Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California and died on April 22, 1984 in Monterey, California. He was in school for a short period of time when he was younger, but got dismissed many times from many different schools due to his behavior. Because of that, he would end up being privately tutored until he was 12 years old. Ansel's first big break through would be a portfolio that he published called "Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras". He then built his reputation for years after that. He then became the editor of a magazine called "US Camera" and he also taught at the Art Center School of LA. Ansel did not ever publish any books.

  

Academic Shoot

Rule of Thirds
The boy looking through the microscope.
No, I don't think that my subject is clear.
I should have turned more to the right so that the sink would not be in the shot.

Balance
The boy studying.
Yes, I think that my subject is clear.

Framing
The girl studying.
No, I don't think that my subject is clear.
I should have gone closer to the girl.

Merger
The teacher looking through the microscope.
Yes, I do think that my subject is clear.

Lines
The girl taking a photo.
Yes, I do think that my subject is clear.

Simplicity
The kid reading.
Yes, I do think that my subject is clear.

Drop the Bass

Drop the Bass is a photo of a girl pouring paint onto a speaker, and all of the paint is splashing up with the beat of the song.

I picked this photo because I thought that it was really interesting how the paint could splash that far up with the beat of the music. And I would think that it would be really hard to capture the paint splashing.

I thought that balance was used perfectly in this photo. Even the paint that was splashing up was even on both sides.

I think that I could go to the library and some science classes to take photos like the ones that I saw today.

I would like to go to Mrs. Keyes to take photos. I feel like there will especially be a lot of photo opportunities in the library.

I will use the rules of photography to get my photos to look like the ones that I saw today. I will also make sure to get close, with not as much background space.

Best Action

This shows the best action to me because you can tell that everyone is just having the best time singing and dancing together. 

Most Interesting

This to me shows the most interesting stuff because the photographer captured people turning ordinary things into unusual things.

Story

To me this photo tells a story because you can tell that all of the girls have really bonded together over the time that they have known each other. I think that it shows that through the hardships and pain that they have gone through, they are still a team and they will always care for each other.

 

Mergers

I chose this as a merger photo because the men that are wearing the black suits bend in with the black background. To fix this the photographer should have moved more to the right, and had the shelf as the background.