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What i read- In this post i did not read anything, it only had a lot of amazing photos, which were of different style location and following different rules.

What i learned- I learned that there are crazy good photos out there.

This site related to photography because it had a lot of great photos, sadly i wasn't able to get them onto this screen...

THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS IN THE WORLD

http://www.rachelsussman.com/oltw/

What i read- In this article i read that there is a photographer Rachel Sussman who is different from others, in a main point that she does both science and photography. Her main point of photography is taking photos of the oldest thing in the world.

What i learned- In this article i learned that there is a photographer Rachel Sussman who is different from others, in a main point that she does both science and photography. Her main point of photography is taking photos of the oldest thing in the world.

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Photo- I chose this photo, because this is truly "the oldest thing on earth". And it means something to me because i have seen it.

Rules- In this photo i see several rules of photography, these include Rule of thirds and simplicity.

Photos By- Rachel Sussman 

The Disorienting Beauty of Spiral Staircases in Old Abandoned Buildings

https://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/

What i Read/ Learned- Reading this short yet descriptive passage i learned that there was a guy who lived in Germany, who liked to go to abounded buildings and look at the staircases. And when he got into the world of photography he started taking photos of them, and it turned out to be a disordering beauty.

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Photo- I picked this photo because i find it to be very disordering, and trips. It is hard to tell if you are looking down or up. I also like the way that the actual building is in very good condition, judging by the rails in comparison to the railings.

Rules- In this photo there are several rules of photography leading lines, framing and filling the frame.

Photos by- Christian Richter

6 Types of Photos Every Photographer Should Know How to Make

https://petapixel.com/2014/12/01/6-types-photos-know-make/

What I read? In this article i read about how to make different types of photos. These included how to make Fake tilt photos, Forced perspective, Exposure, Digital inferred, Double exposure and a Polor Panorama. It talked about the science behind what i should know when taking these photos, and what type of equipment is preferably needed.

What i learned that was new? Out of the new things i learned, i got a brief understanding of what type of science is behind taking these types of photos, and the science behind taking such a photo.

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Photo- I picked the photo above, because i like to personally take these type of perspective photos, and i show a lot of respect to those who take these type of photos, because i understand how hard it is to take one like such. 

Rules- The rules of photography that are in this photo include, leading lines and balance

Photo by- Future PLC

Cover types

Most often when we look at a magazine cover, we just scan through the picture and maybe read a couple words, and thats it. Not many people suspect that their is a whole science behind covers, different ways to present the covers in text, images, drawings and all of these combined. Though this is not mainly what it is called. There are four different types of ways the magazine authors present their magazine covers. Starting off with image based covers. In these covers the subject is taken by a camera, most often it is of a person who is looking directly to the camera who is trying to sell off a product, most often celebrities do this. Often also the person is looking off the camera dragging the attention of the reader off the page. Overall the image type based cover is all based around taking a photo of an somebody. Also in covers there is a Illustration based cover this means that the cover of the journal is drawn by hand or on a computer. People do this to draw unrealistic things or somethings that are hard to take a picture off, or at last add a sense of craftsman ship. The third type of cover post is called a type based cover. In this type of cover the cover consist only of words with a bold background. In these types of covers the author tries to make the author read the cover to get a sense of what is inside the journal, and at last there is a combination of all of these, this is called a concept based cover. It is were the is a combination of hand drawn items, pictures and words. This is the type of cover that you will see on most covers. At last possibly the hardest thing to do for and author of a journal is to make the connection of the picture and words match, form first perspective it seems easy to do, but if you try it, it isn't so. This is important because if your picture is of a soccer player and the words say "how to drive a car?" that would make no sense. So the author tries to tie the photo and words together. For example showing a soccer player and write about that "adidas cleats make you faster" then this would make sense and drag attention to people who like soccer. The only case were the author of the cover might use completely unrelated words to the image, is if the author is trying to communicate different topics from the journal.

