Peer Critique

http://itsoliviaa.blogspot.com/2017/09/academic-shoot-reflection.html

I think Olivia did an excellent job on really interacting with the students and really understanding the prompt. I also really like the angles she shot at and how she captured the photos. 

I think with the first photo she could have cropped the wall to make the photo more focused on the subject.

Great Black & White Photographers II

William Klein

William was born in 1928, New York City, New York. He graduated high school early, going to college at the City of New York for sociology. In 1946, he joined the U.S army and was stationed in Germany, where he won his first camera in a poker game. He went to Paris and relocated there to focus on abstract paintings and sculptures. Klein worked together with Angelo Magirarotti on abstract paintings. William started shooting for American Vogue for his sculptures. In 1956, he published his first book called "Life is Good and Good For You" in New York, which won a Prix Nadar the following year. In 1958, Klein created his first pop film, Broadway by Light. William continued and still is continuing to win awards and keep shooting abstract pieces till this day. 

Academic shoot reflection & Critique

1) I felt like it was a very open prompt. I struggled trying to shoot what I think would be academic to others eyes and what people think of when they hear the word. 

2) I focused on angles and making sure that what I wanted to focus on was clearly shown. For the picture of the boy sitting down working on his homework, i sat down in the chair by him and got up close to get the shot I wanted.

3) If I did this shot again I would try to shoot more interactive scenes, and have students interacting in the classrooms. I would also try and do a better job at getting more rule of photography pictures.

4) I would keep my idea of getting my subject in the main focus the same because I think that it is important to make clear what you were trying to capture.

5) Rule of Thirds, I think is also easy to shoot because you just put your subject on one of the thirds. 

6) Framing & Lines are the rules I always struggle to shoot because I never really fully show them, only in parts of photos that aren't in focus.

7) Balance & Simplicity are the rules I feel that I need more knowledge on, more balance because I don't totally get what to shoot or look for when balance is given or wanted. 

Academic Shoot

Simplicity. The subject is the book in focus. Yes, it is the main focus of the photo.

Simplicity. The subject is the phone. Yes, the main focus is the phone showing a screen practicing spanish. 

Rule of Thirds. The subject is the book. Yes, the main focus is on the book.

Balance. The subject is the student working. Yes, the main focus is taking up 2/3 of the photo, the student and the papers being worked on.

Rule of Thirds. The subject is the students working. I would have maybe focused more on one girl and left the background out of focus.

Ethnical Image Manipulation

I think this photo is the least unethical because it only changes one small thing that most people probably won't even notice. The photo doesn't completely change what the story is trying to tell. The straightened teeth is the only difference between each article, beside the angle, which isn't a big change or really a manipulation.  

Unethical Image Manipulation

 I think this photo is the most unethical because it takes two totally different photos and puts them as one to match a title of a article. The photo manipulates that the girl is singing right by the man with the papers, to show a moment during a rally. This photo totally takes the realism away from a fake captured moment. 

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A) Manipulating photo takes away the realism from them. Majority of the time the picture does not portray the truth of a moment or photoshoot. The photo will not look the same as it did in the original or before. 

B) Newspapers like New York Times and The Washington Post like to manipulate photos. They want to sell what they are saying in the articles. Matching the manipulated photo to the story is what they want to do. Also, what's captured in the photo can be attention grabbing to who they want it to stand out to. 

C) Things that are acceptable to me about manipulating a photo is fixing the small things, like a few blemishes or making small details stand out more. I think once you change a body shape or the actual concept of a photo, or photoshop someone on or off a photo, it becomes unethical. 

Photo Shoot Reflection

1) The challenges that I encountered while trying to find photos for the four prompts was asking myself what was unique to shoot for each individual subject. What around the school could I find and shoot that no one else had before. 

2) While I was out shooting I tried to make sure what I wanted to capture was in focus and you can tell what the subject was. I also made sure it was the angle I wanted so it could really show what my photo was. For example, I got on the floor for my Bowie photo, to get all of the sign in and focus on the model. 

3) I would definitely try and use the basic rules that we learned in class after the shoot. Now that I know some rules, I could put it into play with some prompts. I would probably use the rule of thirds and simplicity for Bowie or Happy. 

4) Things that would stay the same for the photos would be what I was trying to aim for. I wouldn't change the photos entirely, just trying to make them better, really make the prompt show in it. 

5) Yes, I am interested in shooting the prompts again because I see myself applying some basic rules into the photos. 

http://kenziesphotojblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/prompt-shoot-1.html

I really like the vision that was shot for square and how it goes on through out the picture. I also enjoyed how the happy photo really captures the emotion happy because you can see it all over the models face. I think one thing that could be improved was the Bowie photo to show a little more of what people think of Bowie in a picture, than people walking in a door.

The Camera

The Camera

      The "Camera Obscura" effect is a hole that acts like a lens, focusing and projecting onto the wall of a dark room. This is shown by having a completely dark room and a tiny hole through one wall. Light is shown through the hole, focused, and the outside scene is shown upside down on the opposite wall. In the 17th century, Isaac Newton & Christian Huygens got one step closer to creating the modern day camera. They perfected the process of making high quality glass lenses and the understanding optics. Niepce created film which completed what the first successful photograph needed. A glass lens, a dark box, and film. Modern digital cameras work by having light pass through the lens, which exposes the film, which is the same exact thing Niepce's camera did. Digital cameras use an electronical sensor called CCD, which captures the image  in a computer memory device. 

Camera Modes

Auto Mode is when the camera completely controls flash and exposure. Program Mode is automatic-assit, so all you have to do is point and shoot. You can usually control flash and other camera settings. Portrait Mode is used for blurring out the background, the camera uses its fastest available lens setting (aperture). Sports mode works by the camera using its highest shutter speed, the goal is to freeze motion. In manual mode, the photographer must set the both the shutter and aperture. 

The Half Press

The importance of using the half-press button is it has faster respond time, encourages better composition, and more control over focus. As you press it the camera becomes "alive". 

Controlling Flash

The symbol with the flash cancelled out means that its a disabled flash, which gives no flash. The natural light gives more of a dramatic look. The symbol with the flash with the word auto by it, means auto mode and it will flash if the camera thinks it needs more light. It is enabled by default. 

Introduction to Exposure

If a photo has too much light to not enough light, the result or photo will not look real life. If its too much light, the photo will look washed out. Too little light will make the photo dark. You have to give the right amount of exposure to the picture.

The Universal Stop

The term "stop" is used in every aspect of photography to represent a relative change in the brightness of light. The stop for two planets is 2 and the stop for 4 is 4. 

Shutters and Aperture 

The affect that long shutters have is that it gives more light. A shorter shutter gives less light. The aperture controls how much light comes through. You can increase the amount of light by having a larger opening.

Avoiding Mergers

In this photo, the guys head is cut off just above the eyes. They are also heading towards the end of the photo.
 

Framing

This photo shop framing by the destroyed wall going around the fireman in the center of it. It also focuses on him with everything else going on.

Balance

This photo is balanced because everything is equally lined up to almost lined up. The background has an equal balance of colors.

Lines

This photo shows lines by the person falling down going along with the direction of the lines on the building.

Rule Of Thirds

This photo shows rule of thirds by the Empire State building being on the left side of the photo. Also, the twin towers in the back after the hit makes it stand out more.

Simplicity

Simplicity is shown in the photo by the smoke coming out of the building being focused on.  The tower is almost about to fall to the ground as the smoke comes out rapidly.

Prompt Shoot #1

Bowie 

Metal
(Simplicity)

Square
(Framing)

Happy