Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Best Covers

1. Informal
2. Formal
3. Formal
9. Formal
10. Formal
15. Formal
18. Environmental
19. Formal
21. Environmental
22. Formal
23. Formal
24. Environmental
26. Formal
27. Formal
28. Environmental
29 (tie) Playboy, Formal
29 (tie) Fortune, Environmental
31. Environmental
32. Formal
35. Formal
36. Formal
37 (tie) Details Formal
37 (tie) National Geographic Environmental
37 (tie) TIME, Informal 
37 (tie) Glamour, Formal



Detailed  
#32 Vogue (May 2004)
Vogue magazine coverPhotographer Irving Penn captures Nicole Kidmans back profile dressed in a Christian Lacroix oyster satin backless dress for this cover of the May 2004 issue of Vogue. This was the first cover shoot for Vogue by Penn since 1989. The issue contains more photographs of Kidman dressed as a Grecian goddess, an Italian diva and as legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt.                              
  
Critique 
This photograph from the cover is very stylish and about fashion, which catches my attention.

Magazine cover and catch up

1. Make the cover pop out from its background.
2. Arouse curiosity.
3.Lots and lots of coverlines. 
4. Your cover needs to be intellectually stimulating.
5. Make it your own, UNIQUE!



Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas

1. Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That is the point. 

2. Use a mirror. How to use mirrors is important, too. Take it down from a wall and experiment with it. 

3. If you’ve got a remote trigger, that’s usually  better and more controllable than trying to use a self-timer.



 I liked this picture because they are a cute couple, just looking into each others eyes and they look happy. I like that the photo was taken at where its just focusing on them two.


I chose this photograph because it looked so unique, like the angle from where it's taken from is something you don't usually see in most common pictures. I like the couch-looking-chair because it's red and it looks fancy (:

This picture caught my attention because I like her hair and the position she's taking. I chose it because it seems cool, just showing one eye.


Now, this picture I like because I love high heels. I have some that almost look like this, quite different though. I chose it because of the different angles of the heels; it's really eye-catching.






I like this picture because its in a pretty casual pose, like its not all fancy or photoshoped or anything, but it still looks cute. The couple looks happy and it gave me that "aww" feeling, so I chose it. (:




This picture caught my attention because it reminded me of my little sister. I don't know, but sometimes I like little kids, when they look all cute and innocent like this. 

I'm going to try to take pictures of some people I don't know, some that I do. No one in specific. But sometimes random people don't want their picture taken because they don't know you : /
I plan on taking the pictures at different angles, from a viewpoint, directly at the face or a side view. I don't actually have something in mind, it'll just happen. Hope it comes out good!









Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Welcome Back (:


I liked this picture because it got my attention. All the colors are very eye-catchy and sort of make like an illumination-scene. I can kind of see the rule of balance here, by the way the buildings are all proportioned and scattered over the place.

 This photograph has two things that I liked. One side of the room has a bubbly, exotic, pacific view on the wall and floor. But then you can see how it sort of "discolors" away when it gets to the other side of the wall. Then you can see how in the other room, it has nothing to do with this previous room. All the colors are dull and boring.

This picture can sort of make you feel some emotion when you look at it. I get kind of sad to think that I have all these comforts in my life and in other countries they don't or can't have any of these things. This shows that we need to try to help other countries and try to make a difference in 2011.



I don't really have a favorite anything, but one of the songs that I really "digged" was Wiz Khalifa's single 'Black and Yellow'. I loved that song and I had some of Wiz's songs already, but with this song, I started listening to him a lot, all his mix-tapes, everything.






I'd have to say that one of the best movies in 2010 would have to be Toy Story 3. I saw it when it first came out at the movies and I liked it. It was pretty funny and sad at times. Not the movie I was expecting to go see, but I don't regret it.





One of the important news stories back in 2010 was the earthquake disaster in Haiti. I didn't really knew much about it, but from what I heard, it was bad. 





Kanye West was one of the most important people in the year of 2010. West hijacked Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video, snatching the microphone out of her hand and declaring that the title should have gone to Beyoncé rather than to Swift. It's said that reactions to the incident were heard everywhere from E! News to the White House, where President Obama dismissed him as a "jackass," earning West an unofficial award for biggest gaffe.







Chris Brown broke down in tears during a Michael Jackson tribute at the BET Awards as he performed a Michael Jackson tribute. The song that provoked the breakdown was "Man in the Mirror." The media coverage was mostly disdainful, with reporters speculating that this was a an act to get sympathy and restart his career. 

1. Something that I will probably remember the rest of my life is when I dropped my phone in the water on New Year's Eve. Man, I was devastated. I said to myself "way to start the new year" -_- But then when we got home, I took it all apart and just left it on the table and I tried it the next morning and it worked :)

2. One of my resolutions this year is to try to do even better on all my classes, try harder than usual, since it's the year that determines if I'm going to pass to the next grade.

3. What I look forward to this year is my birthday, because I'm going to be 18 :) and I look forward to this summer to do lots of things we got planned.

