Portraits and self-portraits - start looking

Jenny Zenke(self-portrait )

Annie Leibovitz



Ethics in fashion photography

Abandoned Theme Parks

I would like to go visit Spreepark, Berlin, Germany and Six Flags, New Orleans to take pictures. The park in New Orleans is the one that interest me the more because the images that other photographers took look beautiful. Especially if you go when the sun is setting down then the images looks awesome because of the different colors you have together. The Spreedpark is another beautiful park that i think would be a great place to take my camera and take pictures. The pictures that other people took look great and you can tell that this park is abandoned. This is why i chose these two parks because the images look wonderful and i would like to take some pictures of my own.

 1) Down Town is a great place to take pictures.

2)  In the woods is another great place.

3)  In the country side

4) At a park.

5) In a cemetery.

I think it would be fun to take pictures in the country side because you dont know what you are going to expect over their. Mostly all the images that i have seen of country backgrounds are beautiful and peaceful. All the pictures that you take will mostly come out pretty only if you don't know how to take pictures then they will be ugly. The pictures you can mostly take in the country is the beautiful land scape and all the nature that is around their. That's why i think the country side is one of the best and unique place to take pictures.

So i can go and take pictures in my location there will have to be something interesting out their. Also the weather would have to be great. The only materials i would need to take pictures would be my camera and my self. I wouldn't need anything else to take pictures. I don't think i need to follow any rues to take pictures only if I'm going to take a picture of a person then i would have to ask their permission but that would be all.

Final Exam study guide

1. You click on my computer then you let it open then you click the s that says server drive.

2. We go to  akinsphotojblog.blogspot.com/ and look what our assignment is and then we go and do the work to learn more about photography.

3. The first thing you are going to need is an oatmeal can with out the oatmeal. After that you are going to cover the cap with black construction paper so light wont go trough. Then you are going to cover the inside of the can with construction paper so you don't see any brown inside. When you are done putting the construction paper you will draw a rectangle on the side of the can in the middle. After that you will cut three sides of the rectangle you drew leaving one uncut to use it as a little door. Next you will cut a piece of foil just enough to cover the rectangle you have cut. Then you place the foil inside the can to cover the rectangle completely. When that is placed you will have to use a needle and make a small hole in the middle of the foil paper. Next you will look in the inside of the can and check if you can see the light going trough the little hole on the foil paper. If that's the only light you see then you are done and just close the little flap with a piece of paper so next time it will be easy to open and close.

4. The pin hole camera is only made to take one single picture and just in a few minutes. When you are ready to capture an image with you'r pin hole camera you will need a photography paper to capture the image you want. When you have your paper make sure no light if hiting it or the paper will be ruined. Place the paper inside the can and make sure you place the shinny side facing the hole where light will be going trough. When you are done with that you will need to find out how much sunlight their is outside.

5. Know how to define and explain the 10 rules of composition, these 10 rules will be a MAJOR portion of the final and you better know how to recognize these rules, explain these rules and show me you understand them:

5a.  Rule of thirds
5b. Balancing Elements
5c. Leading Lines
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)
5e. Viewpoint
5f. Background/simplicity
5g. Create depth
5h. Framing
5i. Cropping
5j. Mergers and avoiding them
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story"
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog)
9. Know how to correctly write a caption. I HIGHLY suggest you rewrite the rules on your blog and find at least 2 photos on the internet, post them on your blog and write correct captions for them. This will be a MAJOR portion of the exam as well.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption
11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography. You really need to get the idea that changing photos to fit a need or to make something look like something else is VERY unacceptable in photojournalism.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait.
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are.
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.

Choice Sheets.

If i was to join a publication next year i would chose news paper because it seems more interesting then year book. I would also like to take News paper because i like to take pictures and write my opinions about them. I would also like to let the school know about events they couldnt attend and what is going on in our school.

YearBook:

http://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/idea-file/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Franklin-original-spread.jpg

NewsPaper:

http://www.westlakefeatherduster.com/

My first print.

1. The person in the image is in sharp focus.

a.) Everything that is close to the camera is in focus and the background is not in focus.

b.) The background is not in focus because it was focusing on the person.

2.There is good contrast in the image because you can tell whats black and white in the image.

3. Yes, i tried to follow all the rules of photography. The photo was not candid. The subject in my image fits most of the photo frame. The photo does not contain action its only simple and steady. This image does show some composition rules not sure if all of them but the main ones. Yes, this image shows academics by the person working on some homework or class work in the library.

