1. Patterns
2. Surroundings
3. Surroundings
4. Surroundings
5. Surroundings
6. Lighting
7. Details
8. Angles
9. Surroundings
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13. Patterns
14. Angles
15. Angles
16. Angles
Number 9: I think the lighting is really good, it was taken at night so it's dark with minor light. It's also in focus completely. It looks like cars are passing, and they are out of focus, but the rest is. It's also in the center of the picture.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Time to focus on a sport
Name of Sport: Supersmash Brothers.
Date you would like to shoot: Any possible chance I get.
Three safety shots: People jumping up and down, People running around, screaming after they win.
Two money shots: Getting the smash ball at the last possible second, winning when only have 1 life,
Date you would like to shoot: Any possible chance I get.
Three safety shots: People jumping up and down, People running around, screaming after they win.
Two money shots: Getting the smash ball at the last possible second, winning when only have 1 life,
Listen to what the judges have to say
1)-Name of photographer - Travis Haughton
-General focus of portfolio -Deaf Children
-The three problems the judges commented on were in the pictures the main focus was a back of a head, you could see the snake in a picture, and the quality was poor.
- The Two Things the judges liked were the spots picture and non staged moments.
-I liked the picture of the girl at church because it demonstrates simplicity.
2) -Name of photographer-Nick Adams
-General focus of portfolio-Is sports and kids
-The Three problems the judges comment were: the wasn't a distinct subject in some of the pictures, some pictures had the subjects far away, and there's was a giant blob in the pictures.
-The Two things the judges liked were the angle he shot at and originality.
-I think the cheer leading picture is good because it was shot at a good angle.
3) -Name of photographer-Carlos Delgado
-General focus of portfolio- sports and people with disabilities.
-The Three problems the judges noted were the lady's black shirt didn't make her the center focus, bad background,and cant see her face.
-The two things the judges liked were good pose and good close up.
-I like the first picture because of the background and i kinda like the 2nd picture where shes at the store but i think that picture could of been better. i also like the picture where shes writing with her toes.
4) -Name of photographer-Justin Mott
-General focus of portfolio-people living poverty
-The three problems the judges noted were some pictures were blurry, missing half a face, and not in focus
-The two things the judges liked were tells a story and show emotions.
-I liked how most the pictures were in black and white but i didn't like the picture of the men standing in the row because it was all blurry.
5) -The judges said his strengths was he was creative.
-I think one of his strengths is hes good at capturing the moment.
-I cant think of any weakness.
6)-One photo i agree with the judges on is Josh b. because i didn't like his photos
-One photo i disagree on is justin mott's photo because i liked he black and white photosFriday, February 22, 2008
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#10 National Geographic June 1985Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, the untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely used photos in the world.
This is my favorite because of the lighting
on the girl's face and and the way he eyes are illuminated,
as well as the composition and framing.
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#10 National Geographic June 1985Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, the untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely used photos in the world.
This is my favorite because of the lighting
on the girl's face and and the way he eyes are illuminated,
as well as the composition and framing.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Gordon Parks and Langston Hughes
I read for about 10 minutes. My favorite one was the one titled "April Rain Song"
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
Langston Hughes
This is my favoite photo. It's a mix between a portrait and a candid i think. The depth of field was very shallow because the people in the background weren't too far away, and yet they are out of focus. It also has a bit of the rule of thirds.
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.
Langston Hughes
This is my favoite photo. It's a mix between a portrait and a candid i think. The depth of field was very shallow because the people in the background weren't too far away, and yet they are out of focus. It also has a bit of the rule of thirds.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Cover History
Cover types
1. Early Magazine Covers
The Early Magazine covers in the beginning looked more like book covers, nothing was really said about the contents of the magazine. Plain covers appeared without any cover lines indicating the contents or one or two lines under the main title.
2. The Poster Cover
From the 1890s to the 1960s, one main type of cover was used, it was not the ONLY one, but many other magazines took after it and, it was used as a standard. The covers of many of these oversized magazines looked like paintings that should be on walls. This article defines the poster cover in a slightly looser way, to include covers with the title coving the art, and contains a small cover line announcing the theme.
3. Pictures Married to Type
While many magazines had artful poster covers, others relied heavily on the words to draw readers inside in a better than the art alone could. It is not clear when cover lines first appeared, but it was early in the history of the magazine cover. By the 1800s, cover lines were common, and in the 1900s, magazine cover lines started the ongoing words that they still have now.
4. In the Forest of Words
For most magazines at the turn of the 21st century, cover lines were as important as cover art. In some cases, cover lines and cover art went together better than the Magazine's name. The 2000s are so filled with magazine's that have tons of cover lines, and they are more important that the magazine itself.
1. Early Magazine Covers
The Early Magazine covers in the beginning looked more like book covers, nothing was really said about the contents of the magazine. Plain covers appeared without any cover lines indicating the contents or one or two lines under the main title.
2. The Poster Cover
From the 1890s to the 1960s, one main type of cover was used, it was not the ONLY one, but many other magazines took after it and, it was used as a standard. The covers of many of these oversized magazines looked like paintings that should be on walls. This article defines the poster cover in a slightly looser way, to include covers with the title coving the art, and contains a small cover line announcing the theme.
3. Pictures Married to Type
While many magazines had artful poster covers, others relied heavily on the words to draw readers inside in a better than the art alone could. It is not clear when cover lines first appeared, but it was early in the history of the magazine cover. By the 1800s, cover lines were common, and in the 1900s, magazine cover lines started the ongoing words that they still have now.
4. In the Forest of Words
For most magazines at the turn of the 21st century, cover lines were as important as cover art. In some cases, cover lines and cover art went together better than the Magazine's name. The 2000s are so filled with magazine's that have tons of cover lines, and they are more important that the magazine itself.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Fashion Ethics
First of all they add about 10 pounds of make-up the the girls face before.
Second they extended her neck, and made her shoulders more contoured
Then they make her lips more prominent
They airbrushed a lot of her face and gave her a perfect complexion
finally they raised her eyebrows up and made her eyes bigger, and more radiant.
I think that when advertising beauty, it gives people false expectations of what they should look like. Enough people in this world think so horribly of themselves due to the media shining light on what seems to be "perfection"
When you are changing to make the people seem perfect, and change everything about them, that is wrong, but when you change something minor to help a person, like a blemish, or a missing tooth, that's okay.
They are similar because people don't want to be lied to, especially when it directly impacts what they think of themselves, and the world around them. In photojournalism i think the rules should be and are much stricter because the whole point of photojournalism is to tell a story through a picture, and you don't want to be given a false story. Anyone can take a picture, but it takes a photographer to take a photo, and thus create photojournalism.
Second they extended her neck, and made her shoulders more contoured
Then they make her lips more prominent
They airbrushed a lot of her face and gave her a perfect complexion
finally they raised her eyebrows up and made her eyes bigger, and more radiant.
I think that when advertising beauty, it gives people false expectations of what they should look like. Enough people in this world think so horribly of themselves due to the media shining light on what seems to be "perfection"
When you are changing to make the people seem perfect, and change everything about them, that is wrong, but when you change something minor to help a person, like a blemish, or a missing tooth, that's okay.
They are similar because people don't want to be lied to, especially when it directly impacts what they think of themselves, and the world around them. In photojournalism i think the rules should be and are much stricter because the whole point of photojournalism is to tell a story through a picture, and you don't want to be given a false story. Anyone can take a picture, but it takes a photographer to take a photo, and thus create photojournalism.
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