Semester Final Exam Review

One of the many people who run to the North Pole to escape the nuclear war quickly sprints across the frozen river of Honabzet in the hopes that the bombs detonating in Canada won't burn the river, as well as him, up, on 9/11, 342 A.D. 2.  Many people believe that the people going North caused the war on purpose, and plan to rule once everyone else is gone.

General A. H. Carter, head of the Martian army (right), hastily meets with R. J. A. of Annotalah (our planet name since the terrorist Jaqsnoh Wavquiah Annotalah took over.) (left) to ask for Annotalah's help in the war against the ÅPñwmë in 5000 A.D., in Rome.  Annotalah refused to help him because Carter mocked our planet, by putting on a Pope outfit.

1. Rule of thirds-putting the main object on one of the lines of the photo if it was divided into thirds.

2. Balancing Elements-Plain background, with object centered.

3. Leading Lines-whether real or fake, straight or curvy, lines in the background lead the viewer's eyes to the main subject.

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)-the same objects reacurring in a system (i.e. green red green red green red) 

5. Viewpoint-using an angled shot of an object makes it more interesting (such as a guy jumping off a building, first a shot of the guy from the ground, then of the guy TO the ground)

6. Background-a plain background is key to keeping viewers' focus on the main subject.

7. Create depth-a foreground, middle, and background is very nice.

8. Framing-I can't really define but give an example.  (Two trees on both edges of the photos.  A dog in the middle, a while down the photo.)

9. Cropping-Filling in the frame

10. Mergers and avoiding them-make sure your subject and everything he touches is in the picture, not even a slight bit cut off.

Aperture is how big the hole is (>-<)

Shutter speed is how fast the hole closes and opens.

ISO is how sensitive the camera is to light.

Get to the folder

Self Portraits and Portraits Review

Set the timer high and use burst, portray emotion.

I like those environmental portraits.  

First of all, in the first one, you initially see the ground (since it's on the bottom of the photo), but then you see the woman.  It is a very close up photo, but then when you see the background, depth is created.  

In the second photo, I just thought it was abnormal.  A guy with a yellow thing on his head, half naked,  with a green net.  You got to admit that's weird.  And what is he doing?

As for those two...  The one on top made with chuckle slightly, for he reminded me of 60s and 70s t.v. shows.  That part in his hair is huge, and the facial hair...  No thank you.  "Paranormal."

I chose the photo on the bottom because he's like "oh geez, i'm way better than YOU!"  

The look in his super egoistic face is just annoying.  Stood out for me in the long list of photos.

I chose the photo on top because he looks so professional, like a patriot, in fact.  As if in a caricature however, he has big 'ol dimples, giant size.  That also was influential in my decision to choose this photo.

I don't need to explain why I chose this photo do I?  Look how adorable he or she is!  Like "the thinker", only a slightly different "pose." (I say pose because the photographer luckily took the photo at that moment.  Any earlier or later and the baby would look like it's usual "goo goo gaga" self.

Interesting...

Alrighty, self portrait time!  The one on top... I think you know. She's a bra-less babe.  ;)

The one on bottom I like for a different reason however.  It's very interesting how she put a photo on top of her face.  It would have been better if she placed it higher and without the white on the sides though.  Also, it's cool how the hair on the picture is not with the actual person (photo holder), it makes it look like the hair came out of nowhere.

Plan for my portrait assignment:  I will shoot females with nice looking hair in Akins Eagle volleyball.  I will use high shutter speed and lower ISOs mostly to freeze the fast speed movement and manage the bright gym lights.

Rules of Photography Part 2

Mergers and Avoiding them

Background

Balancing elements

Create Depth

Cropping

Framing

Leading Lines

Rule Of Thirds

Symmetry and Patterns (Repetition)

Viewpoint

The Three Pillars of Exposure: Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed

F 16

F 2.8

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?  We should closely relate aperture to the eyes in our bodies.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture the less visible the background, the higher the Aperture the more visible the background.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?
if you have a low aperture, the depth of field will also be low because depth of field is how "sharp" objects are.  Higher aperture correspondingly means high depth of field.

High Shutter Speed

Low Shutter Speed

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

a.) the dunking booth-medium 

b.) the food eating contest-high 

c.) the rock climbing wall-high

d.) someone working at a booth-medium

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

f.) the Diamonds performance.-medium

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-high

b.) the food eating contest-high

c.) the rock climbing wall-high

d.) someone working at a booth-slow

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle-medium

f.) the Diamonds performance.-medium

Aperture Priority mode-camera automatically sets shutter speed, while you set the aperture.
Shutter priority mode-you set shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the Aperture
Manual mode-you set both the aperture and shutter speed manually.

