Monday, April 28, 2008

In-Depth Photo Illustrations






















The photo made into art: The picture represents New York after 9/11. I like the image because it makes me think of little bill, a TV show on nick Jr. and I very much enjoy that show.

















The photo realistic alteration: This picture represents the simplicity of a pickle. I like it because I like pickles and I think this shows a good side of it.









The composite image: This picture shows how music has engulfed people and their minds. I like music a lot, and i think this image is done really well.





The staged illustration (Traditional): This picture represents the ideal wedding, with the perfect bride, perfect place, and perfect dress. I like this picture because her face is interesting and the location is nice.

Photo Illustration Preview


The picture is just an advertisement for the upcoming blues festival. They just made the bad photograph part of the effect, and added other graphics into it to go along with it.
They probably just used photoshop to edge up the photo a little bit, and then they used some drawing program to draw the cloud.

Friday, April 18, 2008

Photo Essay Preview

The introspective photographer: Houston Homeless


The first person documentary: I love soccer


The narrated documentary: Anna's Day

I HATE ZAC!


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
zac is gay

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Photo Contest























I plan to enter the contest into 4 categories. People/Portraits (2)
animals/pets, cell phone taken pictures, and landscape/cityscape and i plan to win because I'm pretty awesome.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Glossary

Architectural Photography – Architecture photography is the capturing of angles, shapes, perspectives of buildings and structures, accentuating the lines and angles of the building.

Bridge – In Bridge you should CUT the junk, RATE the rest and LABEL the best, as well as adding any information about the photograph in the description field as necessary.

Caption – Every picture needs a caption! The first sentence should be about something obvious in the picture, something the reader could come to the conclusion of just by looking at it. The 2nd sentence should be something the reader wouldn’t know by looking at the picture, such as so-n-so came in 1st place in this race followed by so-n-so#2.

Dominant photo – The dominant photo is the main photo in a layout. The only photo or box that the eyeline can run through.

Effects of shutter speed – Faster shutter speeds freeze action while slower shutter speeds can’t capture it as well but has the advantage of letting more ambient light in without the use of a flash.

Eyeline – The eyeline is the line above or below the middle of a layout that the entire layout revolves around, meaning nothing can cross it, with the exception of the dominant photo.

Internal Margins – Internal margins are used so that the layout it even around all edges and isn’t “funky” looking.

Panning – Panning is used when the subject is moving across you or sometimes towards you, but it is the act of moving with your subject to catch a blur behind the subject but have the ending motion at the shutting of the shutter to capture the subject in focus and as sharp as possible.

Pica – The pica is used as a measurement in layouts equally 1/6 of an inch. Used in columns in layouts to help keep things separated and prevent large white spaces on a page.Portrait photography- Formal portraits are set up and are not capturing a candid moment, the subject usually looking at the camera and posing with a set up background, such as a backdrop or posed setting.

Sports and Action Photography – Sports Photography can have either safety shots nad or money shots, such as the winning goal in soccer or the last second taken at the finish line of a race with the runner’s arms in the air as they run through the ribbon. Sports are typically shot at a high Shutter speed to freeze action.

Spread- The spread is the draft before the design is put onto the computer and turned into a layout. The spread must follow all the rules such as the eyeline and photo and caption rules.

Zone focus – Zone focus is typically used in sports photography when the photographer focuses on a specific zone such as a basket ball hoop area or the net for volleyball and when the action is in that specific zone the photographer is already focused and snaps the shot as soon as he sees the shot he wants.

Capture what you have learned

In action photography it's sometimes difficult to capture the action in a way that's technically and visually "good" One way to make it both is by using ZONE FOCUS, you set up your lens perfectly in one area and wait for the action to occur in the focused area. Another way is by increasing your SHUTTER SPEED, by increasing it you will be able to capture the action without it being blurry, or an alternative to that is PANNING, moving the camera and your body along with the action to create an interesting effect. And finally you can practice a tecnique called WAITING FOR THE PAUSE, in which the action you wait for a pause in the action creating a perfect moment to take the picture.