Great Black & White Photographer PART 3

1. When I first saw Walker Evans photography I thought he did a great job of taking photos of what was going on in the world around him. He took photos of families through rough times, people in the streets, and more. I like Evans photographs because he is showing people the truth of what is going on in the world and showing us reality.




-I see a poor father and daughter in the doorway of their old farm house. I see people exhausted after a long day of work as they sit tired and warn out.
-I smell the rancid aroma of feet. I smell the fumes of an old farm house.
-I hear the creaks of feet walking on the planks of wood. I hear the squeaks of mice scurrying across the floor.
-I taste the dirt and dust floating freely in the air.
-I feel the dirt smothering my body and the cracks of the barefoot feet.



-I see a man and women speeding anxiously down the street of their small town.
-I smell the fumes of gasoline from all the city cars. I  smell the aroma of little cafes in the town.
-I hear the roar of engines and the honking from the old cars. I hear the faint voices of people taking down the street.
-I taste the city air blowing on my face. I taste the dust I breathe in with every breath.
-I feel the breeze in my hair and face while cruising down the street. I feel the dirt hitting my face as we ride.

Academic Shoot REFLECTION & CRITIQUE

Reflection-
1. Challenges I had while gathering the images for the prompts were having to subjects at the correct angle to understand what rule the photograph was under.

2. One technical aspect I had trouble with was focus. On my camera the auto focus was not working so I had to use manual focus, I had trouble with it because it was hard to tell if it was all the way focused. One aspect I had no trouble with was camera holding, I believe that I was holding the camera properly the whole time.

3. If I do this photo shoot again I would have the topics of my images already in mind, take more time focusing on the subject, and work on my angles.

4. If I were to do the same photoshop again I would go to some of the same classrooms and choose the same subjects for merger and simplicity.

5. For our next shoot I believe that the rule of merger will be the easiest to capture.

6. In the academic photo shoot I believe that the rule of balance was the hardest image to capture.

7. One rule I am still not totally clear on is the rule of balance, I can more fully understand it by reviewing the camera composition rule powerpoint and look at examples.


Critique- 

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- I believe she did a good job of the aspect of having her photographs focused and not blurry.
- I believe that she captured all the images correctly to fit the diffent rules.

- One thing I believe she could improve on is having a less busy background behind her subjects.

DSLR

Aperture- 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22
Shutter Speed- 1 sec, 1/60 sec, 1/4000 sec
ISO- 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400, 12800, 25600

ISO

ISO 200

ISO 6400


1. The advantages of using a ISO at sporting events is being able to capture a fast action image.
2. Suggestions from the author when using low ISO is to use it if there is already light provided so you will have a more clear and a detailed picture.
3. Suggestions from the author when using high ISO is to use light to get a fast action image.

Shutter Speed

1. In the bright courtyard at the beginning of Bulldogs and Hotdogs-
a. fast
b. slow
c. fast
d. fast
e. long
f. fast

In the dark courtyard at the end of Bulldogs and Hotdogs-
a. long
b. long
c. fast
d. long
e. slow
f. fast

2. Shutter Priority- A setting where you pick the shutter speed and the camera automatically chooses an aperture setting.
    Manual- A setting on the camera where you pick both the aperture and the shutter speed.
    Aperture Priority- A setting where the camera chooses the shutter speed for and you choose the aperture.  

Aperture

1. The aperture is most similar to the pupil of the human eye.

2. The smaller the Aperture the less light enters, the higher the Aperture the more light enters.

3. The Depth of Field is effected by the size of the aperture. By having a larger f-number the background objects will be more focused, and when having a smaller f-number the background objects will be more blurry. 

