My Thanksgiving lunch and dinner:)

Baraka

My personal opinion about this movie was that it was kind of boring. The music was very natural and soothing that it almost put me to sleep. I felt like it was a continuos slide show of pictures of the world all over. The first 30 minutes of the movie was super boring, it just didn't interest me. When the movie started to get to the middle it become more interesting to watch because the movies were more about people and their traditions. The faces and terrifying elements they put into that part made me actually want to watch it.

There was many artistic and photo-generic elements. They used a lot of landscape to take pictures of the nature and environment. They used the rule of thirds almost 75 precent of the time. They also used space with the environment photos, and even emphasis to emphasize certain parts of the pictures to tell different parts of the stories. Another element that was used and stood out the most was line and shape. When the directors and photogrpaher were shooting especially buildings, pyramids, and other monuments they used tons of line and shape elements.

My favorite part was probably when they were in either in some asian island and they were a doing a ritual . the people were singing and doing certain beats. I liked it because i had never seen anything like that before.

But over I still thought this movie was boring but it was cool to see different place around the world in one sitting

One Shot

I took this shot in the koi pond at my school. My assignment was to go out and take photos, but only upload one photo that i thought was good from my camera screen not my computer. When i took this I put my camera on a lily pad and snapped the shot. As soon as I saw it on my camera screen I knew this was the one.

Halloween Photos in place of My Sports photos

Photography Video Notes

-Pictures were so importatn becasue they keep memories
-some examples are
*emotional memory
*proof
*records of things happening
-photos are a matter of life and death
-brownie cameras were small solid camras sold for one dollar. they were very poplualr because even the working class could afford them
-before brownie cameras only fomral portraits were taken

-picture post cards became very popular in the 1900's.
-why send post cards?
*to show things happening in family
*fullfilled function of newspaper photos such as disasters or county fairs

-Grover started the Nation geographic Magazine
-the magazine showed people the other places in wolrd that they couldnt go

-Is Photography an art?
*at first they thought it wasnt an art because it was to easy, unlike painting
*so photogrpahers did speacial effects to it to make it look like art(painting)

-Scientific Management
*use photos to show people how to do things in specific way
*use light to show exact movements

-Louis relazised photos had the power to move people
*especially through his photos of child labor

-Straight Photograhy
*by Paul Strand
*relized that camera could capture shapes and firgures clearly and sharply
*claerly focused
*pictures were how you really see it in real life
*emphasized framing
*sharp focused realsim

-WWI Photos
*no dead people were shown
*much stages and away from real battle field

-1900's photos replaced drawings
-daily news
*based itslef on pictures
*oldest estbalished newspaper

Walking through mercy

portrait notes 114-125

Shoot a formal portrait
-prepare in advance
-be relaxed so your subject is relaxed
-background, with 10 to 20 feet of clear space
-put stool in front of backgroun 4 to 6 feet
-lght about 45 degrees
-set camera 6-10 feet away

camera settings
-good to shoot with wide aperature
-use f/2 or f/2.8(35mm lense)
-use 1/60 shutter speed
-keep subject in focus and background out of focus

Lighting for formal portraits
indoors

-place light 45 degree angle on one side of your subject
-use a reflector on opposite side

outdoors

-try shooting in open shade but avoid deep shade
-include blue sky but not direct sunlight
-cloudy days are best
-avoid busy and distracting backgrounds

The candid Portraits
-candid portraits cature a person going about everyday life and activities.
-try to take photos with them noticing you
-invlude surroundings
try to capture different moods

camera settings
-use faster shutter speed 1/250
-use flash

The enviormental portrait
- the enviormental portrait uses a subject's surroundings to help it tell that person's story
-combination of formal portrait and photojournalism
-subject is smaller part of image
-background is important and tells story

camera settings
-wide angle lenses
-use f stop f/5.6 to f/8

retouch
-use clone tool or healing brush

self portrait
-self portrait you become your own subject
- shows your personality