dramatic. I would say if they baby was the subject then it would be rule of thirds, and the background is simple with jungle scenery.

5. What kind of camera and lens does he use and why is this important?

Instead of telephoto end he uses Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses. He believes to be close up to the animal.

6. What is his reason for taking these photos?

He likes to see the coal of the animal and can only do it up close.

7. What is his hope by taking these type of photos?

He really is just obsessed with the animals and is fascinated by them.

8. Find something he has to say about Africa, and post the quote on your blog.

''When people in Africa are poor and starving and there are no crops left to eat due to the deforestation and global warming leading to ever-worsening droughts, they cannot be blamed if they kill the last zebra walking through the bush for their family to eat.''

Funny Captions

Funny Captions 

Tomas hated everything about South America before he took a cruise. As long as Lily and Kelly are around he loves it.

Joe's bar was also dead during the morning. But when he offered a early bird meal if was crowded than ever.

Lucile is the sweetest lady you'll ever meet. Too bad she's blind  

Great Black and White Photographers: Part 3

Great Black and White Photographers: Part 3

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? Post the images with your writing.

What caught my eyes where some techniques and they way they took their photos and how we still use them.

2.) Look at those 2 photos you posted last time in the assignment Great Black and White Photographers Part 2. Use your five senses to tell me more about those photos. Answer them on your blog.

I see: I see a man crying in fear and trying to survive. I can see the remains of the vegetation and how they are around him. I see his equipment his rifle that he is not even holding it and his pack with all his gear and how they are all budged together like a pile on top of the solider.

I also see a crowd of people but the one person who sticks out the most is this stunning nun and how she is looking not at me but at everyone. She is looking expressionless but still looks beautiful.

I smell: I can first smell the sweet of cut grass and how its smells nice and fresh. I then smell smoke how it replaces the grass with a thick crowd of it fills up my noise and makes me cough. I then smell the napalm sadly I don't like it for it smells like rotten boiled eggs.

I smell the odors of all the sweaty people bumping into each other. I also smell the clean soapy aura form the holy water that the nun is drenched in. I also smell the fine pine wood of the cross she is caring.

I hear: I hear the quiet nosies of the jungle and the birds cropping and the wind blowing. All the sudden I hear some planes flying and then all the sounds are nothing but BOOM and POW POW POW. I then hear the yelling of orders and formations by the officers and then more gunfire and hear the last faints form the soldiers.

I hear the crowd of people all loud having conversations about there day. I then hear a bell ring and then the mummers fade away. I then art hear the choir form the nuns singing in latin starting the ceremony.

I taste: The moist humid air and my sweat from the climate. Then I taste the clouds of smoke and it gags my mouth. I then taste the napalm and dirt that is everywhere.

I taste: I taste the leftover snack that I had form dinner before the service. I taste the wine bitter but then sweet with a good bouquet. After that i walk up for communion I taste the tasteless pice of bread it is practically a cracker that is not salted. 

I feel: I feel rev lived that We are in the clearing and beauty of the jungle. I then feel confused and frighted by all the planes and firing. I then finally feel scared that I will die here on this battlefield.

I fell: I feel tired from my long day and that I have to go to Mass. I then feel Happy and filled of Joy by what the pastor has to say. I then feel even more glad that I got to leave the Mass but still moved by what they taught me that night.

Instagram Meets The Street: Questions 

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?

I'm thinking about maybe activities like games,competition, and plays

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 if we want to do some serious edit to the pictures then a regular camera will be better but if it's only some things then phones will be fine 

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?

I think somewhere around the lib ray or near the entrance of the school 

Academic Shoot reflection and critique

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique 

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 

it was hard to find good shots in classroom and people because they would pose

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.

Mine would be focus like i would make sure my subject had a good focus 

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

I don't think it would matter if I could do this assignment again I think it won't change anything

4. What things would you do the same?

I would do still keep most of my subjects in a frame and in a creative angle

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 would be the easiest

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?

I think the hardest would be Balance

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

Rule of thirds I'm still a little bit fuzzy on i guess i just keep on getting my subject in a corner 

http://mxlsphotos.blogspot.com/2014/10/academic-shoot.html

I like the cool angles and very creative ideas on the topic
I would try new lighting cause it oops pretty bland

Academic Shoot

Academic Shoot

Simplicity 

1. How well did you follow the rule?

I followed that the background is plain and that there is nothing crazy all over.

2. What is the subject?

The subject would have to be the table and the chairs around it.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

I think it is clear for how the subject is close and smack down in the middle.

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

I would have iced of people to be sitting at the table but they were reasons why they weren't.

Balance 

1. How well did you follow the rule?

i followed the rule of how all the things on and off the table make a good triangular shape.

2. What is the subject?

The subject is the student working on his art

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

Yes i hunk it is clear for the simple background and him striate down in the middle

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

maybe if he had something on his right then it would make a more equal triangle 

Framing

1. How well did you follow the rule?

The walls and pillars around the subject (girl) make a type of frame around her.

2. What is the subject?

The subject is the girl sitting down under the lockers 

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

yes thanks to the frame it makes the eyes go directly to her 

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

I would have done some framing on the bottom 

Lines

1. How well did you follow the rule?

I followed this rule by the lines from the second story edges and the the pillars form a lot of lines,also the edges make a diagonal line

2. What is the subject?

The two boys in the middle who are working 

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

yes because the lines help guide them to the boys 

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

I would have made better clear angles and if they were more down

Rule of Thirds 

1. How well did you follow the rule?

I followed the rule by the subject by being in one of the corners for rule of thirds

2. What is the subject?

The subject is the same two boys working yes the here twice

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

it is a little fuzzy to till what the subject is by the pillars and other students

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

I would have gotten a better angle so the pillars and other kids wouldn't be in the way to much