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Photo #1

1. This photo really caught my eye, because I saw a lot of famous actors in it and it was in color unlike many of the others. 

2. The photo was taken during the 2014 Oscars. Ellen wanted to get a selfie with some of the most famous actors. After the photo was taken Ellen posted it on twitter where it was retweeted over 3 million times. It was the most time a photo has ever been retweeted in history.

3. Bradley Cooper, the man who took the photo, went over to Ellen and someone else to try and help take the photo because he saw she was struggling. She told him no it has to be a selfie so Cooper ended up getting in the photo because he was in the front and with longer arms. 

4. Bradley Cooper isn't a photographer, it was just a spontaneous moment. I could not find any pictures he has taken. 

5. Bradley Charles Cooper

Born: January 5th, 1975 in Philadelphia, PA.

School: Georgetown University 

Photo #2

1. This photo caught my eye, because I saw a baby sitting on what looked like a road unattended. I imagined he had been abandoned so I clicked on it to see what the photo was about. 

2. The photo was taken in 1937, shortly after China had been bombed. What really shocked me while I was reading was Wong saying that as soon as he stepped out onto the floor his shoes had been soaked in blood. This means it must have been really fatal and a lot of deaths/wounded. He then saw the baby sitting on the floor crying near his mother who lay dead. 

3. I learned that Wong quickly took the baby after the photo and rushed it to safety. Although, the babies father came and took the baby from Wong. The photo was shown worldwide and led France, US, and Britain to claim war on the county. 

4. This is the only other photo I could find by him. 

5. H.S. "Newsreel" Wong

Born: 1900

Death: March 9th, 1981

School: None

Photo #3

1. This photo caught my eye, because of the two kids that were falling in air. I wanted to know what it was they had jumped from and why. 

2. The photograph shows two people falling in mid air. A girl, 19, and a little boy, 2, tried to escape a fire. 

3. The photographer, Forman, took the photo at a fire escape scene. Approaching the scene he thought that it was just a normal fire escape. Realizing it wasn't, he shot this picture of a 19 year old girl and her 2 year old God-son falling in air while escaping. The girl hit the floor and died, but the little boy lived because of her cushioning on the land. Forman remembers looking away before they hit because he was too frightened at what he would see. 

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5. Stanley Joseph Forman

Born: July 10th, 1945 in Winthrop, MA

School: Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology

Photo #4

1. The bright colors of this photo caught my eye as well as the many people carrying a stretched out Gorilla. 

2. In the photo, residents and park rangers carried out a 500 pound gorilla caracas. It was carried out of Virunga National Park after it had been shot. 

3. Several gorillas were shot in the Democratic Republican of Congo. The article doesn't say why they were shot, but because of a violent conflict in the park. Half of the worlds endangered mountain gorillas live in the park. 

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5. Brent Stirton

Born: 1969 in Durban, South Africa

School: none

Photo #5

1. I chose this photo because the angle it was shot at was really cool. Looking at it, I am eye level with the hippo in the water. 

2. The photographer, Nichols, took the photo in the Gabon, Africa. He captured one of many hippos swimming in the blue Atlantic ocean. 

3. What I read that was interesting was that most hippos normally spend their time in water in a swamp instead of a busy ocean. The Photo encouraged the president of the country to create national parks covering 11% of the land. 

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5. Michael Nichols
Born: November 6th, 1931 in Berlin, Germany
Died: November 19th, 2014
School: none

Prompt Shoot #3

Circle


Edge

Fashion Photography

1. Changes made:

- moved eyebrows down

- bigger lips

- longer neck

- slimer neck

- bigger eyes 

2. Changes made:

- longer legs

- slimmer body

- color change of body

- bigger eyes

- makeup

3. Changes made:

- slimmer body

- more curves

- more hair

- more hair volume

- lighting

4. No, ethnically it is not right. Changing their face makes them basically fake and we are supposed to show how they truly look. 

5. Yes, their are plenty of circumstances in which it is ethnically wrong to do this. 

6. An example of changes that would be okay is editing out a hair that might have been on the persons face or brightening the scene. Changes that aren't okay are adding makeup and distorting their faces. 

7. I think the difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is, photojournalism is more of catching peoples lifestyle in a picture and more candid things. Fashion photography to me is like more business associated and not people in there natural state. 

8. Photojournalism relation to reality is more real. It is a lot less editing. On the other hand fashion photography takes a lot of photoshop. This effects the ethnical practice because fashion photography isn't as ethnical as photojournalism. 

