Fashion Photography

1. The model's eyes were made bigger
2. Her legs were made longer
3. She became skinnier
4. Her neck was made longer

1. her entire body overall is made skinnier
2. her hair is edited to be longer
3. her boobs were enlarged

4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?
I don't think it is ethically acceptable to change a person's body to the extent that the videos showed. It projects an unrealistic standard of beauty to it's audience. Changing a person's appearance to meet this standard has a negative on the viewers.

5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
Yes, there are circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation. For example, changing person's skin color would be especially inappropriate, and offend viewers. Altering a photograph that covers a very serious subject matter is ethically wrong, and photographers and journalist doing this could get fired from their position.

6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
Editing levels is an ok change that wouldn't alter a photograph completely. I guess editing in objects and working with photoshop for an artistic purpose is ok too. What changes aren't ok are manipulating and changing a person's appearance to meet an unrealistic beauty standard.

7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
After seeing the videos I saw today, I feel like fashion photography can be more unrealistic with more glamor than photojournalism. Photojournalism seems to be more about photographs following rules of photography matched with quality content.

8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
A lot of fashion photography is getting farther away from reality as more advanced technology has been invented over the years. Like photoshop. In the fashion photography world, these practices could be seen as normal and ethically ok, but really they are creating an unrealistic standard of beauty to the audience. Photojournalism in comparison to fashion photography, is closer to reality.

9. Why do you think I am showing you these three videos?
I think we watched these videos so that we could be more aware of the darker side of photoshop and photography. It is important to know that the things fashion photography produces aren't always realistic.

10. Why are none of these videos about guys???
I think none of the videos showed guys because women over time have had to be objects of beauty. With impossible standards of beauty to meet, the videos showed girl's bodies being altered.

Magazine Cover Images

Self-Portrait 

Portrait

Portraits and Self-Portraits

Portrait

Self-Portrait

Magazine part 2

Early magazine covers were simple and somewhat like book coves. The covers were not as visually appearing as they are today. Sometimes a magazine cover would contain a title and table of context. Also small illustrations would be on early magazine covers, drawn symbols that would reveal the magazine's contact.

The poster cover magazine type displays images that don't necessarily to the story inside the magazine. Instead, the poster cover depicted a general mood or season. The poster cover focuses on the art rather then the written material on a magazine cover. Poster cover's are oversized illustrations with very few if any cover lines. Poster covers, though more popular back in the day, still appear in the magazine world today.

Pictures married to type are covers featuring the model, sometimes inter lapping with a bold title, and cover lines framing everything. Cover lines can be large, small, colorful, and loud. The cover lines compete with power photographs, these are popular pictures married to type. Cover lines and pictures married to type have become more bold and daring over time with more technology.

In the forest of words magazine covers have lots of captions and cover lines in vivid typography.  The cover lines and captions force the model to withdraw to a smaller space on the cover. Cover lines and the image overlapping. Models may pose in ways that allow cover lines and titles on a magazine cover.

Favorite

"Eyes closed, surrounded by a cut-out Carolina Herrera neckpiece, Lady Gaga looks like she's ready to explode. Photographed by Terry Richardson, what compels about the cover is both the graphics and the rare stillness of a superstar. Here, cut-out means a knockout." 


This excellent magazine cover featuring Lady Gaga, is full of color and interesting patterns. The intricate necklace and color scheme portray Lady Gaga as bold and fierce. This portrait has slightly low exposure and seems to be taken with flash. These forms of composition compliment Gaga, as they make her clearly the subject in the portrait by making her standout against the black background. The necklace Lady Gaga is wearing on the cover also accomplishes letting her standout. Framing her face, the wild geometric floral patterns matched with Gaga's relaxed sultry look indeed make it look like she's ready to explode. This cover fits the title "Gaga's Spring Awakening" perfectly, and overall is a successful portrait and magazine cover. 

