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.