Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
5 Websites
Projector in the Forest
I learned that a powerful projector can actually illuminate things in nature.
This is my favorite photo from the site because I like the way the mushrooms look like they're glowing. A rule of photography I noticed in this photo is simplicity. The photographer did a really good job of focusing on the subject and getting a clean, simple background. The photo was taken by Tarek Mawad. In the video I saw on the website, I saw how they set up the projector and found different locations to photograph. I learned that you can make wildlife glow with a projector.
Spiral Staircases: Something I learned from this website was that spiral staircases have surprising beauty.
This is my favorite picture because I've always been intrigued by abandon industrial buildings. A photography rule I saw in this picture leading lines. The spiral of the staircase really leads my eyes all the way down to the bottom. The picture was taken by Christian Richter somewhere in Europe. Some other things I saw on the website were spiral staircases from many other abandon buildings in Europe. This site related to photography because this guy went out and took pictures with a camera.
Time-lapse of Rio: At this website I watched a time-lapse of Rio de Janero over many days. It was very interesting to see everything sped up and experience the cities beauty in a new way. Apparently the video was for Panasonic to use as an ad for their new 4k ultra-HD TVs. Joe Capra was the photographer and he has many other beautiful time-lapses. I learned that a normal time-lapse shoot takes about 30 minutes and that 240 frames makes about 10 seconds of video.
I learned that a powerful projector can actually illuminate things in nature.
This is my favorite photo from the site because I like the way the mushrooms look like they're glowing. A rule of photography I noticed in this photo is simplicity. The photographer did a really good job of focusing on the subject and getting a clean, simple background. The photo was taken by Tarek Mawad. In the video I saw on the website, I saw how they set up the projector and found different locations to photograph. I learned that you can make wildlife glow with a projector.
Spiral Staircases: Something I learned from this website was that spiral staircases have surprising beauty.
This is my favorite picture because I've always been intrigued by abandon industrial buildings. A photography rule I saw in this picture leading lines. The spiral of the staircase really leads my eyes all the way down to the bottom. The picture was taken by Christian Richter somewhere in Europe. Some other things I saw on the website were spiral staircases from many other abandon buildings in Europe. This site related to photography because this guy went out and took pictures with a camera.
Time-lapse of Rio: At this website I watched a time-lapse of Rio de Janero over many days. It was very interesting to see everything sped up and experience the cities beauty in a new way. Apparently the video was for Panasonic to use as an ad for their new 4k ultra-HD TVs. Joe Capra was the photographer and he has many other beautiful time-lapses. I learned that a normal time-lapse shoot takes about 30 minutes and that 240 frames makes about 10 seconds of video.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Top 100 Pictures
I picked this image by Harold Edgerton because the picture was captured at the perfect moment and it must have taken many tries. Edgerton worked for years to perfect his milk drop shots. He finally captured this image in a lab at MIT. He made a milk dropping machine and turned on a store light and camera sensor to take shots at high intervals. Harold has taken many other high-speed photographs like balloons popping and gun shots.
Harold Edgerton
1903-1990
Fremont NE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I like this picture because its full of suspense. These 11 men are extremely calm for being 840 feet above manhattan. The picture symbolizes resilience and ambition.
Unknown Photographer
I like this picture because its kind of strange and you don't really know whats going on. Mao Zedong is seen swimming in the Yangtze river at age 72. He wanted to show China that he was still in good health at that age.
Unknown Photographer
I chose this picture because you can imply how much damage was done with that big of a cloud. The explosion sent a cloud of radioactive dust and debris 45,000 feet into the air. This picture by Lieutenant Charles Levy was the only shot that showed the full scale of the mushroom.
Lieutenant Charles Levy
This picture caught my eye because it is very unique. Normally hippos swim in inland rivers and lakes but in this picture they are riding waves in the Atlantic ocean. This photo inspired the president of Gabon to set up a system of nature parks that cover 11% of the country insuring the wildlife have somewhere to live.
Michael Nichols
1952-present
Alabama
University of North Alabama
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Magazine Covers
1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (brand)
2. Emotionally irresistible
3. Arousing curiosity
4. Intellectually stimulating interesting
5. Efficient fast easy to scan
1. formal
2. formal
3. informal
4. environmental
5. formal
6. formal
7. formal
8. formal
9. formal
10. formal
11. formal
12. formal
13. formal
14. informal
15. formal
16. formal
17. formal
My favorite Cover
"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits."
