Final Extra Credit!!

1. The man pushed killed by the subway was pushed into the tracks by a panhandler after trying to calm him down just moments before the subway was coming through. The photographer took this photo using his flash to try to signal to the train to stop but he was too late and the train wasn't able to stop fast enough.
2. The photographer took the photo to try to stop the train with his camera flash, but the train couldn't stop fast enough.
3. I don't think this photo should have been taken because it seems like he was more concerned about getting a good photo than he was about helping the man, and his story doesn't sound very believable because the train driver might have just thought he was taking a normal picture and here was no way for the driver to know he was about to hit someone. I think the photographer should have just helped the man.
4. No, i don't think he did the best thing he could have done because he had plenty of time to help the man but instead he decided to take pictures of the tragedy.
5. I don't agree with the decision to put this on the front page because just because the photographer took it doest mean it should be published for everyone to see.
6. In most photos you see, it seems as though it is more important to get a good photo than save or help someone from trouble to the photojournalists. For example, in the 9/11 photos, most of the pictures are of people getting crushed or burned and the photographers don't even care to help them, they just want to get a good picture. I am sure that is not truer, but that is what it seems like.
7. I do and I don't think it is ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve them selves in a photo depending on what the context is. If they are getting a picture of someone in trouble just to get a good story, it is not ethically right, but if they are photographing someone being helped, it is ethically acceptable.
8. i don't think photojournalists should avoid influencing events, but they should be aware of what they are doing and if they are doing the right thing or not.
9. The most appropriate response from the photographer was that he was just trying to help by trying to stop the subway from hitting the man.

Fashion Photography

first video:
1. some changes made by the computer in the women's face were, they made her eyes bigger, they made her neck seem longer, slimmed down her shoulders, and slimmed her face.

second video:
2. changes the computer made to the woman's body were, they elongated here legs, slimmed her stomach, and changed the color of her skin.

third video:
3. Changes the computer made to the model's body was, they completely made her skinny and they left no evidence of fat any where on the body, they made her hair longer, slimmed her legs down, and smoothed out her skin.

Questions:
4. No, it is not ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like in these videos because they are completely changing how they look to where the are unrecognizable. They aren't showing who they truly are and how people know them, they are making them to look how the photographers and the public want to see them.
5. Yes, there are circumstances to where it would be more ethically wrong to manipulate their bodies like this. This would be if they did it without there permission and shared it with the public without any consent.
6. changes that are okay: changing hair shape, smoothing out a mole or two, fixing makeup, etc.
changes that are not okay: changing weight of the model, making legs longer/shorter, and completely changing their whole body and their face (how they look).
7. The difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is that in fashion photography, it's models taking pictures for magazines or billboards and they get photoshopped to look better, and photojournalism is capturing people how they naturally look and photographing the beauty of the subject instead of ongoing in and changing it with photoshop later on.
9.  I think you are showing us these videos to show us what fashion photography is and what they really do behind the scenes.
10. There are no guys because men don't really have the same standards as women, women are considered to be the "prettier" ones.

Self Portrait

Prompt Shoot (cold, purple, electric)

Cold:

Purple:

Electric:

Warm-up and portraits/self-portrait preview

Love and Loss Warm-up

1. The emotions I felt as I worked my way through these images were very sad because you can see the journey she went through and how she had to live ice with cancer.
2. I think this comment just simply means that that wasn't their whole life and it's not who they always were, but at that moment in time that is who they were, but that didn't define them in any way. That is just how they had to live.
3. I would be able to shoot photos like that if I was in that situation but it would be chard for me too look back on them and see whom ever I photographed's life deteriorate.
4. If I could write angelo a letter I would tell him how sort I am and I think it is very cool how he was able to shoot this journey with her and the way they lived.

Self Portrait and portraits Part 1

Tips:

- A self-portrait doesn't have to be of your face—the image of two hands holding a camera says a lot about the photographer who shot his own portrait. You can also aim the camera down your body from eye level. I once took a photo of my own feet in hiking shoes, hanging over the edge of a rocky outcropping in a scenic spot (if you try something like this, just make sure you're in a safe place that you won't fall from). A picture like this will say a lot about your activities and surroundings.

