Academic post shoot and peer reflection

Rule of thirds                

Balance

Lines

Simplicity                    

Aperture, ISO, and shutter speed

F 2.8

F 16

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture?

Our eyes

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture __the larger the F- stop___________, the higher the Aperture ____the smaller the F-stop____________.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field?

     Small apertures show the background and the subject in the photo, large apertures show the subject and blur the background out.

Slow shutter speed

Fast Shutter speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few months ago, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night I would like you to answer the question for the following two situations:

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

Slow Shutter speed

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

Fast shutter speed

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

Fast Shutter speed

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

Fast shutter speed

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

Fast shutter speed

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop
Fast Shutter speed

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree

Fast Shutter speed 

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings

Fast shutter speed

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym

Fast shutter speed

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard

Fast Shutter speed

e.) people streaming in from the front doors

Fast shutter speed

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop

Fast shutter speed

3 settings: 

Shutter priority 

Aperture priority

Manual 

ISO 200

ISO 3200

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game?

It lets more light into the lens to capture a better image. 

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?
A better quality image.

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?
Only use when there is not a lot of light.

Aperture: 28,4,5.6,11,16,22
Shutter speed: 1 sec, 1/60 sec, 1/4000 sec
ISO: 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600

Funny Captions

For grandma, Aurora Garcia, wearing a princess tiara at Walt Disney world is her way of letting her inner child come out to play. This being her first time to visit the park "better late than never" is all she had to say the minute she went through the entrance.

Elderly couples take on the track with their upgraded mobile scooters, and their need for speed. San Diego, California was the place to be this past weekend if you were over the age of 60, got around on a scooter, and wanted some thrills.

Football fans young and old are gathered for the 80th anniversary of NFL football.

Janet Smith showed her love for the sport by painting the league's logo on the side of her head.... now if only we could get that team spirit from the players on the field!

Photo Manipulation and ethics

In the industry of photo news; there are many photographers and not all are inclined to send in proper photographs they had taken. Photographers caught manipulating photos can face huge issues of distrust and loss of credibility. Once that credibility is lost, careers in this industry can shatter. News companies are looking for honest photographers following guidelines set in the community. The photos shown as examples in the blog are all very unethical. Making photographs appear as something they aren't is something no one should try to do.

This photo is unethical because there was no reason to combine the 2 photos together. 

This photo is not as unethical because the photographer was just trying to avoid a merger.

Great white and black photographers part 2

Sources: http://www.johngutmann.org/chronology.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gutmann


John Gutmann:
John Gutmann was born in Breslau, Germany in the year 1905. After studying history and art at Schlesische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat zu Breslau, Gutmann left Germany and got a job in the United States as a photographer for multiple German magazines.
He enjoyed taking pictures of American lifestyles, and he especially enjoyed capturing jazz music scenes. Gutmann also created the "John Gutmann photography fellowship award" through the "San Francisco Foundation".

Photos:

Post shoot reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts? 
In order to get my picture that went under the Bowie category I had to to stand on a stool in order to get the right angle 

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.I mainly focused on trying to get the camera in focus and follow the rules of photography. In the photo I took to represent Bowie I had to get the camera to focus on the Bulldog while following rule of thirds. 

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
I would make sure that I had better angles.

4. What things would you do the same?
I would keep the subjects I chose to photograph.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 4 photos (square, metal, happy, Bowie), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?
Yes. 

6. Are you interested in shooting those same prompts again, why?
yes, because one word can have so many different meanings for so many different people. 

Step 1: Find the link to your blog on the Bowie PhotoJblog. On the student blogs list titled MY BLOG, go to a class period that ISN'T your class period. Pick someones blog and click on it. Go find their prompt/free shoot - square, metal, happy, Bowie and take a peek at them.

Step 2: On your blog copy and paste the link for the student's blog. 

http://kxthphotography.blogspot.com

Step 3: Write two positive things about the photos. 
I like their "square" photo because it also has framing. I also like their happy photo because the sumfower is in good focus.

Step 4: Write about one thing that could be improved in the photos.
In the Bowie photo they could've included something more interesting 

Step 5: Leave them a comment on their blog about their work. You can choose to write something clearly positive, or you can choose to leave a comment that is constructive criticism (something that is written in a positive way, but makes a suggestion on something they could have done better).

Prompt 1 shoot photos

• Happy-

• Metal- 

• Bowie-

• Square-
• Merger