Avoiding Mergers

This picture has many mergers in it.The blue car is behind the ambulance,the ambulance is behind the bicycle and the soldier is in front of the blue car.Not one thing is complete in this photo. It makes us(the viewer) not able to focus on anything.

Framing

I chose this photo for framing because the window is framing the American flag and the destroyed building.The window is also broken which adds to the effect.

Balance

This photographer made sure that nothing got more attention than the next thing. Both firemen are at about the center of the picture and they are both looking in the same direction. This creates the image on how everybody worked together that day/week.

Lines

These huge New York City buildings are very tall and wide so they have a lot of stories.All these lines in all the building including the one that is destroyed get your attention and make you think about how easily these buildings can get destroyed.

The Rule Of Thirds

In this photo the photographer used rule of thirds so that right when you look at this picture all of your attention goes to the car being thrown in the metal crate because it was destroyed.The yellow crate also can get your attention which leads your eyes up to the car.

Simplicity

I chose this photo for simplicity because it shows an American flag which can be seen almost anywhere here in the United States. Any government you see will have a US flag on a pole flying high.

Unusual and Interesting Photos

1. What is your reaction to his work?
My reaction to his work is that he is very unique and creative. His pictures have a very cool lighting which makes them old but new at the same time.
2. How do you think he made these photos?
I think he used a photo manipulation program such as Adobe Photoshop or Gimp.He took a picture of the building and tilted,flipped,ect to the 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 some buildings to do this kind of photo would be like the Empire State Building or the Capital building here in Austin. I guess I could get easy access to the capital building but not the Empire State Building since it is all the way in New York City.






1. Why did you pick this photo? I chose this photo because I like basketball and like how this game was played on a ship.
2. What category did you find this photo? Sports Action
3. What award did it win (what place)? It won Honorable Mention
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) The lighting of the picture attracted my eye.
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 it weighed a lot on their minds because this photos lighting doesn't even make it seem real in some ways.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? He had to get on board of a ship and take the picture at the prefect moment when the player was going up for a lay-up.




1. Why did you pick this photo? I chose this photo because I like how it is black and white which to me gives it a lot more meaning.
2. What category did you find this photo? News Portrait and Personality.
3. What award did it win (what place)? Honorable Mention
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) He made it black and white.
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 don't think a whole lot since I doubt many of them are boxing fans or his fans.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? He had to get Manny to pose for the photo.



1. Why did you pick this photo? I chose this photo because it is funny to me.
2. What category did you find this photo? Sports Feature
3. What award did it win (what place)? Honorable Mention
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did) He backed up a little to get the kid and the lady looking at him.
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 a decent amount because I'm sure that they laughed.
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo? The photographer had to be there outside waiting for him and right when he stepped out he snapped a few photos.






3 Suggestions:
-Look for quiet moments,they could be the loudest in photos.
-Create a photo where when people see it,it reminds them of something.
-Get photos where somebody expects to see 1 thing after another but your photo is completely different.




 4. Did the photographer follow the suggestions fully? Yes
5. Which style of painting do you think might influence you? I think the quiet photos where not much is going on physically.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

Summary:The story talked about how many people have edited many photos so that it seems like somebody or something is doing something and that they are causing and have caused many problems.Also how many people lost their jobs doing this kind of photo editing which is unethical.

I think this type of photo editing is unethical especially if your releasing it so that it gets seen globally.I understand if you do it to make a funny picture of something and just showing your friends but not post it to the internet where it can create problems.

I think this was the most unethical photo because it gave many people the thought that they actually debated and that maybe something was going on.It could also draw thoughts to their minds about either of them on why they are debating.

I think this photo is the least unethical because it doesn't really physically hurt anyone.It might just draw you the fact that the pyramids are that close but you could always look up an actual picture.

National Geographic Warm-Up

I chose this photo because It shows how many people love what they do in their job.What surprises me is how the divers on top of the cage have no protection like the divers under them.Even the divers at the bottom are sticking their arms out and pocking their heads trying to see as much as they can.

I would take a photo from World War II showing what our soldiers had to go through almost every day to fight for others from other countries and for us in America.

Red,Metal,Happy

"Entrance"

"Exit"

Touching Strangers

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay? I think this project and photo essay is very odd and different but in a positive way. It makes people get out of their comfort zone.

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 go ahead and do it but I would be very goofy and have fun with it.

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

Have a bunch of people bunched together where none of them know each other.They would all have odd faces as they would be very uncomfortable.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at them?I think some of the photos are pretty good while others are okay. I do like looking at some of them because some of the people's faces are funny.

Greatest/Most Powerful Photos

Didn't Let Me Post Photos(included links)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/most-powerful-photographs-ever-taken  *Number 5*
by: Asianewsphoto / Reuters
What made you pick the photo? I picked this photo because it shows how us as human beings don't always just care about our selfs.The old monk is praying for the man that passed out in public waiting for a train.

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo?He didn't get to close so that you can see the people in the back.

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever? I think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever because it shows how there are people out there that care a lot about other not even knowing them.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
 Source: Wikipedia

 What made you pick the photo?I picked this photo because it shows how our soldiers were very valiant and going through anything in their way to keep the freedom we had.

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo?The photo being black and white made my eyes gravitate to it.

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever? I think this photo made the top 40 photos ever because it shows how much our soldiers went through during World War II.



http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081224.html

Source: apod.nasa.gov

 What made you pick the photo? I picked this photo because it shows how insignificant we our compared to outer space and the galaxy.

Is there anything about the composition of the photo (this means how the photographer set the photo up in their view finder, NOT the content of the photo) that made your eyes gravitate to the photo? The photographer capturing the moon and a lot of black captured my eyes to the photo.

Why do you think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever?I think this photo made the cut of the top 40 photos ever because the photo shows how insignificant we are and the Earth is to the rest of space.

 

Great black and white photographers, PART 2

 Josef Koudelka

     Josef Koudelka was born on January 10,1938 in Boskovice, Czechoslovakia. He began as a photographer taking pictures of his family and surroundings with a Bakelite camera. Between 1956 and 1961 he went to Czech Technical University and got his degree in Engineering in 1961.

     In 1967 he decided to give up on engineering and be a full time photographer.  In 1968he also witnessed and took photos of the military forces of the Warsaw Pack as they invaded Prague and destroyed Czech reforms.The Magnum Agency turned the pictures into the The Sunday Times Magazine under the initials P.P. (Prague Photographer) because he was afraid of the reprisal to him and all of his family.

     Josef Koudelka now lives in France and Prague and is continuing to work documenting the European land.He has two daughters and one son.

 

Wenceslas Square, Prague, 1968

 

Toledo in 1974