F2.8

F16

Great Black & White Photographers PART 2

Walker Evans

         

The great black and white photographer Walker Evans was born November 3, 1903 in St. Lewis Missouri. Evans was moved around in his early life and went to many different schools. He went to several secondary schools like Phillips Academy is Andover, Massachusetts. In college he went to Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts where like in grade school his academic record was inconsistent and not the best. He dropped out of college only one year in, after leaving he went to New York and worked at non-promising, knock-off jobs that didn't last long at all. When having no success in his first working years in New York his father, an advertising executive, in 1926 offered to pay for Evans schooling in Paris, France. There he attended classes in Sorbonne where he attempted the path of being a writer. Evans went back to New York and lived in Greenwich Village with writers block. While in France, Evans took a couple photographs which grew his interest in photography. In 1928 Evans photography career began. Walker Evans died April 10, 1975 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Manipulation and Ethics

A.   Some of the main points I found regarding manipulating images were that most pictures in the media are photoshopped and edited, photoshopping is found unethical, and that photoshopping makes it easier to change an image.

B.   The philosophy of manipulating images in the New York Times and the Washington Post is that a simple photoshop is considered unethical ,so altering and distorting an image too where the public can't see the true action it is considered very unethical. So the ethical thing to do is to just give the public the true, real image.

C.   Acceptable things you may do to an image without crossing the line of unethical manipulation is a simple color correction, saturation, or an adjusting of the brighteness.

D.


I believe this photograph is the most unethical because of how the "TIME" altered the image on the left. This image is distorted to make the man look darker than he really is, by doing so the public will have the impression that this man is scarier than he really is and more dangerous. This can also be considered an unethical stereotype toward black people that they are more dangerous than whites.


E.


I believe this image is the least unethical because of what the magazine "National Geographic" did not do. They did not do any major alterations to the image, National Geographic's only alteration was  photoshopping the mountains in the image to where the full scene could be seen on the page. This magazine establishment also has the philosophy of not using technology to manipulate images.

Academic Shoot

Lines

2. The subject of this photograph are the books.
3. Yes, the subject is clear.
4. clear subject

Merger

2. The subject of the photograph are the students looking in the microscope.
3. The subject was mostly clear.
4. If I were to center the image around the girls I feel like the subject would be more obvious.

Rule of Thirds

2. The subject of this photograph is the student studying.
3. The subject was mostly clear.
4. If I were to be closer to the student studying I feel that the subject would be more obvious.

Framing

2. The subject of the photograph is the student working.
3. Yes, the subject is clear.
4. clear subject

Simplicity

2. The subject of this photograph is the book.
3. Yes, the subject is clear.
4. clear subject

Balance

2. The subject of the photograph are the three students working.
3. No, the subject was not clear.
4. If I were to take the photograph at a different angle without the giant pillar I feel that the subject would be more obvious.

Academic Shoot Preview

Melancholy

The photograph "Melancholy" is a image of a high schooler doing a science experiment.

I believe this is an interesting image because of the color of the liquids the student is mixing and the expression on his face. His face is giving the expression of suspense, wonder, and worrisome. The photographer of "Melancholy" used balance in this image. They did this by the colors of the liquids and triangular shape that the liquids create when combining and more.

Scales of Time

The photograph "Scales of Time" is a image of a high school cheerleader hugging a small child. I believe this is a great image that represents community because of the kindness of the cheerleader towards the little girl, towards others. The photographer of "Scales of time" used the rule of merger. They did this by cutting off waist down of the cheerleader and the little girl and by cutting a third off of the cheerleader next to the one hugging the little girl.

Academic Photo Shoot

1.   A class I believe I could shoot photographs like I saw today is in a science or math classroom. 

2.   For this photo shoot I would like to visit Ms. Harding's Biology class of Mr. Warner's math class.

3.   To take great photographs I will have to use composition techniques and take focussed shots.

Filling the Frame

This photograph is the most interesting and
fills the frame because of the atmosphere and subject
of the image. The image is placed in a dark room
where it looks like a science experiment is going on.
Also how the people are dressed in the photo is
dramatic and gives the photograph character.
I believe this shot fills the frame because of the
action in the photo, this experiment is bright, colorful,
and has "illumination".