Lytro Warm Up

1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?
When i clicked on the photo the place where i clicked got a little sharper and became more clear. 

2. How does this new camera work?
I think the area in which you click becomes the center attention of the photo in order to make it clear the aperture and shutter speed is probably changed. 

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)
I think this person probably knows how to adjust the lens and knows the rules of photography so that each photo changes depending on where its clicked. 

4. Is it worth the money?
I think so because it allows the person viewing the photo to see it in many perspectives and the photos have more detail that in my opinion attract the eye more than a photo thats not taken manually. 

Fashion

1. Her neck was made longer, her cheek bones were made to stand out , her eyes and eyebrows were made bigger and her hair was changed.
2. I dont believe it is ethically acceptable for this persons image to be changed even if she allowed it, even if she was made "prettier", She should be on that billboard because of her natural beauty not because she was changed into societies view of Beauty.
3. What if they did change someones appearance so much into not beautiful but in to something they're totally not to hurt or damage someone personally and if that person commits a crime you have no proof that was them because you changed them so much. All sorts of things can go wrong here.
4.I think no changes are okay because natural beauty if the most beautiful but in the aspect of self esteem, I think if a woman has some minor acne or a beauty mark that would be okay because it is a minor  change, but changing your eye size your neck length your hair style the structure of you face. Who are you really.
5. I think fashion photography they work hard to make something better and more appealing to society and PhotoJ focuses on taking photos that are there in the moment and are already as good as they can get.
6.I think each photography ties into reality by trying to keep up with whats "in" at that period in time but also in manipulating it fit the style of photography they want whether its distorting someones face or simply cropping a picture so the subject is seen more clearly.

Rules Of Photography Part 2: Music

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

Self Portrait Part 1 and 2

1.There are several ways to approach self-portraits. One way is to frame an interesting composition and then, with your compact camera mounted on a tripod or another means of support, use the self-timer (if your camera has one) to trip the shutter after you get into position in front of the lens. Just remember that a self-timer will give you a very limited amount of time to get in position (usually 10 seconds). It helps if you can get a friend to be a stand-in until you can be there, or mark your spot with tape or chalk.
2.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.
3.Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.

Environmental Portrait 

 I think i like this photograph because of the lighting and nature touch it has it gives the viewer a glimpse of what the person in this photo is probably tied to which is the horse and nature.

Im a sucker for a photograph that has depth and meaning and i think not only does this photo have meaning but i personally feel as though i want to know more about this person and their story and guitar. I love the position of the guitar and him i like this photo overall. 

Self Portrait 

 I really like this photo because i of the position in which she's in makes her look strong and determined and gives off as how every woman should be. I don't know something about this photo makes me like it.

The way she has the eye on the paper makes me want to say "what is she doing?" which i think is the reason i chose it because i really like the way it tricks your eye into making you believe its something when its something totally different! Love it.

Casual Portrait

 I love fall and even though we haven't been getting much cold weather in texas i do like the setting of this photo and i like the way it was taken.

This is that kind of photo where you see a more natural soft side of a person because the lighting and moment in which this was taken i think was perfect because it gives this person a soft natural look even if in their situation its a totally different scenario happening. 

Portrait Plan

American soldier slide show and captions (review)

1.
A. I think the most powerful photo in the slideshow would be number 7 where buddha and shane are leaning on shanes car crying because Ian just drove away. For me their reactions to the situation is very powerful because Buddha says "when we saw him drive away is when we realized how real this was" and i bet a lot of people feel that way and it hurts to know that there are people in that situation.

B. 

Home #1-7

Basic training #8-22

Iraq #23-30

Back in denver #31-83

i think home is the most powerful set because its showing how ian is before the army it expresses the base of the story and him leaving everything behind. 

C. The images work together to tell a story because even without the captions i think you could tell that they are set in chronological order and the fact that we don't have to many new faces showing up shows that the story is kept single. 

