Monday, December 16, 2013

Final Exam review.

 The Rebels in Cairo, Egypt are still in the power struggle with their corrupt government who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of its' own citizens. Following the attack of this morning the rebels or the government seem to be letting up the battle is being taken across the country as the fight for justice presses on.


The Cruiser 1-9568 has taken lift off to the new planet Forgus 9-0 to explore the surface of the planet for the first time and bring back some samples from the green planet. The planet was discovered by none other than Dr. Zigersbie, a Russian Astronomer who had discovered the planet four years ago. 


1. Rule of thirds - The Main subject of the photo is on one of the four corners.

2. Balancing Elements - The photo has an equal amount of objects in it and doesn't look awkward.

3. Leading Lines - The viewer is lead to look at a certain point of the photograph.

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition) - Symmetry is when you see the photo and you can cut or bend it in half and the look of one side will be the same as the one on the other side.

5. Viewpoint - Getting a different perspective in the photo that no one usually does.

6. Background - What is behind the subject of your picture and the background is supposed to make the photograph look interesting and make the person or object stand out or blend in a bit.

7. Create depth - In the photo you can see the subject and you can see the background go off a certain distance and gives the feeling that you are actually there.

8. Framing - The subject of the photo is in center or what have you and it has a good background with nothing cut out or a bad merger.

9. Cropping - There isn't wasted space in the photo.

10. Mergers and avoiding them - Mergers are when the photographer snaps the photo but has parts of objects or parts of people or really bad blurs.


Aperture -The camera is able to control how big or small the aperture is and how much light travels in the lens.

ISO - ISO is the sensitivity that the camera has, the lower the ISO the less sensitivity it has. The higher the ISO the higher the sensitivity to light it is.

Shutter Speed - Shutter speed is how fast the photo is taken.If your taking a photo of a fast moving object the faster the shutter speed has to be so it can catch the object if the shutter speed is slow on a fast object the object will have a motion blur.

To get your folder onto the server you make a blogger account using gmail and when you get your blogger set up you just copy your url and send it to the teacher and he ads you to the photoj blog page.Whenever your on the blogger  and you make a post you just click the orange pencil looking thing and publish your blag. And it is added to your blog on the akins photoj blog.


Manipulating photos in photo shop are okay just to make the resolution and other things look a lot clearer. But using photo shop to make someone look thinner or fatter or generally make a person look like something that is far off from what they really are is unethical. Ethical photo shop is maybe doing minor fixes on someone like fixing fly a ways on the their hair go away or if asked to clean up their blemishes that is okay to do. IF they ask.

Environmental portrait- A photograph that has a background  that tells a story rather than using words and a subject that gives more emphasis to the photograph.

Self portrait - A photograph of a person either looking at the camera or looking away a bit. A self portrait can be formal of informal.

Casual Portrait - A casual portrait is a photograph that the person in the photo themselves are not doing anything so planned out but something like caught in the moment kind of.

Exposure - amount of light that is passed through the camera.

Depth of Field - The distance between the closest object and the farthest.

 Focal Length - Distance from the lens to the film.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Self Portrait and Portraits Review


Creating a theme:

Two items make a photo, the subject and backdrop, and I think that they are equally important. This is where your lens choice comes into play. A long lens allows you to send the back ground out of focus and narrow down the amount of background in the photo. A wide lens keeps the background in focus and allows it to be a key part of the image. Either way the background is playing a big factor by being a key element or by not distracting from the subject.
Lighting, a single flash can do wonders for your portraits. I won’t go into any lighting details, but photography is about capturing light. You don’t need to buy a flash, I first started learning lighting using work lights. You can pick up a small but powerful work light from home depot for around ~$15.

Portray emotion:

Want your photos to look boring, then act bored. The facial and body expressions you make are huge in setting the tone of the photo. This is where having a tethered setup can really help (you will be able to see results and nail it down). Aim for over the top, I mean really go crazy. The more emotion you show the better the photo will turn out.
Environmental Portrait. 
 The reason why I chose this photo is the emotion in the kids faces and the type of background really shows the distress the kids are in and how they feel inside and out.
I loved this photo because it looked a lot like an interpretive dance and the form this girl is holding and the feeling she is demonstrating is amazing to me. 
Casual Portrait.
 This photo stood out to me because of the way the family are just sitting and enjoying each others company and the baby makes the picture very adorable and is the way a family should be. Happy and enjoying each others company.

I like this photo because it is showing two young people in love and just walking and having a nice evening being with one another. I also like how the light has that glow on the outline of their bodies.
Formal Portrait.
 I like the photo for the reason that it looks so retro and the colors that it has are unique to me. and it just looks amazing. 

I like this photo because of the way the child is just so happy and innocent. I chose this because i like the lighting of it and the black backdrop makes the kid and the horse stand out and is the first thing you see.

Photography Self Portrait


I like this photograph because of the creative concept that this guy had. I chose this photo for its' unique and funny/amazing idea. and since he has nothing in the background and it's completely white IO focus more on him cause he stands out more.

I like this photo because of the lighting the picture has and the brightness the cloudy breath has and the outline of her head. This photo is amazing to me and i love the certain "style".

The subject I will be shooting is just regular people that you see in the halls and try to make them express an emotion that they are feeling at the moment as best as possible. I would like to shoot outside but maybe for the some parts of the shoot if people aren't comfortable with it we will be shooting inside. I will try to include the rules of photography in some away and maybe make the background blur a bit or fade so that the subject is better able to spot and understand hat they are doing.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Rules of Photography: Part 2


Rule of Thirds

Leading Lines


Symmetry and Patterns

Depth

Viewpoint 

Background

Framing 

Balancing Elements

Cropping 
 
Merges and Avoiding them
Merger 
 Avoiding the merger