- Don't be shy. If you approach people in the right way, they'll usually be happy to have their picture made. It's up to you to break the ice and get them to cooperate. Joke around with them. Tell them why you want to make the picture

- You 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. Many times people will see you, then ignore you because they have to concentrate on what they are doing. You want the viewers of the image to feel that they are getting an unguarded, fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the scene.

Environmental Portraits:

This portrait shows that this girl is always swimming and she is always at the pool. I like this photo because the pool looks really dark like it is just her practicing after hours and it shows how dedicated she is.

This portrait shows a basketball player at the gym and it shows that he is always playing basketball. I picked this portrait because he seems really dedicated to the sport.

Photography Self-Portraits:

I like this picture because it shows the photographer holding the camera and taking a picture and it is just very simple. i picked this portrait because i liked the simplicity of it.

I like this picture because the background is blurred and and you can't see the persons face and It is just focused on the lens of the camera. I picked this because I really like how it is just focused on the lens as the girl is holding it to take the picture.

Casual Portraits:

I like this picture because it is from an unusual angle and the bride looks so happy. I Picked this one because it is very casual and nothing else is going on. It is just the bride with grass in the back round.

I like this picture because it isn't just a plain picture of someones face, it has some action to it because she is ovine and laughing. i picked this one because she is laughing and having fun and its not just a plain picture of her smiling.

For my portrait assignment i am planning to take a picture of either my friend close-up pout side in a little forest area in my neighborhood or a full body picture of my dad playing guitar in a location that I am not sure of yet. To make the shot successful (for my friend) I will use an aperture setting that burr out the back round to where it focuses on her face perfectly. For my dad  I want to get him playing guitar but I want the back round to be black so all you can see is him and the guitar.

Rules of Photography part 2- More Composition Ideas

Leading lines

balance

Rule of thirds

Symetry

backround

avoiding mergers

cropped

depth

framing

viewpoint

Funny Captions

Bill and Joe have been best friends since they were 18 and have gone skydiving every summer since then. I think it is time to retire their skydiving tradition.

Mary's friends think they are too old to swing but Mary obviously disagrees. Mary has broken a hip while swinging but that still hasn't stopped her from finding her inner child.

Arnold just got married to his fiancé of 33 years and invited everyone they know. No matter how old Arnold is, he can still pop and lock and break and jam.

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. I was kind of creeped out by these abandoned parks because all of the rides were all rusty and the statues of people were chipped and falling over in some of the theme parks. I honestly would never go there because I would get too creeped out. Especially in the parks in like Germany and japan because those look even older and dirtier and some look like a tornado hit it.
2. This a park in Japan that opened in 1988 and only stayed open for 10 years.
3. Other unusual places to photograph would be maybe an abandoned hotel, an abandoned asylum, a cemetery, an abandoned prison, abandoned grocery store.
4. abandoned asylum
5. Think it would be cool to photograph an abandoned asylum because it is really creepy and the photos would have a really creepy essence and it would just make the picture look so much cooler. I also think this would look cool because the darkness of it and being able to make up your own stories about what has happened and who the patients were.
6. I don't think anything could make me go to a place like this because it  is a little too creepy for me and I would get too scared. equipment you would need to photograph here would be a camera and maybe a night vision camera if you are planning to spend the night. Flying arrangements  depend on where it is other than that you can just drive there.

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1. Challenges I encountered while trying to take these photos were that in most of the classrooms the students were just listening to the teachers and not dong anything so it was hard to get really interesting photos.
2. The technical aspects of taking the photos that I mostly payed attention to was holding the camera and making sure it is in focus and also getting good, interesting angles which wasn't very easy to do.
3. Things I would do differently would be going to different classrooms instead of just the core classes because those classes are boring. I would also change how I take the picture like last time I  just stood in the back of the room and took pictures and I feel like i would change that by getting closer to the students and hat they are doing to get a really good photo.
4. Things I would do the same would be that I wasn't shy to just walk in the room and take pictures and I would also move around the room to get pictures of different students.
5. The rule that I think would be the easiest to achieve would be leading lines or rule of thirds because those are some of the easiest ones and can sometimes be the most interesting.
6. The rule that I thing is the hardest to capture would either be framing or balance because fro framing, there isn't always something to frame your subject in the photo and I feel like you really have to look out for that because it can be very difficult. With balance, this would be hard because there also aren't really a lot of things that can balance each other out in the photo  without having a lot of distracting things in the background.
7. I am not really not clear on any of the rules.