My Favorite Cover

Winner

Sports Illustrated, April 22, BOSTON

Photographer: John Tlumacki
"At approximately 3:10 on the afternoon of April 15, 2013, the editors of Sports Illustrated returned from their Monday meeting to rumors of a terrorist act near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. With fewer than four hours until Si's weekly deadline, producing a definitive news account of what happened was impossible. Was there, however, an image that captured the afternoon's chaos, its tragedy, in addition to a city's capacity for resilience and goodness in the face of such terror? Yes, there was, dozens of images, in fact. By 4:30 p.m., half an hour ahead of the magazine's usual cover deadline, (Read More)

I really like this cover post because its easy to tell what the main topic is going to be about, and the cover adds a sense of action attracting people without even having them reading anything yet. I also like this photo because it includes several different types of composition rules and portraits. It is a environmental portrait because it shows the cops with there uniform on and doing their job. It is also a formal portrait showing the cops in their formal costumes. And it is a informal portrait showing the runner who was nocked down or was laying down for safety who was dressed in a informal costume. For the rules of composition this photo shows a very good sense of balance. Drawing several different lines. First off comparing the two running cop. And the dark uniforms of the cops in contrast of the uniform of the runner. Also there is quite a bit of lines in the photo. If not paying attention to the words the buildings in the background make leading lines to the main subject the people. And with that there is framing form the buildings. The action communicated by the photo is the cops running to help people and figure were is the terrorist. It is clear that it is a shot that was taken several minutes after the bomb going off. 

Best Covers

1. Informal
2. Formal
3. Informal
4. Environmental
5. Environmental
6. Formal
7. Informal
8. Formal
9. Formal
10. Formal
11. Formal
12. Formal
13. Informal
14. Formal
15. Formal
16. Environmental
17. Informal

Magazine tips

1. Make the cover different from others.
2. Do unusual things "all green".
3. Efficient fact, and easy to read.
4. Create a sense of curiosity.
5. Make it obvious whats inside.

top 100

Image #1

1. I liked this photo because i thought it was funny to see possibly the most famous band of all time playing in a pillow fight with each other. It caught my attention because is saw familiar faces, ones of whom i listen music of.

2. I read that this photograph originally didn't want to photograph the beatles but after listening to there music he found himself not wanting to leave, he captured this photo the day before their concert of which would be the #1 song in the U.S.

3. There wasn't much new information, besides the fact that i learned that their concert on the next day rose hope for america, which happened 11 weeks after Abrahams assassination.

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5. Harry Benson (born December 22 1929. Age 87) Scotland. Education- Harrow School Scotland.

Image #2

1. I liked this photo because it captures seconds after one boxer defeated the other and i find this as the moment of victory which i like how the photograph was able to catch it. It caught my attention because of the sport.

2. I learned that Mohomad lost his title to the other guy the previous year and just earned it back, also the photographer states that the bright lights and heavy smoke made a perfect studio projection.

3. I learned that aside from the photo the photograph considered himself very lucky to be in the right seat and the right time, also the photograph is a professional sports photograph.

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5. Neil Leifer (December, 28 1942 Age 74. NYC) Education- Henery street settlement house.

Image #3

1. I like this photo because it captures and amazing moment in history. And it caught my attention because of that.

2. I learned that the guy in the photo was not the first man on the moon, and he didn't care about that.

3. Aside from the photo i learned that there is no photo of Neil Armstrong on the moon which was the guy with the camera who took the photo.

4. Neil Armstron ( August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, OH)( died August 25 2012 Cincitti, OH) Education University of southern California.

Image #4

1. This image caught my attention because we usually see the photo of the moon from the earth but here it is the other way around, and that is both why i liked the photo and why it caught my attention.

2. I learned that this photo was nearly missed and that the astronauts had several seconds to take the photo. I learned that the first photograph took the photo in black and white which wasn't that massive but the other guy had time to grab a color canister and get a colored shot.