9. I think you showed us these videos to show us what people actually look like without photoshop to tell us that it is fake and not right. 

10. I think none of these videos are about guys because they don't really have beauty standards. 

Photography Resolutions for 2016

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/31/10-photography-resolutions-new-year/

What I looked at on this website was a lot of creative photographs. They all had a meaning behind them based on peoples new years resolutions. 

a. I chose this photo because it is a very calming image. I also really like landscape photography and this features the big mountains in the background. The angle the photo is taken at is appealing too because it is almost at ground level.

b. I see simplicity in this photo because it is very focused on the girl in the center walking away from the camera. I also see Depth because of the layering mountains in front of the girl. 

c. Jenna Martin is the photographer who took this photo. 

Spiral Staircases

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

What I saw on this website was a lot of pictures of old rusted staircases. They were taken from what looked like the top and the camera was in the middle of the spiraling stairs. Most of the stairs had very dull colors but their were a few that were still vibrant like the yellow one. 

a. I picked this photo because It reminds me of an oil painting. The colors on the right that are green and yellow really pop out to me and the image almost looks like an illusion. 

b. A rule of photography I see in this photo is depth. The spiral down the center of the image gets smaller creating depth. 

c. Christian Richter took the photo. 

Using a Projetor

http://petapixel.com/2015/01/01/projector-brought-forest-turns-nature-glowing-wonderland/

What I looked at on the website was short clips of nature that would start to glow. For example a video of a tree then a glow sort of like fire dust comes out of the center of it.

a. What I saw in the video was a lot of trees and animals in a dark setting that would start to glow with little balls of light. 

b. Tarek Mawad and Freidrich van Schoor made the video. Tarek is a 3D art and photography photographer. Freidrich van Schoor does the same but mainly focuses on the animations. 

c. The video took them 6 weeks to shoot. They idea of the video was to bring the forest to life. 

d. I learned that 3D projections are used to create popping visuals on flat surfaces. 

The oldest living things in the world

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

What I looked at on this website was a lot of old nature. I saw a lot of old trees and some bacteria. 

a. I picked this photo because I really like the detail in the tree bark. The colors of brown, white, and a little black look really cool sort of swirled together. 

b. I see rule of thirds in the photography, because the tree is on the right not centered. I could also see how this would be lines because of the tree bark with the lines of color. 

c. The photo is taken by Rachel Sussman. 

Killer Time-lapse

http://blog.ted.com/how-to-create-a-killer-timelapse-with-joe-capra/

On the website I looked at a time-lapse video. A lot of the different videos were shot up high filming the landscape below. Most of them were filming some form of water below on the edge of the land. 

a. What I saw in the video was a lot of clouds flying really fast through the frame. There was also a lot of city views so I could tell when it was morning and night because the city would glow at certain times of the day due to the lights. 

b. Joe Capra made the time-lapse video. He is also known as "Scientifantastic". He mainly does time-lapse but also does still photography, cinematography, and editing. 

c. There isn't much of a story to the time-lapse but it was shot in Rio De Janeiro because he had always wanted to go there. 

d. I learned that people are drawn to time-lapse videos because you can't really notice the changes that are happening until you watch it sped up. 

Magazines Part 2

1. Image based magazine covers seem to be generally formal if the subject is a person. It is the most common and don't have many subjects in the photograph. Some magazines choose to do covers of people with a different emotion on their face instead of always smiling. 
2. Illustrated magazine covers are mainly used to show something funny or unique. Most of them are magazines that use illustrations don't use news stands to help them sell because they are independent. 
3. Type based magazines are bold and are mainly shocking for readers. They make words bigger to pop out what they are saying that is shocking. It can sometimes catch more attention than a photograph. 
4. Concept based magazine covers are used to present a strong message in a funny way. This type of cover is kind of a mix of all of the other covers in one. The cover needs to be easy to understand and funny to the readers. 

Favorite Cover

Favorite

"For W’s December/January Art Issue, the magazine collaborated with artist Yayoi Kusama to create this iconic cover image depicting George Clooney. The visually arresting image is the highlight of the cover story, for which five leading female artists were invited to create interpretive portraits of the actor. Clooney wears a suit painted by Kusama with her signature polka dots and stands against a polka-dotted backdrop. Planned to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of new work by Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, the cover makes a powerful reference to the artist’s iconic self-portraits."