Best Covers

1. The Advocate, formal
2. Wired, informal
3. ESPN, environmental
4. The New Yorker, environmental
5. Out, informal
6. The Atlantic, informal
7. Family Fun, enviormental
8. Bazaar, informal
9. Vanity fair, formal
10. Variety, informal
11. New York, informal
12. Men's Health, formal
13. Bloomberg Bussinessweek, formal
14. Golf Digest, environmental
15. Kinfolk, environmental
16. Harper's Bazaar, informal
17. ESPN, informal
18. New York, environmental

#1 Magazine Tips

One thing out of five things I should be thinking about when making my magazine is that it should be emotionally irresistible, the image should be eye catching and appealing. The magazine cover should arouse curiosity to draw in people viewing. Another thing to be thinking about when choosing and taking a cover photo, is for the cover to be intellectually stimulating, interesting, to show it will be a promising magazine worth the read. The magazine should be worth paying for and worth spending the time flipping through. Having your magazine be relatable and current to the audience is a way to achieve it's worth.

Prompt Shoot

Electric

Purple

Cold

American Soldier- Photos Make the Story

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshow? Why?
I think the most powerful photo would have to be the one with the soldier at night with the wire behind him, and a man or prisoner he seems to be ushering ahead. This photo is important because it shows the new soldier in action for the first time. It shows Fisher redefining himself as a soldier and an adult.

Set 1 - at home  - Image #1 to Image #3
Set 2 - basic training - Image #3 to Image #13
Set 3 - in Iraq - Image #13 to Image #27
In Image #28 he is back at home in Denver

C. Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?
Set 3, where the young soldier is in Iraq is the most powerful. The viewer sees Fisher become a man and a solider, as he  completes dangerous tasks in Iraq. He is no longer the boy he was when he entered the army, and I can see that in set 3. One can see the hardships the soldiers face, and the big difference of basic training (from set 2) and the real thing.

D. How do the images work together to tell a story?
The images show snapshots of Fisher's life, exclusively his journey being a soldier. Each shot shows a specific milestone from either him at home, basic training, and his time in Iraq. The picture's locations help indicate where Fisher is on his journey and express the emotion that the soldier undergoes through on in this chapter of his life. 

E. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
The verbs are usually written in present tense. 

F. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
The captions provide background information on Fisher. They let the reader better understand Fisher's personality. The captions enhance the photographs because the person viewing has a deeper knowledge and understanding of Fisher, and therefore is able to better analyze the photographs. 

G. Summarize the story of Ian Fisher, based just on the captions. 
Ian Fisher, who was somewhat of a troublesome kid, enlists into the military. He goes through basic training, where he meets new friends. In this time, Fisher struggles with balancing his at home life and military life, and gets into some trouble.With his second chance, Fisher serves in the Iraq war. When coming back home, Fisher is changed for the better.

2. What was his motivation for joining the military?
Ian's joined the military because he wanted to fight. Throughout his life Fisher was known to be loyal and fight for others, and had gotten into some trouble in high school. 

3. What kind of problems did he encounter during basic training?
During basic training, he injured his elbow, which was already injured from childhood, that negatively effected Fisher. Fisher almost quit during this period. 

4. What part of Ian's pre-military life caused him the most problems as he was being trained and while on deployment?
Ian struggled with following orders, smoking, drug use, and his breakup with Kayla. Fisher struggled with balancing his at home life with military life. 

5. What happened when Ian had a mid-tour break and returned home?
He proposes to his girlfriend, kayla. 

6. How did Iraq change Ian?
Iraq changed Ian from being a confused boy, to being a man and soldier who acknowledged his mistakes. Fisher gets married finally, and is ready to take on adult responsibilities in the world.

Casual Portrait

I like this casual portrait because of the colors, lighting, and facial expression of the girl. The portrait is taken at a unique angle that allows the nice lighting. The girl seems to be comfortable in her environment.

I found this casual portrait interesting because of the subject's position and facial expression. This portrait is captured at the side.

 For the portrait assignment I plan to maybe photograph either Hong, Emily, and my dad. I will probably take the picture inside with natural lighting against a wall or outside.

Photography Self Portrait

I like this self portrait because of the unique setting the photographer chose  and his odd facial expression . The newspapers, coffee, and pajamas make me wonder if this self portrait is a representation of the photographer in the morning. This photograph makes me wonder if this is the way the photographer sees himself. 

This self portrait seems to successfully represent how the feels. Him hanging upside-down and directly looking into the lens creates an interesting dynamic as he connects with the camera. The setting and the subject give a humorous feel. This self portrait seems to successfully represent the person.

