Rules of Photography part 2

Cropping

Mergers

Cropping

Frames

Create depth 

Background

Viewpoint

Leading lines

Rule of thirds

Balancing elements

Symmetry and patterns

Self portrait assignment; Plan

  I would like to shoot Mathias M. I would like to shoot a strange casual portrait in the F hall boys bathroom. To make it a successful shot i would like apply a frame rule and make sure he is making the best and most serious face possible.

Casual Portraits

I like this casual portrait because this guy looks very happy, too happy, and has no eyebrows.

I like this one because when i see this guy, I think of "dat guy."

Photography Self portraits

I like this self portrait because of how strange it is.

I also like this self portrait because of how unreal it is, sort of disturbing to look at but i still like it. Reminds me of human centipede.

Environmental Pictures

I like this portrait because the chef, fish killer, seems like he is having a blast with what he is doing.

I like this portrait because the cranberry worker also looks like he loves what he does.

Self portraits and portraits Part 1 And rules of photography part 2: three tips

16. Take Unfocused Shots

As photographers we have ‘sharp focus’ drummed into us as an ultimate objective to achieve in our work – but sometimes lack of focus can create shots with real emotion, mood and interest.

There are two main strategies for taking unfocused images that work:

1. Focus upon one element of the image and leave your main subject blurred. To do this use a large aperture which will create a narrow depth of field and focus upon something in front of or behind your subject.

2. Leave the full image out of focus. To do this again choose a wide aperture but focus well in front or behind anything that is in your image (you’ll need to switch to manual focussing to achieve this).

These kinds of shots can be incredibly dreamy and mysterious.

Settings—The Other Subject

The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.

4. Experiment with Lighting

Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.

Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Aperture, Shutter speed, And ISO

1. We should relate aperture to our eyes
2. The smaller the aperture the larger the F-stop, the larger the aperture the smaller the F-stop
3. Aperture impacts the depth of field by blurring the option of making the image have a blurred background or a sharpened image

High shutter speed

slow shutter speed

a)High

b)Slow

c)Slow

d)High

e)High

f)High

a)Slow

b)High

c)High

d)Slow

e)Slow

f)High

2. Aperture priority, in this mode the camera takes control of the shutter speed and you have to control the aperture on the lens.

Shutter priority, in this mode you are selecting the shutter speed and the camera decides on the aperture.

Manual, in this mode you decide the shutter speed and the aperture yourself.

ISO 200(left) ISO 3200(right)

1. If it is low lighted it is able to capture that image and it freezes the shots to get ultra fast motions in your images.

2. When you have plenty of light make sure it is on the lowest ISO for the best quality

3. Use high ISO when there isn't much light and your need to capture fast shots

Aperture settings 2.8-22

Shutter speed settings 1sec-1/4000sec

ISO settings 100-25600

 

Husband Took These Photos of His Wife And Captured Love And Loss Beautifully

1. The emotions that i had felt while looking at these photos is a feeling that is related to like being down i guess, not so sure what to call it.
2. I think he means that the photos that he documented are actually what they did and and how it really was instead of what they were like.
3. I could but afterwards i don't think i could keep them, it would be hard to look at them but also bring good memories
4. I would say good job showing a story that some people could relate to.

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. The theme park that i would like to go to with a camera is Six Flags New orleans. Ive been to six flags before and it was impossible to see a lot of things with the amount of people there and to go into a park with no one in it besides the wild life. An to show people what made them happy now looks.
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3. New Zealand Hobbiton 

Local Gas Station 

Creepy motels

Prisons

Mine shafts 

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5. Hobbiton would be the best place to document, It is such a beautiful place. Not only hobbiton but the whole country of new Zealand. Im very interested in this place because this is only a place that you see in the movies and in your head from description, so going in there and taking photos of the real thing would be awesome.

