Wednesday, December 19, 2012

EXTRA CREDIT

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo.  The man in the photo got pushed onto the track, and the photographer tried to signal the train driver with his flash.
2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo? To signal the train operator
3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo? I feel The photographer did what he had to do, he tried get the operators attention but either way i train couldn't be stop that quickly, so i think its a good thing he tried but its also good he got this picture. (Yes)
4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not? Yes And No, He could Have tried helping the man. But also if he did he could have risked his own life, or he might have known he wasn't strong enough.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not. No b/c that ruins his family & his privacy.
6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not? Both, B/c you cant always stop stuff from happening, but if you know for sure you cant then get evidence, get a photo.
7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not. Yes b/c he/she was a witness, without his/her photo no one would have seen this but the people who witnessed it.
8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer.  No it depends on what kind of event is taking place.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Self Portrait and Portraits Part II AND Rules of Photography Part II

Use a mirror! It seems so obvious, but how to use mirrors is important, too – take it down from the wall, and experiment!



Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all.


I Chose This Photo Because

I like This Photo Because Of The Camera, It Shows His Love For Photography.
I Like This Photo Because He Used The Mirror.




I Like this picture because it reminds me of New York.

I like this photo because of the use of the scenery

Lytro warm-up & Ethics in Fashion photography

1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?
It let you pick where you wanted the picture to focus. And It Moved With Your Mouse.
2. How does this new camera work?

Rays of light entering the camera refract through the series of curved lenses and are captured on the light-field sensor. The micro-lens array in front of the sensor surface preserves each ray's direction. The light-field engine uses this information to process the image in 3D space, and determine the equivalent fixed physical lens-sensor distance for the chosen focal point. 






3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about)

what each button does and what angle to take the photo at.


4. Is it worth the money?- i think it is.   




FASHION





1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
Made her lips bigger, gave her a longer neck, made her neck/shoulders thinner, made her eyes bigger, made her head smaller

2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
No because while you are trying to be like the person you see on Billboards the person that's on it doesn't even look like that.

3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?

4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't? Maybe changing the background color or stuff like that, not dramatically changing her look.

5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
fashion are just trying to make the person look pretty, photojournalism is more like trying to tell a story.

6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?