Funny Captions: The Right Way (cont'd)

At first I Would think something like "Beat them up"


But then I remembered what type of people the state government hires to do these gracious things for us.

Funny Captions: The Right Way (cont'd)

Meet Sam. Sam Loves photography



Sam wanted to make sure he emphasized the term "every angle possible"

Funny Captions: The Right Way

A cool computer is a good computer.

But freezing a computer may turn out catastrophic for its lifespan.

Photo manipulation Ethics

the story mainly expresses the things that are done to photos among the photojournalists of the world. 4 pictures are edited to please the eye of another individual. the question stands as us it unethical to edit such photos to be deceptive. such as adding another missile in the missile test photo or removing the one woman from the photo with all of the men at a convention.

I believe the most unethical shot among the photos was the one that removed the single woman from the entire group of men. suppose the one woman wanted to be recognized for being there? perhaps she was somebody important such as a representative? you would never know until the lawsuit comes crashing down on your shoes. it is sexist and unnecessary even if it is just to please the eyes.

the least unethical picture is the one that shows the man working on the pipe. all it shows is an overlapped layer that should not be in that specific spot. there is a fine line between correct and wrong photo manipulation. maybe you wanted to enhance the photo so the picture can be clearly seen. that should be considered ethical in photo manipulation.

American Soldier: Evaluation

I believe that the most powerful photo in the sideshow was the one where he was holding the cross in his hand. I believe this because most it focuses mainly on the cross and nothing else.

I believe the most powerful sequences of photos is his training because it shows the different phases that he goes through in order make it through his rigors as a soldier.

the images work together to make a story because they are go through a sequencing of time showing what happens from a certain focal point. the story focuses on the point of when he is in Iraq. a past, present, future concept.

the verbs are typically written in past or present tense.

the captions enhance the photographs by telling the story behind what is going on.

Beauty: What Everyone Wants us to Look Like

changes made in the woman's face:

1. head was raised higher off the neck from original shot.
2.Hair was falsely created hair to fill in empty spaces in falsely swaying hair
3. shoulders and neck made to look thinner
4.eyes much larger than original
5. face rounded out and thinned out cheeks
6. lighting was added to brighten out and remove blemishes on face
7. lips much larger than original
8. imperfections removed for final detail


business is business. if people want to advertise false things about their products saying that it can make them look like a digitally altered person, then go ahead. Its not false advertisement, but it can destroy peoples lives because they think they can look like what people advertise.

a good example showing the wrongness is exactly that video. people are people not robots or computer altered characters.

some changes that could be except able would be things like the raising of the head off the neck and possibly filling in some spots of hair. otherwise I do not think all the rest would be except able.

photojournalism is the discussion and reporting of photos around the world and telling the stories behind them. with fashion photography your doing exactly opposite. your advertising a picture and CREATING and story behind it.

Photoj discusses what is happening to things, people, places ect. this usually expressed through good photography and is all about the real world. now fashion photography is all about the falseness of people and how they should look instead of what they do look like.

Reaction: Marlboro Marine

I believe the most powerful image in the slideshow might have been when he was leaning over the park meter. this shows how people can be so hurt, even in the modern world. gives off the urban feeling.

the whole story was a sequence of photos. the powerful part about everything is just the moments that he captures of the soldier. He brings out the emotion of things that normally might not be noticed by just grazing across the photos.

the audio is original, sad, acoustic, bringing out the mood captured in the photos taken. the story tells a brief life story of one individual that goes through things that do not happen to the everyday citizen. tonality so to speak is expressed with the music.

the images tell a story because of the sequencing that they are in. for instance, when they talk about Iraq and the war, pictures of soldiers appear before the viewer helping portray an image with the words instead of motion picture.

Reflection

challenges to getting close to someone. People tend to be shy. its nnot always easy to get them to just allow you to get all up in their face. also find the right pictures. I couldnt really go into many classrooms, only because some many of the pictures in the hallway were amongst lecture. otherwise, the new tech building was generally lenient with the whole picture taking, so I took what 5 photos I was left with there.

the thing that popped up the most in my head was particularly one photo. I was trying to get a young woman studying a text, but unfortunately, there were many chairs around her so I had to find the right angle to avoid the least amount of things coming out of her head. I told myself to rely on photoshop later for finishing touches. I will attempt to be a little less content to others, also, I will be aware of the situations at hand, such as, others using too much film.

ten photo compostitions

Rule of Thirds

Patterns















Background Framing Leading Lines creating depth Viewpoint















Avoiding Mergers Balance Cropping

What the pros are using: sports

1.f/4.0

2.1/500

3. easier, smoother image for moving shots.