   
3.
a.For the photos in which Ian is the main subject the captions are written in present tense. The short descriptions are as if everything is happening right now. 

b.The captions enhance the photographs by giving them a storyline or pointing out something you might not have noticed if you were to have just seen the photo.

Senior, Ian Fisher debates on whether calling back the Sgt. Martinez who recently called him with a army opportunity. Ian knows the risk of joining the army and how it will effect his life completely. "This whole time my father and i have been inseparable and leaving him just seems selfish to me" Ian says as he hangs up the phone and turns to look at his father who has on a bright smile. 

Ian Fisher and father share there last moments together in silence as the time approaches where Ian will have to leave for training. With no mother figure in the picture Ian held on to his father for support his whole life "now is the time i can prove myself to him" Ian says with his chest held high. "But never in a million years did i ever picture leaving my father behind to go towards my future. 

5.

a.they make them more detailed and give a background story more than the photos. 

b.Videos tell a story and provide more details that you wouldn't think about by just looking at the photo.

c. Photos capture special moments that might be a blur in a video and often make you curious as to what is happening and why. 

Mural photos

Aperture, Shutter sound, ISO- how does it work?

Aperture 

 Aperture setting F2.8

Aperture Setting F16

Questions.
1. I See Aperture as the face maybe since its the first thing people should look at when seeing a picture.
2. The Smaller the aperture size/setting the higher the Depth of Field
3. Depth of field has a direct impact on image because the bigger the aperture the more sharp the photo seems.

Shutter Speed

Fast shutter speed

 Slow Shutter speed 

Questions. 

1.When the sun is still partially up, what kind of shutter speed would i use at-

a.) the dunking booth -Fast
b.) the food eating contest -Slow
c.) the rock climbing wall -Slow
d.) someone working at a booth -Slow
e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle -Fast
f.) the Diamonds performance. -Fast

2. 3 settings my camera has

Auto basically sets everything for you aperture and shutter

Aperture priority you set aperture while camera sets shutter

Manual you set both aperture and shutter

ISO

Questions. 

1. Advantages of shooting high ISO at a basketball game is probably that you get more detail in every shot. 

2. The author said it is better to use low ISO when theres a lot of light because thats probably when you will receive the most detail from your photo. 

3. The author said that when there is a less light , indoors for example, that thats when the ISO should be increased because she uses it to freeze motion. 

SIM CAM

f 4 looks its best at 1/125 Sec the Backround looks like a blur of nothing though.

f 5.6 looks its best at 1/60 Sec You can see the background a little better but the couple is more visible. 

f 8 looks its best at 1/30 sec Again the buildings are becoming more clearer.
f 11 looks best at 1/15 sec The lighting in the background is changing.

f 16 looks best at 1/8 sec We can see that theres buildings now. 

f 22 looks its best also at 1/8 sec the background is clear now.

At slower shutter speeds the people are more blurry and the photographer could maybe take this at different angles or keep it on one shutter so the people come out nice and clear.

Depth of field test 

i got a 95 on it and i thought it was pretty easy for me there was one that tricked me because it was a little weird framed but after i got it wrong i realized what my mistake was so i could have gotten a 100 if i just would have paid more attention to detail. 

Shutter speed 

i got a 96 again i missed 1 but the picture in this test also tricked me because i was pretty sure of my answer but it was also a problem of i didn't pay much attention to detail when i should have. 

Funny Captions

 The San antonio zoo is sick of people mistreating , littering and throwing waste into the habitats of there animals. One week ago they put up a sign saying "those who throw objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them." Now who wants to mess with a crocodile?

Students are getting lined up for their annual shot. while they were lining up Chan was dared by his classmates to go first but called him a chicken because they thought he wouldn't do it. As you can see by the looks in his classmates faces, Fred, Bob, Jimmy, Stewart and Pack, They were all surprised by the way Chan took they shot an they themselves aren't to exited either. 