3. Aside from the photo i learned that this photo was token on christmas eve during a big war in America.

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5. William Anders (October 17 1933, Age 84 British Hong Kong) Education Harvard school of business.

Image #5 

1. This photo caught my attention because it shows the effort a community puts in to feed itself. I like it because of that to.

2. I learned that this photo wasn't actually of people finding to eat food, but rather they found a dead gorilla in a park while sawing trees and carried it out.

3. Aside from the photo i learned that the people in the community Cut trees for coal and found this dead Gorilla that weighed 500 lbs.

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5. Brent Stirton (1969, Durbon South Africa) Education- Durbon University of technology.

Photo shop changes

Video 1
1. They changed the mouth.
2. They stretched out her neck.
3. They made the neck skinnier.
4. They made her forehead skinnier.
5. They made her eyes bigger.
6. They lowered her eyes.
7. They closed the gap in her hair.

Video 2
1. They painted her lips red.
2. They made her eyes bigger.
3. They made her nose bigger.
4. They made her shoulders taller.
5. They stretched out neck a little.
6. They made her skin lighter.
7. They made her legs taller.
8. They made her but smaller.
9. They made the belly smaller.

Video 3
1. They made her skinnier.
2. They made her whiter.
3. They made her hair lighter.
4. They made her shoulder narrower.
5. They made her legs wider.
6. They made her hair curlier.
7. They made her hands in a arch.

Conclusion
1. I think that it should not be acceptable to alter a person in such a dramatic way, it is okay to alter the lighting using levels or to crop and image, though i think that it is unsuitable and rude to alter somebodies body so much.
2.  When somebody starts working out, before that they take a photo of themselves being fat and when they are done working out after a year to see how much they have changed.
3. The changed that are okay include lightning using levels, cropping and changing the exposures and the colors "from color to black and white."
4. In photo journalism you record history and in fashion photography you try to get people to buy your item by making your cover more attractive.
5. There are two main types of photography in my opinion, one is recording history including nature, family, history and others are used as advertising to sell a product.
6. I think you showed us these three videos so we can see what is possible with photography and photoshop.
7. I think that none of the videos are about guys because guys can't be changed as much as girls.

Portrait intro

Tip number 1--  5. Move Your Subject Out of their Comfort Zone
Tip number 2--  1. Alter Your Perspective

Environmental Portraits

I like this photo because of how the guitars make a frame around the guy who's clearly into guitars, making it his natural environment.

I like this photo because there is an aspect of balance, and the guy didn't know that he was being shot making it and even better photo.

Photography Self portrait

I like this photo because of how the subject stands out from everything else. It also gives a relaxed emotion.

I like this photo because of the framing of the column and roof. It also shows a happy emotion.

Casual portrait

I like this photo because of how the background is blurred though still adds a good sense of background.

I like this photo because of how the boy didn't know that he was being shot, or at least it looks like that.

Plans for shooting- I plan on making several photos. For natural environment i want to take a photo of my dad in his office working. To make this photo successful i will try to add more light due to the fact that his office is relatively dark. For a casual portrait i want to take of my picture weaving in her room. To make this photo successful i will try to sneak up on her when she doesn't know, because she generally likes posting but it looks better when its not. And for self portrait if will either take a picture of myself in my studio with my guitars, or me taking a jump or wheeling on my bike. To make this photo successful i will put it on the ten photo format to make sure that one image would turn out good.

A. I think that the most powerful image is the one that is labeled as Basic training didn't begin to prepare Ian Fisher for military life.

B. The images work together to show a story by making a story showing all the hardships and happy moments that Ian experienced, putting together his story from the U.S army.

C. The captions enhance the photographs by explaining what is happening in the photos, because not in all photos its clear what is happening.

