Magazine covers

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