 






Friday, December 10, 2010

Final Exam Study Guide

1. Click "server drives" on the desktop then "my computer". Go to jstudents, then photojournalism and click your class period and your name .
2. A blog is like a journal/diary that is able to be seen in public on the internet. We use blogging in this class to write things we know, learn, and want to show others. It's a good way to publicly to show information you'd like to share.
3-4. You need a oatmeal can, photo paper, thin piece of aluminum, tape, xacto knife, needle, and sand paper. The pinhole is like the lens of the camera. Poke a tiny hole in the aluminum with a needle and trim the aluminum so there is a little space around the hole. The oatmeal can must be light proof. When the lid is on and the shutter is closed the inside has to be completely dark. The only light that comes in is through the pinhole. Make sure there are no holes or openings in the box. Seal it and paint it flat black. Cut a small square opening in the can for the pinhole to go in. Tape the pinhole behind the square opening. Center the pinhole in the square. Then make the shutter, which is just a flap that covers the pinhole from the outside and can be made with more tape. This must be done in complete darkness. Tape a piece of photo paper to the inside of the box across from the hole. Put the lid on and make sure the shutter is closed. Now you can go out in the light.Point the camera at what you want to shoot. Hold shutter open for 30 seconds, then close. Everything has to stay perfectly still. Go back to the dark room and take paper out to develop.
5. a. Rule of thirds: Image is divided into 9 equal segments by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines.
b. Balancing elements: Subject of the picture is off from the center, but should be balanced by putting some "weight" on the opposite side to even it out.
c. Leading lines: Straight, diagonal, zigzag, curvy lines that draw our eyes "into" the picture and enhances the photographs composition.
d. Symmetry and patterns: Can be like repeated objects in the picture, along the same way or scattered around, sometimes made intentionally or also by accident but still looks good.
e. Viewpoint: Photographing from different angles such as from above, the ground, side, back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
f. Background: Trying to use a plain and unobtrusive background and compose your shot so that it doesn't distract or detract from the subject.
g. Depth: You can create depth in a photo by including objects in the front, middle and back, and also by overlapping, where you partially obscure one object with another.
h. Framing: Objects that make natural frames, such as trees, archways and holes by placing these around the edge of the composition, it helps to isolate the main subject from the rest of the shot. The result is a more focused image that draws your eye naturally to the main point of the subject.
i. Cropping: 
Eliminating the background 'distractions', ensuring the subject gets the viewer's undistracted attention.
j. Mergers and avoiding them: taking photographs and trying to avoid a "distracting" background that looses the subjects' main focus.
6. Action and emotion impact a photograph by giving it a more "live" sensation when you see it. If you see a picture of a band performing, the feelings will most likely be excitement and nervousness. You might also sense as if the people are moving around, playing they're instruments.
7. A photo can "tell a story" all depending on what's taking place in the picture. The subject and details can kind of give off what the he/she wants the viewer to notice.
8. Multimedia is the integration of multiple forms of media ex. a presentation involving audio and video clips.
9. First sentence includes major information about the photo (who, what, where, when, why, how). First sentence should be written in present tense as if the action of the photo is still happening. Second sentence should be past tense, and should include background information. Information in caption should not be obvious by looking at the photo.If there are 3 or fewer recognizable people in the photo, you must give all of their names.Use strong action verbs whenever possible.
10. To know whats going on in the picture, like what's happening.
11. Fashion photography is different becasue they change the picture taken unlike photography; you take the picture and make sure its going to be the picture for what its going to be.
12. Portrait is of another person and self portrait is a picture of yourself.
13. A good portrait should be in focus, have good exposure, and uses the composition rules.

14. Newspaper is when photographers are expected to write, but if they attend multiple photography assignments the writing can be limited. Yearbook is responsible for all the content on their spread, including taking pictures, writing captions, headlines and some years writing a short story.

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. F-stop- The setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
5. Single lens reflex-that typically uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system that permits the photographer to see exactly what will be captured
6. Negative-whiteover black
7. Positive-black over white
8. Contact sheet-photographic image produced from flim
9. Agitation-Gentle movement of liquid photo-processing chemicals (developer, stop-bath, fixer) during processing of film or paper in order to achieve uniform results.
10. Enlarger-is a specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints
11. Stop bath-is a chemical bath usually used in processing traditional black-and-white photographic flims,
12. Fixer-a chemical that removes unexposed silver salts from photographic media and renders them insensitive to light.
13.Safe light: is a light source suitable for use in a photographic darkroom.
14.Burning- Increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker.
15.Dodging- Blocking a portion of the light when printing a photograph or manipulating a digital image so that an area of the image will be made lighter.



Monday, December 6, 2010

Choice Sheets

First of all, I'm not even supposed to be in this class because I already have credit for it and I couldn't have an off period yet. But I might take into consideration the yearbook class; sounds kind of fun. What I like is that it covers all of the areas of the school, but since of the publication date, it turns it more into a summary of the year. This also seems like a way to get to know your school a little better and what's really going on around the campus with the students, teachers, staff, and everything else.






Abandoned Theme Parks


Artificialowl

1. I would like to go to this place because it looks pretty cool how all the trees and plants are growing around it and it's like hiding the park. It has a good scenery view to take photographs and even though the place is abandoned, rusted, old, it catches the attention to want to go there. It's kind of like going on an adventure, because it looks hidden and seems like you're gonna go discover something.   


Katrina 7
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3.  
-Glen Echo Park, Maryland USA
-Spreepark, Berlin
-Idora Park, Ohio USA
-Florida Splendid China Park
-Abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans

4. I liked the photographs from the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans. Teddy Smith shot a video with permission from the city of New Orleans, of how creepy the abandoned place looks and how they should use it to make some kind of horror film. 


5. Well one of the main reasons I chose this place was because I love Six Flags, amusement parks, and rides. Since this place is abandoned, it looks mysterious and creepy. It would be a great place to take photographs, with all the now hidden rides, the falling objects, broken statues and all that good stuff. It has good "scary" scenery for how I mentioned above, to make horror movies. Just by looking at the pictures, it seems like a zombie or monsters are gonna pop out. 

6. To take pictures of this place, I obviously have to travel to New Orleans and stay there in a hotel or something for a while. I would have to take all my camera equipment to take pictures, money to buy food and maybe souvenirs, comfortable/raggedy clothes since it's all flooded and messy over there, and maybe a friend or two, to make me company. (: