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5 Websites
Dog Photographer
http://www.lightstalking.com/anne-geier/
On this website I looked through a series of dog pictures that were taken in different settings. I also learned about how Anne Geier's love for animals developed into her passion for animal photography.
1. I picked this photo because it really stood out to me the second I looked at it. The way the colors pop together makes me excited and I love how bold it is.
2. The most obvious rule of photography is the rule of thirds, and I think the dog is well placed.
3. Austrian photographer Anne Geier took the photo.
Slow-Motion Hummingbird
http://petapixel.com/2016/11/17/slow-motion-hummingbird-captured-240fps-iphone-6s/
In this video, I saw the details of a hummingbird flying while in motion. The video had been slowed down so I could see exactly what was going on.
1. In the video I saw a hummingbird come to feed out of the feeder. It had been slowed down a lot so I could actually see the movement of the wings going back and forth.
2. Photographer Jessica Dyer took the video
3. All the story says on the website is that Dyer captured the hummingbird with her iPhone shot at 720p and 240fps. Her favorite part was when you could see the wings moving and the sound of the chirping was also slowed down.
4. I learned that the iPhone can take better pictures and videos than I thought. The video seemed to be shot with a professional camera.
Seven Tips For Shooting Great Portraits
http://blog.phowd.com/2014/09/7-tips-shooting-great-portrait-photographs/
1. On this website I looked at 7 different ways to take a good portrait picture. It showed me examples to follow when taking portrait pictures. It also gave me some tips when it comes to taking a portrait.
2. I learned about negative space and how many photographers try to crop out as much left over space but sometimes you can leave space around the subject and the space is called negative space.
4. I picked this photo because you eye focus in on the black berry but the main subject is the man below the black berry. I don't know who took this photo but they used some rule of thirds and balance in the photo.
Spiral Staircases
http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/
This website is just as it sounds, it is just spiral staircases. It has different stairs with different colors, shapes, and of course looks. It also talked about Christian Richter, the architecture photographer made the photo series, "Abandoned Staircases".
I wouldn't say that I really learned anything major except that Christian Richter originally shot staircases. and old architecture.
1. I picked this photo because even though it's not as old and dirty as the others you can still tell its aged and still vibrant. The carpet and yellow walls combined with the purplish color ties together perfectly with the metallic rustic feel. I just think that every aspect of the photo improves it to look really amazing.
2. I would say this is photo is leading lines and in a sense fill the frame. There isn't a dull part in this picture, just a lot of detail and a nice look. And leading lines for the rail and stairs make lines, the lines don't all point in the same direction but there are still lines, and it kind of looks like the lines are leading to the center of the rails spiral.
3. Christian Richter took all the spiral stair case photos.
4. This site related to photography because it is another style of photos to consider or to make your own.
Killer Timelapse
http://blog.ted.com/2014/10/07/how-to-create-a-killer-timelapse-with-joe-capra/
In this website I looked at a video that was a collection of time-lapses of different places in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is one of the most beautiful places of the world. The timelapse was about oceans and zi lining boxes going up and down.
1. What I saw in the video was a collection of time-lapses of different places in Rion de Jeanerio, Brazil. There were time-lapses of main street, beaches, homes, and so on. It was basically displaaying the motion in that particukar place, but going as fast speed.
2. The creator of this video is Joe Capra of Scientifantastic.
3. I learned about new places in Rio and ow it looks through thee day in fast motion. The cars and people moved quickly along. It almost made me feel like I was controlling what was happening right then.
http://www.lightstalking.com/anne-geier/
On this website I looked through a series of dog pictures that were taken in different settings. I also learned about how Anne Geier's love for animals developed into her passion for animal photography.
1. I picked this photo because it really stood out to me the second I looked at it. The way the colors pop together makes me excited and I love how bold it is.
2. The most obvious rule of photography is the rule of thirds, and I think the dog is well placed.
3. Austrian photographer Anne Geier took the photo.
Slow-Motion Hummingbird
http://petapixel.com/2016/11/17/slow-motion-hummingbird-captured-240fps-iphone-6s/
In this video, I saw the details of a hummingbird flying while in motion. The video had been slowed down so I could see exactly what was going on.