Isn't baby lisa the cutest thing? 1 year and still no teeth, But teeth or no teeth she doesn't hesitate in making herself noticed when she yells out gibberish at her brother for talking while she's trying to watch Dora the Explorer goes to rescue the princess. 

Peer Critique

I critiqued S.L , A.C , and V. G i liked a lot of there balance photos and i liked there photos in general but what most of them had trouble with was applying the rules of composition to the right photo because they had a very good example of simplicity but they used it for framing of something like that. i saw this mostly with A.C. also V.G could have taken much better photos if they would have shot from different angles and positions.  S.L also could have worked on how the photo was taken but Overall all were 5 or higher on a scale of 1-10. They were all Good Photos.

Great Black and White Photos part 3

I really like the simplicity of the Calla lilly was very beautiful because of its simple background and theres not many of them is just one and it's a photo thats simple yet has a lot of meaning to it.
I really like Wine Glasses because the lighting and framing to it made the glasses sorta sparkle in a way that caught my attention. I also like the various number of glasses that almost make one i overall like these to photos because i believe that any photo that grabs your attention is a good photo.

In Calla Lilly 

I see a simple flower being held up against a plain background. It hasn't been damaged as much as normal ones would have been which is why it was chosen for the photo. I see the simple beautify of a calla lilly. 

I smell Freshly mowed grass across the field surrounding the flowers. I smell the sweet sent of lilly being brought to my nose by the wind. 

I hear the lawnmower die off into the distance. I hear bees exited to recieve nectar for this beauty of a flower. I hear the rustling of the leaves that are being picked up by the wind mixed with the sweetness of the lilly. 

I taste the flavor of my gum running out just like my patience on trying to get the perfect photo of this lilly. I taste the sweat coming down my cheek from this hot summer day. I taste the sweet taste of victory now that i have my photo. 

I feel the soft gentle petals of the lilly. So breakable and innocent. I feel the beads of sweat begin to cover my forehead .I feel the wind blow my hair out of my face. I keep my eye on the lilly while feeling the top of my camera preparing to take my last photo. 

Academic shoot reflection

On this assignment I did a lot things different , i moved around more to get pictures from different angles, I knew how to apply the rules of photography so i kind of waited for the right moment to get a shot. I think these pictures are way better than my past pictures. I focused a lot on focus this time just because my hands are pretty shaky so i tried focusing standing still then shooting. When the teacher was explaining to her students i tried shooting fast to capture her movements and some pictures just came out blurry so i worked a lot to have that not happen anymore. I would take more pictures if i could do it again and go into different classrooms, and i liked the angles in which i got the pictures so i would probably keep that part of my process. Simplicity would probably be the easiest to shoot next time , that or Balance is pretty easy to find also . Framing would probably be the hardest for me because i don't really see framing in photos so that would be difficult for me. So i need to look at more examples of framing in order to understand it better.

Mural Project Preview

     A Theme i think would be cool to shoot around school could be Anything Music related like Beats or regular Headphones, iPods, Posters, shirts with Music Notes, The band, Stereos, or radio systems, choir anything music related could show people walking up and down our halls that akins students express ourselves through music in not through drugs or violence music is all we need.
    I Think the quality of the cameras is better than phones but instagram is a awesome way to take photos also i love instagram.
    I would love to put it in the main entrance not in the halls way back because it would be cool to have someone walk in and see how much students are involved and the kind of students here.

Africa

Some of these photos don't even look real! The photographer must have been waiting for hours to get these perfect photos. They are all beautiful. 

This is my Favorite Photo its called Elephant By Nick Brandt and the reason i like it is because of all the detail of the elephant and the background. This is the kind of photo that almost looks fake because it's so good. I think Balance is in this picture because the elephant is in the middle and theres nothing extra on either side of him except the sky until it meets the horizontal line of the earth. Simplicity i believe is also in this photo because even though its just an elephant in in the middle of nowhere the photo is beautiful itself because of the way it was taken. 

