Three Pillars of Exposure

1. The part of the body that we should closely relate to aperture is the eye.
2. The smaller aperture, the greater the depth, the higher the aperture the smaller the depth.
3. A smaller aperture with bring all objects into focus while a bigger aperture will isolate the foreground from the background by making the foreground objects sharper than the background.

Aperture: F2.8

Aperture: F16

A) High
B) Medium
C) Medium
D) Slow
E) Medium
F) High

A) Medium
B) Slow
C) Slow
D) Slow
E) Slow
F) Medium

1. When the camera is on "Auto" mode, the shutter speed are automatically selected by the camera.

2. When the camera is on "Manual" mode, you set both the shutter speed and aperture manually.

3. You set the shutter speed when you set the camera on "Shutter Priority" mode.

High Shutter Speed

 Low Shutter Speed

1. During night there isn't so much light and a higher ISO will increase the light in the picture.
2. Low ISO is  high speed
3. High ISO is slow speed

ISO 200

ISO 6400

F4- 1/250; The background is blurry

F5.6 - 1/60; The background is less blurry
F8 - 1/60; The background is less blurry
F11- 1/60; The background is more clear
F16- 1/30; It's the same the background
F22 - 1/8; When the background is more clear.

At slow shutter speed the people are blurry so a higher shutter speed will solve the problem.

The lowest shutter speed is 1/40 where the photographer can hand-hold the camera without a tripod.

* On the tests I took, I did very good on the ones that showed the the pictures. I understand the 3 pillars better now.

Caption Writing: 5 Ws and H

1.   Tom Hanks kisses Lucy Washington Thursday at noon at Times Square in New York City. Hanks grabbed Washington and gave her a long passionate kiss after he heard that the allies had defeated the Nazis.

2.   Albert Einstein sticks his tongue out as a reporter tries to take a picture at night  in his car in Austin, Texas. Einstein mockingly made fun of the reporter after he found out the reporter was the dumbest child in his class in elementary.

 3.   June Moreland cries out for help for Eric McDonald to a bystander at 2 p.m. at the University of Texas. June loudly yelled at the bystander to call an ambulance to help Eric after he gets shot in the head innocently for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 4.   Austin Parker jumps out of on of the twin towers at 4 p.m., September 11, 2001 in New York. Parker quickly jumped after the planes hit the tower so his death would be quicker.

 5.   Marilyn Wilks guides a class of 2nd graders at noon out side to Creedmoor Elementary's parking lot. She walks quickly along side the children after they can get away from the gun shots from inside the school.

Mural Project Photos

Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

1. The photographer I chose was Walker Evans, and as I was looking at his photos I noticed he took profile pictures, of peoples faces up close and of children. A particular picture that caught my eye was a couple at Cony Island and I'm a sucker for cute couple photos which really drew me in.

2. Couple at Cony island-  In this photo I see a cute couple looking of into the water and enjoying their one year anniversary at Cony Island. The lighthouse in the back has amazing designs I have never seen before and it looks unique. There are rides and houses in the back of me with other families enjoying their day. I can smell the woman's perfume blowing off into the breeze. I smell the popcorn people are making and the freshness in the breeze. Of to the distance I also smell that a baby is in the need of getting changed. I can hear the sounds of people in the background talking and laughing, with the sound of children's feet running all over the place. I can faintly hear the man whispering to the woman, "I love you". The woman says back "I love you too". I can taste the salt in the breeze coming from the coast not far away. I turn to the side of me and a small toddler hands me some popcorn with a lot of butter. It has an after taste which seems to taste of plastic but I don't mind. I feel so happy because it's such a beautiful day that has not been wasted. In some ways I also feel a little weird for watching the couple so I try to keep my distance. A sense of relief washes over me when I find out that I'm not the only one, because there is a man taking a picture of them when I turn around.

Saratoga Springs- I see no one on the streets, just me looking off into the row of cars. It looks gloomy and I wonder if that is why no one is walking around. I look up and see the trees, they have lost all their leaves and all that is left are a few bare branches. I can smell people cooking warm soup inside their house to keep warm on this cool rainy day. Down the street I smell that the baker has just taken out a loaf of bread. The bread smells like it has cinnamon and sugar on it. I hear someone around the corner, possibly getting into their car but it just be my imagination. I hear the engine starting and the sound of wheels turning so I realize it wasn't in my head. As they drive by I can hear them whistling and singing a sweet melody. I can taste a rain drop that has fallen on me that had made it's way down from the top of my head to the corner of my mouth. It tastes fresh and just like any glass of water. It doesn't taste dirty but just super pure. Lastly I feel calm and at peace because rain is one of the most beautiful things in the world and soon a rainbow will emerge once the sun comes out. I somewhat feel alone standing in the middle of a side walk with no one to talk to.  Then a sense of it's gone when I see someone starting to open their front door and walk towards me with a smile on their face.

3. I would like to create a blog because it is very simple to do and easy to access.

Mural Project Preview

1.  The theme I would chose is career clusters. I would chose this because Akins has academies that fit the career you want to be in. You have pictures kids wearing scrubs, JROTC or ROTC wearing their uniforms, agg classes, and so on. 
2.  This would be a subject to devote time and effort since high school students need to start thinking about their careers. With the mural they can get ideas about what they want to be when they grow up. 
3.  A phone is more portable and easier to use and handle. You also have to consider that taking pictures with a phone is a privilege, not everyone is mature enough to respect the rules and might text or do other things off task than the project. 
4.  An SLR camera is big and not as easily portable as a phone. However, no everyone has a phone with a camera with it so the SLR camera is a back up plan for kids without a phone with a camera. 
5. We should use SLR cameras for this project because not everyone could have a phone that can take picture. In my case I just have a cheap flip phone with no camera. You have to consider that not everyone has a smart phone with a camera.

Africa Black and White Powerpoint

   I was in love of the way Nick Brandt captured the animals in Africa. They stayed in tune with the rules of photography and they took me in awe. They were breathtaking, especially the African cat pictures.

This is my favorite photo because I am a huge fan of cats, even big African cats. The way the lion is looking of into the distance is so beautiful. Th rule of simplicity is shown in this picture because the lion is the only subject in the picture. It also has a plain background.

Nick Brandt

a. He used a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses.
b. Nick took the photos of the animals in their natural state and surrounding.
c. His hope is that the animals will get noticed and people were start paying more attention to them. He wants the animals to be around longer so they won't go extinct.
d. Brandt said, "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

Academic Shot Reflexion

1. As the period went on time got a little away from me and then it was B lunch, and that was were all of the classes with the most activities occurred went to lunch. Some of the teachers didn't want us shooting in their classrooms as well.

2. I though more on framing and focusing on my photos because those are my week points when shooting. To do this correctly I took a little more time for shooting a picture and spending time to focus on my subject.

3. I would hurry to get to the classes I want before they go to lunch and make sure my subjects were more clear by only putting them in my shot and no one else.

4. I would try to go to the same classrooms as before because they were doing some interesting things.

5. The easiest rule to achieve would have to be the rule of simplicity. All you need is a subject and a clear background.

6. The hardest rule to capture would be framing or rule of thirds because I never seem to be able to find them in classrooms.

7. I am pretty clear with all of the rules except with the rule of thirds. I could go to a website and search up more information on the rule to get a more clear understanding of it.