This photo is very mind tricking because the background makes the person really blend in. He is wearing a polka dotted suit that is the exact same with the background and the only thing that stands out is his head. I think this interprets that the actor has self confidence. He has a sort of smirk look because he looks very precise especially his hair. His eye area gives this smirky look too because I feel he is raising them a bit. There is also a serious feel to the image. He has his hands behind his back and is looking straight at the camera with a half straight face. The lighting in the photo is bright and I can tell this because the centers of his face ie. his nose and forehead and casted with light. The straight white polkadots also gives a bright look. 

Best Covers

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

Magazine Tips

5 things I need to be thinking about when I make my cover are:

1. Try to use emotional pictures that might catch the peoples eyes when they scan over the cover. 
2. Isolate a certain element to make it stand out if there is too much going on 
3. Make sure its fast and easy to scan.
4. If the cover pops out from its background don't try to weaken it.
5. Keep different angles in mind that you can put the photos on the cover. 

Self Portraits & Portraits Part 1

Tips I found helpful

Get Closer:
The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close.

Shadows:

Photographing your shadow is another way to do a self-portrait. Shoot early or late, when the sun is low in the sky. A light, stucco wall, a sidewalk, or any other simple background can suffice. Just be sure there aren't a lot of distractions around the surface you choose.

Candids with consent:

Unobtrusive candids seek to be fly-on-the-wall images that catch people going about their business seemingly unaware of the camera and the photographer. This yields images that are more toward the objective end of the objective/subjective continuum, though there is not, of course, any photograph made by a human that is completely objective. Candids with consent, made when the photographer is actively engaged with the subject and the subject is conscious of this involvement, are very different. Photographs are records of the photographer's relationship with his or her subject. In consensual candids, the relationship can be either obvious (the subject looks directly into the camera) or subtle—the relationship is implied because the image feels more intimate. We sense that the photographer was physically close to the subject and that the person was aware of being photographed.

Environmental Portrait:

I like this photo because it is very serious and the mood it gives is like angry and bad because of the background of the stormy sky. 

I like this photo because the subject is very focused and I also like how the guitar is in the center of the photo. The photo is also good because of the angle it is shot at, it is very straight and eye level with the man. 

Photography self portrait:

This photo captures the smoke coming out of the mans mouth which I really like. It makes me follow the line that leads to his face which is very serious. 

I like this portrait because the shadows made it very interesting. It creates an allusion that half of her face is gone because of the dark right half and dark background. It also shows a lot of emotion and another side to the girl because she is crying. 

Casual Portrait:

This photo does a good job of drawing my attention to the girl. She is very focused and the photographer used rule of thirds. I also like it because of the warm contrast and blur of the fall trees in the background. 

I really like this photo because its almost like a candid. The girl is walking and looking behind her with a serious and sad looking face. I also really  like the light background and how it is shot in nature. 

When I shoot my portraits I plan on taking pictures of my sister. I want to do it in a nature setting probably at slaughter creek park. To make it a successful shoot I will remind myself of all the different rules I can get photos of with my sister to have a variety of photos. 

American Soldier

A. I think that the most powerful image is "A Fathers Concern". In this photo Ian is sitting at the table with his dad with his head down and this is powerful to me because it showed how hurting he was and in Ian was telling his dad all of the meds he was having to take for his injuries. 

B. The images work together to create a story by going in a timeline order and the photographer really captured times that were important during Ian's serving time. 

C. The captions enhanced the photos by giving us an inside to what Ian was feeling or thinking in that moment.

D. Ian Fisher was 17 when he decided to tell his family he was going to enroll in the army. Ian immediately went to training after he turned 18 and found out what being in the army was really like. While in Iraq, back home Ian's friends were slowly fading away along with his girlfriend and Ian was feeling depressed. He featured home and reunited with his girlfriend and spent time with his brother and dad. After going back he got some injuries and would tell his dad about how hard it is and all of the meds he has to take. When Ian's time was up and went home he knew that was gonna be his only year in the army. Glad to be home he spent lots of time being welcomed by his family and after only 3 days of being back him and his girlfriend got married. 

E. The verbs used are mostly past tense. 

F. 1) Each sentence is generally 2-3 sentences. 

2) The first sentence provides what is happing in the image or what Ian is thinking.

3) The second sentence provides background information.

4) If there is a third, it usually provides just any extra information to help us get an understanding.

5) Yes, many of the captions include a quote. Especially the ones that are taken of him with other people. 

6) Yes, there are some that have 4 sentences. 

G. It is possible to tell a story with just captions because captions tell us background information that isn't shown in the photo. 

H. If you have a story you can go into much more detail. A caption isn't going to be over 6 sentences or so, so the writer has to limit to the important stuff and just say that.