Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. The photographer was able to take the photograph because he was trying to alert the train to stop with his flash on the camera.

2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo? he probably said it because he was trying to help stop the train.


3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo? Yes I think he should of taken it because he was doing all he could to help out because, he wasn't strong enough to help.


4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not? I think he did the best thing in this situation because if he wasn't strong enough to help him out then he need to alert the train to stop and, he did all that he could do.

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not. I don't really mind if he did or didn't. I mean it is a grabbing image with an interesting story and is cool to post it. But, sometimes it is sad for it to be posted because he tried to save him but unfortunately the man died.

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not? For a photo journalist i think it depends. If it means saving someones life, if i were a photojournalist going through the experience of saving someones life is better then capturing an image of it.

7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not. I think it was ethical because he wasn't really trying to take a picture of someone dying… it was him trying to alert the train to stop.

8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. I don't think it is to that point for a photojournalist to avoid, because any event can come up at any given time.
 
9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation. I'm pretty surprised how most of them left some negative comments on his post because, all he was doing was trying to alert the train to stop.

Final Review

1. Pick a couple of photos and write captions for them. There are already captions there, don't copy them. You can make up names and situations if necessary. Post the photo and the caption on your blog. 

Angela Smith and Carlo Santiago are in the Caribbean having a picnic on the beach spending their last day there when a huge hurricane came in. Angela and Carlo were evacuated safely to a shelter before the hurricane could hit them. 

Lindsey, Christina Johnson, and their mom Annie Johnson are sitting on their beautiful house that is now torn apart from a huge tornado. Annie's dog Coco wasn't able to get to a safe shelter and the the girls still haven't found him.  

2. You will need to know all the rules of photography and be able to explain them. Here are the rules again:

1. Rule of thirds When the main subject isn't directly in the middle. Rule of thirds are imaginary lines through the photograph

2. Balancing Elements Balancing Elements is when two things balance each other out in a photograph. 

3. Leading Lines Leading lines is when some sort of line is leading to the main subject. 

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition) Symmetry is when two subjects are exactly symmetrical in the photograph.

5. Viewpoint Viewpoint is when a photo is taken from birds eye view and you are looking down onto the photo.

6. Background Background is when you have a blank background with nothing in it at all/ All you see is the main subject.

7. Create depth When you can see depth in a picture. When you take a picture from an up angle and you can see more then one subject.

8. Framing When the subject is being framed by any object. Such as a person being framed by a shadow.

9. Cropping When two or more objects or subjects cropping the main subject.

10. Mergers and avoiding them When a picture has something wrong in the picture that takes away the view from the subject.

3. You will need to know and understand Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO.

On your blog retype the words and explain what each means.

Aperture-  How blurry the background will be

Shutter Speed-  Certain speed light will be captured in.

ISO- The light sensitivity.

4. You will need to know and be able to explain the ethics of manipulating photos in photoshop and what is acceptable and what is not acceptable.

Photoshop can only be acceptable if you are taking away little things. Such as, taking out blemishes, stray hairs or maybe a little cut or bruise. Changing the whole picture like size, adding hair or adding length to the subject just takes away he natural beauty of it. 

5. You will need to be able to explain the three types of portraits you read about – Environmental, Self and Casual.

Environmental- When the subject is in their rightful place. (ex. A president in their office, or a cheerleader in her cheer gym)

Self Portrait- A photograph taken by yourself of yourself.

Casual- A photographer taking a photo of someone else.

6. You will need to be able to explain the photographic terms: Exposure, Depth of Field, and Focal Length. Look those words up again.

Exposure- How much light is exposed in a picture.

Depth of Field- distance between the farther and closet objects

Focal Length- The distance from the optical center of any lens.

 

 

7. You will need to know the four types of magazine covers: Early, Poster, Married to Type and Forest of Words and how to tell the difference.

 

Early- The magazines contain a table of contents on the cover and are printed in black and white, unlike the ones we have now.

 

Poster- a photograph cover that doesn't relate to anything inside the magazine yet its created to set a mood.

 

Married to Type-it is a photograph where the subject is mostly in front blocking a little bit of the cover title. They most likely did this to draw attention to the subject and avoid the cover lines.

 

Forest of Words-all of these magazines mostly contained a couple short captions in front or on the side of the subject that are sometimes bigger than the title. In some of these covers there is literally no space on the magazine cover because they are full of the captions. 

 

 

Magazine Cover

Portraits and Self Portraits

Portrait

Self- Portrait