ISO 200

ISO 3200

Using a high ISO at a night football event will let more light in and it will be almost as clear as a game in the afternoon when the sun is up.

The author said to use low ISO when there is a lot of light.

The author said to use high ISO when there is little light.

F 4 1/250  still blurry at 1/125
F 5.6 1/125  blurry at 1/125
F 8 1/60 much clearer at 1/125
F 11 1/60  almost perfect at 1/125
F 16 1/30  dark background at 1/125
F22 1/15 can barely see at 1/125

At low shutter speed, the people in the photos are blurry.  To combat this problem, he should only take pictures with low shutter speeds of very still (if at all in motion) objects.
The lowest shutter speed a photographer can hand-hold the camera without a tripod is probably 1/30 sec.
I did pretty well on the quizzes.  I understand the trio more now.  

Caption Writing: 5 Ws and H

1.  Curtis Reagan steals a kiss from Lois Lane on Friday in Times Square in New York City.  Reagan snatched a kiss joyfully from Lane after the announcement that the allies had defeated the Nazis, ending World War II.

2.

Tommy Lee goes down in combat on thursday in Iran, as Sergeant Lee Davis courageously leads the final charge against the Nazis.  If the war was to be won, this charge was crucial to the success of the allies.

3.

4.  Alahatahma washiki, 5, desperately crawls away from a vulture in order to survive in Western Sudan last tuesday.

5.  Barrack Obama and other high administrators watch with awe as Navy Seals make their move on Osama bin Laden's house in the North Pole on wednesday.  If the Seals' operation is a success, then future terrorist events will be largely slowed.

Mural Photos

Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

1.  No, there wasn't anything that made me particularly interested in the photographers pictures.  I just picked them.

2.  I see stairs leading out, making me want to follow them.  I see elegant shadows (shading)  that give this picture quality.  I see a very fancy typewriter, probably for rich people.  It looks kind of weird.  A misshapen, weird, typewriter.

I smell wood dust all over the room, after a recently sanded staircase.  I smell candles downstairs.  I smell sweat all over the typewriter from hands who waited until the last minute to write his essay.

I hear footsteps, perhaps it is a burglar right around the corner of the stairs.  I hear the clickity clackity of the keys getting banged on.  I hear my little brother playing video games on the T.V.  I hear... I hear a mother dying to protect her son.

I taste my own sweat dripping from my forehead as my curiosity of what's downstairs increases.  I taste sweat on the desk of which the typewriter is on from my previous last minute essays.  I taste blood on my over working hands.

I feel the rails on the stairs. I feel my hands on the typewriter.  I feel sick of the same  'ol staircase, the same old typewriter essays!  I feel... I fe... I feel like, like you got the point already :D


3.  Blog please

Mural Project Review

At school, I could make a mural based on the theme that is...COOL.
Yes...
i'm serious...



...so, anyway......i'm still serious

This is a good theme.  Once I knew a guy, a guy who said "cool people don't try to be cool."
I love this quote.  My mural would simply call out the douche bags who only care about popularity.
Why would people care you say?  Cause no one likes a d b, EXCEPT...for people who gain popularity because of the d bs.

If I used a phone for this project, I could catch people in the act of d bagging.  If I use a camera however, it would be harder, since they act normal whenever they KNOW they are being observed.

However, If I used a phone, the pictures wouldn't be so clear, and the camera on the other hand would provide clear photos.  What I need is a 2000X scope so I can snipe d bs (on the camera) lol.

We should use phones for this project because then d bs will be less suspecting, AND:  my goal isn't to embarrass d bs.  It's to increase awareness of d bs.  Therefore, the blurry faces of my photos aren't harming anyone.



THIS BETTER BE THE CLASS THEME!!!!!



.......pwetty pwease?

Africa: A Safari by Nick Brandt

Those were cool photos, especially since they are black and white.  But, this one's the winner.

This one is my favorite because the lion's face and position says: "ah, finally, a break from hunting, and a break from high expectations because i'm the king of the jungle." I just found that funny.  The hair easily breezing back, the eyes pointed into the distance.  

Rules of photography evident include simplicity (one subject, with a plain background of the ground and air), balance (the lion is in the middle of the photo, so it's immediately the focus), and Avoiding Mergers (the photographer got all of the lion, he didn't get a hair out of place, literally.)

He used a Pentax 6711 camera.