1. In the video I saw a hummingbird come to feed out of the feeder. It had been slowed down a lot so I could actually see the movement of the wings going back and forth.
2. Photographer Jessica Dyer took the video
3. All the story says on the website is that Dyer captured the hummingbird with her iPhone shot at 720p and 240fps. Her favorite part was when you could see the wings moving and the sound of the chirping was also slowed down.
4. I learned that the iPhone can take better pictures and videos than I thought. The video seemed to be shot with a professional camera.
Seven Tips For Shooting Great Portraits
http://blog.phowd.com/2014/09/7-tips-shooting-great-portrait-photographs/
1. On this website I looked at 7 different ways to take a good portrait picture. It showed me examples to follow when taking portrait pictures. It also gave me some tips when it comes to taking a portrait.
2. I learned about negative space and how many photographers try to crop out as much left over space but sometimes you can leave space around the subject and the space is called negative space.
Spiral Staircases
http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/
This website is just as it sounds, it is just spiral staircases. It has different stairs with different colors, shapes, and of course looks. It also talked about Christian Richter, the architecture photographer made the photo series, "Abandoned Staircases".
I wouldn't say that I really learned anything major except that Christian Richter originally shot staircases. and old architecture.
1. I picked this photo because even though it's not as old and dirty as the others you can still tell its aged and still vibrant. The carpet and yellow walls combined with the purplish color ties together perfectly with the metallic rustic feel. I just think that every aspect of the photo improves it to look really amazing.2. I would say this is photo is leading lines and in a sense fill the frame. There isn't a dull part in this picture, just a lot of detail and a nice look. And leading lines for the rail and stairs make lines, the lines don't all point in the same direction but there are still lines, and it kind of looks like the lines are leading to the center of the rails spiral.
3. Christian Richter took all the spiral stair case photos.
4. This site related to photography because it is another style of photos to consider or to make your own.
Killer Timelapse
http://blog.ted.com/2014/10/07/how-to-create-a-killer-timelapse-with-joe-capra/
In this website I looked at a video that was a collection of time-lapses of different places in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is one of the most beautiful places of the world. The timelapse was about oceans and zi lining boxes going up and down.
1. What I saw in the video was a collection of time-lapses of different places in Rion de Jeanerio, Brazil. There were time-lapses of main street, beaches, homes, and so on. It was basically displaaying the motion in that particukar place, but going as fast speed.
2. The creator of this video is Joe Capra of Scientifantastic.
3. I learned about new places in Rio and ow it looks through thee day in fast motion. The cars and people moved quickly along. It almost made me feel like I was controlling what was happening right then.
Elephant Island
http://www.rachelsussman.com/oltw/
I looked at a really cool photo of Elephant Island in Antartica. The photo shows the moss that grows on the moutains in the ocean. Fore, middle, and background are used very well.
1. I picked this photo because of the use of foreground and background.
2. Rule of thirds is used because the focal point of the moutains on the left third of this photo.
3. Rachel Susssman
Fashion
Video #1
Changes made:
Video #2
Changes made:
Changes made:
- Plumped lips
- Longer neck
- Eyes/eyebrows moved down
- Thinner neck
- Larger eyes
- Contoured edges of face
Video #2
Changes made:
- Lighting
- Makeup/Hair
- Eyes Bigger
- Shoulders moved up
- Stomach made flatter
- Legs thinned and lengthened
- Elongated neck
- Brighter, highlighted hair
- Lightened skin
Video #3
Changes made:
- Shrunk legs and butt
- Thinned out calves
- Breasts larger
- Erased fat layers under arm
- Changed tone of skin
- Smoothed out cellulite
- Smaller hands
- Thinner waist
- Smaller head size
- Plumped butt
- Fuller hair and extensions
- Thinned face
- Skinnier arms
1. It is not ethically okay to change a person's appearance like this because it is basically telling them that their body should look like something else, so their body is messed up or imperfect.
2. In the circumstances of showing girls pictures like these to show them how to get the "best body" is more ethically wrong in some cases. You can't tell someone how to look if the picture you're showing them is false.
3. Small changes like erasing blemishes or highlights in the hair are okay, but full-on body replacement isn't. The changes you make should be small and insignificant, not as drastic as like in video #3.
4. I think the difference between fashion photography and photojournalism is that fashion focuses on making any changes necessary in order to get the flawless body that everyone wants to have, while photojournalism focuses on getting the most genuine pictures possible and sharing them with people.
5. Fashion photography creates a false sense of reality and leads people in the wrong direction while photojournalism shows people that there can still be genuinely beautiful things in the world without using Photoshop.
6. I think you showed us these three videos because you want us to know how we can't always trust what we see in pictures. It is very likely that it could have been heavily photo shopped. Photojournalism is about authentic photos, so we shouldn't rely too much on changing our photos.
7. I think none of these videos are about guys because it is not expected by them as much to have the perfect body. In the past, men were considered superior to women, so the women were the ones that always had to be what the men wanted them to be. This has probably carried over into the photography world where men still expect women to meet their vision of a perfect woman.
Top 100 photos
Albino Boy, Biafra
I chose this image because I could not stop imagining theses tiny humans being perfectly healthy and smiling. I think that what mostly caught my eyes was not his legs, but the look on his face. He looks so tired and worn out, yet he is not giving up.
I read about a boy that is an albino and an orphan. He is starving, yet everyone excludes him because of the way that he looks. That one picture made everyone start talking and very soon many people started sending donations, and things that people like him need.
In addition, Don McCullin could not handle looking at his own photo because of all of the death that he saw all around him.
In addition to this picture, Don McCullin said he couldn't handle his own picture because he saw 800 children dying on the spot when he was there. He saw fflies around the kids and saw kids crawling around.
October 9, 1935 (81)
Finsbury Park, London
Won a scholarship to Hammersmith School for Arts and Crafts, but then went to the air force.
Kent State Shootings
I chose this image because I thought that it was interesting to see the reactions on everyone's face. It seemed as if only one person actually knew what was happening because all but one person looked calm, and normal.
I read about a shooting at Kent State University in Ohio that lasted 13 seconds, yet changed the lives of everyone there. Four ended up dead, nine wounded, and many scared for life. This photo became the nations national symbol of lost youth.
John Pauul Filo
August 21, 1948 (68)
Natrona Heights, PA
He attended Kent State University.
Alan Kurdi
I chose this image because it shocked me to see a little boy, face down in the sand. The first thing that caught my eye was how little he was.
This is a photo of one of 2 boys that died with their mother by drowning, just trying to get to safety. They had attempted to go to the Greek island of Kos. They only had to go 3 miles, but very soon into their attempt to go to the island, a giant wave crashed their boat and killed the family.
The additional text with this photo tells about the war going on in Syria and how many Syrians would want to escape to Europe. Since Kurdi was lying on the European shores, this gave them the hope and possibility of coming.
Nilufer Demir
1986
Izmir Province, Turkey
Lunch atop a Skyscraper
I chose this photo because when I first saw it, chills ran down my back just looking at everyone sit on so high up.
I read that this photo was taken when young men were taking a lunch break while trying to build Rockefeller stadium. They had no ropes or any gear tied onto them and this photo is used in New York today to symbolize how New York is unfrais to take risk and tackle hard projects like this one. No one knows who took this photo, nor do they know who is in the photo because it is the most reproduced in New York.
The building of Rockefeller stadium allowed for half a million people to get jobs during the impression and made a difference with the economy.
No one knows who the photographer is.
Collapsing Fire Escape
I picked this image because although it is a very tragic accident it's impressive that the photographer caught this split second, without the picture blurring.
In the article it says that the photographer, Stanley Forman, goes on rescue missions with the fire department to shoot routine rescues. This wasn't a random occurrence, but the fire escape collapsing was an unusual devastating accident. T
he additional information isn't there, but the article talks about how the victims of this tragedy were two females, a 19 year old, and a 2 year old. Also, this photo won Forman the Pulitzer Prize, and resulted in tougher fire escape safety codes to prevent such a tragedy.
Stanley Forman
July 10, 1945
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Attended Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
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