Final Review!

1. Captions; 

    
                       Children, Mufasa and Matthew, play with what things they do have in their home just outside of the city of Madrid. Mufasa, back corner, and Matthew, front, were born in that same room only seven years ago. 

                     Mother, Lynna and baby boy, Osama, are getting off a boat near the Nile river.                                    They were recently captured by the Iraqi government.





2. Rules of Photography;

1. Rule of thirds; A guideline that helps the photographer focus on a certain part and zoom it in so that it is clearer what the subject of the photo is. 

2. Balancing Elements; When you place your main object off-center, to make the photo more interesting. 

3. Leading Lines; When a photo has a clear line that goes straight to the object you are photographing. 

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition); When an object has symmetry or a pattern included in it. 

5. Viewpoint; The view of how the photo was taken. For example; Birds eye view. Taken from above the object. 

6. Background; The background that is behind the object, usually it will make the main subject pop. 

7. Create depth; How far you can see in the photo. What you can see on the horizon. 

8. Framing; When surrounding objects "Frame" the main object. 

9. Cropping; Cutting out some of the picture to focus more on the main subject. 

10. Mergers and avoiding them; When there is more than one object in a place that it shouldn't be. 

3. Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO; 

Aperture; The opening where light travels through on a camera. 

Shutter Speed; The length of time that the Aperture is open. 

ISO; Determines how sensitive the camera is to incoming light. 

4. How to get to my folder on the server; 
~ First go to the desktop and click on the Journalism Drive, the icon with the camera. 
~Once you get there you must log on to the server, username: photon password; password. 
~Once you are on the server click on photoj (*double click). 
~Then go to the Third Period folder. 
~Once you get there click on the folder that says Harrod, Haley-Nicole. 


5. Photoshop;
~ When people go into photoshop they usually just edit their pictures to make the lighting better or to make themselves look better. But, there are some things that just aren't acceptable. For example take a model, She is so pretty with or without make up. Photo shoots are meant for taking pictures right? Well, they do after that is what isn't okay. They take his/her picture and "fix" her face, body, etc. It doesn't help anyones self esteem, they feel that they need to look exactly like that in order to be accepted by society. Fixing the lighting or your complexion is one thing, but making someone skinnier and their face less full is something completely different. 

6. Environmental, Self, and Casual; 
~ Environmental; An environmental picture is when you take a portrait of yourself in your "natural" environment. (Home, work....) 
~ Self; A portrait where its just you. You are the only subject in the photo. Usually in a studio. 
~ Casual; Portraits that are anywhere but a studio. You being you. 


7. Exposure, Depth of Field, and Focal Length; 
~ Exposure; presentation to view, especially in an open or public manner. 
~ Depth of field; The range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens. through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image. 
~ Focal Length; The distance between an object lens and is corresponding focal plane in a telescope. 

Lytro & Ethics in fashion

Lytro Warm-Up:

1. When I clicked on the photo i saw that the blurry background became clear and the clear foreground became blurry. 

2. This camera makes the blurry parts become clear and the clear parts become blurry. 

3. I think that photographer would first need to know how to use a camera in manual mode, and also how to focus in on certain objects and make the rest sort of fade away.

4. Yes, I think so. 


Ethics in Fashion: 

1. The changes to the models face were her lips were made a little bigger, her eyes were moved up and out a little bit, and they made her neck longer. 

2. In my opinion I don't think so. It shows younger girls that society doesn't like you for who you truly are. 

3. Yes, If you're a model and you're going to a school to talk about something with little kids the girls are going to think oh i need to look like that. That's how you're supposed to look. That shouldn't happen at all. 

4. The types of changes that are okay would be the make-up and hair part. But the parts where the make her look a certain way on a computer screen are the parts that aren't okay. 

5. Fashion photography is when you're at a modeling show and you take pictures of the models walking up and down the run way. The photojournalism is when you add a story to that photo. 

6. Each type of photography shows what happens when no one is paying attention. It sort of gives a reality check to certain people about some of the issues that are captured. This affects the ethical practice of each type of photography because just like that video photography can capture what people really do to make models look the way they do. 

Self Portrait and Portraits

Self Portrait part II 

-Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait.

- 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. Practice with people you know so that you are comfortable; people can sense when you aren't.
-When you photograph into a mirror, be sure your reflection is in focus. An infrared autofocusing system will usually focus on glass if it's aimed into a mirror, and will focus at infinity if aimed at an angle. You might try focusing at an object that's the same distance as the distance from the camera to the reflection, lock in the focus, recompose the image to include yourself, and take the picture.

I like this photo because its unique and shows a different way of taking a self portrait. 

I like this photo because it lets people know that you don't need to be serious when taking a self portrait. 

I like this photo because it shows that a portrait isn't just with a white background and an uncomfortable stool. 

I like this photo because it tells you that you don't need to be all dressed up for a portrait. 

For my portrait assignment I want to take a portrait of my friend doing what she does best, being herself. I would really love to shoot in her room where she can be herself and where we are both comfortable in the scenery. Also her room expresses who she is more than anything else. I will make sure that I have really good and that you can actually see her and her surroundings. My plan ti get a good quality photo would be to make sure that I'm comfortable with the camera and that I know how to work it properly and how to make it so that the photo doesn't look blurry and grainy. 

Rules of Photography part II 

 RULE OF THIRDS 

BALANCING ELEMENTS. 

LEADING LINES. 

SYMMETRY AND PATTERNS. 

VIEWPOINT.

BACKGROUND. 

DEPTH. 

FRAMING. 

CROPPING

MERGERS.