Great Black and White Photographers Pt 3

1. The reason I picked the photographer, Irving Penn is because he has a unique style. He uses colors and uses shapes and patterns in his photos, he also has color in his photos and it makes them beautiful.

2.

I see a watermelon, behind it are grapes in a bowl. In front of it is an old fashioned blanket, and what lies in front of that is a piece of bread that looks as if it had been torn off.

I smell a fruity scent, the smell of both a watermelon and a grape but also adding a scent of centric acid from the lime.

I hear a fly buzzing around what it can't have.

I taste the bread that I have torn off from the one in front of the blanket.

I feel a scene of warmth from the homely feeling in my stomach.

Simplicity

1. How well did you follow the rule?  I followed this rule somewhat well.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is the girl.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Yes/
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I would've changed the angle I took the photo in.

This photo is a good example of simplicity. The reasoning for this is because the girl in the photo is staring out in the opening, nothing much else is going on.

Mergers

1. How well did you follow the rule? I followed this rule not that well.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The students.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? No it isn't
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could've made a specific subject.

 This photo is a good example of mergers. The reasoning for this is because the people in parts of the photo are cut off from the picture. 

Balance

1. How well did you follow the rule? I followed this rule somewhat well, it takes a good eye to see it.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject are the two girls, the one in the front and the one in the back.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Yes.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? I could've shot it in a different angle.

 This image shows a good example of balance. The reasoning for this is because the girl in the front is facing the camera as the girl in the back is doing just the opposite.

 

Framing

 This image shows a good example of framing. The reasoning for this is because of the backpack, the arm, the laptop screen and the ceiling all frame the learning environment in the middle.
1. How well did you follow the rule?
I followed the rule somewhat well.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)?
The subject  are the students that are working.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?
Somewhat, it kind of needs something to point it out.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?
I would've made it look more like a border.

Rules of Thirds

 This image shows a good example of rule of thirds. The reasoning for this is because the subject in the front falls along the horizontal line.
1. How well did you follow the rule?
I followed the rule in somewhat of a well way because the subject isn't in the dead middle.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)?
The boy in the right shirt of the right of the photo.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?
The viewers eye would see the subject first because the background is slightly blurred, so yes.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?
I would have backed up a little to get the guys full head in view.

Line

This photo is a good example of line because the edge of the table leads to the teacher. It's like a pointer to the teacher.

1. How well did you follow the rule?

The edge of the desk points to the teacher.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)?
The subject is the teacher.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is?

In a way, yes, their eye's will be directed to the teacher because of the line.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently?
I could've tried to make the line less blurry.

Academic Shoot

Mural Project

We could make friendship murals to stop bullying or murals that promote studying.
We should use both camera phones and regular cameras.
We can put a mural near the courtyard, or on one of the walls in view of the courtyard.

Africa Project

The photo is my favorite because it shows a lot of simplicity and a lot of detail. It also shows meaning because of the color tone and the lighting.
A rule found in the photo is the rule of thirds because the main subject falls along the lines for rule of thirds.













He uses Pentax47II with two fixed lenses.
The reason he takes photos like these is because it helps him express his love for animals.
He hopes that one day animals will no longer struggle to survive from human threats and that they won't go extinct.

 “African wildlife has never looked so regal and mysterious as in Brandt’s grave photographs. His elephants appear as weighty as the pyramids. His rhinos look more ancient than carbon. His apes know something we don’t. Given the multitude of human disasters in Africa, is it an indulgence to lose yourself in pictures that carry no hint of the wars and famines outside the frame? Not when the pictures are such powerful reminders that Africa is also a magnificent—and endangered—treasure house of animal life.”

- Time Magazine  (Time Top Five Photographic Books of 2005)

  

Academics & Community

The photo I thought was the most interesting was titled,"Junior Year." The subject is a boy who is sitting in the lower center on the photo and books are in front of him. The shot was taken at a birds eye view and the whole room looks gloomy and dark.
I picked this photo because it shows a story, the story being a Junior studying for his SAT test, the photo was taken at an interesting angle so that also made me like the photo a lot.
A rule of photography found in the photo is simplicity, even though it has a lot going on, the photo has one main subject. Another rule is avoiding mergers because the subject is in a library, somewhere where a lot of subjects will be (books, shelves etc). The photographer decided to take the photo from another angle which avoided many mergers.
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1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?
I believe I can take a lot of the photos in a quiet area or learning zone but I could also take photos in a very active area, like science rooms, cafeterias etc.
2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?
I would like to take photos in English class rooms because a lot of commotion/group activity is often found there.
3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?
 I will follow the rules of composition and take as many photos as I can in different angles.

Filling the Frame

This photo shows the more interesting action because it has action going on in the middle. It makes the photo look interesting. The lighting helps a lot because it creates a small border around the subject.

The Story

This photo shows a story because it's more moody. The people holding hands look as if they're in deep thought or doing something that seems really important to them. The tint in the photo makes it look more special, or traditional.

Action & Emotion

This photo show the best action because it has objects in motion. The example being the particles in the air that look like they're drifting down. It also shows a very bright/happy emotion because the two girls in the photo look like they're having fun and they are laughing.

Post Shoot Refection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy)

It was hard finding the right subject for each, to complete this project, you needed to be creative with the photos.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

I had trouble focusing on the right subject, only because the camera was on manual and not on auto focus.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photograhy?

I would've changed the angle.

4. What things would you do the same?

I wouldn't have changed the subjects.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, happy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

I don't think I had any.

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?

Yes, only because I would like to move around the object more.

9/11 Composition

I thought lines were composition  in this photo because the water is shooting out in the direction that is supported as the main idea, the burning building. The water also gives the photo a mist effect.

 The composition in this photo would be avoiding mergers because in the background of the person, there isn't a building behind the person, instead there is mist, which doesn't make the person look like s/he has a building stuck out of his/her head.

 The composition in this photo would be simplicity because the background is the building, and only the building. There are no other eye catchers besides the man falling from the building, so the main focus would be on the man, nothing other.

 The composition found in this photo is rule of thirds. The building in the front would go along the lines of thirds and the other building behind it, isn't straight in the middle, instead it is slightly to the right.

 The composition found in this photo would be framing. The object in the middle is being framed by the mist on the top and the ground on the floor. It feels your eyes in the middle only because the mist makes the photo look more mysterious.

The composition found in this photo would be balance. The poles and such make a line dividing the two groups of people. It shows a very good effect on the photo.