6. It would take a lot to get over to new Zealand alone. I bet it would be extremely expensive because i would not want to go alone. I would want to take a group of people with me to take photos. A lot of cameras and ways to develop or transfer them across the world right after we would take them. Im not sure about the laws but I'm sure it would be ok to take photos in Hobbiton.

Africa

1. I really enjoyed what I had seen and read, very interesting. I think Mr. Brandt is a patient hardworking man, not matter how long or hard it is of a task, he will get what he wants. Uhm, he is obsessed with this kind of work which I'm not sure is healthy or not but thats what he is into. At the same time though, this obsession is showing so many people so much and helping what we wants. So this is pretty rad.
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3. A dark image of a bat that has left its body hanging by a tree in its sleep state surrounded in spiked sticks or spiked tree branches with a rocky hill and a light sky in the background, I'm not so sure why i like it, its just a photo i saw and it just came out more than the others.

4. In this photo i see the rule of framing. The bat is framed by the spiked twigs surrounding it.

5.Mr.Brandt shot in film and used photoshop on it, this is important to know so if people want to take the same kind they will know.

6. To show what people aren't seeing and to send a message out for help and support.

7. To see people donating into these organizations to help.

8. "Simply, I find myself indescribably moved every time I go to these places and see these animals in these settings."

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New playground is opening right now. 5th one opening in America. 

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Kenneths is currently being adopted. Kenneths previous parents didn't like his obsession with butts. 

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ET is looking for his parents at a social event. ET's parents had planned to leave him there for the day. so funny..

Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

 

1)The first thing that had caught my eye in Mr.Penn's photos were the faces of the characters and the really dark areas of the photos. I chose these because i saw them and then saw a load of different stories that could go along with them.
2) I smell fish and feet.
 I see misery in one face and adventure in the other.
I hear crying one, excitement in the other.
I taste death in one, and victory in the other.
I feel unhelpful in one, and in one i see fake.
3) I think the best thing to show my photographer off is a poster. I really nice poster.

Photo Mural Project

1. A theme that we could take at school is plant life and the famous tree in the middle of the school, I'm not so sure.
2. I say we should use phones only because mostly everyone is familiar with the camera on their phones. For those that are not I'm sure we could share.
3. An area of interest that the mural could go is in the cafeteria

Academic Shoot; Lines

1. I don't think i did very well on this photo with following rule. This wasn't the original image that i had chose for this rule.
2. The Subject of this photo is the lines made with the cases and the books.
3. It is not very clear what the subject is in this photo.
4. I think i should've taken way more photos of this rule because I'm sure it was everywhere but i just really didn't capture it.

Academic shoot; Simplicity

1. I think the rule is shown in this photo but it isn't shown the best.
2. The subject is the boy in the chair against the gray flooring.
3. It is very clear what the subject is in this photo, it is the center of the photo.
4. I think I could've shot the photo from a better angle so that its just the boy and the floor with nothing else.

Academic Shoot; Rule Of Thirds

1. I followed the rule in this photo. There is just that cup that ruins the photo.
2. The subject in this is the girl drawing at the table but the cup is catching all of the attention.
3. I  think its clear that the girl is the subject but then the cup is what drags them away from her.
4. The way i could make the picture better and show the rule better is getting rid of the cup.

Academic Shoot; Balance

1. I think i followed the rule really well in this one. This wasn't going to be my balance photo but with a second glance I thought it would be better than my original one.
2. The subject in this photo is the dark squares created by the repeated columns.
3. Its not very clear unless you're looking for the rule. I see people thinking that the two gentlemen at the table are the subjects.
4. I think it could make this better by capturing the same photo but without the kids.

Academic Shoot; Framing

1. I think I followed the rule pretty well. I feel like i should've gotten closer and not include the book case or the outer part if the cart.
2. The subject of the photo is the girl working on the table surrounded by the moving book shelf.
3. It is pretty clear that the subject is the girl working on the table.
4. I could make this better by not getting the surrounding environment.