National Geographic

1. This is my favorite photo because I love how it shows so much geographic features from the mountains all the way to the ice in the water.  I feel like it looks so amazing, and i love how it shows how cold it looks by just looking at it. I also love how the ice looks in the water it looks like when bubble came to the top and then just froze.

2.  I would submit a photo to National Geographic of Buddhist in Bali, it would look very worldly. And traditional, with all of the monks together meditating. I would submit that to National Geographic.

Academic Shoot Preview - Part 2

1.  I picked the photo with the girl dropping red liquids onto a speaker and the liquid is bouncing back.    I thought that it looked really cool, and especially that it's pink.

2.  This is balance because of speaker makes a square, and the pink liquid kind of makes a triangle.


1.  Outside, most of the photos I see now are people kind of modeling. They are somewhere different than just being inside.

2.  I would like to take photos in Culinary and Art.

3.  I would like to take pictures of people just being themselves, not someone their not just to "look cool." I like originality, it looks nicer and more creative. It would look nice to take pictures of them in the place where they feel more comfortable.

Academic Shoot Preview

The Story:

1.   I felt like this would be the best story because, it shows these teenagers feeding the homeless people. Obviously this is a really good deed, even though they don't have to do it, they do. I just thought that it was really sweet, to do things like this.

Action and Emotion:

2.   I put this as the best action and emotion because, it shows the action being the ice being exploded into the air. And it goes good with emotion because, you really see their expressions of how their experiment explodes. 

Filling The Frame:

3.   I thought that this was very interesting because I really wanted to know why they are holding hands, all guys, and heads down by a pole. It makes me wonder, did something tragic happen for them to do that. Or  honoring the flag maybe, it really makes me wonder.

Photo Manipulation And Ethics

1. 

A.  So this shows when people have taken Photoshop too far. So what happened was that people having been using Adobe Photoshop in ways that are not the truth. Trying to make it something that it's not. What they are trying to say is that its okay to use Photoshop, but don't overdue it. And when you do use it don't use it in a bad way to ruin the original way it was taken to be.

B.  I feel like people shouldn't be using that type of editing because it messes with why the whole point of the picture, and the way it was meant to be. And it should not be used that way. Especially when and if it's a picture that has an importance to it.

2.

A.  I feel like most unethical photo would be this one because this never happened, and since Bill Clinton is an important person, you should not make things up like that. And when you make things up about him talking to a person he never did, at somewhere he never was, is wrong. And I feel like you shouldn't have to make up a story just to have done one, where not a single photographer was in sight.

B.  I feel like this is the least unethical picture because all they did was put Oprah's head on Ann  Margaret's body. All of the other photos have something dramatically happening. But something harmless as changing a little detail isn't something very crazy. Plus it adds a little glam to "Oprah's body." That's nothing compared to the other pictures.

Touching People

1. I think this idea really would be awkward because it challenges people to touch random strangers, obviously not everyone would be up to touching another person. I know that I would not want to touch an other person I don't know.

2. I someone asked me to do this I would definitely by shy about that, but if I were to do it multiple times I know that I would be like " Hey do you wanna take a picture!" But if I was asked to do a photo shoot with another person I guess I would be up for it.

3. Besides this photo shoot if I were to do one, I would ask people if they could kiss someone on the cheek. Because I would definitly want to see who could be up to the challenge to do that, it takes a lot of guts in my opinion. But something that would be difficult to do for random strangers on the street.

4. What I think about this photo shoot is that, I like how they took totally opposite people instead of people who look the same as another. So it looks more diverse. An example like a baby with another baby, thats typical. I would want a baby and a puppy, something different. What I'm trying to say is that I love how they took people who do not look anything alike to one another. I think that the photos came out pretty good, and I liked looking at them.

Top 40 Photos

1.  Photographer : Rich Lam

- The first photo made me want to pick it is because, I thought it looked cute. The boyfriend kissed his girlfriend after she gets knocked down by a police officer. So he picks her right back up with a helping kiss.

- In the picture the photographer hazes out the background and focus's on the couple, so it shows the main point of the picture.

- I feel that it made the Top 40 because it shows a lot of emotion and affection in one little photo. So it has such an impact in it.

2.  Photographer :Yomiuri Shimbun

- The second photo made me want to pick it because, it shows all the military men in the background obviously because something happened. But the man holding the baby makes me think that he saved her from that tragic accident.

- What had standed out in the picture was the baby in the pink blanket, because it focus more on her than the guy. Because she was the one who looks like is being saved and the photographer makes it more about her and the man, so he aims it more at them.

- I feel like this made the Top 40 because it shows how the baby is being held in his arms, and in the background you can tell that something happened. So  since there is mud and items all over the place, so it makes me wonder what had happened.

