Great Black and White Photographers part III

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them?

What caught my eye about Ansel Adam's photos, was that they were so modern compared to the other photographers that we had to choose from. I began to see, looking more into Ansel's photography, that most of my favorite photographers took inspiration from him.

2.) Look at those 2 photos you posted last time in the assignment Great Black and White Photographers Part 2. Use your five senses to tell me more about those photos.

I see... the light source creating soft curves cascading across the soft details of the dessert and the village walls. I see the shadows and harsh lines that draw my eyes over to the subjects. I see the many things that could harm me in the desert.

I smell... the fresh dirt and clay in the air. I smell The savory smells from the near by village.  I smell the

I hear... many insects, and cooing desert birds in the distance. I hear lizards scurrying across the sand around me. I hear the people in the village celebrating and living their everyday life.

I taste... the absence of moisture in my mouth. I taste the salt from my lips. I taste the breath coming out of my mouth.

I feel... small grains of sand slowly cut at my face as the wind blows. I feel the cuts to be quickly met with the forgiving wind. I feel the hunger growing in my stomach from the savory smells. I feel the sweat cool all over my body causing me to shiver.

Mural Project

1. What theme, that we could take here at school and think of one for OFF campus too, could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?

I have always wanted to do a collage of portraits. In and out of school there are so many people and so many different characters that you could show through a photograph.

2. Should we use phones only, or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people that don't have camera phones?

I think that to keep the quality of the photos consistent, using a "professional camera" could be worth the extra effort.

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?

I would like on put the mural in maybe the entrance to the academic hall, or the entrance of the school because not all people can identify to a single isolated part of the school, but everyone walks into the academic hall, or the school's entrance.

Masters of Photography Project part II

Ansel Adams

"Moonrise"

    Ansel Adams was a spectacular photographer that was born on February 20, 1902. He was born in San Francisco, California in the United States. In his early childhood, people quickly realized that Ansel was different from the other children when he started to take interest in the beauty of nature over sports. He had a wonderful relationship with his father and a distant relationship with his mother. But after the death of his grandfather his father began to have trouble with in his business and suffered great financial losses. This caused Ansel's family to have many struggles to the point that they had to send Ansel to many private schools.

    In 1927, Ansel became comfortable enough to create his first photography portfolio. He became comfortable to reveal his photography to the critical eye because he had finally found his own style. His first portfolio earned him almost $3,900, and created a basis for his first job in commercial photography. Through the jobs that he had learned how to appreciate how important it is to "carefully craft photos". Between 1920-1942, he managed to settle down, get married and further mature and develop his "style", but Adams still felt unsatisfied with is work. In 1933 Adams opened his own art and photography gallery in San Francisco, and his first child, Michael, was born. His daughter Anne was born two years later in 1935. In 1940, Ansel created the largest photography show called the Pageant of Photography. In 1941 he began teaching at the Art Center School of Los Angeles.

    Adams died on April 22, 1984 at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, in Monterey, California. At 82, he passed away from cardiovascular disease. He lived his life with his Wife, Virginia Adams, son, Micheal Adams, daughter, Anne Helms, and five grandchildren. Adams poured all of his hard work into what made him stand out as child, and created a successful career for himself. Ansel Adams left the world with some of the most remarkable and foreword thinking photography that created inspiration and creative motivation for a new generation of photographers.

Ansel Adams

"Taos Pueblo"

Photoshop Tutorial

Rule of Thirds

Edited

Unedited

Balance

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Unedited

Lines

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Unedited

Avoiding a Merger

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Unedited

Framing & Lines

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Unedited



Simplicity

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Unedited

Aperture, Shutter Speed, ad ISO

1) What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

Aperture closely relates to the human eye, because there is a hole in the lens to simulate a pupil.

2) Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture setting, the higher the Aperture F-Stop.

3) In your own words, tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field.

Aperture effects how sharp the background of the subject appears in the image.



1) If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few months ago, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

Fast shutter speed

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

Slow shutter speed

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

Fast shutter speed

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

Fast shutter speed

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

Fast shutter speed

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

Fast shutter speed


Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

Slow shutter speed

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

Slow shutter speed

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

Fast shutter speed

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

Slow shutter speed

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

Slow shutter speed

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

Slow shutter speed 

Photo Taken at ISO 200

Photo Taken at ISO 3200

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

High ISO is used when a photographer is taking photos in a dark setting.

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?

The author suggested to use the low ISO to retain the most detail in high lighting areas.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?

The author suggested have a lower ISO when taking pictures. He personally thinks that there is too much grain when put at an extremely high ISO setting.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. What are some of the main points you read about in the website regarding manipulating images?

    Some main points mentioned in the article were, that it is taking all of the "realness" out of the picture. Journalism is supposed to me the media showing the people how real the world is. It is taking the whole beauty of journalism out. There is also a point of view that says that when people edit pictures for aesthetic reasons, that it is showing the same person, but not in it's entirety. It completely takes away the point of the picture/article. In conclusion, the picture no longer portrays the full truth.


B. What is the philosophy of news papers like Washington Post and the New York Times regarding image manipulation?

    In the New York Times, The picture that caused controversy was the picture of OJ Simpson shortly after a crime he committed became extremely popular and public. This cover page was edited to make OJ look guilty. This picture was edited to show an opinion and sway the people who looked at the picture to think that he was guilty.

C. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line into an unethical manipulation?

    Honestly, I think that if the picture is meant to convey the full truth and it is not a "commercial photography" shoot, then there is not an excuse to edit and manipulate the pictures.

D. In situations where editing is made to make people to be looked at in a better view, it is nowhere near acceptable. In this picture, the photographer combined to different photos to make the soldier look more valiant, and to make the crowd more "venerable" due to having the man with the child front and center.

E. Again. I still feel very strong about my view on photo, but if there was one version of photo manipulation would probably be where family members used to cut and morph pictures of other family members to have a complete family portrait. The photo was really only made for the family's please, and not for the journalistic viewing of other people.

Academic Shoot

Rule of Thirds

This picture shows the rule of thirds because the subject is pushed to the right.

Balance

This picture illustrates balance due to the slow an constant gradience from blue to pink, and also because the flame is captured in the center of the picture.

Lines

This picture could show lines because the subjects themselves are lines.

Avoiding a Merger

I avoided this merger because if I had not moved to the angle that I was, then the jacket that the subject was wearing would have been cut off by the cracks in the door and the pictures surrounding the door.

Framing & Lines

This picture shows lines because of the lines from the windows and on the table legs, point to the subject. The picture also shows framing because the dark window shows the subject inside.

Simplicity

This picture shows simplicity because it has ann extremely simple subject and an extremely simple white background as well.