American Soldier Slide Show and Captions

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why? Picture number 5,because it shows how both of them are sad that Ian is leaving.

B. Through the photos, Ian is in different locations, each set of photos from the same location comprise a short series or set.

Set #1 At home in Denver - Tell me which image #s from image #1 to image #?? 1-9

Set #2 At Basic Training - tell me which image #s from image #?? to image #?? 10-30
Set #3 In Iraq - tell me which image #'s from image #?? to image #?? 51-70
Set #4 Back in Denver - tell me which image #s from image#?? to image #?? 71-83

Which set of images was the most powerful? Why? I think the Basic Training pictures were the most powerful because it shows how much people struggle there and the kinds of things they have to go through.

c. How do the images work together to tell a story? They work together because they are in chronological order so you can see what happens after one thing happens.

3. Underneath each photo is the caption that ran in the Denver Post

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written? They are all in present tense.

B. How do the captions enhance the photographs? They enhance the photographs because they explain what Ian is doing or feeling at that point in time.

4. Now its your turn to write a few captions -

Photo: 76-Ian's friends and family wait for him at Fort Sumter as he gets back from training.
Photo: 59-Ian and Private Brian get ready for Christmas as they hang some lights in their lobby.
Photo:57-Ian feels he can perform a lot better if he works out for a while every once in a while during his free time.

A. How do these other features enhance the photographs? These features add emotion and effect to the pictures.

B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site. Videos are better than photographs sometimes because they show everything that happened in the time period that you are filming,while when you take photos you miss many clips.

C. In what ways are photos better than videos? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site. You can draw many ideas and thoughts from a photo since you cant actually hear what the subjects are saying.

Mural Project Photos

Aperture,Shutter Speed,ISO

 f/2.8 and f/16

f2.8 on left and f14 on right

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The background

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture,the greater the depth of field, the higher the Aperture the less the depth of field.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? Aperture impacts the depth of field because it controls what you can and can't see in the background of the picture.

High Speed

Slow Speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Blue and Gold night, which was earlier this month, 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 is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

a.) the dunking booth=Fast Speed

b.) the food eating contest=Slow Speed

c.) the rock climbing wall=Slow Speed

d.) someone working at a booth=Slow Speed

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle=Slow Speed

f.) the Diamonds performance.=Fast Speed

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.) the dunking booth=Fast Speed

b.) the food eating contest=Slow Speed

c.) the rock climbing wall=Slow Speed

d.) someone working at a booth=Slow Speed

e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle=Slow Speed

f.) the Diamonds performance.=Fast Speed

2. List the three settings your camera has regarding setting shutter speed (these are found at #5 on the Shutter Speed website. Explain how each works:

 

-Auto Mode-The Shutter and Aperture are chosen by the camera

-Aperture Priority Mode- You set the lens aperture while the camera does the shutter speed.

-Shutter Priority Mode-You set the shutter speed while the camera does the aperture.

 ISO 200

ISO 6400

1. What are the advantages of shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game? A higher ISO is needed when there isn't enough light or when you are trying to get fast moving pictures so its better for basketball and in night games.

 

2. What suggestions did the author make about using a low ISO?  He said you should always have your camera at the lowest ISO so you can get the best quality and to always use it when you have good lighting.

 

3. What suggestions did the author make about using a high ISO?  He said you should have a high ISO when there isn't enough lighting or when you need to take a fast moving shot.

SIM CAM:

F2.8 - Looks the best at 1/125th of a second

F4:Looks the best at 1/125th of a second

F5.6:Looks the best at 1/60th of a second

F8:Looks the best at 1/30th of a second

F11:Looks the best at 1/30th of a second

F16:Looks the best at 1/15th of a second

F22:Looks the best at 1/8th of a second

 

F2.8 there is no background visible - it is very blurry and all you can really see is the couple.

F4:You can barely see the couple,mostly all white.

F5.6: You can barely see their faces and you can now see color of the guys sweater.

F8: Still to much white but you can now see their faces and what they are doing.

F11:Most of the white outside is now gone.

F16:All of the white on outside is now gone.

F22:You can see everything good but picture is still a little blurry/shaken.

What is happening to the people themselves at slow Shutter Speeds? The photo becomes blurry/shaken.

What could the photographer do to help combat this problem? He could put the F-stop higher.

What is the lowest Shutter Speed do you think a photographer can hand-hold the camera? 1/60 sec.

How well did you do?  I did really well on the depth of field one and did ok on the other one.

Do you understand Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO better now? Yeah I didn't really know what ISO was until I read the article on it.