Captions

Grandma Bertha that turns 100 years old on her birthday is lighting her cigarette with her candles from her birthday cake from her b-day dinner this evening. She was supposed to blow out her candles but she decided to light her cigarette so she coughed up smoke and it got caught inside her so she died. 

This old man Jim is driving to Wendy's to get some french fries and a hamburger with a chocolate frosty on his electric scooter. He was way too tired to get in his car so he just stayed in his electric scooter which caused the car behind him to honk.

This old woman, Cheryl  is on her way to go to the store. She didn't use her car so that resulted with her  daughter that had to come chase her down so she wouldn't cause any trouble.

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? Post the images with your writing. When I looked at each of these photos they looked dark and cool looking but there was always something that brightened the photographs up! All of the pictures that I chose had a dark subject and light brightened it up.

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 smell: I smell the fresh cut green grass surrounding me. I smell the salty and musky air. The nasty smell of the swamp whiffs into my face.
I see: I see the abounded roads standing above me. I oversee the tops of hills and mountains.
I hear: I hear the wind blowing the leaves everywhere. 
I taste: I taste the fresh water in the swamp and the salted air.
I feel: I feel the rough tree branches and the scratchy moss.

Photo Mural Project and Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school? I have seen a lot of murals that have lots of colors with different patterns and some have inspiring quotes. We could make a panel of pictures made of pictures taken of bowie. 

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?  Well I feel like like the regular cameras give way better quality and they look better even if it takes longer to get them on a little square shaped canvas. Phones still take good photos and it might be quicker.

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus? I definitely think it would look awesome in the court yard somewhere or maybe inside.

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? Well I think that the subject of taking pictures of academic was hard. There was no pictures that followed any rule in a classroom. 

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 mostly thought about holding the camera underneath to zoom in and out. I would be far away trying to take a photo so I would hold the camera underneath to zoom in.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography? I don't think that I would do anything differently, with taking photos.

4. What things would you do the same? I would use the technical aspects like I normally do.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve? Simplicity is probably the most easiest to achieve.

6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture? It was hard for me to find the right way to take a framing picture.

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is? I'm actually not confused at all of the rules and how to take pictures to follow them.


Critique Link:

I love how she took pictures from above and and also at angles! But she could of done a better job on her Framing photo. :) 

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Academic Photo-shoot

Simplicity

1) I think I followed the rule pretty well because it is focused on 1 thing and there is nothing distracting.

2) The subject is mainly focused on the girl and what she is drawing on.

3) In this photo it is definitely obvious on what the subject is when looking at it.

4) I followed the rule well and I wouldn't change it. 

                  

                

 Lines

1) I think in this picture i did good but I probably could of done better.

2) The lines of the windows lead to the kid working.

3) It is pretty obvious on the subject when you are looking at it.

4) I would change the background maybe and find more lines. 

Rule Of Thirds

1) This picture follows the rule well.

2) The kid studying at his desk is the main subject.

3) I can see the subject really well but there are some distractions in the photo.

4) I could of zoomed in more for less distractions.

Balance

1) I followed the rule really well on this photo because it is symmetrical on each side.

2) The girl with her art work with the light shining on her.

3) The main subject is really obvious when looking at the photograph.

4) I don't think I would change this picture.

Avoiding Mergers

1) This rule definitely follows the rule of Avoiding Mergers

2) The subject is the boy with the pole coming out of his head.

3) There are other people in the picture and some distractions but you can still see the main subject.

4) To avoid the mergers I could of taken it at a different angle to avoid the pole coming out of the boy's head.

Framing

1) This rule completely follows the rule of Framing because the tree is framing the girl.

2) The subject is the girl with her work, working on her homework.

3) I think the kid in the back is distracting because it looks like he is running and the kid looks blurry but you can see what the picture is of.

4) I don't think that I would change this photo at all.

Unusual and Interesting Photos Part 3

1. Below each photo are suggestions for photographers. List 3 of the ones you think are the most important for photographers to remember when they are out shooting. I think it is important to make sure that there is no glare in the copy of the picture, also have a dark background with window lighting so that it looks good, also to have images that fit into the photo but make sure that it doesn't distract the main subject.

2. Pick your favorite painting, get a copy of it and post it on your blog.

3. Then go find a REAL photo that looks like your painting. DO NOT GET AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THAT PAINTING, find a photo that copies the style of the painting, but is NOT the painting.

4. Did the photographer follow the suggestions fully? There are many other objects in the photo but also don't distract the main subject, and there is no glare.

5. Which style of painting do you think might influence you?  I mostly like photographs that aren't just photos, i want them to catch my eye or tell me a story just by looking at the picture.

Unusual and Interesting Photos Part 2

1. Why did you pick this photo? This photo is so upsetting to look at but I see the flag over his coffin so it makes me wonder if he was in the army at all.

2. What category did you find this photo? I found this picture in Photo Journalist of the Year.

3. What award did it win (what place)? It won 1st place.

4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) It got my eye because how he got the flag and the daughter touching her dad or brother in the picture, he also got it at a really good angle.

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? It probably weighed more because of how sad this photograph is.

6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? There are many sad photographs out there but this one stood out to the judges and me because of how cool the flag looks with the man.

1. Why did you pick this photo? This photo looks so cool with the water swished around to flocs up on the 4 leaf clovers

2. What category did you find this photo? I found this photo in the Environment category.

3. What award did it win (what place)? It was in AE1.

4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) The water that was moved around caught my eye in the picture.

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? I have never really seen a photo like this so I think it weighed more then normal.

6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? The water made the photograph unique because that was the first thing that I saw.

1. Why did you pick this photo? This photo looks really cool because of the man in motion.

2. What category did you find this photo? In Feature Single

3. What award did it win (what place)? AE2

4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) The photo would of been boring if the photographer took the photo straight on it but since he tok it looking up from it the photo looks amazing.

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? I wouldn't say that this photograph weighed down the judges but it is a cool picture.

6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo ?  The photographer had to get it at a really cool angle and he did!