D. Fisher was enrolled in the army in June 2007, at the time he was 17 years old. For a while he was having trouble in the army and at home, not being connected to either place, though later in the future he started having more friends in the army. Through training Fisher had a fun playful experience though he did learn. Later on they were put on a raid as a test. And the commander stated that half of the team would be killed. The ones that would have been killed had to leave though fisher and 3 others stayed in training. Soon after that he was issued a blue medal for completion of training. After months of training he got moved back to his home town and was an hour away from his friends and they vouched to see him. Fisher was later caught smoking after training and was forced for a punishment of pushups which he completed with success, sit-ups and a 2 mile run which he wasn't able to do. Later he had a week home were he bought an engagement ring for his girlfriend though wasn't going to propose until christmas in front of family. Later his drug problem got bigger, and he had a meeting with his father, it turned out that he broke up with his girl friend and says that that was one of the reasons. Closer to the end of his carrier Ian flew to Iraq to fight.

E. Present tense.

F. 1- On average they are 3 sentences long.
    2- The first sentence usually provides the main information of the photo.
    3- The second sentence usually provides information about the photo which is not obvious when looking at the photo.
    4- The third sentence usually provides a quote.
    5- Yes
    6- Yes

G. Because If you have a photo then it shows the action and the caption tells you what is happening

H. You would bother to write just a story because and story usually comes with more detailed information and all the events leading up to each other.

Mtb

Rule of thirds

Balance

Leading lines

Symmetry and repetition

Viewpoint

Background

Create Depth

Framing

Cropping

Avoiding Mergers

Funny Captions

 This photo is of a grandmother Martha who is at the park with several of her friends Maria and Synthia and she is swinging on swings. She is remembering how to be a kid, how to enjoy yourself.

This photo is of Mr. Bill celebrating his graduation anniversary with his college friends. This is at Princeton University , the 100th anniversary of the college, the graduates from that year are pictured.

This is a photo of grandfather Philip remembering his skills from the U.S army. He is at the Camp Mabry shooting range shooting out of a full automatic machine gun, designed in 2014. 

Abandoned theme parks

11. Out of all amusement parks i would have visited the Holy land park. It caught my attention because it could have a long story. Being able for me to go take photos there as of this moment and catch the seeds of how it looks right now and who lives there. And right the stories of the park, the murder, gangs etc. And i could have taken another set of pictures in several more years due to the fact that the park was bought from the gangs and is currently being under reconstruction and they want to build a new amusement park.

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3. An interest to a photographer would be an abandoned city, abandoned underwater anything, abandoned park, Luisiana, because it will probably be underwater in 20 years.

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5. A underwater would be an interesting documentation seen because people don't know about them and most people have never seen them, and in general not much is known about them.

6. The only equipment i would need is a suitcase my close, scuba diving suit, water proof camera.

Africa

1. I read about a photographer who went into Africa to get pictures of animals in their natural environment. I was surprised about how patient the photographer was with the photos, waiting 17 days to capture a photo of the lion. That sounds like an achievement. Nether the less the photos he took were pretty impressive, about how close he was able to get to some of the animals.

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3. I really like this photo not only because of the content but also because of respect to the photographer for sitting there 17 days waiting for a perfect shot. I like this photo because of how good the lightning is and the simplicity of the photo.

4. Rule of thirds, the lion is in the middle left segment of the photo. Avoiding merges, no body limbs are cut off. Simplicity, the subject is clear.

5. The camera lens that Nick Brandt uses is a Pentax 67 camera lens which he modified. This is important to his photos because it creates a soft focus and a tilt shift effect.

6. His reason for taking these photos is to take pictures of animals in Africa in their natural environment and condition. Also he hopes to persuade people not to kill these animals and try to keep them alive, because THEY ARE SLOWLY DIEING OFF!

7. His hope for taking these photos is to persuade people not to kill these animals and try to keep them alive. And to keep memory of them.

8. In 2005 ivory cost $400 a kilogram. Today, it is $6,000 a kilo. As a result, about 10 percent of Africa's elephant population is killed every year, about 30,000 elephants a year.

Photo prompt #3