Peer reflection for academic shoot

http://tabeenksphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/academic-photos-photoshop.html

                          

This is one of the photos that i like on this blog because the subject is clear and very good balance.

I would get a better angle of the photo because the background kills the subject. 

Academic shoot reflection and critique

1. One of the main challenges that i encountered while taking photos for the academic shoot were avoiding mergers. Often the body parts of peers were cut off or the dest would cut off a body part and that would really screw the photo up. Also it was hard for me to find somebody who was actually working and didn't just pose for the photo.

2. I didn't really have trouble with any of the aspects of photography because i have been taking photos since i was 4 from either a camera or a phone. And i got used to adjusting my body position to get a good angle of the subject.

3. If i were to do another academic shoot then things i would have done differently would include arranging with more teachers so that i could have more variety of in which classrooms i could take photos.

4. Things i would have done the same if i were to do the same academic shoot were to be going into similar classrooms.

5. The easiest rule for me to achieve in any shoot is rule of thirds because from years of "at home photography" i got used to adjusting my pose to get a photo of the subject. And it is by far the easiest rule for me to achieve.

6. The hardest rule for me to achieve (in academic shoots) is avoiding mergers.

7. I throughly understand all composition rules.

Academic photo

(The Story) I think that this describes a story that shows two boys who have worked very long on a robot. And this is their first time to try it out.
(Action and emotion) I think that this shows Action because there is a reaction happening and emotion because of how the girl is reacting to it.
(Filling frame) I think that this photo fills the frame he most because the students are trying out some crazy new technology for the first time and that makes the photo interesting. Seeing how the students react to the new technology.

Favorite Photo

I really like this photo because it has a great focus and the timing of the shoot was perfect.

Academic Shoot

Composition Rules- Rule of thirds, Avoiding mergers.

Subject- The main subject of the photo is Jeffery reading a book.

I think that the subject of the photo is really clear and easy to understand.

Composition Rules- Simplicity, Rule of thirds, Lines.

Subject- The main subject is Mike writing an Essay for english.

I think that subject is very clear in this photo.

Composition rules- Rule of thirds, Lines.

Subject- The main subject of the photo is a girl taking a photograph of another photographer.

Even thought there are people in the background, i think the subject of the photo is still pretty clear because of the main focus.

Photo Manipulation and effects

 1. What are some of the main points you read about in the website above regarding manipulating images?
1. I read that doing photoshop is acceptable to certain extent. There are regulations for professional photographers, as how much they can manipulate a photo. Though there are people that believe that the rules don't apply for them. At the end photographers try not to change the photo much and if they do then most often they will change either the background or the light settings.

2. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and New York times regarding image manipulation?
2. In these bigger newspaper companies the companies set regulations to the photographers. As how much manipulation the photographers can do in one photo. They try not to manipulate the photos very much.

3. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line unto an unethical manipulation?
3. I think an acceptable thing would be to change the amount of light and that would be it. I believe that the background should stay the same and the original subject should also without changing and positioning of the parts of the subject.

 Unethical

This is an unethical cover because you wouldn't usually find a old lady on a motorcycle especially Ann Richards. Also the photo shop is horrible the head that got put on a role model looks crooked on the neck and looks horrible attached. It is easy to tell that the head does not belong to the body. Thats why i find this photo unethical.

Least Unethical

I Believe that this photo is the least Unethical because the body is the same and the only effect that was done is changing the light. And with that it still doesn't make a big difference. This is why i find this photo the least Unethical.

Great Black and white photographers 2

Biography

     Ansel Adams was an Amazing photographer in the late 90s. Ansel was born on February 20, 1902 to Charles Hitchcock Adams and Live bray Adams, he was an only child. During his childhood he was a weird kid with a crooked unfixable broken nose and with not many friends. He was enroled in many private schools but he was never able to cooperate with them. At the age of 12 Adam dad took him out of school to home education. During his childhood he enjoyed collecting bugs and sky watching, later on he was enrolled in piano and Ansel thought he has found his career. Though in the future he moved into photography. At the age of 13 he was enrolled into a private middle school and ended his education in 8th grade. That summer his dad took him to Yosemite National park and that opened a new field of hobbies to Ansel. And that was when his real inspiration began for photography. After that trip he joined a club of photography in his school and soon enough he had his first photo on the bulletin.

