American Soldier

1. a) This is the most powerful photo in my opinion because it's not only showing Ian's journey, but the story of those around him. Including this young boy from Iraq who has no idea what he's doing. 

b) When Ian's at home: #1-9
When he's at basic training: #10-49
When he's in Iraq: #50-70
When he's back in Denver: #71-82

The set of photos from when he was in Iraq are the most powerful to me. 

c) These images work together to create a horrible/incredbile story of what thousands of men go through, even though each story is individually different. 

2. a) Ian's story is told from present tense. 

b) These captions enhance the pictures because you wouldn't have as good of an idea of what was going on without them. 

4. a) Captions. 

Ian joins a play-fight with his friends. They do this to relieve the weight of the situation. 

Ian talks on the phone with his girlfriend, they talk about marriage and their future. 

Ian's mom awaits her sons arrival. She's overcome with emotion as he walks out into the gym.

Rules of Photography pt. 2

 Background

Cropping

Create Depth 

 Framing

 Lines

 Avoiding Mergers

Rule of Thirds

Viewpoint

 Symmetry

Balance

Self Portrait and Portraits pt. 1

Tips for self portraits and portraits:
1. Frame your subject
2. Introduce Movement 
3. Play with lighting 

Casual Portraits

I like these because they show a sense of simplicity while still looking interesting, definitely not boring. 

Environmental Portraits

I LOVE these because they have such a huge contrast. The colors are incredibly bright and intriguing as well. 

 Self Portraits

These are probably my favorite, I love simple, raw pictures of people. The emotion behind both of these pictures is unbelievable. 




















My plan for my portrait project is to take pictures of either Parker, or Siobhan, or Maria. They all have really striking facial features. I want to play with the lighting and create contrast on their face. I'm most likely going to take the pictures in my house. I will be using framing, and probably double exposure for these pictures. 

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.