Lytro Warm up and Fashion

Lytro Warm Up:
1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo? You had option to blur out the background on the photo and move the things inside the photo around. 
2. How does this new camera work? It lets you look around the setting and create a photo video
3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about)  You would need to know how to work the manuel settings and know the basic rules.
4. Is it worth the money? I think it is because, photos, videos keep memories.

Fashion:
1- They changed the weight on her face, her eyebrows, her eyes, shoulders, neck, hair, makeup, lip, cheekbones, ears, and forehead. 
2- Yes, because a person has to be what a magazine or whatever purpose the picture is explaining.
3- The circumstances of doing this is good and bad because it shows what the picture is trying to explain and show the people what a model is. It can be bad because its not the real person and that person have a real low self esteem since they have to change things up for her to be perfect, everyone should be happy for who they are.
4- I think its okay to put on make up, and fix hair but the face weight, change of shoulders, eyebrows, eyes, lips and all was to much.
5- Fashion photography is to make a picture looks perfect and posing, having everything prepared is a fashion picture. In photojournalism i think its just memories and to catch them, to not plan them or change anything, a little touch would be okay but not as much as a picture for fashion.
6- They all use photoshop to fix or make the picture better.

Rules of Photography Part 2

Rule of thirds- 

Balance- 

Lines-

Symmetry and patterns-

Viewpoint-

Background-

Depth- 

Framing- 

cropping- 

Mergers-

Avoiding them-

Self Portraits 1 and 2

Tips- 

1. Use a mirror! It seems so obvious, but how to use mirrors is important, too – take it down from the wall, and experiment!
   
2. Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.
   
3. A self-portrait doesn't have to be of your face—the image of two hands holding a camera says a lot about the photographer who shot his own portrait. You can also aim the camera down your body from eye level.

Environmental Portrait-

I like this picture because i like how the camera was set on the guitar to get the guys face. I picked this photo because its a different, the view of it caught my attention.

The reason i picked this photo is because it has a nice background, the up view of the picture is really nice, its different. I like this picture because i like how its simple colors, with a dark red and blue on his shirt and the guitar stands out as well.

Photography Self Portrait-

I like this photo because i like how its in black and white and the way the camera got the shot was perfect. I picked this photo because its a portrait of this guy who seems to be strong and it looks like theirs a story to this picture.

I picked this photo because it stood out to me, it was different from other images. I like this picture because the way the girl put a image on top of her face fit perfectly to her face.

Casual Portrait-

The reason i picked this photo because its a nice picture of a man. I like this picture because his eyes caught my attention.

I picked this photo because the guy is looking at a different direction. I like this photo because its one color.

I want to shoot Robert because i feel comfortable with him to take a picture of him. I want to shoot by a window to get a nice view of outside where i can see the grass and trees or a reflection. I want to put the camera at a nice place so i can get the view i want. When i shoot, i want to have a sort of blurry background so you can sort of see the size and what the background is, so my person can stand out.

American Soldier

1.

A. I think the most powerful image is where Ian's mom is tearing up (#78)because it just shows how much they miss him and how happy they are to see him.

B. Set #1 At home in Denver- #1 from image to image #7
Set #2 At Basic Training- #7 from image to  image #30
Set #3 In Iraq- #30 from image to image #70
Set #4 Back in Denver- #70 from image to image #83

Which set of images was the most powerful? why? The set of being at home in Denver was the most powerful one for me because he has to say goodbye to his family and its not easy to say goodbye to anyone.

C.  How do the images work together to tell a story? The pictures are in order and they have captions to explain what is going on.

3.
A-  The verbs are in past tense.
B-  The captions enhance the photographs because it gives the details and the background information to what the image doesn't show to the person.

4.
Image #35
Ian and his girlfriend go to the jewelry store to go buy an engagement ring, Karen looks super excited while they wait for a worker to help them out.

Image #41
Ian's foot started hurting Ian, Michael starts helping out Ian unwrapping his foot so he can take a better look at Ian's foot and help him out.

Image#49
Troops are tired from a busy day of working hard. They take a nap while they wait at the gym.


5.
A-  It explains what is going on more with their thoughts and feelings
B-Videos give you more information than an image by their actions
C- Photos are better because its captured on one idea and it can explain a little.

Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO

Aperture:

 

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? the pedals, and the red flowers

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the more the background is blurred out, the higher the Aperture the less the background is blurred out.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? If the aperture is small, the background will be blurred out but if the aperture is large, the background will be less blurry.

Shutter Speed:

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

a.) the dunking booth- high shutter speed

b.) the food eating contest-high shutter speed

c.) the rock climbing wall-slow shutter speed

d.) someone working at a booth-high shutter speed

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- high shutter speed

f.) the Diamonds performance.- high 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.) the dunking booth- slow shutter speed

b.) the food eating contest- high shutter speed

c.) the rock climbing wall- slow shutter speed

d.) someone working at a booth-slow shutter speed

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle- slow shutter speed

f.) the Diamonds performance.- slow shutter speed

ISO:

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game? To get a quick picture of what you're trying to capture where there isn't much light and to freeze motion

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO? when you have enough light, try to use as much less of ISO. 

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO? to use high ISO you can capture pictures that have a lot of movement so you can freeze the motion and be able to capture it.

Sim cam LINK:

F5.6- looks the best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed. There is no background visible. All you can see is the couple.

F4- looks the best at 1/125 of a second shutter speed. There is no background visible. All you can see is the couple.

F8- looks the best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed.  The background is blurry.

F11- looks the best at 1/60 of a second shutter speed. The background is blurry. 

F16- looks the best at 1/30 of a second shutter speed. The background is more visual but still blurry.

F22- looks the best at 1/15 of a second shutter speed. Background is visual.

Test: I did good, i seemed to understand the topics well.

Mural Project

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. 
   On the first article, i liked the very first amusement park Okpo Land, South Korea because the story was interesting how the girl died. Everything was left how it was last abandoned, which means you can see how the girl was hurt at the amusement park or by what. Pictures taken from there can have a lot of meaning because there is a story behind them. The pictures in the article look interesting as well because the things look creepy since they've rot.
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3. Unusual places: Haunted house, Party, Old movie theaters, Outlet Mall, and Gym.
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5. This picture interest me because it looks like a scary place to go into, I think there had to be more into this picture, a story to this. I don't believe it was just not used anymore, it looks like something happened and something went wrong. I would want to take a closer picture of the stage part where the movie is shown, of the ceiling, the seats, and the exit and enter door. This place as if its haunted and if it is, it would be even more interesting to take pictures of.
6. I would have to take my equipment especially my camera, i would need money to travel there. i have no idea if people are allowed in this old movie theater anymore, but i heard its really old and dangerous.

Funny Captions

Max is going for a walk down 6th street with Angelica (the owner) dressed up.
Max is dressed up because its cold outside.

Michael went to a party last night and it got a little crazy.

He went for his friends Birthday party.

Bobby bought new shoes at nordstrom because they were in sale.

He bought them to use them for a birthday party he was invited to.

Great Black and White Photographers PART 3

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? I think he's pictures were a way to say he wants peace in the world.

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. Answer them on your blog.

I see a ocean and a house, the ocean looks peaceful, the clouds are right above it and it looks as if it rained before or its going to rain. The house looks really big, a big family probably lives there. They seem have a big front and back yard too, it looks like a safe place to live in. 

I smell fish on the ocean picture, i smell dirt and plants on the house picture, the smell of a fresh baked pie coming from the window. 

I hear waves hitting the shore, relaxing waves putting me to sleep. i hear trees and leafs and wind blowing, leafs falling to the grown, sounds from the house. 

I taste a salty kind of taste with a fish taste. I taste dirt and grass because the wind is blowing hard as the dirt and grass comes to my face. I taste the good smell of the baked pie.

I feel dirty, sticky because of the humidity. The ocean was cold. The house feels safe, kind of cold because of the wind. I feel the dirt coming to my face because the wind is that strong.

I want to create a wall of a picture of every worker and student in this cool to express their personality.

Peer Critique

AM, RM, RC.

AM did a good job at avoiding mergers because she had two bodies cut out the picture.

RM did a good job at her line picture because she got the desk to be a line with the papers that were on the desk.

RC did a good job on avoiding mergers because it looks like that kid was moving and he's body is cut out the picture.

Academic Shoot

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? I was trying to see if i could get pictures like people usually don't have but it was kind of hard trying to relate it to school.


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 was focusing on holding the camera, because i think a picture is better where it is at the correct position. For my picture of rule of thirds i concentrated how i was holding my camera because i wanted to get the main thing of my picture at a side and not the middle to follow the rule.


3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography? I would try to think about how I'm going to take the picture before i do, because most of my pictures didn't come out the way i wanted them to.


4. What things would you do the same? I liked my rule of thirds picture besides that it doesn't really relate to academy. 


5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve? I think the rule of thirds, i feel like i know the rule of thirds more than any other rule.


6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture? I think Avoiding Mergers, i don't really understand that rule.


7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is? Avoiding Mergers. I can look at more pictures that avoid mergers, and shoot some myself so i can understand the rule better.

Academic shoot

Rule of thirds: 

1. How well did you follow the rule? I felt like i knew this rule well enough.

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is someone looking out of a school window.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? I feel like it is.

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? This picture should just be like in a class room or something more related to school.

