Unusual & Interesting Photos (Part 3)

1. Below each photo are suggestions for photographers. List 3 of the ones you think are the most important for photographers to remember when they are out shooting. Always connect with your subject, never stop looking for the right angel to take a photo,
2. Pick your favorite painting, get a copy of it and post it on your blog.
3. Then go find a REAL photo that looks like your painting. DO NOT GET AN ACTUAL PHOTO OF THAT PAINTING, find a photo that copies the style of the painting, but is NOT the painting.
4. Did the photographer follow the suggestions fully? yes
5. Which style of painting do you think might influence you? I like this one, where your photo makes a difference in what angle you take it in.

Unusual & Interesting Photos (Part 2)

Sarah Phipps

1. Why did you pick this photo? I picked this picture because it shows the excitement of the winners, and the feeling of defeat of the loosing team.
2. What category did you find this photo? Sports Feature 
3. What award did it win (what place)? 3rd 
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) She captured both the retains of the wining team and the loosing team.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? I think they thought it was a great photo but not as good as the one they picked for 1st
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? Keep her eyes open to catch this moment while the girl in the white was in frame.

Marc Serota

1. Why did you pick this photo? I Picked this picture because i think its funny, its so small but survived and it actually seen instead of everyone just focusing on the game.
2. What category did you find this photo? Sports feature
3. What award did it win (what place)? 1st
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) What caught my eye is the the small little frog and next to him the muscular legs of a soccer player. and how clear he got the picture .
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? I Think the judges liked this picture a lot and  i think thats  why they chose it to be 1st place.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? he had to follow the frog because it was moving while he was taking the picture, he had to have the right camera and he had to keep his eyes open.

Koichiri Tezuka

1. Why did you pick this photo? I Picked this photo because it shows how things can change in the blink of an eye.
2. What category did you find this photo? Natural Disasters .
3. What award did it win (what place)? 1st
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) he got whats happening and whats about to happen.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? I think the judges liked this photo a lot because it won 1st place.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo?

time it just right, be in a high place.

Unusual & Interesting Photos (Part 1)

1.What is your reaction to his work? I think his work is cool, its different.
2. How do you think he made these photos? I think he uses a photo editing program and puts the picture of different layers and adjust each photo.
3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them? I think I would want to take a picture of the empire state building and edit it to look like this. The empire state building is in New York and its pretty easy to see.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

The main point of the story is when you aren't allowed/supposed to manipulate photos to make something false become true. I think this typer of photo editing is unethical because what you are doing is lying to the public.

Daily News Photo Illustration

I think this picture was unethical because Bush didn't really debate. When this was published it could have cause arguments and problems for the USA.

I think this picture isn't as bad as the others because even though they put the pyramid's closer together they are still somewhat where they are supposed to be.

National Geographic Warm-Up

© Dominique Brand

I like this picture because it shows her covered in this red stuff which is a mixture of ochre, oil and ash to protect herself from the harsh desert climate. I also like this picture because instead of showing or putting perfume on she smokes her self with herbs that she burns in a pot. I like how this picture is different. 

Think about your world, what photo would you take to submit to this photo contest? If I had to submit a photo to this contest i would get a group of pictures form around the world showing different cultures and religions and i would make a collage.

Touching People

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay? I think its a smart idea, its different, but its cool.

2. What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger? I would probably just walk away.

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot. I think it would be fun going to shoot at an airport.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at them? I think the photos are good, they look like the people actually know each other... well some of them do.

40 greatest photos taken

Aaron Thompson

I picked this picture because I think the little boy is brave. I also like how the photographer Aaron Thompson captured the expression of the little boy. I think this picture made the 40 greatest photos taken because its a powerful picture, it show the heart break of the boy.

Jack Bradley

I picked this because because of the expression on this little boy's face. In this picture its the first time he gets to hear sound. I like the fact that its black and white also. I think this photo made the 40 greatest photos taken because it sends the message that even the impossible it possible.

I like this picture because it's mother reuniting with her daughter that she hasn't seen in 7 months. I like how you can see the tears of joy on the mothers face. I think its inspirational, also it makes me feel like don't take things for granted. I think it made the 40 best pictures taken because its so inspirational.

Great Black and White Photographers PART 2

William Klein is a professional photographer and filmmaker. Klein was born in New York April 19th 1928. He graduated high school at the young age of 14 and then enrolled in City College Of New York to study sociology. Klein has been noted for the ironic way he captures and approaches his work.

Red, Metal, & Happy.

Picture 1 - Metal
Picture 2 - Red
Picture 3 - Happy

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved? Its Where A Hole Was Made In  Dark Room and light was focused through the hole and the hole acted like a lens.

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

3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce? A Glass Lens, a Dark box, and Film.

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera? Light Passes Through The Lens And Exposes The Film

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image? An Electric Scanner Called A CCD.

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode? On Program Mode You Can Control The Flash.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work? To Blur The Background , The Camera Sets The Fastest Available Lens.

8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work?For Fast Motion, The Camera Uses Highest Shutter And The Fastest Speed Possible.

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button? To Focus The Lens


10. No Flash, When Its Not Needed Or You're Using The Natural Lighting.


11. Auto Flash, When You Don't Know If The Camera Needs A Flash


12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light? The Photo Will Look Washed Out.

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light? The Photo Will Be Too Dark.

14. What is a “stop.”A Relative Measure Of Light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one?1

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two? (Hint: the “show answer” feature is wrong).2


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

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have? Less Light

19. What does the aperture control? How Much Light Is Passed Through & When The Light Reaches Film
20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?Larger Opening

The Camera

 Pentaprism - A five-sided prism with two silvered surfaces giving a constant deviation of all rays of light through 90°, used chiefly in the viewfinders of single-lens reflex cameras.

SLR- Single Lens Reflex

DSLR- digital single-lens reflex camera

Diffraction-The process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or across an edge, typically accompanied by interference between the wave forms produced

Aperture- a device that controls amount of light admitted; a hole, gap, crack, slit, or other opening

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

Exposure-The action of exposing a photographic film to light or other radiation

Depth Of Field- The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera

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

Focal length-The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus

Aperture/Exposure compensation/ erase button-

Viewfinder diopter adjustment- Viewfinder diopter adjustment allows video makers with glasses to shoot without them. The controls are usually a ring around the viewfinder tube, or a slider below it. To use a diopter adjustment, focus the lens on a distant scene, then adjust the diopter until the viewfinder image looks sharpest.

live view/ movie record-

AE Lock-This enables you to lock the current exposure reading and re-frame the shot using the same setting. A half-press of the shutter is normally required to activate this function, fully pressing only when you want to capture the image.

AF point selection-Auto and manual selection

quick control-speed and/or incline adjustments.

ISO-International Organization for Standardization

Menu-A list of commands or options, esp. one displayed on screen

Drive Mode- One of the functions related to the action of the camera when the shutter is release. It includes sequential shooting and AF sequential shooting.

white balance-The color balance on a digital camera

AF mode- Auto Focus Mode

Playback-The reproduction of previously recorded sounds or moving images

Display Button-

Speaker- electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

Great Black and White photographers

The First Image Was Taken By E.J Bellocq
The Second Image Was Taken By Imogen Cunningham
The Third Image Was Taken By William Klein

My First Pictures

The first picture is what i think is my worst picture because i only got his shirt. Another reason i don't like the first picture because its the blurriest one I took. I also think its my worst picture because it was really at anything because i pressed the button by accident.

The second picture I think is the best picture i took because it clear. I also like the second picture because its fousing on him. But i think the main reason i like this picture is because of his pose.