Environmental Portrait

I like this environmental portrait because of the expression on the barber and how well the subject  and the background communicate. The unique angle with the barber and the chair makes it look like he is expecting you, waiting to give yet again another haircut. The barber's facial expressions show patience yet also annoyance at being photographed. The environment of the shop really completes the portrait.

This environmental photograph of the boy in the wheel barrow is interesting.  The boy seems comfortable in the city environment, one can affirm the urban setting by the brick wall and the shirts hanging along it, the shirts most likely belonging to the subject's. This shot has a lot of things in it that tell a story, making this a good environmental portrait.

2-3 Tips

 Alter Your PerspectiveMost portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

Go with a Wide AngleShooting with a wide angle lens attached to your camera can help create some memorable shots when you’re doing portrait photography.

Candids: Being UnobtrusiveYou may want to make photographs of people going about their business—vendors in a market, a crowd at a sports event, the line at a theater. You don't want them to appear aware of the camera.

Love and Loss Warm Up

1. What emotions did you feel as you worked your way through these images?
I felt extremely sad when looking through these photographs. Each shot seemed to capture a different part of their journey, specifically the wife battling breast cancer. The wife eventually dying filled me with sadness. A person viewing the photos can see time passing between each shot.

2. The photographer said this: "These photographs do not define us, but they are us." What do you think about this comment now that you have looked at the photos?
The photographer states that the photographs do not say or represent who they are, but rather they are the photographs. After seeing the photos, I must agree with this quote. The images tell stories and let a person viewing see a snapshot into their life. 

3. Do you think you could shoot photos like this if you were in this situation?
If I were in this situation, I think I could shoot photos that hold the same emotion. The photographer told a story with his pictures which I would hope I could do the same. That my photographs would do the situation justice.

4. If you could write Angelo a letter, what would you say to him?
I would write my condolences for his wife and say how stunning and heartbreaking his photographs are. I would ask questions about photography and how he managed to photograph the images. Also if photographing his wife's life with cancer was ever unbearably hard. 

Rules Of Photography Part 2 (Lighthouse edition)

Rule of Thirds

Balancing Elements  

Leading Lines

Symmetry and Patterns

Viewpoint

Background

Create Depth

Framing

Cropping

Mergers

Funny Captions

Pete, in the middle of a protest, turns to find his relatives dressed like him and ready to participate in his fight for bagel divorce. Pete Flipper was recently denied his right to have a divorce with his bagel wife. In peaceful protest, Pete and his relatives won their rights.

Linda Smith lights her cigarette with the candles on her 100th birthday cake. Her younger sister, Sorbet, gawks at Linda's bluntness. Throughout their lives Linda and Sorbet have been nothing but rivals, but when Linda's 100th birthday comes around, Sorbet is ready to make amends. Linda denies Sorbet's peace offering  by using the candles on the cake Sorbet made, to light her cigarette.

Old woman spotted in tattoo parlor receiving a football related tattoo. Football enthusiast Martha Dogless, received her unusual tattoo in light of  the upcoming Superbowl.

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. If I could visit and shoot any of the abandoned parks shown, I would choose "Jazzland", a New Orleans Six Flags theme park that was wrecked by hurricane Katrina. Since I've been to a lot of Six Flags parks, I think it would be an interesting experience to see and shoot an old run-down version. It surprises me that one of six flag's amusement parks could be forgotten and left to rot, since Six Flags is a big cooperation with many parks. Also it intrigues me to see the devastating hurricane's effects.  

2. 

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.
Barsana Dahm, Hindu temple Austin, Texas 
Salvation Mountain, california
Northern Lights, Alaska
Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas
The Bonneville salt flats


4. 

5. It would be a very neat experience to document the Bonneville salt flats because of the unique reflection of the sky and the flat land after it rains. With this aspect, I think I could produce some very stunning photographs. I would take landscape photos and portraits. Landscape purely because of the beautiful location, and portrait because I think portraits mixed with the background would be equally intriguing.

6. To take photos in the flats, I would need to get a plain ticket to Utah and most likely need to rent a car or cab to western Utah. I would need a good enough camera that would allow me to take clear pictures, and preferably with a nice zoomed lens. 

