Portraits and self-portraits - start looking

Favorite Self Portrait

Favorite Professional Portrait


I think what makes a good photo is that it is unique and you can see what is in the photo. If the photo isn't clear how will you get your message across? I also think that a good photo has a message or something symbolizing your message. For my next 12 frames I think that I will try and take pictures with emotion because it's cool how one photo can change people's feelings.



Ethics in fashion photography

1.

• Lips were made more plump and thicker
• Neck was made longer
• Eyes were moved farther down
• Neck was made skinnier
• Eyes were enlarged
• The whole lighting on her face changed
• Cheek bones were made higher

2.  I think that it's just wrong to change a person's face like that just so it can be perfect. If the woman they used for the Ad wasn't pretty enough for them, why did they use her in the first place? Getting her photograph taken is suppose to be done to show the world her beauty and her facial features, not to show how perfect her face looks.

3. I think that is some ways it is acceptable to do this kind of manipulation. If someone were to change little details of a photo to make them look a little bit nicer I think that would be okay. Maybe changing the way someone's hair looks just a tad bit. Only to fix mistakes, but changing up someone's whole face just for an advertisement, that's fake and wrong to me.

4. I think little changes are okay. Fixing mistakes like hair being in a person's face or taking a picture and something accidentally was in the photo and then taking it out. That's seems pretty acceptable. What I think is not okay would be totally transforming the whole picture. If someone were to do that then what is the whole point of even taking the photo?

5. Photojournalism photography is all about taking photos and showing people you're talent and what you can do. Fashion photography is just all about how the person looks in the photo and being perfect. With Photojournalism photography nothing has to be perfect you can take pictures any way you like, it's true work of art.

6. Fashion Photography can be changed with PhotoShop to make the facial features totally different which isn't real at all. With Photojournalism photography you are using the original photo that you took.

Negatives Evaluation

1. From looking at your negatives, how many of your photos do you think turned out well?
All of my negatives came out perfect.

2. How many of your photos appear like they will not turn out well? Why do you think these photos did not turn out? 

None of my photos look blurry or damaged.

3. Select the negative image that you think will turn out the best when it is printed. Why do you think this photo will turn out well?

I think that negative #17 will come out the best because there is a lot of detail and you can even see what's on the computer monitor.

4. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) do you think are present in your best negative? What evidence can you provide from the appearance of the negative to support your answer?

My best negative, #19, is focused really well. The exposure looks really good and the composition is leading lines. There are a line of kids sitting down at the computers.

 

5. What advanced composition techniques (Ex: rule of thirds, leading lines) that you have learned in class are present in your favorite negative?

 The photo of me, #11, is my favorite negative because you can see farther down the hallway. I see that Jane used the rule of thirds while taking the photo.

Photo Manipulation and ethics

The main point of "Ethnics in the age of digital manipulation" is that photo manipulation can be used to fake important events that are put into magazines and newspapers. They are used to make the people think differently or sometimes just for a little April fools joke. The people that do the editing to the photos either get fired or someone else gets blamed, which isn't cool.

It's wrong to lie and fake a picture to make people believe something that isn't true. That's why I think this kind  of photo editing is unethical. It makes me wonder if all of the pictures I've seen in celeb magazines are even real. Who knows? There could be people right now editing photos to make them look like there is a whole different situation going on in the photo.

This definitely is the most unethical out of the bunch. This photo is just totally wrong because Bush didn't even have a debate with Saddam. America is being lied to! Plus you can totally tell it's photo shopped. I say Epic Fail to the editor of this picture. 

This National Geographic cover is the least unethical because It's not really a big deal that the mountains were moved closer together. The editor of the photo just simply wanted to make the cover look nice and fit into the size of the cover. I see no harm in that.

Drug Cartels in Mexico

This story is very upsetting and disturbing. It's really screwed up that the people of Juarez, Mexico have to go through living in fear daily. I just don't understand why the drug cartels have to kill innocent people. Something that caught my attention while reading the story was that photographers had to be careful while taking pictures of  the policeman because that might be secretly working for the drug cartel.

What caught my eye while watching  the video was the picture of the old woman in the casket. I liked how the photographer took the picture with an angle. It looks like they were trying to use the rule of simplicity. The reason I picked this photo is because it makes me sad thinking about all of the lives that were lost in the Drug Cartel.

Making a Black and White print

Materials

• Enlarger
• Paper
• Filters
• Trays and chemicals for developing
• Dodging and burning tools
• Enlarger focus tool
• Easel

Chemicals

• Developer
• Acetic acid stop
• Fixer

Summary
Switch on the enlarger light. Place a masking easel, a flat metal plate with sliding arms on all four sides for cropping the image manually on the baseboard. Place a used piece of photographic print paper white side up on the easel. Switch on the enlarger light. Scale and focus the image. Create a border around the image by sliding the easel arms up to the edge of the image so it just overlaps. Switch off the enlarger light. Place a sheet of unused print paper emulsion side up on the easel. Close the top of the easel so that the arms are centered on the page. Select a filter if using variable contrast paper. Filters are usually placed inside a slot in the enlarger head and come in five grades, 1 being low-contrast and 5 being high-contrast. Place the filter in the filter holder and close securely. Set the aperture and timer using the test strip as a guide. Switch on the timer. Expose the print paper. Place it in the developer tray and proceed with processing.

1. Emulsion - A light sensitive coating on photographic film and paper. An emulsion is made up of silver halides and gelatin.
2. Aperture - the camera allows you to select the aperture over the available range and have the camera calculate the best shutter speed to expose the image correctly.
3. Masking easel - A darkroom device used to hold paper flat while exposing it to light from an enlarger. An easel creates a white border surrounding a print because its "arms" block light from striking the print paper's edges.
4. Exposure - the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium or during the process of taking a photograph.
5. Safe light - A filtered light thats used in a darkroom to allow you to see while handling light sensitive material.
6. Dodging - used in photography for a technique used during the printing process to manipulate the exposure of a selected area(s) on a photographic print, deviating from the rest of the image's exposure.
7. Burning - used in photography for a technique used during the printing process to manipulate the exposure of a selected area(s) on a photographic print, deviating from the rest of the image's exposure.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get close, capture real moments, and capture action or emotion? Explain how you dealt with these challenges.

It was hard to make sure kids weren't looking at me while I was taking pictures. Every time I got close up they wanted to look at the camera. I had to tell a few kids to look away. Also I had to change the focus for when I got farther away from my subject.


2. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

When I was taking pictures all that mattered to me was focus. I wanted to make sure all the pictures I took were very clear.

3. Explain how you attempted to use at least one of the advanced composition techniques you learned in class while shooting.

I used the Framing rule taking each picture.

4. What would you do differently the next time you shoot to improve your photographs?

Next time I take pictures I'm going to make sure the camera is in focus before I shoot. I'll also make sure the picture looks good before I take it.