4. There are no spots in my image.

5.There is no print rings in my image or spots.

6. YES, my negatives, contrast sheet, test strip and print are stored in my folder.

Venessa is in my photo.

 She is working on her homework that was due the day before.

Venessa is at the library.

This is happening during 8th period.

She is doing her work because it is already late and she does not want another 10pts off her work.

Venessa is working on her homework during 8th period at the library.

Venessa was working on her homework at the bigining of 8th period at the library.

Negatives Evaluation

1. Out of all my eleven negatives i think that only nine came out right.

2. There were only two negatives that turned out really bad then the rest. I think that they came out bad because they were out of focus and bad composition.

3. I think that my tenth image will come out good when i print it out because it looks clear and its in focus.

4. The aspect that makes my image look good is focus because you can tell whats in the image is and tell what the people are doing.

5. The technique i used was leading lines by the straight desks showing the direction they are all going.

Photo Manipulation and ethics

 A. Brian Walski and other photographers had manipulated images to make them look different from their actual way. For example photographer Menahem Kahana had removed two female ministers from an actual picture and put two men to show an all men cabinet. The people that do this kind of image manipulation are fired and get their images taken away. This paragraph tells us that about 80 image were manipulated during that year.
B. I don't think that doing this kind of things is acceptable because its like if you were faking a signature. When you are a photographer you need to show the real things that are happening and not what people are expecting to see.

A. This image is the most unethical because its showing that the people in the army treat Iraq people wrong. This image is also trying to show that the people are scared of the army guy and don't want to get harmed.

B. This was them least unethical image because why would someone just change the measurements of the pyramids. I don't think that it was necessary to change the positions of the pyramids because for National Geography you are trying to show real life images not fake ones

Making a Black and White print.

Steps for film:

Processing sinks with hot and cold running water

Tanks for roll-film processing

Timers

Thermometers for processing tanks

Film clips or a drying cabinet

Graduates

Negative envelopes or sleeves

Sponges

Film squeegees

Scissors

Chemicals

Chemicals:

Developer

Stop Bath

Fixer

Wash

 

Secure the lens in the enlarger head, which sits directly above the base. Rotate the aperture ring on the lens and switch on the enlarger light. Raise or lower the enlarger head using a knob located on the right side of the enlarger. Focus the light using a knob found just to the right of the lens until a rectangle of even light covers the baseboard. Switch off the enlarger light. Place a sheet of print paper on the baseboard or shiny side up. Place negatives emulsion-side-up on top of the print paper and lay a piece of glass over the negatives to hold them in place.Set the enlarger timer for 10 seconds. Time will vary depending on the density of the negative. Switch on the timer. After the print paper has been exposed, remove it and place it in a developer tray.

 

Place the exposed print paper in the developer tray. Take the paper out of the developer with tongs. Let all excess liquid drain off of the paper before placing it in the stop bath tray. Place in stop bath tray, leaving resin coated paper in the stop bath for 15 seconds and fiber based paper for 30 seconds. Take paper out of the stop bath and place in fixer for 1 to 2 minutes for resin-coated paper and 2 to 10 minutes for fiber-based paper. Remove from fixer and place in wash for 2 to 5 minutes when using resin-coated paper and 30 to 60 minutes when using fiber-based paper. Take out of wash and place on drying cabinet.

 

 

1. emulsion- a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.
2. aperture- an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
3. masking easel- Baseboard of an enlarger that holds photographic paper flat during exposure
4. exposure- the total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination.
5. safe light- a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
6. dodging- Also, hold back. Photography . (in printing) to shade (an area of a print) from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area
7. burning-Burn in, Photography . (in printing) to expose (one part of an image) to more light by masking the other parts in order to darken and give greater detail to the unmasked area. Also, print in

Post Shoot Reflection

1. The challenges i had to face during my first journalism assignment was that some people didn't want me to take them pictures. When i would ask them if i could take pictures of them they would turn around and shake their heads. So i had to go to another room and just get random people even if they didn't want to. That's when they just kept on working and didn't really mind me taking them pictures.

2. I had trouble focusing the camera but then i got it to work and i think i did take good pictures. The thing that kept me thinking was that if i was taking them right and for them not to come out blurry. When i was taking pictures i was trying not to move a lot but at the same time no to take long focusing the camera.

3. While shooting the pictures i was trying to follow the rule of thirds and merges. Those were the rules that i remembered while taking the pictures. I don't know if i did follow the rules right but i was trying to take the pictures the way i thought it looked good while using the two rules i remembered.