PEER REFLECTION
Link to Student's Blog

Academic Shoot

Africa

1. I thought this article was very interesting because I have never knew that some one would wait up to 2-3 weeks just to take a couple of photos. I also really liked his concept of getting know how the animals acted round him and waiting to get the perfect shot and how he wanted the sky and the background to be in it instead of just focusing on the animal itself. These photos are very interesting because the animals look like they are photo shopped but that is just how they were positioned naturally.
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3. This photo is my favorite of Nick Brandt's because it shows the beauty of the animal and how big they really are compared to a human. I also really like this photo because I love how the sky is the background and the elephant is looking down to the camera almost. Another reason it is my favorite is because elephants are my favorite animal and I really like how the photo shows the detail and beauty of the elephant.
4. The rule of photography that is evident tin this photo is simplicity because it is just one elephant just standing there and a plain sky as the background with no movement, just stillness.
5. The camera and lens that Nick Brandt uses are a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses. this is important because he does not like to use a zoom lens, he likes to create a collection of panoramas of the animals and subjects of his photos.
6. His reason for taking these photos is to remember that the animals of Africa are being killed in massive amounts every year to provide food for poor people.
7. His hope for taking these photos is to hopefully persuade people to donate to charities that help protect the animals and the habitat around them.
8. "In 1995 I first drove the main road from Nairobi down through southern Kenya to Arusha in northern Tanzania. Along the way, in completely unprotected areas, I saw giraffes, zebras, gazelles, impalas, wildebeest."

Aperture, Shutter Speed, And ISO

F2.8

F16

1. The part of the body we should closely relate aperture is your pupil. The is related to aperture because a large pupil size means a large aperture and a small pupil size means a smaller aperture.

2. The smaller the aperture, the larger the f-number, The larger the aperture, the smaller the f-number

3.Aperture impacts depth of field because if you have a smaller aperture number, the more blurry the background of the picture will be. And with a larger aperture number, the background will be more focused.

Shutter Speed

fast

slow

1. If I were to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs, the shutter speed I would use would be....

a) booth in middle of yard near tree: slow

b) food booth outside: slow

c) stars performance: high

d) students dancing near center of courtyard: high

e) people streaming in from doors: high

f) basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs: high

2. Three setting on the camera for shutter speed are:

"Aperture priority"- sets camera aperture

"shutter priority"- sets cameras shutter speed

"manual"- set both aperture and shutter speed manually.

ISO

200

3200

1. Advantages of shooting with a high Iso at a sport event at night is that you can still see everything because the camera will be more sensitive to light.

2. The author suggests to use the lowest ISO when you have more light.

3. The author suggests using a higher ISO when you are in a dark place (like the sports event at night)

DSLR Camera

Aperture settings: 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22

shutter speed settings: 1 SEC, 1/60 SEC, 1/4000 SEC

ISO settings: 100, 200,400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600

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Academics and Community Service

My favorite photo was the photo called "Drop the Bass" this picture was a picture of a girl dropping food coloring into what looks like a liquid with food coloring and the liquid is splattering and the camera captured the liquid splattering at just the right time and it looks really cool.

1. I chose this photo because I really liked how focused and clear the camera was with the liquid that is in the air.Anther resin I chose this was because every time I look at it, I wonder what made the substance explode and fly up in the air.

2. The rule of photography that is evident in this photo is balance because the splatter is directly in the center of the frame, making the photo balanced.




1. I think I would take most of my pictures in classrooms like a biology classroom or a math classroom maybe. I would take pictures in these rooms because in biology they could be doing a lab or something exciting like that and in math they could be doing and intricate equation that looks cool.

