ISO

ISO 200

ISO 6400















A good reason to use a higher ISO at a football game is because it allows you to shoot in darker places and take pictures of fast moving objects. You should stick to a lower ISO the majority of the time, like around 100 or 200. A good time to use a higher ISO is when you want to get an action shot. 

Shutter

 High shutter-speed

Slow shutter-speed















1. For a) I would use a slow shutter speed because there's not much motion.
For c) I would use a high shutter speed to capture the silver stars dancing. 

2. Aperture Priority- In this one, you set the lens at aperture and it chooses the shutter speed for you.
Shutter Priority- In this one, you set the shutter speed and it chooses the aperture for you. 
Manual- In this one, you must set each one yourself. 

Aperture

f/2.8 

f/16












We should relate the aperture to the pupil. 
The smaller the aperture, the larger the f number, the higher the aperture, the smaller the f number.
The aperture can bring all foreground/background objects into focus. 

Love and Loss

Looking through those photos, I was overcome with emotion. He captured every feeling that she was going through so well. You saw both ends of the spectrum and everything in between.  When the husband said, "These photographs do not define us, but they are us" I think that he meant that he didn't want everyone to see them as the couple who had to go through cancer, but still wanted people to see what a big part of their life it was. I think if I was in a similar situation I might do the same thing, because I'm an extremely sentimental person. If I could write Angelo a letter, I would probably write to tell him how well he did on the "project" because aside from the awful obvious, I don't see any flaws in any of the photos.

Abandoned Theme Parks

My favorite abandoned theme park from those articles, by far, has to be the Nara Dreamland. It's also known as Japans knock-off version of Disneyland. I love all of the colors so much and I probably like it because it doesn't look too creepy. 

Other places that could be interesting to take photos of:
1. Abandoned churches
2. Old wedding venues
3. Abandoned neighborhoods
4. Deserted circus set-ups
5. Half torn-down elementary schools. 

I found an abandoned school called Gary Elementary School. 

I think it would be fun to document something like this because it's easy for everyone to imagine what it was like when it was filled with little kids, and then to see it all torn-down and trashed would be chilling. It's a huge contrast and would be exciting to get on camera. If I were to ever take pictures of a place like this, I would need to bring someone with me, and a really expensive camera. I would probably need permission to go on campus from the city officials. 

Africa

Reading Nick Brandt's story about photographing wild animals was extremely moving to me. The fact that he is into saving animals that are being killed every year is amazing to hear. I love how he waits a very long time to get the right picture instead of rushing it.  

 This photo has to be my favorite because not only is it beautifully detailed, but you can visibly see the emotion on each of the elephants faces. This photo is a good example of simplicity. The background is cloudy but its not distracting at all. The focus is clearly on the elephants, as it should be. 

Nick Brandt

He uses a Pentax 67II with two fixed lenses. He doesn't use zoom lenses because he believes being authentically close to the animals "makes a huge difference in his ability to reveal their personality." He hopes to show a sense of intimacy with these animals where that is often uncommon. 

"I'm not interested in creating work that is simply documentary or filled with action and drama, which has been the norm in the photography of animals in the wild. 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."

Captions

Little old lady, Beatrice, standing in front of her favorite store. She used to be bored when her husband went out of town..

Tina sitting at the bus stop. She forgot her glasses at home.

Charlie spends yet another day in his favorite place ever.  The workers are contemplating on whether they should tell him that those are monkeys, not puppies. And that this is a zoo, not a pet store. 

Great BW Photographers pt. 3

I picked Harry Callahan for my favorite BW photographer. What first caught my eye about his photos was that a lot of them were of his wife, and her silhouette. For some reason I really liked them and the way he photographed her.
For photo 1: 
I see tranquility, peace and the love between Harry and his wife.
I smell nothing, maybe the smell of skin.
I hear no sound, only breathing. 
I taste the air in the room.
I feel like the room was full of love and nothing else. 
For photo 2: 
I see vulnerability. 
I smell the dust in the room.
I hear the air conditioning humming in the background.
I taste the water I drank right before. 
I feel love. 
If I were to do anything with Harry Callahan's photos, I would want to use a poster. 

Photo Mural Project

I think if we could do something similar to this project, we should take advantage of the diversity at this school and take portraits of people because everyone here looks so different from each other. I kind of like the idea of sticking to phones only, preferably iPhones so that it goes along with the "Instagram" effect. I think we could put this mural on one of the walls by the library so that everyone would get a chance to see it. 

Academic Shoot Reflection/Critique

I came across many challenges, one of them being that I wasn't really thinking about meeting the rules for most of the shoot. I kept thinking about getting the subject in the right position of the frame, at one point I was having to go all the way across the room for a certain shot. I think if  I had to do this again, I would probably come out of my shell a little more, I had some really good ideas but wasn't confident enough to pursue them. But as far as the classrooms that I went into, I'd keep those the same. I think that rule of thirds is the easiest rule to accomplish because all you have to do is find your subject and move the camera slightly to whichever side. I think framing is the hardest rule to capture. Obviously, framing is the rule that I still don't really understand, I should probably ask a friend to explain it to me. 

http://priscilladiazz.blogspot.com
I really liked this persons photos, the composition as well as the subject was really easy on the eyes, and not too distracting. 

Academic Shoot + Reflection

 Simplicity
I think I followed the rule of simplicity pretty well for it being accidental. The background is easy to look at and it makes Melissa stand out. The subject of this photo is Melissa opening up a locker, I think people will be able to tell pretty easily what the subject is. If I were to redo this photo to make it more simple, I think I would have made the locker the entire background. 

 Lines
This one is probably the one I did pretty well, as far as rules go. The lines of the sitar railing lead directly to the boy drawing. I think it might be a little difficult for someone to be able to tell what he's doing because he's pretty far away, and the angle is from below. I don't think I would change anything about this photo. 

Framing
This one barely falls under the category of framing, it might not even fit at all. Framing was a hard rule for me to figure out. This photo shows charlotte talking to somebody across the table in the library. I think this is pretty self explanatory. If I were to redo this photo I think I would make it to where the bookcase is framing her body better.

Balance
I think this photo kind of falls under the category of balance because the bench and table are the same angle. This picture is of a girl on her phone during her off period and I think that's pretty easy to figure out. If I had to redo this picture I would have centered her a little better. 

 

 Rule of Thirds
This photo falls under the rule of thirds rule extremely well. Melissa is, once again, opening up her locker but this time I put her body closer to the right side. I think it's a pretty self-explanatory photo. I wouldn't change anything about it.