Portraits and self portraits preview

Tips: Play with eye contact, Hold your camera on an angle, your self portrait doesn't have to be of your face, it can from eye level down like of your feet.

Environmental Portrait: 

I liked this photo because she is in nature and she looks like she belongs there, it looks natural for her.

I liked this photo because the girl looks like she is doing what she loves and she doesn't look like she was just placed there for the photo. 

Photography self portrait: 

 I like this photo because the photographer is playing with the light and it added a cool effect to the photo.

I like this photo because it shows I thought the lady looked cool. 

Casual Portraits:

I liked this photo because I like how the photographer changed the angle the photo was taken and you can still see the subject clear.

I liked this photo because the baby looks natural and is observing a flower that he normally doesn't play with.

Portrait assignment:  For this assignment I will take a photo of my friends stunt group or a picture of my friends doing a handstand because this will express what we both love to do and what we get up every morning to do. I will take it at Texas Power Athletics, the cheer gym I go too. To make the shot successful I will shoot them when they are still and not moving and I will make sure I have the correct aperture, ISO, and shutter speed on the correct numbers. 

American Soldier

A. What is the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post over the three weeks they published images from the year of coverage? Why?
The most powerful image is the one where Fisher is in the divers seat of the Humvee, because he normally doesn't sit right there so it shows courage and bravery as he has to drive through Diwaniyah.

B. How do the images work together to tell a story?
The images work together to tell a story because you can tell the emotion in the photo and the mood each person is feeling.

C. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
The captions enhance the photos because they give you more detail about what is happening and it helps you understand what the problem is or what is going throughout the process.

D. Summarize the story of Ian Fisher, based just on the captions.
Ian Fisher joins the army at age 17, right after high school. He joined the delayed entry program to help him get better prepared. Before leaving he meets with a Sargent at the Army recruiting office, also his family and friends throw him a party before leaving. He has to get a medical exam before he can officially go. A recruiter comes to pick up Fisher at his house, to go to basic training for 14 weeks. He arrives to basic training on June 22, 2007 at Fort Benning, Ga. He hurts his elbow on the second day of training and it could've disqualified him but he talked to the commander and he was allowed to stay. A group of guys had to talk to Fisher's bunkmate because he was causing trouble and had bad attitude and everyone else was punished for it. By week eight on August 16 2007 the troops are hit by an improvised explosive device, the sergeant said that it would've killed half of the troops. Ian plus four other guys are allowed to keep going. Basic training gets harder as they have field exercises and mock attacks, they also had to march ten miles will each member was carrying 65 pounds of equipment with different drills along the way. He goes home for a weekend and takes his girlfriend ring shopping. When he goes back he gets an ankle injury and has to sit out out for some of the training. He goes to his dads house on March 8, 2008, his dad talks to him about using drugs (muscle relaxations and pain medications) and how he needs to stop. Fisher gets mad and says its better than coke or ecstasy. Ian has counseling with two Sergeants and he tells them about his drug use, they were about to kick him off but they gave him another chance and they are sending him to a new platoon and dropping him in rank. Fisher and his dad bond at the PX at Fort Carson on September 1, 2008 when his family is getting ready to drop him off so he can deploy to Iraq. His dad, a Vietnam veteran told him to not go down without a fight even if something goes wrong. He deploys on September 3, 2008 for one whole year in Iraq. Ian drives the Humvee through Iraq, he says if people get in your way, you just have to keep driving and drive with violence. Him and lieutenant hang up christmas lights in the platoons operations center. He finally gets to come home and he says it was really cold back home compared to Iraq. Ian said he learned a lot of life lessons while he was in the army. He gets married to Devin on August 24, 2009.

E. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written? 
Past tense

1. How many sentences are they on average?
2-3

2. Read the first sentence of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
The five W's 

3. Read the second sentences of a couple of them, what information do they provide?
More detail about whats happening

4. If there is a third sentence, what information does it provide?
More detail

5. Do any captions include a quote?
Some cations do 

6. Are there any that have four sentences?
no

G. Why do you think it is possible to tell a complete story with just photos and captions?
Because it gives you just enough information and a visual to look at.

H. If you can create a story with just photos and captions, why bother writing a story at all?
A story has the complete story and more details. 

Composition rules part 2

Theme: All star Cheerleading

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

Funny Captions

Joe Ryan is a vietnam veteran and he is shooting the same gun he used  in war.  When he fired the gun, he flew backwards into the vehicle and he just laid on the ground laughing. 

On Betty Louis's 100 birthday she was trying to light her cigarette from the lit candle.  Her daughter ended up pushing her face into the cake. 

John Harold is leading everyone in a dance off at it son's wedding reception. Shortly after he fell and he didn't want to get up until someone brought him a drink. 

Prompt shoot 2

Purple

Electric

Cold

Warm-up

1. What emotions did you feel as you worked your way through these images?
I felt depressed and defeated because Jennifer died because of breast cancer.

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 these pictures describe what was happening throughout the process and their emotions.

3. Do you think you could shoot photos like this if you were in this situation?
I think I would because I would try to get eery last moment I have with that special someone.

4. If you could write Angelo a letter, what would you say to him?
I would tell him that he was strong and his love for his wife is indescribable.  

Africa and abandoned theme parks

Africa:

1. On your blog post your reactions to what you read and what you saw. How about 3-4 sentences.
I think the conditions for the animals are very scarce and its very sad. The animals don't have a safe place to live and if they move they will most likely get killed and I don't think that's fair because sit someone moves houses they don't get killed. I think we need to stop poaching because it going to cause the animals to go extinct.  

2. Do a google image search for Nick Brandt, find your favorite photo and post it on your blog



3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.
This is a picture of a lion roaring. It is my favorite pictures because that's what the lion feels and that how the conditions are in Africa. 

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

Do a google/wikipedia search for Nick Brandt

5. What kind of camera and lens does he use and why is this important?
He uses pentax 67, this is important because he doesn't want to get to close to the animals because he wants the background and the full effect for the photos.


6. What is his reason for taking these photos?
He wants too show the animals in there normal everyday state of  living. He wants everyone to see the problems that are being caused. 


7. What is his hope by taking these type of photos?
That people will stop poaching and they will actually take care of these endangered animals. 


8. Find something he has to say about Africa, and post the quote on your blog
"There is also something deeply, emotionally stirring and affecting about the plains of Africa"

Abandoned theme 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 six flags in New Orleans because they have the same type of rides as they do now at other six flags so seeing it all worn down and rusty would be interesting. I would like to take pictures at that six flags and at another six flags and then compare the photos together. The pictures on the link looked very interesting.

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.
Going into a jungle, a junkyard, abandoned mansions, rivers out of america, 

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.

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 would be fun to take photos at an abandoned mansion because they are so big and there is a lot of rooms to take photos of. Each mansion has there own unique aspect and different objects to take pictures of. To see a mansion that's abandoned to a mansion now would be interesting to compare. I would want to see the color of the walls and how it was decorated.

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 would need an airplane ticket but I would stay in America. I would have to figure out where I'm going first then I'd figure out the laws. As far as equipment, I would just take a camera and lenses.