Extra Credit For Final Exam

1.) The man was pushed onto the tracks by someone unknown, and the photographer used his camera flash while taking pictures to get the drivers attention, but the train couldn't slow down in time.

2.) He said he took the photo to use his flash to get the train drivers attention.

3.) I think that he has his own right to take whatever photos he wants to take.

4.) No, i don't think he should have just used his flash. I think he could have taken some pictures and then helped the man by waving his arms or by screaming something.

5.) I disagree about the people running the photo on the front cover. I think that since he is dead they don't have permission to use the photo like that, and it also might worry people and get people sad.

6.) I think that to a photojournalist it is more important to get a good photo, and then help someone else out if they need help.

7.) I think it is right to involve yourself, because you can help with the pictures you take and because if you don't get involved, you might have evidence that your not using that could help.

8.) I think that photojournalist should try not to influence and just take photos and let things happen like they're supposed to happen. I think it makes the photos even better if they're not influenced. 

9.) I think this is the most appropriate response to the situation "It is the disturbed gentle man who pushed Ki Suk Han who is to blame in his death, not the photographer who couldn't stop the collision." - Bethany Swain, lecturer at the University of Maryland and member of the National Press Photographers Association board of directors.

Fashion

1.) Her neck was raised, eyes were pushed down, eyes were enlarged, skin tone was changed, and hair was changed.

2.) No, because it creates an illusion of beauty and photoshop is not true beauty.

3.) Yes, it would be wronger to do if you were in a beauty contest and someone chose a photoshopped picture of a girl, and not a real picture of her.

4.) I think none of the changes made in that video are okay.

5.) Fashion photography i think is more personality and beauty, while photojournalism is more environmental and sports and stuff.

6.) The difference is that Fashion Photographers only have to make sure lighting and other little things are good, because they can just photoshop everything else in, while Photojournalism Photographers have to make sure lighting, blurriness, rules of photography, focus, and a lot of other things must be right before taking the picture. They try to get the best photo first.

Lyrtro Warm-Up

1.) I noticed it let me change where the photo was focused, and i noticed that it let me move around slightly.

2.) At the highest level, light entering the Lytro camera goes through the main lens and then hits our proprietary Lytro Light Field Sensor. The Lytro Field Sensor incorporates a special compound lens known as a micro-lens array (MLA), which is comprised of thousands of tiny lenses. This special sensor is what allows the Lytro camera to take in all of the light in the scene, capturing information on the direction, color, and luminosity of millions of individual rays of light.

3.) Other people have said that it was a "low resolution grainy camera that's super fragile and is awkward to grip" And someone else said that "the lens cap falls off easily."

4.) I personally think that for 399.99, about 400 dollars, is quite a lot for such a little thing. I think that it is too much money, and then 299.99 would be a reasonable price.

Rules of Photography Part 2

1.) Rule of Thirds

2.) Balancing Elements

3.) Leading Lines

4.) Symmetry and Patterns (Repetition)

5.) Viewpoint

6.) Background

7.) Create Depth

8.) Framing

9.) Cropping

10.) Mergers and Avoiding Them

Without Mergers

With Mergers

Self Portrait and Portraits Part 2

"A mirror or some other reflective surface offers an even easier way to take a self-portrait."

"Have fun with it. Be sexy. Be yourself. Be awesome. Be different. Be creative. Whatever you do, have fun with it. That’s part of the point, after all."

"Use a tripod. Seriously. While it’s possible to get good photos while you’re hanging on to your camera at arms-length, it’s a lot easier if you’ve got the freedom to move around a bit."

Environmental Portrait:

I picked this photo because it has a lot of color and design. I like it because of the flowers everywhere and the red lighting in the background.

I picked this photo because it has some color but the main reason i picked it was because of the background. I like it because the bricks make a cool diagonal shape that kind of distracts from the man.

Photography Self Portrait:

I picked this photo because of the bright uplifting colors. I like the color of the umbrella and the country side.

I picked this photo because of the lighting and the color of the shoes. I like the way it sparkles/shines on the tip of the shoe. It looks really cool. 

Casual Portrait:

I picked this photo because of the way its black and white. I like the way it doesn't have color and it shows detail and shadow.

I picked this photo because i of how you can see the baby in the mirror. It shows a different angle of the baby.  I like the way the background is blurred to show emphasis on the baby.

I will shoot a picture of myself obviously, since this is will be a self portrait assignment. I will shoot somewhere where there aren't many people, and they're isn't a lot of things on the wall to distract from the photo. To make the shot successful i will make sure there aren't a lot of distractions, i will make sure to take more than one photo. I will make sure to keep the camera still and in focus. I will try  to use more than one rule of photography. 

Mural Photos