He took the photos because he wants to make sure there are plenty of animal pictures before mankind kills all of them.

He hopes to keep records of how animals looked by taking these types of photos.

He once said "I’ve always thought this something of a wasted opportunity. The wild animals of Africa lend themselves to photographs that extend aesthetically beyond the norm of 35mm-color telephoto wildlife photography. And so it is, that in my own way, I would like to yank the subject matter of wildlife into the arena of fine art photography. To take photographs that transcend what has been a largely documentative genre."

Academic Shoot Reflection

Some challenges I faced was: I couldn't just tell people to move and they'd do it.  I had to make the best of what I had, as Booker T. Washington did.  (that's history for ya!).  Another challenge I faced was the challenge of students not working.  I walked in the class and sometimes they'd just smile and wave at the camera.  Not the makings of a good picture.
I thought about camera angles the most.  Certain camera angles would've made lighting more effective, or the subject clearer.  That was an obvious answer, but anyway, down below...
If I could do the assignment again, I would only take pictures of still things, and I would take more level photos.  Also, I would try not to take pictures that have any distracting things in the background, such as posters or computers in a picture intended to show students WRITING essays together, using group work.
Like I did when I took those photos, I would half press to clear up the photos, I would look for focused students who were sitting down, etc.
Next time I get a prompt, I think that "Framing" will be the easiest goal to achieve.  (this opinion is based on an amateur that is me.)
The hardest goal to achieve will be avoiding mergers.  Sometimes there are things so interesting you forget the proper technique to taking the picture and important stuff's cut out.
I'm still not entirely clear on what the "Rule of Thirds" is.  To figure out the rule, i'm going to ask the teacher, Mr. Doerr, what the rule is and means.

Academics Shoot

Lines

The sidewalk leads to the person.  could've angled it higher, but I think this is good.

Simplicity

This is a really simple photo.  Their is a plain white background (the wall), and the girl is the only subject.  That's it.

Rule of 3rds

He's in the left third of the picture, with a pretty simple background.  I think I followed this rule pretty well. 

 Framing

This was a straightforward frame.  Imagine a picture, with the window the frame.  It's clearly leading to the girl.

Avoiding Mergers

What is the merger?  One:  His shoes, 2: the right.  I think this picture would have been better if I showed more of the right, since it seems as if it got cut off.  Yup, that's about it.

Balance

And last but not least we have our balance photo.  It's very well balanced as you can see, but there is one problem:  the picture is not completely level.  If it was turned to the left a little, the shot would be better.  I couldn't this time though because I wanted to get all: the girl, the picture, the light, and the blinds.  Well, that's that. :)

Academics Shoot Preview

The Story 

This photo tells a story of grievance.  The students with hands held and heads drooping, shows that something or someone was lost.

Filling the Frame

This frame is filled with curiosity.  We have a person on the left who appears to be dressed as a professional scientist, while the one on the right has the look of an amateur.  The helmet mask thingies also add to the suspense, not to mention the weird purple gas the person on the left is messing with.

Action and Emotion

The action is all the substances in the air, and the emotion is the girls' reaction of excitement and partial fear.  The one on the left is frozen with awe, while the one on the right is laughing hard with glee.

I picked this photo because it's so relaxing, I just love relaxing photos, especially in 4th period.  The Rules of photography evident in this photo are balance, simplicity, and Rule of thirds.

I could take photos like the ones I looked at today in all core classes, especially science.  Some electives  where I could take photos like these are Theater, Band, and dance.

I would like to visit my science teacher's class, and the theater.  Probably a history class, and maybe a business class.

To get amazing photos like the ones I looked at today, I will make sure to half press before full pressing, I will look at all angle possibilities, and I will use lighting to my advantage.

Avoiding Mergers 9/11

You never want to do this.  The lower and upper part of the crash is out of the picture.  To get a better idea of what's completely happening, you should zoom out for your audience, whomever it might be.

Framing 9/11

Framing is the act of putting other objects deliberately in front of the main focus.  The point is to give the picture depth.  This photo puts men close to the front, and that makes the viewers imagine us in their places, looking at whatever people, wreckage, and whatever else is happening.

Balance 9/11

Balance is when everything in a photo  looks perfectly normal. Good balanced photos are hard to come by, which is why many photographers go on Safaris.


Balance on dooms day:

Simple enough, it's a flag.  Specifically the U.S. flag.  It's one of the simplest and most balanced, behind    England and several other european nation's flags.  The red and white stripes are following a balanced pattern, and the blue and stars does too.