Africa

1. On your blog post your reactions to what you read and what you saw. How about 3-4 sentences.
Nick Brandt captures images of african wildlife. His photographs are dramatic, beautiful, and utilized the good, natural lighting.  I can tell Brandt puts a lot effort and time into his work, he mentions waiting for the perfect photo of a lion for over 10 days. I hope I can have the same patience when it comes to photography. 

2. Do a google image search for Nick Brandt, find your favorite photo and post it on your blog.

3. Describe it and tell me why its your favorite.
All of Brandt's photos were stunning but I'd have to choose this one as my favorite. This photograph shows a lioness with its prey. The expression of the lioness with it's giant prey before her, tells a story and lets me see what the harsh wildlife in Africa is really like. I can see the sky full of clouds and the dry desert that doesn't seem to end, this photograph (and all of his others') really transports the person viewing to the African savannah. This photograph offers a sense of realness and emptiness that Brandt's other photos didn't offer for me. For these reasons this unique image is my favorite. 

4. What rules of photography are evident in the photos you selected, be sure to explain the rule to me?
Simplicity is evident in this photo because Brandt captured the center of interest in this image with the most visual attention. Also because the uncomplicated background is worth noting, but does not steal away from the subject. I also think the rule of balance is evident in this photo because of the way the shapes/subjects are arranged with the larger animal in the foreground and the lioness behind it. 

Do a google/wikipedia search for Nick Brandt

5. What kind of camera and lens does he use and why is this important?

What is very interesting about Nick Brandt is that he doesn't use cameras with a telephoto or zoom lenses. He uses a pentax 67 with only two fixed lenses. This is important in relation to his work because Brandt feels that being close to the animals rather than just capturing photographs from a distance zooming in, reveals their personality and soul. Brandt writes, " You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."  

6. What is his reason for taking these photos?
He takes these photos to spread his message and capture the animals in a state of being in the wild. Brandt is deeply moved by seeing these animals in the wild, especially in Africa. For these reasons, Brandt was inspired to create his collection.

7. What is his hope by taking these type of photos?
Brandt hopes his work will inspire others to help the effort to preserve and protect African wildlife and habitat. He believes without the help of humans, all will be lost. Brandt believes humans are the threat that could cause the end of the animals existence.

8. Find something he has to say about Africa, and post the quote on your blog. 
Brandt describes the effect Africa has on him and how he sees it.

"There is something profoundly iconic, mythological even, about the animals of East and southern Africa. There is also something deeply, emotionally stirring and affecting about the plains of Africa—those vast, green rolling plains punctuated by graphically perfect acacia trees under the huge skies."

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.
Lee Friedlander's black and white photographs each seem to tell a different story. He captures portraits in urban areas. 

I chose this photo of his's because of the story it conveys. The eerie face in the television gives a sense that someone is watching you. Also, the expression the actress has, reminds me of old hollywood glamor.  The old television lets me know this image was taken in the past where television and movies are a somewhat new concept.

As the photographer, I'm seeing inside a motel room I'm staying in. There is a small television playing a drama. At one point in the show, the actress's face is zoomed in on. I see her unique facial expression filled with disdain, and the interesting shadows cast from other objects in the motel room, and snap I snap a photo.I smell the many scents from the motel. The smell of smoke from discarded cigarette butts and recently washed sheets fill the air. I inhale, and I contemplate the interesting combination of smells.
I hear the loud air conditioner as it produces cool air. The clicking of my camera as I take photographs, pierces the silence of the quiet, late afternoon. I also listen to the buzz of the television as it plays a show.
I taste the lasting after taste of the bitter coffee I had earlier. In response to the coffee, the flavor of minty gum plaques my taste buds. I apprehend the tastes as I shoot.
I feel the button of my camera click repetitively, as I capture photographs. I feel the rough motel carpet beneath my feet. The warm breeze from the open window ruffles my hair. 

I chose this photo of Lee Friedlander's because of the interesting subject and the way it correlates with the background.  The subject, the business man, is standing at the edge of the street with a busy sidewalk behind him. The question mark and the arrows above the man makes me intrigued because Friedlander captured the moment with him in deep thought.

