Top 100 Photos: John Paul Filo

I choose this photo because it shows so much emotion in the girl who is on her knees and the others that are around. I think that the photo makes you feel as if you were there walking past this happening. The person on the floor caught my eye as well as the girl on the ground, which lead me to think that the person was dead or very hurt. 

The paragraph behind the photo explains that this was shooting at Kent State University in Ohio, and lasted about 15 seconds. 4 people ended dead, nine wounded, and a campus that was distraught. The girl, Mary Vecchio was crying about the wounded, Jeffery Miller, on the floor. 

Biography:

Name: John Paul Filo

Birth date: August 21, 1948

Birth place: Natrona Heights 

School attended: Kent State University 

Fashion Photography

1st video- They photo shopped her eyes and made them bigger, as well as her mouth. Her face got more contoured and defined to have a shape to it.  

2nd video- The model's body was made skinnier and they put what looked like tanner all over her body. Her neck was made longer as well as her legs. 

3rd video- Her body was made bigger and tanner to create the look they were going for. They made her into a slice of pizza for a brand. 

4) I think that it is not ethically okay because when photo shoppers make models look something that they aren't, it sets a image of what people try so hard to be, which in reality, is fake. 

5) It's more ethnically wrong to do it over billboards and magazines where people look at it the most. It lets women and girls believe that, that image is what they have to look like and look up to. 

6) I think making simple little things stand out more like eyes or lips, or smoothing out someones face a little. When you start changing body parts and their body in general, that's when it's wrong. 

7) The difference between fashion photography and photo journalism is that fashion changes the way a person is or makes them more "beautified." In journalism you shoot a picture that is true and real to what you're trying to show. 

8) I think fashion photography is just plain fake. They photo shop girls into something that obviously they're not and someone totally new. It's far from reality with fashion and it's not ethical.

9) I think you're showing us these videos to show how different fashion photography is from journalism. What we see online or on ads of people, is probably photo shopped or not real.

10) None of these videos are about guys because they don't have to live up to the standards that we do. They don't wish they were another guy or look at models who are make to look perfect.     

Portraits & Self Portraits

Tips:

- Play with lighting in portraits
- Shoot Candidly
- Have emotions shown 

Environmental Portrait

Self Portrait

Casual Portrait

For my portrait project I'm going to shoot my friends either behind a plain wall for outside by trees. For my self portraits I'm going to shoot in nature & in the home life. I also wanna add really cool lights or lighting to the photos. In all photos I want to capture moments that define the person or myself. 

American Solider

1) I think the most powerful thing about this photo is all the emotions seen in it. it shows the struggle of missing his family, dealing with something happening in the place he's at, or praying. It captured a moment that truly expresses itself. 

2) The images work together by showing a Ian over time. They go in timely order and show us day after day of what happened with him and everything he went through. When he made the final choice to join the army all the way to when he finally came home, the pictures show the reality of what it's like to commit your life to the military. 

3) The captions of the photos enhance them by going into more detail about the background of it. They give more information about what the photo can't tell. 

4) June 1st, 2007, Ian Fisher put his life towards the United Stated Army. He was very ready for this part of his life, always wanting to protect his nation. He went straight into training for Iraq & survived through it all. Ian made close friends when going trough training and going out the fields. He had no idea the war he had ahead of him, but his strength and hope got him out alive. He retired from the Army and happily married his girlfriend, Devin.

5) The photos that Ian were in, were majority present tense. 

6) The average caption is about 2-4 sentences. The first couple sentences go into detail about what is happening in the picture. The second couple sentences describe background information that can't be seen in the picture. The third sentence is usually a quote from Ian or anyone important in the photo. A few of the captions have quotes in them. Yes, some of them have 4 or even more sentences. 

7) I think its possible because photos themselves can tell a lot. They show emotion and something that was happening in that exact moment. A caption helps also because it giver more detail to the story, telling more than what we can see. 

8) Even if you create a story with only photos and captions, a written story gives an more informational factor. All the small details can help a lot with stories and engages more with the reader. 

Rules of Composition II

Rule of Thirds

Balancing Elements 

Leading Lines

Symmetry & Patterns

Viewpoint

Background

Create Depth

Framing

Cropping

Avoiding Merging