Hurricane Ike

I believe that this picture showing the destructive force of hurricane Ike, follows the rule of "sense of  depth". I chose this picture because the damages of the hurricane in this picture are shown clearly: woods, boats.. rely on the path of the highway, that means that the strong winds or the water brought those pieces onto the highway

 

The rule of "leading lines" fits with this picture, the subject of this photo is the building that has many lines in his structure. I chose this picture because it shows how hurricane Ike damaged many constuctions; even skyscrapers.

Great B&W photographers part 2

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He died on April 22, 1984 in Carmel, California. He had problems in school and only received an eigth grade education. He preferred learning mainly through his own interests. He was serious about music but was also interested in photography.He had a job of a photo technician, which made him learn more about his hobby. He then started his career as a photographer. One of his books he published was the Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras in 1927. Some other books he published were the Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail in 1938, the Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley in 1940, Yosemite and the High Sierra in 1948, and also My Camera in Yosemite Valley in 1949. Some of pictures of Ansel Adams are shown below: 

Great B&W photographers preview

  

Lewis Hine

Handicapped-Crippled Steelworker

 

Helen Levitt

New York

 

Roy DeCarava

Romare Bearden  

 

The Camera

 

1. Camera-  A device that stores and records images.

2. Photography- The activity or art of capturing still or moving pictures.
3. Camera Lens- Is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body.
4. Optical Lens- A device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light.

1. Aperture- Also called aperture stop.  Optics an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

2. Shutter- A mecanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film orlike.

3. Exposure- The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination.

4. Depth of Field- The range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens, through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image.

5. F-stop- The setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.

6. Focal Length- The distance from the focal point of a lens or mirror to the reflecting surface of the mirror or the center point of the lens

Advanced Photo Composition

                                                                      Rule Of Thirds

Balancing Elements

Leading Lines

Symmetry and Patterns

Viewpoint

Background

Create Depth

Framing

Cropping

Mergers And Avoiding Them

Discussion

This picture looks like discussion because the background kind of gives it those diagonal lines that balance it out with the walking firemen.

Avoiding Mergers

Framing

In this picture, we can see framing in the rectangle that the people are forming around the flag they're holding and the other people in the background.

Balance

I think that the balance in this picture on the left side is the woman that's standing there and on the right side its the lady with her helmet. If the lady on the left wasn't there, it would be unbalanced and there would be a lot of empty space behind the boy's back.

Lines

Rule of thirds

Simplicity

I think that this picture shows simplicity because the main objective is the woman crying and then we have the background of the burning city. The center of interest in this picture has to be the  most visual attention, which is the woman. We can focus on her as soon as we see the picture, but also notice the background at the same time.