4. EF 50mm

5. this gives it a wider angle to shoot the photo

6. I believe he was standing just on the top left hand corner of the outside end zone.

Making the Masterpeice

Load the film onto a reel and place it into a tank. Unfortunately you have to do it blind so you better be ready to screw up. Tools you need: film cassette can opener, film reel, tank and tank cover. Place them in order and memorize their positions, turn off the light and your ready to hit the road.

Step one, remove the film from the cassette. Remember that you will be working in total darkness, so be careful with what you are doing. Pull the flat end off the canister with the can opener. Unwind the entire case of film from the canister by peeling off the tape that holds it down.

Step two, load the film onto a plastic or metal film reel. Its recommend for bigginers to use the plastic reel other than metal. Metal requires more dexterity than the plastic one, so its recommended to practice with the plastic one. Slide one end of the film onto the outer edges of the reel and guide it around the reel until it is completely loaded.

Also it is recommended that you practice the above steps of putting the film onto the reel in the daylight with a “sacrificial” roll of film that way you can get the feel for it and more fully comprehend the idea.

Step 3. place the loaded reel with your film and place it in the film tank, and cover it as directed. You are now able to turn on film lights.

Step 4: go through the soup process for developing film

Watch your temperature of the room that you are developing in. most developing temperatures recommend the environment to be anything between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Over heating a picture can lead to an effect on the photo that will over grain the texture. Its fun to play with but not if you are going to try to get the best negative as possible.

After you go through your process, you do not have to worry about exposing your film into the light so you can take it out of its case and then place it into cold running water. Inspect the film, and make sure the negatives are there. Use the hypo eliminator to remove all races of the fixer to avoid appearance blemishes.

Final wash for 5 minutes

CAREFULLY remove the film from the tank, DO NOT TOUCH. Dry in a dust free area.

Wait for about 2 hours and the fiom will be dried. Cut into strips of six negatives long. Use proper storage in glassine envelopes, and you are done with developing negatives.

Framing a Frame

this photo caught my eye because all the composition methods used in the photo. It uses leading lines by how the photographer placed everyone that is standing holding a trumpet. you look at one person, and it leads to another, and another, so on and so forth. he uses the rule of thirds by placing the main point of interest in the top right hand corner, and so that the boy is the only one looking the opposite way. he also uses balance by the way he took the photo. he could've gotten the same general image if he moved to the right slightly, but he took it so everyone he was capturing would fill the frame completely.

Everyone Has a Story to Tell

this picture has the best story behind it. here you see the football team cheering and celebrating after what seems to be an epic victory over an oppenent that they were so determined to beat. their emotions are happy and expressing, which draws the veiwer deeper into the photo, looking at each and every individuals reaction.

Emotions

Determination. thats all that can be said about this photo. the man is determined to finish what it is that he started. A few notes composition wise, the lighting in the picture is what won me over. there is nothing particularly specifically interesting about the photo, but the lighting in itself did. The artifical white glare seemed to bring out the details and contrast to the picture, pulling the dull greyness out of the background colors, and replace them with more solid winter colors.

A Change in Tone

So I decided that not all pictures in the world have a need to be commeded for thier work. now I was asked to put something down that caught my eye. this caught my eye because of its bland appearence. this stuck out to me because it was completely different than all the rest around it. personally, I see nothing special about the photo itself, everything is grey, dreary and dead, while you have a person who is poorly placed in the photo. It just strikes me that someone did not use any type of photo composition whatsoever. Moreover, it looks as though they took a match to the mans head, making the whole photo lopsided. It draws too much attention to an attempt of something, but it really turned out to be nothing. It was a good attempt by the artist, but an amatuer attempt at a professional effect. overall I would give the photo a 4 out of 10 for effort.

Imagination: Putting Myself in the Picture

I see again poverty at its work. people stare and wonder, "what if that were me?". the man lays down on the hard concrete out in front of a liqour store unsure why he is here, and why shouldn't he deserve to be like everyone else. I smell city air. musty, dirty unclean city air. people here are used to it, but it disturbs me that everyone can breath in this contaminated oxigen. I hear the city streets bustling about with their nomal, everyday, repetitive lives. I feel the sweet spring air. the rays of sumlight beat softly against my skin making instinctivly stay out of the shade. I taste a faint hint of liqour. the man on the ground reeks of it. It is early morning around and there is still remenecense of the previous night and all its inhabitants with a few traces of shattered bottles of shame.