Nick Brandt 

Does not use telephoto lens because he believes that animals should be taken in a way to show their personality."What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being. In the state of Being before they are no longer are. Before, in the wild at least, they cease to exist. This world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us. To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera. The photos are my elegy to these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes." words by Nick Brandt and how he sees photography as he's not just a photographer he's a poet and every one of his photos tells a story. 

Academic Shoot

Avoiding Mergers

Here i Believe a merger here would be the girls head Mr. Westerlunds Body getting cut off so he looks like a floating head. 

 Rule of Thirds

Even though this picture is blurry Mrs. Jenschke is off to the side facing the students and i just like the way the picture was set up. 

Framing 

Here i don't believe there is an actual "frame" but anyone looking at this picture i hope can see that this is a classroom, and that the students are in the middle of this room so in my opinion i feel like the posters and chalkboard frames the students in the classroom. 

Lines

Yes, his face isn't so attractive in this photo but i feel like the length of papers and the desk next to the table lead you up to him sitting down, which is why i chose this for lines. 

Balance

I see this as balance because he is in the middle of the too sets of desks and theres an even amount since he's taller and they are on either side of him he sticks out in the middle.

Simplicity

 

I see this as simplicity because there is a student with just a book in front of her and theres nothing extra or special about it its just a book and student and i think theres a lot more meaning to it then just that

Thoughts on Next Shoot

Most of the Academic photos i saw were in libraries and science or classrooms that are bright and colorful or the teacher appears standing up and lecturing. So because i saw these things in the photos i would like to do exactly that the library is a perfect place to capture students studying and The books are usually what i like to see in academic related photos. Bright classrooms that i like to go in a lot usually make me want to go to class and school so my english teacher from last year, Mr. Gomez, His classroom is really bright and has a lot of inspiring quotes and i just see his classroom as a fun learning environment. Mr. Westerlund does that man talk , he spends most of the period talking and explaining everything and on his feet, talking and i like the way his room is set up because when he faces the students they all are facing the front of the class not in wierd rows or anything so to get a photo from an angle where i can see him talking and the students facing and looking at him really does show what school is about. I will try my best to take as many photos as i can so i don't miss any good moments i will try to get many photos from many angles and try to apply the rules of photography to make my photos even better.

Favorite photo

My Favorite photo was probably the one that was named "Junior Year" because i can relate to the books around him, me being a junior , and i feel the stress on him with all the SAT and ACT books around him. I think the photos that we can relate to are usually the best because we understand them more. Since the photo is Black and white it makes me almost feel the emotion of the photo and it makes me feel serious and like this is the time to feel determined and focused. I really liked this photo the way its framed and centered and the color i just really liked it.

Filling the Frame

In this photo the first thing that grabbed my attention is the water or liquid in the air and how fast this photographer reacted in order to capture this moment. The science classroom is very recognizable so i think its a nice "frame" i like it because the student is in the middle and your focused on her experiment because if it was just water in the air you would have nothing to look at here we see the student preforming the experiment.

Action and Emotion

I chose this picture for action and emotion because the student giving the teacher a nuggy and the reaction of the teacher tells me that the relationship this teacher has with his students is very positive which is probably why they are laughing because they seem to like this teacher and his class or just what he does. I got that from this one photo and thats when i know its a good photo, if it gives me a lot of information than it blog worthy.

The Story

I think this Photo tells the best story because we see people in line with napkins and plates then we see younger people with food and it makes me think "why are they being so generous?" it gives you a sneak peak of the story but it still makes you want to know more about it to see how it led up to this picture being taken.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. A Difficulty I encountered when taking pictures for Red, Metal, Happy was trying to get the pictures to come out less blurry because at first all the pictures I was taking all came out blurry.
2. I thought holding the camera was going to be difficult for me because my hands and fingers are short and stubby but i saw how other people were holding it first and then tried holding it while it was still on a table to practice, and yeah it wasn't that hard after that.
3.If i could do it over i would focus on framing so that my pictures have something to represent not that the viewers eyes are all over the place trying to look for what the "picture" is of. I would defiantly be more confident about taking my pictures and focus on my pictures better.
4. I would keep the angles from which i took my pictures because i really like how some of them came out its just that they were blurry which is why i didn't use them.
5.I just used framing and lines in two of my photos for red, metal, happy without even knowing them. Hopefully next time i use these rules and apply them to more pictures.
6. It would be interesting to use the same prompt again.

