Redesigned photos

Rule of Thirds

Simplicity

Framing

Balance

Lines

Avoiding Mergers

Academic shoot reflection and critique

1. A problem that I faced was trying to get pictures that were bad for the avoiding mergers.
2. I found myself focusing on trying to get the camera focused the most. I ended u retaking photos multiple times and choosing the best one.
3. My photos for lines weren't super great. I would put more effort into that rule.
4. I think I did pretty well on the whole rule of thirds idea.
5. Once again, the rule of thirds is always pretty easy.
6. I honestly think that framing was the hardest rule to capture.
7.  I'm not fully sure what balance is. I can probably just look it up.

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1. I enjoyed how the student achieved both simplicity and balance really well.
2. On the contrary, the framing photo has a couple things wrong with it.

photo taken with an aperture of F2.8


photo taken with an aperture of F32

1. The aperture on a camera should be related to the pupil of our eye.
2. The smaller the aperture, the higher the f number. The bigger the aperture, the smaller the f number.
3. If you have an aperture with an f number that's high, all the objects will appear to be in focus while if you go the other way, than only the subject will be in focus.


1.
Reasonably Good Light
a) medium
b) medium
c) fast
d) medium
e) fast
f) medium
Dark/No Light
a) slow
b) slow
c) medium
d) slow
e) medium
f) slow
2. The three different settings you can use is aperture priority, shutter priority, and manual. Aperture priority does everything for you except for except for the aperture while shutter priority does the exact opposite. Manual does everything for you so you don't have to worry about it.


1. If you shoot at a higher ISO, it will take the image faster.
2. The author suggested you use a low ISO in a well lit environment.
3. The author suggested you use a high ISO she there is snot enough light to capture a photo quickly.


Aperture settings: F2.8-F22
Shutter speed settings: 1"-1/4000"
ISO settings: 100-25600

Lines

1. The rule of lines.
2. The subject is the books.
3. I think the subject is pretty clear.
4. N/A

Balance

1. The rule of balance.
2. There are multiple subjects. Both of the boys.
3. I think its pretty clear.
4. N/A

Simplicity

1. The rule of simplicity.
2. The subject is the girl.
3. It's pretty clear.
4. N/A

Framing

1. The rule of framing.
2. The subject is the boy.
3. It seems to be pretty clear.
4. N/A

Rule of Thirds

1. The rule of thirds.
2. The subject is the girl drawing.
3. It's clear because she is the only thing in the picture.
4. N/A

Avoiding Mergers

1. The rule of avoiding mergers.
2. The hat is the subject.
3. It is very unclear because that was what we were supposed to do.
4. I could block out the flag or zoom in a the hat and get it from a different angle

Great Black and White Photographer Part 2

Of the many black  and white photographers, Karl Blossfeldt stuck out as my favorite. He was born on June 13, 1865 in Berlin, Germany and died on December 9, 1932. He was completely self-taught with the camera. He made a camera that was used to magnify objects up to thirty times. He used this camera to photograph up close shots of flowers and such. Although, photography wasn't his main profession. He was an art teacher at the United States School for Fine and Applied Arts. He taught sculpting and used his photographs to help with the artists process. Two of my favorite photos are listed below.

I thought that this photo told the most story. Just by looking at it I can see it all. I can see the two boys helping with a team, perhaps, and building a house. I can see all of the other people running around with nail guns, planks of wood, and blueprints.

This one, definitely showed the most emotion. Maybe they are praying for a loved one who passed or maybe just praying for the heck of it. The lighting of the photo adds to the effect entirely. It sort of gives a happy and emotional vibe. 

This photo knows how to fill a screen. Its very clear what the students are doing and also how enthusiastic they are about it. From border to border this photo is filled with dried ice or compelled students.

Simplicity

Rule of Thirds

Lines

Balance

Framing

Avoiding Mergers

Happy

Metal

Bowie

Square

The camera

1) The camera obscura effect is an illusion where you get a completely dark room and put a tiny hole in one wall. Then, a light is focused through the hole and and the scene in the next room is projected upside down on the opposite wall.

2) In the 17th century, the camera lens was invented, bringing man one step closer to the modern camera.

3) The first modern camera had three parts. A glass lens, a dark box, and some film.

4) Modern cameras are still pretty similar to the ones from the olden days. Light goes into the camera through the lens and exposes the film, thus creating a photo.
5) Digital cameras use digital film to capture photos, as opposed to real film.
6) Both auto and program mode are quite automatic. But with auto mode, the camera controls everything, while with program mode, you get to control certain thing like flash.
7) Portrait mode blurs out the background by using the fastest available lens setting.
8) Sports mode is used to freeze motion and achieves this by using the fastest shutter speed possible.
9) The half-press button tells the camera that it should be ready because you are about to take a photo.
10) This icon is the no-flash icon and it means the flash is off.
11) The icon shown to me is the auto-flash icon and is used when the photographer wants the camera to tell it when the flash is needed.
12) If you take a picture and there is too much light, your photo will be washed out.
13) Similarly, if you don't have enough light, your photo will be really dark.
14) A "stop" is used to show a change in brightness.
15) If a world had 2 suns, there would be 1 stop.
16) If a world had 4 suns, there would be 2 stops.
17) A longer shutter speed allows more light in the photo.
18) A shorter shutter speed allows less light in the photo.
19) The aperture controls the amount of light that the film gets.
20) If you want more light, than you would reduce the f-stop size.

Manuel Bravo

Eugene Atget

Karl Blossfeldt