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Shutter Speed

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High/Fast Shutter Speed Low/Slow Shutter Speed 1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, which was a few weeks 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.)  1/100 b.)  1/100 c.)  1/500 d.)  1/250 e.)  1/125  f.)  1/500 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.) 1/25 b.) 1/30 c.) 1/500 d.) 1/50 e.) 1/75 f.) 1/100 2. There are three settings you can set your camera to in regards to shutter speed. There's Auto, where everything is decided for you by the camera. Theres Shutter Priority, where you set the aperture and the camera choses the shutter speed based off what it thinks it should be compared to the aperture that you picked. Fina

Aperture

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Aperture can be related to the pupil in a human eye, controlling how much light is let into the eye to process information. Aperture is the same, but instead of an eye, it's a camera. The smaller the aperture, the larger the f-stop. The larger the aperture, the smaller the f-stop. A larger aperture sharpens the foreground and blurs out the background, whereas a smaller aperture would either only mildly blur out the background, or the background would be just as clear as the foreground. F2.8                                This photo was taken with a f-stop of 2.8, a large aperture. F16 This photo was taken with a f-stop of 16, a small aperture.

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1.) It was hard to find subjects that were interesting or that had an appealing composition so I struggled to take pictures that I personally really liked. The majority of the classes were doing the same ting, silent work/reading in a badly lit room or group work where the kids would just be on their phones. 2.)I really thought about the angle the picture was taken in, like if it was from a birds eye, worms eye, or eye level picture. In one of my photos for example, I got behind the lever for the emergency shower in the science room and took a picture that framed the classroom in the triangle. 3.)I would focus more on simplicity, since I don't really have a lot of that in any of my  photos, and I really like the effect it has on the subjects of pictures. 4.) I would continue to keep using the same type of subjects, because I really like taking pictures of people in their day to day lives. 5.) The rule that will be the easiest for me to achieve will probably be rule of thirds

Academic Shoot

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I followed the composition rules of balance and framing. The waterspouts balance the picture and frame the subject, the girl. Its very clear what the subject is, since she is framed and is in the very center of the picture. I followed the composition rules of line in this picture with the diagonal lines of the chair and the curved water spout. The subject is less clear however, because of the water spout, because it blocks the actual subject, the girl. Next time, I could take the picture from the opposite side of her. The rules of composition that I followed in this picture is rules of thirds. The subject is in the left upper half, and the subject is the boy reading. It's clear to see this, because there aren't other sources that draw your attention from him. The rule of composition that I followed in this picture are rule of thirds and line. The subject is the boy and it's harder to tell however with the spout obstructing the view of him and becoming the

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

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1.) Some of the main points I read about this website were that when photos are edited or manipulated, the picture can tell a different story, which influences the opinions of all the people who see the picture. As well as how manipulating these photos in a professional job can get you fired and you can tarnish your reputation. It explains how there aren't any guidelines yet regarding whats the considered ethical and unethical editing,  because ethics are different and change with each person. 2.)Newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times  have strict guidelines on what their photographers can and can't do with their  photographs. They have to turn in those photos and all proofs that they took to prove that he photo was indeed not manipulated. 3.) I think acceptable things to manipulate are things like how the picture is cropped, or rotating the image slightly. Whats unethical are things like removing people or adding people, or making a waist smaller or add

Black and White Photographers Pt. 2

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http://www.pacemacgill.com/biography.php?artist=Harry%20Callahan https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/harry-callahan?all/all/all/all/0 Harry Callahan was born in 1912 and died at the age of 87 in 1999. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and went to Michigan State University where he quickly quit to take a job at Chrysler Motor Parts Corporation. It was there he joined their Camera Club and began to learn about photography. He began to seriously consider photography when famous photographer Ansel Adams came and gave a lecture. Photography wasn't regarded as highly at the time so when Callahan quit to purse photography, he had to get a job in commercial photography to help support his family. He went on on teach at the Rhode Island School of Design where his following grew. He went on to win countless awards and is still featured in showcases long after his death in 1999.

2012 Academic Winners

My favorite picture from the 2012 winners was the one with the boy pouring two different chemicals into one beaker, and the colors changing from blue and green to purple. The picture is titled melancholy. Picked this Photo because I really liked how the background was out of focus, and the only thing that was in focus was the boy pouring the liquids. The elements Balance and Lines are evident in this photo, the hands and beakers balancing out both sides, and the liquid being poured crew diagonal lines that lead your eye to the unexpected color change.   You can take pictures like these anywhere really, it just has to be in a class with engaged students who are genuinely interested in what they're doing.   I think I'd like to visit my English class because the atmosphere in there is one that's not really like the rest of my classes.   I think that to be able to take photos like the ones pictured here, one would have to really think about dynamic angles, and to really g

Filling the Frame

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The sparks from the blade fill up the whole picture, mostly concentrated near the middle from its source. This photo lives up to the category I selected it for, the bright sparks giving the picture an exciting and vibrant feel.

Action and Emotion

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The action is the boy writing down words in a group of people who are looking on calmly. The boy seems concentrated and calm, the emotion in this picture being concentration and nothing else.

The Story

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The story behind this picture seems to be a funny one. The blonde haired girl seems to have stepped back in preparation for the reaction, giving the brunette no choice than to continue with the experiment. The result led to something burning bright and letting off smoke, stressing out the brunette.

Post Shoot Reflection

1.) Some problems I encountered  while taking pictures for this shoot were that I didn't completely understand what I was looking for when I was working on this. The one I struggled most with was the Happy prompt, because I didn't just want to use a picture of a happy person. 2.) The one thing I focused on was making sure the pictures were taken in focus. The one thing I cannot have is blurry pictures, unless they are intentionally taken out of focus. As a result, the pictures I deemed most appropriate for the prompts are in focus and clear. 3.) I was to do this assignment again now knowing a few basic rules, I'd try and incorporate the rule simplicity or balance more often, since they're some I never really considered before. 4.) The things I would do the same are the angles that I took my pictures from. I liked the amount of variety I had and the different results it gave me. 5.) I had used Lines in my first picture and the Rule of Thirds in my second, bu

Rule of Thirds

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The rule of thirds in this picture is evident, with the man's face, the plane, the smoke, and the black building in the bottom right hand corner. These things all line up with the intersections on the grid that the Rule of thirds follows.

Lines

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The only thing besides the subject in this photograph are concrete pillars, creating a striped background. The man falling disrupts the pattern of lines, drawing the viewers eye to him and making him the subject of the picture.

Balance

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The subjects of the photograph create a triangle, the top being the flag and the bottom being the three men. The amount of subjects are visually in order, making it a balanced picture.

Simplicity

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The pale blue background really draws attention to how there's really nothing left but ruins and remnants of the building that was destroyed. It makes the skeleton of the ruins more easy to look at and see its structure.

Framing

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This photograph follows the rule of framing  nicely, the broken glass contrasting against the light purple of the scene outside of the rubble. The glass also draws focus to the subject, the fireman, as he is in the center of the hole.

Avoiding Mergers

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This image didn't follow the avoiding mergers rule, as the street lamp or telephone pole looks like it's connecting the two people's heads. The lamp or pole distracts from the faces of the subjects, drawing necessary attention to the connection.

Prompt Shoot #1

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Bowie                                               The rule of Lines was used in this photograph Metal                                            The Rule of Thirds was used in this photograph Happy Square