4. Next time i take pictures i will try to follow mostly all the rules we learned in class. I will also take my time in focusing the camera a little more so the pictures come out better. Also try to take diffrent kinds of pictures and not the same position.

Funny captions - learning how to do it RIGHT!

 Free cat just come and claim him and he will be yours right away. He can be a great friend and likes to play with string. Just make sure to take him a bath because he has this dead animal smell but he will be okay. Oh and don't leave him near dogs he makes them allergic.

Robert the chicken: "Mother Plucker trying to get to close to me like if he wants to kiss me!" Ego: "hmm for some reason we look alike but i don't know what it is." Robert: "If he gets any closer to me I'm going to poke his eye out"

Adah thought that it would be fun to run towards the birds and scare them away.  When she did the birds flew away, then turned around and flew fast towards Adah. The birds attacked her and started chirping which in their language, they were trying to say operation Chinese done, now who's the one that's chirping last.

What the pros are doing - Repetition

Stormy Weather

During a break in the rain, Brazilians take a walk on a flooded soccer field in Rio de Janeiro

This is a great example of repetition because of the shapes in it and the derection they are going. The people in the image are leading us inside the picture by showing us were they are heading and the movement of the other people in the back.
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Wet Weather

Haitians climb on a bus during a flood on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince after tropical storm Noel hit the impoverished Caribbean nation.

This image shows repetition because of the windows in the bus they are leading the way towards the mountains in the back. The clouds in the picture also show repetition because they are showing us the direction they are going to.
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Lighting the Way
Darren Choy of Singapore carries the Youth Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Youth Olympics held in Singapore's Marina Bay.

This image shows repetition because the movement of the water and the shapes of the little waves the boy is making. Since we can see these kinds of movements we know what derection the boy is going and it leads us trough the picture. This is why this is another great picture showing repetition.

American Soldier slideshow and captions

Part Two.

A. I chose this picture to be a powerful one because it show how Ian Fisher is close to his dad and that they are going to miss each other. This was the most strong image to me in the slide show because not every son shows so much affections to their fathers.

B. I think that chapter 8: Coming Home was more powerful because it shows more emotions and happiness because Ian finally gets to come home for good.

C.  Each picture helps tell the story because of the order they go and by the motions the people are doing to show us what is going on.

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Part Three.

A. When you look at the main pictures of Ian Fisher they mainly use present tense verbs to show what he is doing.

B. The captions help enhance the images by explaining the actions of the person and telling us what the picture really means.

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Part Four.

In "Chapter 1: Signing Up" look at picture number 16 were he is clapping for his team The Rockies.

Caption Read: Ian went alone to see the Rockies play their last game of the season alone.

In "Chapter 2: In the Army" go to image 17 were Ian is being yelled at by his supervisor.

Caption Read: Ian got introuble by his supervisor for sleeping during the worm up and now has do go do 50 push ups.

In "Chapter 5: Army Blues" go to image 18 were Ian is at Doctor Jones office.

Caption Read: Ian had to get a shoot and since he dosen't like getting them he was so scared!
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Marlboro Marine

Part One:
 a.) Luis Sinco utilized some good pictures to present this story about Blake Miller and how he was after the war. Luis Sinco used some emotional music to go with the picture to make us feel sad and at the same time try to feel what Blake was feeling. The editing was also good because Luis Sinco would combine good picture that went with the music he was using and to go with the flow when Blake was talking. He also took pictures of Blake every second and blended them in to show some movement but with only pictures. Luis Sinco would put text before some picture to tell us what we are going to see.

b.) The thing that added more power to this slide show in my opinion was the music and when he started to play the guitar to show more emotions towards these pictures. If this slide didn't have sad music to follow it it would of not been so sad and touching.

Part Two:
 a.) I think the most powerful picture in this whole slide show is the one when he is wearing his army outfit and smoking. Why, because if you look at all the pictures in this slide show it mostly shows him holding a cigar, smoking it, or just having a pack of cigars. This is why i think the main picture is him smoking.

 b.) The group of picture that are important in this slide show are the ones were he is always lonely and just riding his bike. Why, because those pictures show how he always wanted to be lonely and the only thing that he wanted to do is just ride his bike.

c.) The music in this slide show was great because this helped the viewers feel sad and emotional towards these pictures. It also helped us try to feel what Blake was feeling at that moment and what Luis Sinco was also feeling at the end.

d.) These images helped tell the story of Blake from the beginning since he was at war, getting married, depressed, and when his life just started to fall apart. We didnt need any body movement to help us understand the meaning of this slide show.

