Portraits and Self-Portraits




This is my favorite professional portrait because it has great lighting and the the woman is self centered. What makes a portraits good is when it gives off some kind of feelings so that way the view can better understand what's going on in the photo.

This portrait gives off some feelings of relax and calm. The portrait looks amazing because it shows what the person was looking at (the e

ye).

I would do portraits of others with my next 12 frames.

Ethics in Fashion Photography

1.) The model was changed in so many ways they put a whole bunch of make-up on her, fixed her hair, her posture, the size of her lips, lowered her eye brows, made her face smaller and her eyes bigger.

2.) It is not ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance because it's like saying that person is ugly that's why they had to make her look like a different person.

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4.) The only changes I think would be acceptable are if you were going to change the color.

5.) Fashion photography are portraits of people advertising clothes and they change the person's appearance to make them look "BEAUTIFUL" while on the other hand photojournalism is art.

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Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A.) The story is mainly talking about how newspapers manipulate their photos. They change the photo to make them look more dramatic.

B.) It is not acceptable changing a photo, meaning cutting someone out of the image and making the photo look different and wrong. The public can think it's real and it can cause them to get the wrong idea.

This image is the most unethical because they made it seem like Saddam Hussein and George Bush were debating but in reality they really didn't, they confused people.

This photo isn't as bad as the other images its the least unethical, because there wasn't much done to it. The image looks the same as the original just a couple of things were change, the pipe/pole behind the woman yelling was removed and the everything was darkened.

Negatives Evaluation

1.) I think most of my negatives came out well 10/12

2.) 2/12 of my negatives look like they won't turn out well because they are not focused.

3.) I think the negative with the 2 students working together will be the best print because i can see the image very clearly.

4.) In my best negatives i think i used exposure very well because the negatives are not to dark and not to bright.

5.) I used Simplicity and centered main person. I also used the Rule of Thirds

Drug Cartels in Mexico

The topic about the drug Cartels in Juarez Mexico is a scary thing to think about, you can be killed. I think it's crazy how someone can just kill another person for a stupid reason. I didn't know how many murders there have been in Juarez but this shocked me "Within an hour, over the police scanners, a body has been found. And maybe 30 minutes later, another body." I would hate to live there, knowing that everyday you or someone you love has a high risk of being killed.

My favorite photo is the one where the police office is walking the street with his gun in his hand. He has on a mask and the only skin you can see are his hands and eyes, to hide his identity from the drug cartels. The photographer blurred the background and focused the police officer so that way the officer will stand out. The photographer used the rule of Simplicity because the police officer is in centered of the photo. This is my favorite photo because i didn't like the other photos of died bodies and because it stood out to me.

Making a Black and White print

1.) Materials:

• Safelight
• Photographic Paper
• Enlarger
• Liquid Measurement Devices
• Trays
• Tongs
• Thermometer
• Negative
• Squeegee
• Paper Safe

2.) Chemicals:

• Developer
• Stop Bath
• Fixer

3.) First you switch on the enlarger light. Place a masking easel on the baseboard. On the easel place the print paper, white side up and when done switch on enlarger light. Then you want to scale and focus the image. When you are done creatinga border around the image switch off the enlarger light. On the easel place a new print paper, sliky side up. In the filter holder place a filer and close securely. Then set the timer and press the start button. Finally expose the print paper and place the print paper in the developer, fixer, and stop bath tray.


                           
                        4.)

1.) Emulsion- a mixture of two or more unblendable liquids 
2.) Aperture- hole or an opening through which light travels
3.) Masking Easel- a flat metal plate with sliding arms on all four sides for cropping the image manually
4.) Exposure- the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium during the process of taking a photograph
5.) Safe light- a light source suitable for use in a photographic darkroom
6.) Dodging- decreases the exposure for areas of the print that should be lighter
7.) Burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker

Post Shoot Reflection

1.) When I got up close to people the lighting was either getting darker or lighter depending on the room we were in and somethings i had to focus the camera. In order to change the brightness I had to mess with the aperture.

2.) The technical aspect of photography that I was thinking about the most was the focus.  Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

3.) I tried to at least use simplicity and focus more on my subject.

4.) I would take my time and be more calm the next time I go out to take photos.

Processing Black and White photos

1.) Equipment:

• Developing Tank
• Film leader in reel 
• Fully loaded film reel 
• Film reel with spindle in place
• Inserting the reel into the tank
• black and white film that has been exposed
• complete darkness
• a bottle cap opener
• film processing chemicals - developer and fixer  
• a timer
• running water
• a sponge squeegee

2.) Chemicals:

• Developer you can but this at http://www.calumetphoto.com/
• Stop Bath  you can buy this at  http://www.amazon.com/
• Fixer you can buy this at http://www.amazon.com/

                                               4.)

Key Term:
1. Contact Sheet- photographic image produced from film
2. Agitation- putting into motion by shaking or stirring
3. Enlarger- specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin-silver process, or transparencies
4.  Developer- a chemical that makes the latent image on the film or print visible
5. Stop Bath- a chemical bath usually used in processing traditional black-and-white photographic films, plates, and paper used after the material has finished developing
6. Fixer- a chemical that removes unexposed silver salts from photographic media and renders them insensitive to light.

American Soldier

2.)

A.) The most powerful image of the slide shows is the when Ian Fisher is coming home from war. The image shows how happy he is, finally going home.

B.) The most powerful sequence of photographs is Basic Training, because the images show what Ian Fisher had to do to prepare him for his near future.

C. The images are in order from which they occur In Ian's life. The images show his life at home, training) and army.

3.)

A.) The verbs are usually written in the present tense.

B.) The captions explain how Ian is feeling at that point of time, and explains what's going on in the image.

4.)

Ian's looks at the marriage license while his fiance stares at him for his response.

Ian sits in a room waiting to speak with someone about his problems.

Ian returns home to find his fiance waiting for him, he gives her a hug.

Time Photos of The Week

In this photo an image of Lisa Simpson's face is on all the little TV screens in the middle sections of an airplane. The TVs are all the same size and lined up.



Lisa Simpson appears on television screens on a new Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 after its inaugural passenger flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia.

In this photo there is a repetition of hands behind the woman in the front, the hands repeat the same colors, shape and size.

Dancers from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform during their show entitled "My Dream" at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In this photo there is a repetition of lights coming from the buildings.  

A pattern of lights forms a giant 275-foot jack-o-lantern on the side of WaMu Center in downtown Seattle.