Thursday, January 22, 2015

Period 3- Semester Final


Period 3- Semester Final

1, My favorite photo from the Lens Slideshow is the fifth one because I like the way the photographer captured the waves that surrounded the lighthouse, the sky was dark leaving the focus on the waves and lighthouse, and the moss on the cliff gave it an interesting and unique feeling.

2. The best photo is the fourth one because it took a lot of communication skills and reputation for the photographer to enter the area where the President's flight took off, the hat flying off was taken at the right time to show the hat flying in midair, and in the process of taking the shot the photographer did not forget to take a picture of the plane which shows that the hat flew off because of the plane's exhaust.

3. My best work this semester is the Masters of Photography project because I had to use my communication skills to get my brother to be photographed. I also had to use my creativity to recreate something from the past using materials that were available in the present to me. So I decided to take pictures of my brother practicing karate to show movement in many serial pictures like  Edward Muybridge did. This was also my best work because I learned to pick out the set of pictures that were the best since I took multiple sets of my brother practicing. If I had more time I would try to pick out a more interesting background such as his karate studio and have another photo shoot when my brother was more relaxed.

4.My three rules of composition are rule of thirds, depth of field, and plain, unobtrusive background.

5.


Green Thorn

1. Plain, unobtrusive background
2. Rule of Thirds

6. Your first rule is the rule of thirds.

7. The benefits of working in a group include having someone to help you take a picture, provide feedback on your work, answer questions, get inspirations from, and gain communication skills.

8. The difficulties of working in a group are deciding one on best or favorite photo, depending on someone else for helping you complete your work, deciding on a time to go out to shoot that everyone is comfortable with, getting distracted from your work, and getting peer pressured into working on something you don't like.

9. My favorite work was produced by Mansi Chopra in her Master of Photography project because of the hard work that went into taking photos of her subjects in a natural state.



A little history

10. I studied Edward Muybridge and he too pictures of objects in motion and contributed by making the first racing horse movie by using a set of photographs he too at a horse race.

11. Dorothea Lange's most famous work is the ''Migrant Mother'' in Nipomo,California in 1936. Dorothea was hired by the Resettlement Administration.

12.. John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller was the creator of Life Magazine in 1883 when it was first published.

13. Robert Capa was a founding member of the Magnum Photos in 1947.

14 ''Falling Soldier'' was taken on September 5, 1936 at Cerro Muriano.




Monday, January 5, 2015

Masters of Photography Project Reflection

1. My project represents my work because the photos I took represents the skills I learned to take such photos. They also reflect my research behind the photographer Edward Muybridge.

2. My understanding of photography has become more versatile as in instead of capturing only aesthetically pleasing objects I also try to capture objects that show use of depth of field and emotion.

3. Working in a group helps me find answers to small questions and feedback on my project.

4. Some disadvantages of working in a group include letting some of your opinions be override by the majority of the group.

5. I would have used more examples and more pictures of my brother practicing for a more action filled slideshow of pictures.

6. I would also like to include that I think blogging posts helped me a lot in learning more about photography techniques.