2. A classroom I would probably visit would be a biology or math room, like I said above, and take pictures of what they are doing.

3. As the photographer, I would take pictures of the students hands writing the notes and different angle of them doing work or I would take pictures of the teacher teaching and maybe the students laughing if the teacher made them laugh.

Academic Shoot Preview

Step 1:

The Story

I think this tells a story because it shows how the students are kind of messing around with the teacher but they are all having fun and laughing. I also think this tells a story because the teacher is usually one one bossing the student around but in this picture, the students are bossing the teacher around.

Filling the Frame

This has the most interesting stuff going on because water is flying everywhere and the students dong the lab are laughing and they look surprised. But this is interesting because all the water is going all over the place and it looks super cool and interesting to look at.

                                                                               

Action and Emotion

This picture shows emotion because all of them re holding hands in a circle with their heads down and it look alike the pole in the middle might be a flag. This also shows emotion because if the pole in the middle were a flag they could be praying for a student or friend that got hurt or died.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos for your first for prompts?
One of the  challenges I faced were actually trying to find what to shoot that would be interesting nut also follow the prompt I had to use. Also for the "Bowie" prompt, there are so many things related to the school so there were so manny things to choose from. And for "happy" there isn't a lot of things here that make me happy besides the flowers and there was no one in the courtyard or around the school looking happy or laughing.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (Focus, framing, holding the camera, ect.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? 
The thing i was thinking about the most was probably the focus and framing to make sure everything was actually in the picture ad it was focused well.

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 the assignment, I would probably change the angle I took some pictures and really focus on the rules of composition so the pictures follow those rules.

4. What things would you do the same?
The thing I would do the same would be to get the different angles that I was using. Like some from the side of the bottom or directly from the top. I would do this because I feel like the angle really completes the people and it is better to use different able than just sticking to one boring angle.

5. Editing prompt photos.
The only rule I really had was lines with the "square" prompt.

6. are you interested in shooting those same prompts again, why?
I don't think I would shoot all the same prompts again but i would like to do the "Bowie" and "metal" prompt again. I would do these prompts again because I feel like I could have shot better photos than the ones that I did. Although I really like my "metal" photo I feel like it would be more interesting if I got it from a better angle or did a another part of the chain so I didn't get the gum in it.

http://jonahsphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-09-16T12:02:00-07:00&max-results=7

This is the link to my comments.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1. This article was about different photographers in different countries that have photo shopped important images and changed what they look like by carelessly using tools on photo shop, removing people from photos, adding people, and ect. This is unacceptable because these photographers were ruining the photo and cutting important people out of them instead of keeping the original photo like they are supposed to do. I also think this is unacceptable because the photographers are putting the changed, unoriginal photos in newspaper articles and going against the newspaper rules and what the people believe in.

2.

I think this picture is the most unethical because they had no reason to change to teeth to look like that. I think they should have changed the picture back to how it originally was before they published it and used it as the front cover of the magazine.

I think this photo is the least unethical because they didn't really do anything wrong. All they did was move the pyramid to make it fit the cover more. It didn't make anything look bad and they didn't offend anyone by doing it in any way. Also, if I hadn't known that this picture was photo shopped I would have no idea that the pyramid was moved over.

Prompt Photos

Happy

 Bowie

 Square

This picture would be lines because the squares on the wall form a line leading to the other end of the wall. (out of frame)

Metal

The 6 Rules of Photographic Composition

LINES

This lines int his picture all lead to the edge of the building, focusing on that part of the building.

BALANCE

                                                   

This photo shows balance because the twin towers in the back are balancing out the picture with all the chaotic people.

 RULE OF THIRDS

This is rule of thirds because the main focus is the green "Welcome to Manhattan" sign that is off center.

 SIMPLICITY

This picture is simplicity because there iso nothing going on in the background. The picture is very calm because there is just one thing going on.

 FRAMING

This picture is framing because the broken edges of this building are framing the firefighter that is climbing the ladder.

 AVOIDING MERGERS

This is a merger because the building behind the man doesn't look like it is supposed to be there.