3.  Photographer : Aaron Thompson

- What made me pick this photo because I know what happens when someone in the armed forces receives a flag. It means that someone in their family passed away, and a young boy is taking it so I would think that his dad is gone.

- What makes this photo stand out it the little boy crying, and trying to hold back his tears. As  he receives a flag.

- I think this made Top 40 because it is such an emotional photo, the boy accepting the flag in honor of his dad passing away. 

Composition 9/11 - First 6 Rules Of Composition

Simplicity :

Rule Of Thirds :

Lines :

 Balance :

Framing :

Avoiding Mergers :

Black And White Photographers Part 2

Ansel Adams :

Full Name : Ansel Easton Adams

Occupation : Environmental Activist, Photographer

Birth Date : February 20, 1902

Death Date : April 22, 1984

Birth Place : San Francisco, California

Education : Harvard and Yale University

Ansel Adams had many books published. In 1938 he created a limited-edition book called Sierra Nevada. He became a photographer when his parents gave him a Kodak Box Brownie as a gift during a family vacation to Yosemite National Park in 1916. He is best remembered as a prominent black and white photographer. In 1921 his first photographs were published. He joined Sierra Club, where he started his career.

Great Black and White Photographers

The first photo was taken by Ansel Adams called "Into The Storm". I love this photo because of the landscape. It looks really cool because of the forest with the fog. Which makes it have a little bit of hazy look to it. But overall I really love this photo.

The second photo was taken by Robert Doisneau called "Down The Factory". Now this photo is different because of the little boy with a bag on his back. I wonder why or if he's going to the factory down the hill. This picture has an old scenery, it looks dirty and it looks like there are a lot of clouds because of the pollution from the factory. But this picture really makes me wonder where he's going.

The last photo was taken by Walker Evans called "Couple At Coney Island". Now clearly this is back in the day with the older looking clothing, and just by their overall appearance. This photo is really cute with him holding her waist, and her holding his shoulder. It looks like they are looking at the little building with the flags. But what makes this cute is that they are together overlooking the features of Coney Island.

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Warm-Up 9-15-14

1. I thought that it shows all of the unique eye shapes and the different facial expressions with their forehead, and thought that I would have never thought to do that.

2. I didn't really notice where they were looking at, or what they were looking for but I did notice the different directions of their eyes.

3. I don't really see myself doing this but it is definately a unique idea.

The Camera - History and Information

The Camera

1. The effect the "camera obscura" which is Latin for "dark room". Which the hole acted like a lens. would focus and project light onto the wall of the dark chamber.

2. Lenses and Optics, was the modern camera came one step closer to Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens protected the optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.

3.  Joseph Nicephore Niepce added film to create the first successful photograph. The important parts were a glass lens, a dark box, and film.

4. A digital camera is still composed of a lens, a dark box, and film. Just like the old fashion cameras.

5. To capture an image, digital cameras have light pass through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the camera.

Camera Modes 

6. The difference between auto and program mode is that, auto mode controls the flash, and exposure. While the Program mode, will automatic-assist. Just point and shoot. But with full auto mode, you can usually control flash and any other camera settings.

7. Portrait mode is used to blur out the background, while the camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting.

8. Sports mode is used to freeze motion, at the highest speed possible.

The Half Press

9. Half press allows you to take one picture. By holding the trigger button on fire ( Full Press) the camera will fire as many shots as long as you hold on the trigger for.

Controlling Flash

10. That symbol is the "Disabled Flash". It is shown when you don't have the flash on. Maybe if you don't want flash on, that symbol will tell you it's not on. You can use it when you want natural lighting for your picture.

11. The next symbol is "Auto Flash". This is used if the camera thinks that it needs more light, it will automatically fire.

Introduction To Exposure

12. If there is too much light in your photo, it will wash out.

13. If there is not enough light then the photo, it will be too dark.

The Universal Stop

14. The meaning of "Stop" is used in every aspect of photography to represent a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. There would be 1 stop brighter if there would to be two suns instead of one.

16. There would be 2 stops if there were four suns instead of two suns.

Shutter and Aperture  

17. A long shutter speed means there will be more light.

18. A shorter shutter speed means there will be less light.

19. The aperture on a camera controls the light .

20.You can increase the amount of light by moving the f4 to f2.8 makes it one stop more brighter.

First Photos

These are my best photos because in the first photo, the light is hitting her face nicely but in the background, it has kind of a jungle like theme. Also I like how when she's looking outside it adds a little bit of mystery to it. And on my second photo I like how the lockers are clear, but when she is right there standing it starts to fade, because it looks like the lockers have that really long look to it.

These are my worst photos because in the first photo, I should have angled it better so you can see a better angle of her and the flowers she stands next to. So it would have accentuated the features a bit better. Now in the second photo again I should have angled it better so you can see her face more. And zoomed in so it doesn't seem so far away.