As the photographer, I see people pass by on their ways to work. Cars zoom by on the busy streets. I see an odd looking man stop to look at me as I snap a photo of him.
I smell the pungent scent of garbage littering the streets of New York City. The aroma of hot food being sold by vendors drifts by. The smell of distant smoke from factories and smokers cloud my nostrils.
I hear the honking of cars in long lines of traffic. People speak different languages around me. The sounds of construction fill the air.
I taste warm vendor food. I choke on the fumes filling the air. The taste of coffee plaques my taste buds. 
As the photographer, I feel the button of my camera as I snap photos. The cold wind gently blows my scarf. 

Mural Project

1. What theme, that we could take here at school, could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?

Some themes we could do at school are bullying, knowledge, and friendship.

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?

I think using cameras would be good practice because I'm just getting the hang of it. Though I think it would be neat if we could use both phones and cameras (for those who have phones). 

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?


Putting the murals on a blank wall in the hallway would be interesting to look at. Maybe on/in a place that relates to our theme.

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? 

A challenge I faced was remembering to shoot photos that followed more of the rules of composition. Looking back on my photos, I see I could have been more patient with the focus and waited for it to adjust. 

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 found myself thinking about framing and focus the most during the shoot. During the assignment I tried to get unique angles that helped frame my photos. Also, I found unique subjects and focused them in relation on how I framed my subject(s). While photographing the theatre students practicing combat in their scenes, I had to be cautious about being out of focus.

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

If I could redo this assignment I would try to get photographs that follow more of the rules of composition. Specifically balance, simplicity, and lines. Also, if I did this shoot again I would go to different classrooms and not be nervous too. 

4. What things would you do the same?

During the photo shoot I found some classrooms with potential that I would love to go back too. While shooting in the library and the Spanish room, I got really good photos with interesting subjects.  
5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?

I think rule of thirds will be the easiest to achieve because a lot of the time I will capture my subject using rule of thirds without thinking about it. 

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

I think simplicity would be the hardest of the rules of photography to capture. This is because most of the subjects I choose are hard to capture simplistically.

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

I'm not exactly sure what balance and lines are out of the rules of composition. What I can do to understand them better is to read more about them and how they are used in photography.



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Academic Shoot

I used rule of thirds in this photo, my two subjects, the two theatre girls, are in the corners of the thirds in the photo. I think it is clear that the students acting are the subject of the photo.

In this photo I captured balance. The student at the computer's position creates geometric shapes that balance this photograph. It is obvious my subject here is the girl on the computer.

From the rules of composition, I captured the effect of lines in this photo. Obvious lines are present from the stairs and the stair case railing. The subject of my photo is the two girls working, especially the girl closest in the foreground. 

From the rules of composition, I captured rule of thirds by having my subject, the student studying, in one of the corners of the third. The subject is the student studying, smiling at his friend. I think it is clear he is the subject.

In this photo I somewhat used rule of thirds because my subject, the boy, is in a corner of the thirds. I think a person viewing this would see the subject is obviously the boy working.

IOS

IOS 200

IOS 3200

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?
Using a higher ISO at night would allow you to take the photo without using the flash.
2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?
Use a low ISO if you have plenty of light to retain the most detail and have the highest image quality.
3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?
Use low ISO if you have little light.

Shutter Speed

High shutter speed 

Slow shutter speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few months ago, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:
At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light:

You would use high shutter speed because the sun is still up.

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.
 
You would use slow shutter speed because slow shutter speed can photograph well in dim lighting or at night.

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed 


 Aperture priority mode, where the photographer sets the lens aperture while the camera automatically sets the shutter speed.

 Shutter priority mode, where the photographer sets the sets the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture. 

Manual mode, where the photographer sets both the aperture and the shutter speed manually.

Aperture

F2.8

F16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

We would relate aperture to the eyes, or more specifically the pupils.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the larger the f-stop and the picture's foreground/background is clearer, the higher the Aperture the smaller the f-stop .

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

Depth of field, which is the area of the image that appears sharp, is effected by the aperture because the aperture size determines the depth of field. Different sized f-stops will either show the foreground and background in focus or isolate the foreground by making the background blurry and unfocused.