Reactions to Falling Man story

I don't think that in any way the pictures are meant to make someone feel offended but more to have them see that this is what happened and this is how it happened an we should all see that the way the pictures were taken and changed is away for others to try to see these events in a different way. It will never be something you can see in a positive way but instead of feeling hurt and torn and broken you can see the falling man and see that he doesn't look any way like that. people were hurt people did die but we all have to see the  bigger picture and these photographs are a way for them to open our eyes and see what they see.

Avoid Mergers

A Good Example of avoiding mergers in this picture is the van or car thats blocking almost the hole man in the red golf cart so we don't really have a full picture of the firefighter but thats what makes it a good example of Avoiding Mergers. The Bad thing about this photo is that it doesn't look unusual or anything even though i believe the merge is still there.

Framing

I like this picture and i believe its a good example of framing because you can see theres a lot of lights in the picture but as soon as you see it the thing that mainly sticks out at you is the flag. The flag is set almost in the middle of the picture and is the brightly lit up in front of all the darkness. This Picture is believe is a good example of framing. The only thing i don't like is that the flag could have been shown a little closer but the way it is is fine. 

Balanced

Balanced doesn't mean like balancing something on a balance beam its having the picture look balanced and not as if there was something missing. I chose this picture is a great example of balance because the shapes of the buildings around the middle building make the middle building seem in a way united yet taller and more sturdy. Along with the two smaller more fragile buildings to the sides. This Picture is believe is balanced. The bad thing about this picture is that there is a lamppost of some sort and it takes your eyes off the buildings.

Lines

Lines in this picture are everywhere. But whats interesting is how the camera is placed and how the picture is being taken the side of this building is leading us towards the puff of smoke we wouldn't even see if it wasn't for the way the picture was taken and the other buildings shape and structure of all the lines running down its side that lead us again towards the smoke. The only thin that i didnt like and doesn't really go with lines is the building in the back kind of makes the smoke look unclear in a way.

Rule of Thirds

I believe this is a good example of thirds because if we were to draw imaginary lines 3 by 3 in the middle the truck would be in the middle and i think the photographer while taking this picture had that in mind because thats what they want us to focus on this part of the picture. The truck the officer the lamp post are all parts of the picture in Rule of Thirds.

Simplicity

a regular Person could have taken this picture thats how simple it looks. Simplicity is giving something enough visual attention to make it noticeable and here the building isn't evan that much in the picture but its mostly the smoke, And the smoke is enough to bring out attention to the burning building and then we see the big picture.

unusual and interesting Photos part 3

1.mainly connection with your subject
2.capture a story telling expression

3.take a photo showing perspective.

Unusual and interesting photos Part 2

I chose this photo because as soon as you see it you wanna think "woah, whats going here why are they kissing in the street and why are there officers around" Its something with a lot of meaning to those  people who were actually there at that moment. This photo won 1st place in the category Domestic News, and i believe it won for its focus on the two people on the street kissing rather than everyone around them. I think the judges were also wanting to know more about this picture as soon as they saw it and the fact the photographer happened to be at the right moment at the right time trying not to get mixed up in the riot just letting these two love birds do their thing.

Unusual and interesting photos Part 1

When i first saw his photos i thought to myself are these even really photos because they don't really look like photos. They play with your eyes and have little photo characteristics they almost look like paintings. I think he might have used a photoshop program or tilted the camera to take the photo at different angles then merged them all into one photo. I would like to go downtown and take photos there of the tallest buildings there but i don't really know one in particular.

This was my favorite because i recognized the T for T-mobile. So my guess is that its a t mobile building.