This cover does a good job of catching the eye. It has a very interesting and distracting pattern. It also uses a cool and unique merger. Since the suit has the sam pattern as the background his body merges with it sparking curiosity. The portrait is exposed properly and is focused and crisp. One thing I would change about this cover is the font. Especially with this pattern the title is hard to read.
2. Emotionally irresistible
3. Arousing curiosity
4. Intellectually stimulating interesting
5. Efficient fast easy to scan
1. formal
2. formal
3. informal
4. environmental
5. formal
6. formal
7. formal
8. formal
9. formal
10. formal
11. formal
12. formal
13. formal
14. informal
15. formal
16. formal
17. formal
My favorite Cover
"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits."
This cover does a good job of catching the eye. It has a very interesting and distracting pattern. It also uses a cool and unique merger. Since the suit has the sam pattern as the background his body merges with it sparking curiosity. The portrait is exposed properly and is focused and crisp. One thing I would change about this cover is the font. Especially with this pattern the title is hard to read.
Fashion
Video 1: Some changes that were made to the model's face in this video were making her eyes bigger and making her neck longer.
Video 2: In this video there were dramatic changes from before and after. They gave the model longer hair, took away her freckles, gave her a stronger jawline, bigger eyes, smaller nose, redder and fuller lips, higher shoulders, and more shaped torso and legs, longer legs and and forearms, longer neck, bigger butt, lighter/smoother skin, and better posture.
Video 3: This vide showed the biggest and most surprising changes. In the beginning the model was overweight and very light skinned. They first made her body thinner everywhere and smoothed out her skin and blended her fat rolls. they gave her longer hair, a stronger jawline, bigger breasts and a more shaped butt.
In my opinion it is highly unethical to change a persons body this drastically. It completely changes the persons appearance and it's pretty much the same thing as false advertisement. In some circumstances it could be ok to edit someone's appearance a little such as getting rid of acne but not to the point of making them look like a complete different person. The difference between photojournalism and fashion photography is the way you edit the picture. Photojournalism is focused on capturing things exactly the way they are. The only editing you would ever do for photojournalism is levels and cropping. Fashion photography on the other hand is making someone look as attractive as possible, even if it completely changes their appearance. I think we watched these videos to make us realize really how much fashion photographers change the way the models look.
Video 2: In this video there were dramatic changes from before and after. They gave the model longer hair, took away her freckles, gave her a stronger jawline, bigger eyes, smaller nose, redder and fuller lips, higher shoulders, and more shaped torso and legs, longer legs and and forearms, longer neck, bigger butt, lighter/smoother skin, and better posture.
Video 3: This vide showed the biggest and most surprising changes. In the beginning the model was overweight and very light skinned. They first made her body thinner everywhere and smoothed out her skin and blended her fat rolls. they gave her longer hair, a stronger jawline, bigger breasts and a more shaped butt.
In my opinion it is highly unethical to change a persons body this drastically. It completely changes the persons appearance and it's pretty much the same thing as false advertisement. In some circumstances it could be ok to edit someone's appearance a little such as getting rid of acne but not to the point of making them look like a complete different person. The difference between photojournalism and fashion photography is the way you edit the picture. Photojournalism is focused on capturing things exactly the way they are. The only editing you would ever do for photojournalism is levels and cropping. Fashion photography on the other hand is making someone look as attractive as possible, even if it completely changes their appearance. I think we watched these videos to make us realize really how much fashion photographers change the way the models look.
Friday, November 4, 2016
American Soldier
In my opinion the most powerful image in this collection is the soldier and his mom and girlfriend walking together. It shows that he is back with the people he loves. The images work together to tell a story by showing everything that the soldier went through in his military and personal life. The captions enhance the images because it gives background information about the picture. Ian Fisher was a normal 17 year old until he got recruited into the military. He went through many weeks of training and faced many physical and mental challenges. Fisher did have some discipline problems and got moved down a rank from when he started. He served in Iraq for a year before returning and marrying his girlfriend, Devin. Most of the captions are written in present tense, describing where and when Fisher is in the photo. Most of the captions have an average of 3-4 sentences. The first sentence describes what is going on in the frame while the second gives some background information. Some captions have quotes but not all.
Funny Captions
Paul and Linda, professional cart racers, participate in the annual 60+ death race. Paul is avenging his brother, George, who died in last years race.
Nora, a 96 year old protester, expresses how she feels about the 2016 presidential candidates. She tells press that she was lucky to live a long and happy life before things went to shit.