Show and Tell

I found this picture interesting because you can tell how everyone is having a great time bouncing a guy all over the crowed. This picture makes me wonder why that guy is in that bubble like thing and what was the purpose of it. I like this picture because it shows so much excitement and happiness and makes me want to be in this picture and bouncing that guy like everyone.

<a href="http://photoblog.statesman.com/austin-celebrates-mlk%22%3EAustin celebrates MLK</a>

I found this video interesting because of how the people were so happy to be celebrating M.L.K. day. I also liked this video because i got to go to this event and liked when the guys were singing. I also find this video interesting because of how much the people show their respect and admiration to Martin Luther King.

Contests Preview

Second Prize Grades 12 and Below - Digitally Constructed Single Image
PAUL SANDRY
Mandurah Senior College - Mandurah Australia
Instructor: Ross De Hoog

This picture was very inspiring because of the way they created this picture. This is a great picture because its very unique and a great imaginary picture. I like this picture because its a great non-fiction photo and you can tell what its trying to say. The lighting on this picture is great because it spots out the edges of the object so it will look soft and not rough. This picture does not show any composition because everything is in a good spot and its not just a blur.

Great Black and White Photographers part.3

What caught my eye on this picture was the rock and a tree floating in the middle of the sky/river. Why i chose this picture was because of the type of imagination this photographer had and the unique way he liked to combine things together and make them into one. In this picture their is a hand that is blending in with the other stuff in the picture it seems like this person can hold anything with his hands. I also see mountains in the background and trees at the top of the picture. At the bottom of the picture you see the sky and rocks some seem like they are floating in the sky. I would smell the trees and rocks that would be a weird smell. I would also be able to smell the water and that might have the smell of fish since its a pond like river. If i was in this picture i would be able to hear the water just flowing by softly. Another thing that i would be able to hear would be the wind just breezing by the trees. Something i can taste would be the water and i don't think that would be good at all cause it would have that taste of fish. Since their is air breezing by i would be able to taste a little bit of nature even though i don't think i would have a familiar taste. I would be able to feel the water flowing by in my fingers. I could also feel the fresh wind just breezing by in my face and body. Something else i could feel would be the roughness of the rocks and see if they are soft.

The first thing that caught my eye when i saw this picture was that it looked weird but in a unique way. I chose this picture because it had a unique way of showing nature and blending in stuff together. In this picture i see a rock in the middle of the landscape and their is a passage going to the rock. The rock looks like if you walk towards it you will be transported to another place. I also see someones face on the side of the rock and she seems sad by the expression she is making on her face. On the back of the rock you can see trees on one side and the other their is only one dark tree. If i was to be in the picture i think the place would smell like nature, fresh, and like dirt recently wet. Since this picture was taken in a open space area i would think that you would not hear no noise only birds pacing by. You might also be able to hear the wind pacing by when it goes through the trees. I don't think i would be able to taste something in this place were the picture was taken but i might be able to taste the wind and i think that it would be a clean taste since its in a clean nature area. When it comes to feel i think i would be able to feel the hardness of the rocks and the air breezing in my face. If i was able to walk around the area i would feel the grass and the tree branches.

Rule of thirds

Balance

Leading Lines

Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

Viewpoint

Background

Create depth

Framing

Cropping

Mergers and avoiding them

"Great black and white photographers, PART 2."

Jerry Uelsmann Bio.

Jerry Uelsmann was born in Detroit on June 11,1934. He started teaching at the university of Florida in Gainsville in 1960 ("my first job"). Before Jerry Uelsmanna became a graduate research professor of art at the university in 1974. His potographs are in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide,including the Metropolitan Museum in Gainesville the initernational museum of photography. When Jerry Uelsmann was young he attended public school and when he got to high school he became more interested in photography.  Uelsmann enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology in 1953 and received his B.F.A. in 1957. He also got his M.S. and M.F.A. from Indiana University in 1960. Some books that Uelsmann did are (Other Realities by Jerry Uelsmann, Museum Studies, Referencing Art ex.) Mr. Uelsmann is still alive but has retierd from teaching and lives with his wife, the artist Maggie Taylor.
Two Favorite Pictures.

Pinhole Finale

The diffrence between my positive and negative is that the lighter parts became dark and the light parts became dark.  When we changed our picture to a positive the picture fliped and now the objects are on the opposite side of each other. Another diffrence between these two images is that the the negative was brighter and the positive became a darker image.

Photography . noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest.