Lytro Warm Up & Fashion

What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?
I saw that when the photo fully loaded you can see the image move as you move the box. It could be blurry in the back then it goes clear.

How does this new camera work?
You can capture an image and it can get the whole picture and of everything happening in the image.

What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo?
I think they would have to know how to set up an interesting photo.

Is it worth the money?
If its something you're good at and you have an open door to make it a career it is worth the money.


Fashion

List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer.

Is it ethically acceptably to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?

Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?

What types of changes are OK and what aren't?

What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?

Mural Project

                                                         My Photos (:

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1. The most powerful picture to me is photo number 7. His cousins Shane and Buddha realize that Ian is really gone to the Army and it doesn't hit tim until they see him drive off. This is something I can relate to because my favorite uncle is a Sargent in the Army and I get worried what might happen  or what could happen.

Set #1 At home in Denver #1-#9

Set #2 Basic training #10-#49

Set #3 In Iraq #50-#70

Set #4 Back in Denver #70-#83

The pictures most powerful were photos #5, #6, #7, #12, #22 , #31, #47, #75, #78. All these photos have a dramatic emotion. 

These images all go together to create the story of a young man trying to go into the army and him overcoming leaving his family and ending relationships. Their everyday photos of him so its basically telling his life story through all these images.

3.
Ian misses his family and gives them hugs.

Ian missed his family and gave them hugs.

The captions enhance the photo in telling a more descriptive story of the photo so its better understanding.

4.

September 23, 2001. I sat there with my father just thinking of all the things we've overcame. Finding out the news that I needed a heart transplant was one tough situation, one of the toughest things to overcome. But tomorrow I have faith that I will live through it.

September 24, 2001. Jesse said goodbye to his cousins as they thought about the surgery he was about to go through tonight. Knowing that this is life threatening makes it much overwhelming for them. With his father Michael and aunt Crystal waiting to take him to the hospital.

September 25, 2001. Michael sat in the waiting room with a cross his mother gave him when he was a child. He prayed that his son will recover and make it through his surgery. He had so much hope and faith that his soon will be okay.


5.
The features help you understand the photo than just looking at the photos and captions.

The videos are better because its more than just a picture you can actually view his life and his full expressions.

Photos are better than vides because you can capture a moment that you absolutely love and have that one image always there.

Great black & 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?

When I first saw Tina Moditt's I thought that she was one of a kind and she captured her life in photos.



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. 

I see a pretty women and flowers that she is holding.
I smell freshness from the flowers.
I hear birds chirping.
I taste fresh air.
I feel peaceful and mellow.

Second Photo

I see a old school car in front of a barber shop.
I smell gas from the car.
I hear people talking and cars up and down the street.
I taste a great sweet tea I would love to be drinking.
I feel great because it looks so beautiful.




My Photos

Academic Shoot Reflection

1.) What challenge did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?

When I went to go take photos I forgot some of the rules so I wasn't as focused on getting all of the rules but I think I did a good job.

2.) What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general did you find yourself thinking about he most? 

 

I thought about focusing the camera and getting good  angles to make the pictures look nice.

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

I would make sure to achieve each and every rule.

4.) What things would you do the same?

Still take a lot of pictures.

5.)When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be easiest to achieve?

Avoiding mergers, simplicity and lines.

 

6.) Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?

Rule of thirds, balancing & framing.

7.)  What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is?

Rule of thirds, I could read more about it and look at more pictures that have rule of thirds.

Academic Shoot

 

                                  Lines

                       

                       Rule of Thirds

 

                     Simplicity 

                       Balance 

                                 
                  Avoiding Mergers

                             Framing 







Questions 

1.) I followed simplicity, lines, rule if thirds, and avoiding mergers pretty well, balance and framing was a little hard for me but I think I got it.

2.) A subject for lines would be dictionaries.
For rules of thirds the subject would be a boys figure and the background being brighter than him.
For simplicity it would be pretty pink flowers.
For balance the subject would be a boy balancing on one foot & being tilted.
For avoiding mergers it would be Officer Clayton posing & getting cut off.
For framing its a long strip of blue paper in the middle.

3.)In some photos you'll know what the subject is.

4.) I could of went to the composition website.

Touching People

1)  What do you think about this project and photo essay?
I think that its really fascinating and interesting, it open up my eyes to different things.

2) What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger?
I would participate in take the photo shoot I think it would be fun. Yes I would but hopefully they'll be clean!

3) Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot.
I would maybe like to go to an ice cream photo shoot.

4) Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at them?
The photos I think are boring, I think that they could have something more appealing.

40 Greatest Photos Take & Touching People

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I picked this photo because it's very meaningful and tells me a story just by looking at it. This photo also shows me the characteristics about this man and how he cared for what he did for his country.

The photographer picked an excellent time to take this photo. I like how he took it from the left angle and it shows the man kneeling, the tank, the flowers, and the tank.

I think this photo meant a lot to people who served for their country and loyal americans. The man shows his dedication and the way he felt about his fellow members. Something that people serving for their country goes through everyday.

Jack Bradley

I picked this photo because it touched my heart to the core, I'm sure others felt the same way when they read the caption. 

The person who took this photo had amazing timing, to get this picture right on time when he first heard something is absolutely amazing. I'm sure it meant very much to the boy the family and the photographer.

This made the top 40 pictures because its a lovable picture, the feeling of knowing this is the first picture he took when he first heard something is beautiful. 

Aaron Thompson

When I first saw this photo I couldn't help but be sad and think about who was his father and all that he had done before he passed. 

The photographer who caught this photo must have been proud of he piece and what he caught on camera.

This made the top 40 I believe because this represents many of kids who have lost their parents due to serving for their country. You can see so many emotions in this photo.

Composition 9/11- The first 6 rules of photography

                                                                     Simplicity

                                                                      Rule of Thirds

                                                

                                                                           Lines

                                                                   Balance

                                                                   Framing

                                                                   Avoiding Mergers

Great Black and White Photographers PART 2

Name: Tina Modotti
Birth: August 16, 1896 in Udine
Death: January 6, 1942 in Mexico City

Tina Modotti had a big family she was the third child of six. The kids all tried to help their mom while their dad went off to work. She left school when she was in the third grade. When she turned 16 she moved to immigrated to the Untied States to be with her father in San Francisco. She was introduced to photography
 as a young girl in Italy, where her uncle, Pietro Modotti, maintained a photography studio. 

Careers
Acting, photographic, and an activist.

Book 
Tina Modotti photographs

Red, Metal, Happy

Red

Metal

Happy

Camer history and information

The Camera

1. Explain the "camera obscura" effect. How is it achieved?

Greek and Chinese philosophers discovered the optical effect and soon was the first camera. It worked by being inside a dark room and a tiny hole created by the wall, the holes light passed through and was focused and projected upside down on the opposite wall. 

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?

Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lens.

3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?

He added film, glass lens, and a dark box.

4. What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce's camera?

Light passes through the lens, into the camera and exposes the film.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?

It uses an electronic sensor called a CCD.

Camera Modes

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program Mode?

On the auto the camera will control the flash and exposure. Program is automatic-assist, you can control flash and other camera settings.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?

To attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting. 

8. What is the Sports mode used for? How does it work?

To freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible.

The Half Press

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?

To get the camera to focus and it'll tell you when its ready for the shoot.

Controlling Flash

10. What is this symbol mean? When would you use it?

Means that there is no flash. When there is enough light in the room.

11.  That the flash is on, you would use it when you're in a dark room or if there is not enough light.

Introduction to exposure

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light ?

The picture would be washed out. 

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?

Not enough will make the picture dark.

The Universal Stop

14. What is a "stop"?

It represents a relative change in the brigtness of light. 

15. How many stops fighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one?

16. how many steps brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead if two?

Shutters and Aperture

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?
More light.

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?
less light.

19. What does the aperture control?

controls the light.

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?
It closes up to restrict light, and opening up to let it through.

Great Black and White Photographers

Tina Modotti

                      Berenice Abbott                                                                  Robert Adams

The Camera

Parallax:  is an effect in photography where the image seen in the viewfinder is not framed the same as the image seen through the lens, because the viewfinder is in a slightly different position to the lens.

Pentaprism: A multi sided glass prism housed in the roof of an single-lens reflex camera so that the image that's seen by the lens can be viewed through an optical viewfinder above the lens.

Pellicle Mirror:  A fixed mirror in a single-lens reflex camera that reflects some of the light entering the lens to the ground-glass view screen while permitting most of the light to pass through to the film.

Pentax:  A brand name used by Pentax Ricch imaging company for cameras, sport optics and service.

  

Aperture: a space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument. The variable opening by which light enters a camera.

Shutter:  Each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out light.

Exposure: is the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium during the process of taking a photo.

Depth of field: is a characteristic of a camera that can be used to enhance the image composition of the photo.

F-stop: is the number ration of the focal length of the lens to the diameter of the aperture.

Focal length: of a lens determines how much magnification it provides.

 viewfinder diopter adjustment

aperture/exposure compensation/erase button

live view/movie record

AE lock

AF point selection 

quick control

ISO menu

drive mode

White balance 

AF mode

playback

display button

speaker
menu
white balance

 

First Photos - Best & Worst

I chose this picture because I really admire how the angle is towards her. What makes this a good photo is that its not blurry at all. She looks like a model !

This picture could of been a good photo if it wasn't blurry. I like how everyone is positioned, and their expressions. Overall its a blurry photo, but it had potential to be a good photo.

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