National Geographic Warm-up

This is my favorite photo because it combines many this I really like in photos. One of them is the stars I like pictures of the stars because they are so amazing and you never really know what you are looking at. Another this is the lightning pictures of lightning are awesome already so looking at the lightning revolving the smoke is stunning. And finally its an eruption and eruptions are also super interesting, just all of these elements combined make this picture that amazing.

Simplicity

This picture is simplicity because you are allowed to focus on the main subject since the background is plain so it allows you to concentrate on the the main focus of the picture.

Lines

This one is lines because the line onto of the building starts on the far left and leads you to the huge explosion.

Frame

This is frame because it looks like the buildings look like they are framed in the center of the picture.

Rule of Thirds

This is the rule of thirds because the firefighters are placed in the upper right position so that the viewer can see the ruins of the buildings all around them.

Balance

This is balance because you can clearly see the rectangular shape of the center building.

Repetition

There is repetition because the structure of the building makes it look like there are identical lines going up and down.

Post Reflection

This is Ulises Chavez Blog:  http://ulisesphotoj.blogspot.com

Two positive things:
1. Ulises' pictures are well taken.
2. He also took the time to make it more appealing with a background and templates.

Something he could improve:
1. His responses are a little vague and superficial

My Monster Meal

A Monster Burger.
Triple stack with 6 pieces of bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, habanero sauce, avocado, with two piles of french fries inside the burger.

 

Just kidding not this huge.

40 Greatest Photos ever

 By Reddit.com

 What made me choose this photo? I'm a big fan of soccer and I know the racism problems that the sport has been through.
Anything about the composition of the photo? The two guys are in the foreground and are the main attention of the photo.
Why is it in the top 40? it made the top 40 because racism has been a big problem all over the world at some point in time so when two superstars of the sport show mutual respect it can inspire others.

By Jeff Widener

 What made me choose this photo? I find this picture so inspiring because of the man's bravery
Anything about the composition of the photo? The photographer successfully portrays the difference in power from 4 huge tanks to the small man
Why is this in the top 40? It inspires people to stand up for what they believe in no matter how hard it may seem you can fight the power.

 By Navine Zaki

What made me choose this photo? This picture is very moving because despite their different religions the christians are still willing to help out the muslims.
Anything about the composition of the photo? The photographer successfully catches the many muslims praying while also shows the worried look of the christians concerned for the muslims.
Why is this in the top 40? This picture is showing the kindness in humans and how they are willing to help each other out and is one of the very few that can portray these kinds of actions.

Great Black and White Photographers PART 2

Name: Karl Blossfeldt
Birth and Death: (June 13, 1865 – December 9, 1932 - age 67)
Place of birth: Born in Schielo, Germany
Education: Studied and reached at the Institute of Royal Arts and Museum in Berlin
Jobs: Teacher and Artist
Famous works published: He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things, His most famous work was published in 1929 and named Urformen der Kunst.

    

Red, Metal, Happy

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Camera Parts and History

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?

- A tiny hole is crated in one wall. through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected upside down in the opposite wall. The hole acted like a lens.

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?

- When Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making      higher quality lenses.

3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?

- Niepce added the final touch by adding film to create the first successful camera.

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera?

- Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?

- Instead of using plastic film, digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD6. What 

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode?

-  Auto mode will control things like flash and focus while on program mode you would have to fix this up yourself.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?

- To attempt to blur out the background, the camera will use the fastest lens setting.

8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work?

- To freeze motion, it takes the highest shutter speed possible.

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?

- So that you can allow the camera to focus before it takes the picture.

10. What does this symbol mean?

- This symbol is the "Disabled Flash" 

When would you use this?

- When you want a more dramatic shot natural light can be better.

11.What does this symbol mean?

- This means that the flash will trigger automatically.

When would you use this?

- When you want the camera to divide wether or not flash should be used.

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light?

- Too much light and the picture will be washed out.

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?

- Not enough light and the picture will be too dark.

14. What is a “stop.”

- A "stop" is used in every aspect of photography to reprint a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two suns instead of one?

- It would be 1 stop brighter.

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two?

- If the new planet had 4 suns it would be 2 stops brighter.

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?

- A longer shutter speed means more light.

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?

- A shorter shutter speed has less light.

19. What does the aperture control?

- The aperture is like a pupil. You can control the amount of light that reaches the lens.

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?

- set the aperture settings at a lower level.

PART II

Aperture- A device that controls the amount of light admitted through an opening.

Shutter- A device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.

Exposure- The amount of light that falls onto the sensor of your digital camera.

Depth of Field- The amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph

F-stop- A camera setting corresponding to a particular f-number.

Focal Length- The diastase between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.

Camera parts:

Shutter button- It has two functions one is if you do a half-press to focus the photo and the other is to do a full press to take the photo.

Flash button- This button helps you set the flash on auto or that you can choose when you want to use the flash.

Power switch- The power switch helps you turn on and off the camera.

Aperture button- Helps you choose the amount of light that reaches the lens.

Setting button- Helps you choose your settings like the type of photo etc.

Magnify button- Helps you zoom in to get a closer look.

Masters of Black and White Photography

 Walker Evans

Lee Friedlander

Karl Blossfeldt

Best and Worst Photos

 This is my worst photo because I took it when she wasn't ready and her arm is out for some reason so this is why this is my worst photo.

This is the best photo because she was finally ready for the picture and she was smiling at the camera so she was obviously ready that is why this is my best photo.

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