Favorite Photos of 2012

This is my favorite photo because i like how the lighting striking the bridge  looks in the photo.

This is my favorite photo because of how the ice flowers look and how the sun is in the corner .

This is my favorite photo because of how the place is reflected over the water .

Extra Credit

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. 

 The man was shoved into the tracks by an unidentified assailant. He took out his camera and snapped pictures. 

2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo? 

To alert the train driver that something was wrong with his flash. 

3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo? 

I think that if he was really trying to help the man he should have but if it was just to become famous I think its wrong and he shouldn't have taken it. 

4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not? 

I am not sure I think it would have been better if he actually tried to pull the guy out of the tracks instead of taking photos. 

5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not. 

I disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front of the New York Post because I think that it will hurt his family to see how he looked on his last moments of his life every where and remanding them how he died and that everyone knows. 

6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not? 

I think that it should be stopping bad things from happening because there are always other amazing things you can capture with out something bad happening.

 7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not. 

I think that there are some things that a photographer should involve himself/herself it just depends on the situation and if the situation is to personal they shouldn't get involved.

 8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer.  

Yes because then everyone is doubting your intentions. 

9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation.

 The blame in this controversy lies directly with the New York Post for publishing such a callous, crude and truly tasteless headline while at the same time wrongly splashing the tragedy on the front page.

Fashion

1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
Face structure, eyes, eyebrows, neck, hair, lips, and ears.
2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
It is not ethical to change a persons appearance like this because is wrong and many people are going to see this and think is a real person but its not anymore because they changed her completely.
3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
Yes when its intended for young people and are not sure about themselves and think that the person is truly as beautiful as she appears.
4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
I think that the hair changes are ok but the rest are not.
5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
Fashion photography changes and manipulates the photo to be completely different and photojournalism makes different changes like light and other small things.
6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?

Fashion photography is for how beautiful people look, and photojournalism is to show different types of photos and scenery this affects the ethical practice of each other by how they mean in the real world for fashion is how people should look and photojournalism is to enjoy looking at photos.

Lytro

1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?
Things come into focus. 2. How does this new camera work?
It either blurs things or makes them come into focus.3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about)
He should know about shutter speed the aperture and ISO and the rules of photography 4. Is it worth the money?
Yes

Rules of Photography Part II

Rule of thirds

Balancing Elements

Leading Lines

Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

 

Viewpoint

Background

Create depth

 Cropping

 Framing

 

                                                            Mergers and avoiding them

Self Portraits and Portraits Part 2

Settings—The Other Subject

The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.

A mirror or some other reflective surface offers an even easier way to take a self-portrait. In most cases, the camera will be included in the scene (but this can help make a statement about your enthusiasm for photography). You can use your camera as a prop, and hold it away from your face. 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.

A self-portrait doesn't have to be of your face—the image of two hands holding a camera says a lot about the photographer who shot his own portrait. You can also aim the camera down your body from eye level. I once took a photo of my own feet in hiking shoes, hanging over the edge of a rocky outcropping in a scenic spot (if you try something like this, just make sure you're in a safe place that you won't fall from). A picture like this will say a lot about your activities and surroundings.

                     Environmental Portrait 

 I liked this photo because of how the girl is position to go with her background.

 

I liked this photo because of the setting and the background that it creates also because the person is just a shadow.

         

                   Photography Self Portrait

 I like this photo because it is different from just a regular self portrait.

I like this photo because of the reflection from the door knob.

 Casual Portrait

 

 I like this photo because of the background and it is really casual.

I like this photo because of how the shadows of the tree makes on the frame and how the cupels are shadows.

I will shoot photographs of students, i would like to shoot outside i would try and fallow the rules and make it unique.

American Soldier slide show and captions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?
For me the most powerful image is #62 the one with the little kid making a gun with his fingers and pointing at the squad this is the most powerful because it shows all the things the little children are going through.

B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #? image #1 to image#9

Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #? to image #? image #16 to image #30
Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #? to image #? image #54 to image #70
Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#? to image #? image #71 to image #83

Which set of images was the most powerful? Why?
The ones in Iraq because it shows all the things the soldiers are going through and what they do for America to protect it.

c. How do the images work together to tell a story?

They start from the begging and at the end and they go in order of how the things happened.

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?

The verbs are usually written in the present tense.

4. Now its your turn to write a few captions - DO NOT COPY THEIR WRITING

A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.
First sentence:

Subject -- action verb (present tense) -- object -- how -- why -- when -- where.

Optional second sentence:

Subject -- verb (past tense) -- object (describes background [context] of the situation shown in picture.)

#3- Ian arrives at the Armed Forces Career Center to get his information about his enlistment on June 7, 2007 at 3:47p.m. in his hometown Denver.

#5- Ian is saying goodbye to his father by hugging him because he is leaving for his training on June 17, 2007 at 1:24 p.m. at his home.

#6- Ian is saying goodbye to his friends by hugging them in his driveway because he is leaving for his training on June 17/ 2007 at 8:27 p.m.

Click on the Video tab - watch the videos.

A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?

It shows the things that was happening before they took the photographs.

B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? 

Videos are better then photographs because it shows all that is happening.

C. In what ways are photos better than videos? 

Photos are better then videos because you can look at them for as long as you want.