Unusual And Interesting Photos: Part 1

1. I really do not like any of these photos at all. They give me a headache. I think it was good and well though out idea but the execution of the idea wasn't as good as maybe the photographer thought it was going to be. 

2. It looks like photographer took the same 3 pictures, turned 2 of them and then faded the 2 on photoshop. Then, he layered them on top of each other sung the merge tool. 

3. Some buildings that would be cool to do this on are the Empire State Building, The 9/11 Memorial Tower, UT tower, and the Frost Bank Tower. 

Academic Shoot Preview

 The Story:

By using the rule of thirds, the photographer was able to make the two boys the subjects of the photo. This creates a feeling that the story if this photograph is about them. The frame  of the picture is filled so that the viewer can have a wide imagination of where they are, and what they are building. The photo is titled "Helping Others, One Nail at a Time," which implies that they are doing so sort of community service. I think that a natural disaster has occurred and houses and buildings were destroyed. Maybe the boys are from a school club or society like NJHS that does service so they went to the town to help repair and build houses. 

Action And Emotion:

This Photograph also uses the rule of thirds to make the picture seem more natural and to have the viewer focus on the subjects. The action is shown through the liquid spaying through the air and filling the empty space around the two girls. The filling of the empty space also helps the photograph's balance. The emotion is portrayed through the facial expressions on the two girl's faces. The one on the left has a look of amazement and the one on the right is laughing. The two girls and the liquid add more life to the photograph.

Filling the Frame:

The picture above fills the frame by having the two lines of people on either side and the bags on the bottom of the photo. The photographers choice to take this picture vertically helped his composition and balance. The right line of people is balanced by the people on the left and the bags are equally balanced by the buckets. Overall the picture is a well thought out and composed photograph. 

Academic And Community Service:

1. My favorite photo is the one that is a birds eye view of a boy sitting on the floor of a library reading SAT and ACT study books. This is my favorite because I think it's the most creatively taken out of all of them. It also correctly represents school and the amount of stress and studying students have to do. 

2. The aspects of balance, lines, and simplicity are all evident in this photo. Balance is shown through the way that the books are scattered and how the bookshelves are placed evenly in the picture. Lines are represented by the books and the fisheye lens used turns them a little diagonally to make the photo more dynamic. Simplicity is also in the photo by the boy being set set against a solid color background and the shapes in the photographs are very basic also (squares and rectangles).

1. I think I could take pictures like the ones I saw today in AP science classes, the library, and maybe the PALS class. 

2. I would like to take pictures in chemistry classes when they do labs and the library when kids study and work. 

3. I will think of the rules of photography before I even take a picture. I will be observant about small details in my photos that may ruin the photograph. 

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1.

    A. The article talks about how many people have photoshopped and manipulated political pictures to make their photos better. The offenses have a common theme of april fools with conveys the trickery in the edited photos. The main lesson readers learn from this article is that manipulating photographs is ethically wrong. 

   B. I think manipulating photographs is wrong because you're taking credit for something that you didn't actually take. Also, in a lot of cases you're proving something that never happened. 

2. 

   A.

I think this photo is the most unethical because of what it portrays and what it is inferring about the army soldier. In the original photo the man and his child were in the background but they manipulated it so they were in the same plane as the soldier and his gun. BY looking at the first photograph, it looks like the soldier was protecting these refugees and that he had good intentions. But by looking at this photo, it portrays that the soldier has harmful intentions and that he wants to hurt these people.

   B.

I wouldn't consider his photograph unethical because the editor just added an effect to the picture. The effect makes the magazine catch the eye, makes the story seem more interesting and overall fits the tone of the title. The manipulation doesn't affect how the man is perceived so it has done nothing morally wrong to the photograph.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts (Square, Metal, Happy, Bowie)

I had problems with creativity when shooting for Square and Bowie. I didn't want to just take a picture of the school or take a picture of a square tile I wanted something not everybody would do. The other problem I had was time. I didn't have enough time to get the best picture possible. I would be worried about time and then rush so you can tell by certain pictures which ones were rushed and which ones weren't.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

I thought about focus and position of the subject most. With one of my photos, I took a picture of a flower with flowers in the background. I took 2. One was focused on the flower in the front and the other was focuses on the flowers in the back. With another photo, I took a picture of a butterfly and I waited until the butterfly was in a good position with its wings spread to get the right picture.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?

I would probably focus more on the lines, and framing aspect of the photographs. I didn't really focus on those and they could've really made my photos more dynamic and interesting.

4. What things would you do the same?

I would definitely do my position of the subject the same along with my focus because I think those were the stingiest parts of my photos.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 4 photos (square, metal, happy, Bowie), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

I ended up achieving all except framing and balance. The lines in my Metal, Bowie, and Square Photos were all vey apparent, and the rule of thirds was very much present in my happy photo.

6. Are you interested in shooting those same prompts again, why?

I am not interested in the same prompts because I wouldn't enjoy taking the same kinds of pictures again so I feel like the pictures wouldn't be as good as this time. I do enjoy the vastness of possibilities that there are with these prompts.


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Positive:

I love how bright and colorful and bright the photos are

I like the focus of the "Bowie PIcture"

Improve:

Try to angle and view the pictures so you can see more. (Move the camera up so  you can see the whole rail in "bowie" and move the camera so you can see the whole front of the flower in "happy"
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Reaction: Falling Man

The article about the "Falling man" in Esquire is now trying to be tied with the TV show Mad Men's new poster. I think that bloggers are trying to start something just for the sake of starting something and i also think its a terrible to do that especially with something that is so sad as 9/11. M deepest regards go to the "Falling Man's" wife Eulogia Hernandez. It must be terrible to be reminded that your loved one is dead every time you see that article. But at least we use him as a symbol of remembrance to the terrible day. Esquire now charges money for the Falling Man article to be read on their website and I think thats great because the money goes to a scholarship fund that is for the photojournalist that was murdered by ISIS. What esquire is doing is vey kind and will hopefully work.

Merger

This photo acts as a merger because of the people in the left that have been cut off. By possibly turning the camera horizontally and moving back a little the photographer could've fixed this.

Framing

The photo above is an example of framing because the subjects has almost all the sides of the picture surrounding him. The shops of the streets act as the side frames and the ash on the grounds act as the bottom part of the frame.