     At the age of 20 Ansel decided to be a photographer. Shortly after that he published his first book "The John Muir Trail". Eventually he became a very famous photographer and shot all around the Americas. 

     When America joined the Second World war "Roosevelt" ordered Ansel to go take pictures at one of the americans camp. After those shoots. Ansel came back distressed with the environment and published a new book due to that "Born free and equal". After many more albums and achievements Adams passed away on April 22, 1984.

http://anseladams.com/ansel-adams-bio/

https://www.biography.com/people/ansel-adams-9175697

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ansel-adams-269.php

Post Shoot Reflection

Prompt Shoot Reflection

#1. While taking my prompt shoots of "Bowie, Metal, Happy and Square" I encountered problems of trying to find a good shoot for "Square". I didn't see many things that could reflect about square. In the end i chose a picture of a square entrance into the building.

#2. For me the hardest aspect while taking a photo is to get a good focus. I am only satisfied when there is a main focus on one item and the scene behind is blurred up. Another hard aspect for me is to get a good angle in which the background for the main object is clear, and doesn't mess with the main subject.

#3. If i could have done the assignment again then i wold find a better photo then square and retake the picture with the flower so that the background was a clear sky.

#4. Things i would have done the same would be take all the same subject but from a different angle. 

#6. I would have some interest in shooting these same prompts again though i would like something different.

http://ameliesphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/prompt-shoot-1.html

#1. The photos have a very good focus, and they have a great subject, Equal balance of light

#2. I do not see the square in the "square" prompt.

Avoiding Merges/ 9-11

Avoiding Merges

I believe that this photo is "avoiding merges" because the entire lady is in the picture, and the main attention is on her.

Framing/ 9-11

Framing
This picture shows good framing because the main focus "the people" is inside of the frame "the people who passed".

Balance/ 9-11

Balance
This photo shows good balance, because the three people make a perfect triangle making a great balance.

Lines/ 9-11

Lines
This photo projects good lines because its made completely out of straight lines and has no off focus.

Simplicity/ 9-11

Simplicity
This photo shows simplicity because the photo is focused on one subject and there are no off focus that distract the main subject.

Line of thirds/ 9-11

Line of Thirds
This picture shows the lines of thirds because the water at the bottom projects the lower third making the picture be in the format "line of Thirds".

The Camera history and basic functions.

Camera History and basic functions.

#1. The camera obscura effect is an ancient optical device. A dark room with a small hole in one wall. On the wall opposite the hole, an image is formed of whatever is outside... The size of the hole has a great effect on the picture that is being projected.

#2.It perfected when Isaac Newton and Chrisian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and process of making a high quality class lense.

#3. A glass lens, a dark box and a film.

#4. The modern cameras still have glass lenses.

#5. They use focus.

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#6. The auto mode controls the camera completely were as the program mode only assists.

#7. The portrait mode makes it so that the image behind is blurry and it tries to get the fattest lens possible.

#8. The sport mode is used to do freeze motion, it will use the highest shutter mode possible.

#9. In manual mode the author must set both the shutter and the aperture mode.

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#10. You do a half press on the button to get focus.

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#11. The symbol means no Flash. The author uses it when he/she wants to make the image more dramatic using day light.

#12. The symbol means auto flash. It will flash if the camera thinks that there needs to be more light.

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#13. The picture will be washed out if there is to much light.

#14. The picture will be to dark if there is not enough light.

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#15. A stop is a relative measure of light.

#16. It will be one stop lighter.

#17. It will be two stops lighter.

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#18. The film speed is faster.

#19. The film speed is slower

#20. It controls brightness.

#21. You can adjust aperture by adjusting the shutter.

Photo Prompt #1

Square
I believe that in this photo i achieved a decent "line effect" Though if i took the picture from the other side of the entrance then the "line effect" would have been better.

 Happy
I think that i achieved good "framing and Avoiding merges". I think this because there is only one main subject that is not cutoff in any way and is inside of the frame of the roof.

 Metal
I didn't get any concepts for this photo.










Bowie
                                                                                     I didn't get any concepts for this photo.