Balance:

1. How well did you follow the rule? I thought it was a good picture because the trees are the ones giving it a equal balance

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is trees on both sides.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Probably not.

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could've got two students in both sides right and left so it could demonstrate balance.

Avoiding Mergers:

1. How well did you follow the rule? not very much.

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is that the student is tired and has his head down.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? I think it is.

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I should've got a lonelier background or that desk to not be aside of him.

Simplicity:

1. How well did you follow the rule? not very well, i tried getting a blank background but this was the best i could do.

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The class is learning and a student is tired or thinking.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? No idea.

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? i could've got one student standing in plain wall.

Lines:

1. How well did you follow the rule? The rule was easy, i understood it well.

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is that the students are having a conversations on their rows.

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? i think it is, because the line is straight down the picture

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?

Framing:

1. How well did you follow the rule? I don't know if i did it right, because i couldn't get a good picture to find something that will frame the main idea.

2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is the girl who is doing her work in class with a plain background that gives a frame

3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? I think so

4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? 

Africa and Mural Project

A lot of this pictures were really good,  even by just the background. The focus on the pictures were good.

Its my favorite picture because the background isn't distracting, the elephant is in the center.

a.     What kind of camera did he use? Pentax 67.
b.     What is his reason for taking the photos?  animals simply in the state of being before they're gone since humans don't seem to take care of animals like they should be.
c.     What is his hope by taking these types of photos? For people to notice that animals are humans too, they deserve to be alive.
d.     Find something he has to say about Africa and post the quote on your blog 
 “It was so moving. I felt like I was watching these incredible creatures move across a landscape before man was around,”

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school? A theme we could use is friendship, the love we have around our school or like school spirit.

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? we should do regular cameras, because certain phones don't take we'll pictures.

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3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus? I think the best place would be in the cafeteria

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy) I tried to take a picture of something unique who someone else didn't have. 

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. The aspect i found myself using the most was focus. I was trying to focus on the main object in my 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 try to put the rules in my picture.

4. What things would you do the same? The focus i used for the picture.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, happy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any? On the red and metal i feel like i got the rule of thirds. 

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why? I am, I like taking pictures in general. 

Avoiding Merges

Avoiding Merge:

In this picture it shows "avoiding merges" because the guy is the attention in this picture, the background is plain. There's nothing else that catches someone eye besides this guy.

Merge: In this picture the body is cut off on the bottom which i think is a way that this picture was merge. The bodies should be complete in the pictures to avoid merges.

Framing

I think this is a good example of framing because the buildings are on one side and the trees are on the other side. Which i thought was a good way to frame a picture so you can focus whats in the picture and not out the picture.

Balance

I chose this picture for balance because i think the buildings were in the correct place. The buildings are on the right and the left so if you imagined it on a scale, it would be even. 

Lines

I think this was a good example of lines because its a leading line to provide a way into the picture. An easy, straight line for someone to follow the idea of this picture.

The Rule of Thirds

In this photo the guy is on the side which i think is good for the rule of thirds because the human eye seems to catch things that are not in the middle. You want people to notice the things that seem important and humans seem to look outside of the middle first.

Simplicity

I thought this was a good example of simplicity because simplicity should be something that catches that persons eye. There shouldn't be so many other things in just one picture, one thing is important in one picture so this pictures importance is how one of the towers was damaged.

Unusual and Interesting Photos

1. What is your reaction to his work? His pictures are pretty cool
2. How do you think he made these photos? I think he edit them by taking pictures in different angles then put them together but he sort of made them fade.
3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them? I think the Eiffel tower would be a really good building, a lot of people think the Eiffel tower is one of the most beautiful things in the world. The Eiffel tower is located in Paris.

PART 2

1. Why did you pick this photo? i think this is very creative and smart picture
2. What category did you find this photo? i found it on Photojournalist of the Year (smaller markets)
3. What award did it win (what place)? 1st place
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) he put the little kids face from the book to look like if it was the kid that was reading the book.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? a lot if it won 1st place
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? he had to think really creatively because it was a smart idea to use the face of the book for the kid who's reading the book. 

1. Why did you pick this photo? its a great action picture
2. What category did you find this photo? Sports Action
3. What award did it win (what place)? HM, 5th place
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) the way the water looks
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? not very much.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? she had to do this underwater

1. Why did you pick this photo? i think its a good portrait, it has details.
2. What category did you find this photo? News Portrait and Personality
3. What award did it win (what place)? 2nd place
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) i like the way the light looks behind her with her smile.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? not as much but she did win 2nd place
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? The unique thing about this picture its that its not showing the ladies whole face and its just her smile.
PART 3

4. Did the photographer follow the suggestions fully? i think the photographer did because they got the details and all from the reflection
5. Which style of painting do you think might influence you? The reflection kind of photos.