Imagination: "Putting myself in the picture"

I see poverty at its work. this innocent looking young man has fallen victim to a foul cruel judgment. I feel a crisp fall breeze blowing through the home rolling through the virginia hills. I hear the rustling sound of the trees swaying and the leaves falling. the wind chime above sings, giving a calming presence. I smell the rain in the distance. the dirt and mud give a strong semi unpleasant smell. I can taste the moisture in the air. not humid, but timid. a fall air feeling.

Previous Pictures: Why Pick Them?

all of my previous picture have a sense of perspective of them. they all represent one or more things of importance; whether it be something simple, or something of great importance. almost every one of them has unique depth, which really appeals to me. It give the picture a personality and more of a 3D concept instead of a bland two dimensional, flat so to speak look. It gives the appealing look to my eye, and helps me immerse myself into the picture itself.

characterized by the absence of distinguishing qualities or features. lacking positive attributes. (dull, lifeless, negative.)

this indeed is characterized by the absence of life. for instance the sky. The sky itself is blue when things are alive, well and awake. here you find a black sky with white objects. its a dreary picture with no true meaning to it.

The major differences that I see in the picture are minor blemishes. other than the color change, I see that on this picture that the edges seem a little warped and discolored slightly, possibly due to light refraction. After all, it was a makeshift lens. I'm not sure what the lines on the both of them are from, I noticed them when I first put them into the chemicals; I assumed it was from the process.

Hurricane Ike: Destruction of a community

This picture uses a unique framing technique. here you see the landmass that appears to be an Island, but in fact is part of the Galveston flatlands. The photographer seemed to have taken the oppertunity to "Frame" the Island by surrounding water on equal sides. This really caught my eye because of the before and after differences and how different they were from each other.

Biography; Master Lee Freidlander

Lee Friedlander was born in America on July 14, 1934. He was well known for his photography and artistic abilities. He went to the Art Center College of Design of California, where he honed and developed his skills to a Master level. After his Schooling, He Moved to New York City, Where he took pictures of Musicians, specifically jazz players, for record covers. he has written a book called stems, which is about his life during his knee replacement surgery. some of his work recently has been displayed in the San Fransisco museum of Modern Art in 2008. he is currently retired and lives happily with his wife in the US.

Masters of Photography: Garry Winogrand

Masters of Photography: Lee Freidlander

Masters of photography: Robert Adams

Balance

just a simple example of balance, here nothing is too lopsided, as because the main focus takes up the majority of the photo.

this one sorta stood out to me because of the smoke. nothing is particularly interesting here except for the plume of smoke. it seemed balanced on the lattitude lines of the picture, making it an eyecatcher.

Avoiding Mergers

this picture is great in a representation. here you have three firefighters, with their bodies completly in the picture, raising the prop (flag). none of the major focus points are removed, and the picture is well balanced with a complex point of interest, and a simple background.

This one was actually one of my favorites. the entire background has the same color, making it so the firefighters really stand out. it helps with the main focus of the picture by drawing the eye to the more complex colors.

Framing

This is an outstanding picture. Here you have the skyline in plain veiw, while the main focus, (the explosion on the towers) is perfectly places on one of the "thirds" axes while you still have a simple foreground of the park across the river.
This picture in general caught my eye, when on the full screen you can really take in the depth of the picture. you have a foreground, a background, and everything inbetween to really catch the eye.

Lines

this isnt the best of images, but it uses the lines in two ways to show two separate things. first off if you follow the lines downward, you will undoubtedly come across someone falling to their tragic death of the image. then if you follow them up, you will come across the fires on the upper levels of the building.

this one was something that I did not origionally intend on using. at first I thought that it was just a picture of the burning side of the twin towers with things falling out. then I looked more closely at it. I chose this one because it shows just how far the human being is willing to go in order to survive.

The Rule of Thirds

here we have a black a white picture of firefighters helping a man walk to safety. As you can see, they are strategically placed on the right side of the picture, bringing them into the main focus, while still giving some background to portray the image.

This in my opinion was the best simple photo that I could find. I chose this because it shows the human race coming together in the time of need. it was well taken, well placed, and had a great color scheme to add to the mood of the picture.

Simplicity

This is a good example of simplicity. here you see an upwards view of the twin towers fading to the simple blue skyline. there are no other objects in the picture taking away from the main focus.

PinHole Camera photo

this one has a balance of colors and texture to really bring out the main focus of the picture. the background is a solid color bringing out the brightness of the tear drop, and also you have a background in the foreground bringing out the person with matching colors.

Pinhole Camera Photos

This one is my least favorite because of the scenery. nothing is really displayed, mainly focused on the person who has faded away from "reality". you see one canyon on the background and in the foreground, you see mostly black and its hard to make out what the scenery is.

Brings away from the face, makes people pay attention to the little details that people put into their appearence.