Period 4 Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from this slideshow, Pictures of the Day: Syria and Elsewhere, is Photo 2. I liked this picture a lot out of all of them, because first of all, it portrays a very realistic situation in our status quo. Millions are driven to find homes elsewhere, causing panic and distress. Second of all, the emotions displayed in the picture are all charged. The woman wears a look of stricken worry on her face, and the baby wears distress. The intensity of emotion, is something that is beautifully captured in this photograph. Lastly, the color scheme is wonderful. The woman's black and white dupatta contrasts with the blue outfits everyone else is wearing, showing that she is an outsider.
2. The best photo from the slideshow, is Photo 6. Firstly, there is an incredible color contrast of the sky blue, to the dirty brown of the desert. This contrasts, highlights the presence of the teal car. Secondly, the photo expertly employs the rule of thirds to highlight the subject of the photo. And thirdly, the rule of simplification is used to create a photograph with greater impact.
3. My best work this semester, is this work. I think that it is my best work, because, I vary my shots and take pictures of different things, I utilize my rules if composition quite well, and I try to emulate a certain style of photography, which was especially a challenge for me. 
4. My three rules of composition are 1. Rule of Lines and Shadow, 2. Rule of framing, and 3.Rule of leaving space.

     5.      Picture Title: Pebbles

In this picture I clearly portray the Rule of lines and Shadow, as well as the rule of Leaving Space.

     6.Mr. Farley's first rule is to get closer.

     7. The benefits of working in a group are:

• making friends
• exchanging useful ideas
• learning how to help others
• learning how to be a leader
• learning how to be patient with others

     8. The difficulties of working in a group:

• not keeping up with one another
• not being able to finish because of one team member's absence
• misunderstandings between group members
• finishing up a project after shooting multiple times
• one person not understanding what or how to shoot a photograph    

    9. My favorite work by another person in my group, Valerie Choung, is this photo:

It captures the innocence of childhood perfectly. 

 

                                                     A Little History

   10.The photographer master who we studied, and who's work we reproduced, was Josef Sudek. Mr. Sudek contributed to the field of photography, by revolutionizing the way and the work put into portraying a city.

   11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo was the "Migrant Mother." 

The photo was taken at a migrant camp in Nipomo, California, in the February of 1936.

She was employed by the Resettlement Administration, later renamed the Farm Security Administration.

 12. The creator/founder of Life Magazine, is Henry Luce. The photojournalism magazine started publishing in 1936, as a weekly magazine.

 13. Robert Capa was a founding member of "Magnum Photos." The organization was started in the year of 1947.

 14. Robert Capa took the picture "Falling Soldier" on September 5th, 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, at Cerro Muriano.

                                 

The Band

Josef Sudek, A Master In the Making

  

     Primrose:

                                                                  Original Picture:

Pebbles:

Original:

Tree Reflection:

Original:

Puddle:

Original:

Forbidden Fruit:

Original:

Jospeph Sudek was a Czech photographer, primarily known for his work capturing the streets and moods of Praha, or Prague. Naturally gifted at photography, Sudek developed his style into something more. Although, he only had one arm, Sudek managed to masterfully create photos that are still remembered today. During his time as a photographer, Sudek founded the Czech Photographic Society. His photographs usually feature inanimate objects against contrasting backgrounds. The pictures that Sudek took, were often black-and-white pictures.  Here, I along with my other group members have featured photographs that very judiciously represent Sudek's style of Photography.

2nd Portrait

     This picture was edited using Camera Raw. I edited the photo by increasing saturation and temperature, as well as increasing the amount of shadow in the picture. 

Composition Review: Three Rules

Before

After

This cropped portion depicts my rule, framing. This picture is framed in such a way that the foreground and the background are both visible.

It also depicts the rule of leaving space. The negative space in the picture enhances the contours of the sculpted horse, seen in the top left corner.

And lastly, it depicts the rule of lines. We can see that the unfocused red object is defined by four distinct lines that catch our attention and indeed define the object.

This picture  depicts all three of my rules: Rule of Lines and Shadow, Rule of Framing, and the Rule of Leaving space.

Where I found my rules:

1. Rule of Lines and Shadow

2. Rule of Framing 

3. Rule of Leaving Space

First Portrait

    I edited this picture using camera raw, and increased the saturation of the picture, and lightening the temperature.

Depth Of Field rule

    To take this picture according to the depth of field rule, I zeroed in on focusing on the dye, and not the surrounding background of the dye itself. The location of this picture, is the A- Wing courtyard, outside of the A-wing Cafeteria. The light there was particularly good.