Friday, October 28, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Love and Loss
As I looked through this set of pictures I felt depressed. It is a very sad story of a man's wife getting cancer and dying. The photographer said "These photos do not define us, but they are us". I think this quote is accurate because the photos represent their life with cancer. I don't think I would be able to take pictures if I was in this situation. If I could write the photographer a letter I would tell him I'm sorry for your loss.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Africa
When I was going through this set of pictures I was surprised at what I saw. I did not know that Africa had such a diverse and varying landscape. I was also surprised at how much wildlife there is. I was not expecting there to be so many zebras in one place.
This my favorite picture by Nick Brandt because it is simple and it really captures the beauty of Africa. This photo follows the rule of framing because Brandt uses the trees to frame the focal point; the elephant.
Nick Brandt used a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses on medium-format black and white film. This is important because he wanted a documentary style collection to show how the African landscape is slowly dying away. He hopes to educate people on how beautiful these animals are in the wilderness. "What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist."-Brandt in the afterword of On This Earth.
This my favorite picture by Nick Brandt because it is simple and it really captures the beauty of Africa. This photo follows the rule of framing because Brandt uses the trees to frame the focal point; the elephant.
Nick Brandt used a Pentax 67II with only two fixed lenses on medium-format black and white film. This is important because he wanted a documentary style collection to show how the African landscape is slowly dying away. He hopes to educate people on how beautiful these animals are in the wilderness. "What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist."-Brandt in the afterword of On This Earth.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Great Black and White Photographers Part III
Ansel Adams photos caught my eye because I like simple black and white pictures. I really like his
style of black and white landscape. Some of his pictures are the coolest I've ever seen.
I smell pine.
I hear birds chirping in the snowy trees.
I taste the dry, crisp winter air.
I feel the chilly breeze.
I see white clouds against the bright blue sky.
I smell cedar trees and dust.
I hear wind whistling throughout the rocks.
I taste the dry desert air.
I feel the hot sun beating down on me.
Mural Project
1. What theme, that we could take here at school, could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?
A theme we could shoot here on campus is all the nature we have here at Bowie.
2. Should we use phones only or or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people who don't have camera phones?
I think we should give people without phone cameras the chance to take pictures with normal cameras.
3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?
I think we should put the mural somewhere a lot of people will be able to see it.
A theme we could shoot here on campus is all the nature we have here at Bowie.
2. Should we use phones only or or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people who don't have camera phones?
I think we should give people without phone cameras the chance to take pictures with normal cameras.
3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?
I think we should put the mural somewhere a lot of people will be able to see it.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Academic Shoot Critique
It was challenging to find photos to fit the rules we learned that were still in the academic domain. The things I thought about most while shooting was focus and blurring. I like pictures where the fore or background is blurred. I did this correctly in the photo of the girl holding a pen. If I could do this assignment again I would probably adjust the ISO and shutter speed to take better quality pictures. If I did the assignment again I would probably keep my style the same; with a blurry fore/background. I think the easiest rule of photography is rule of thirds because al you have to do is move the subject to one side of the photo. I think the hardest rule to capture in a picture is lines because its hard to find lines and S-curves the lead directly to the subject. The photography rule that is the most confusing to me is mergers. I don't know exactly what they are and how they affect the pictures.
ISO
ISO 3200
ISO 200
A higher ISO can good for shooting at night or in dark areas. The author of this article suggests to always stay on the lowest ISO setting. You should increase the ISO if you were shooting in dark or dim settings.
The aperture settings in this simulation are form f2.8-f22. The options for shutter speed are from 1 sec-1/4000 sec. The ISO settings are from 100-25600.
Shutter Speed
Low Shutter Speed
High Shutter Speed
a) High Shutter Speed
b)Low Shutter Speed
c)High Shutter Speed
d)High Shutter Speed
e)Low Shutter Speed
f)High Shutter Speed
a) High Shutter Speed
b)Low Shutter Speed
c)High Shutter Speed
d)High Shutter Speed
e)Low Shutter Speed
f)High Shutter Speed
There are three ways to set shutter speed. The first is Auto mode where the camera automatically sets the shutter speed. There is also Shutter Priority mode where the user sets the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture. The last mode is Manual mode where user sets aperture and shutter speed.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Aperture
Aperture: f2.8
Aperture: f16
Aperture is like the human pupil. It controls how much light goes into the camera body like the pupil controls how much light enters the eye. The smaller the aperture the less light gets allowed into the camera. The bigger the aperture the more light gets into the camera. A smaller aperture separates the foreground from the background an sets the focus on the foreground.
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