EXTRA CREDIT

1. Explain what happened to the man that was killed by the subway and how the photographer was able to take the photo. 

Well it all started out by some thug and the guy that got killed, they we're having a fight about something and the thug got mad and pushed the guy onto the train tracks.
2. Why did the photographer say he took the photo?

He was trying to signal the guy that was driving the train that someone was on the train tracks and to stop.
3. Do you think the photographer should have taken the photo?

Well as terrible as it sounds, yes i think he should have so police can see what happened.
4. Do you think the photographer did the best thing he could have done in this situation? Why or why not?

Well trying to signal the train was good but he could have ran over their and pulled the guy outta the train tracks. so i pretty much think hes dumb from not doing that.
5. Do you agree or disagree with the decision to run the photo on the front page of the New York Post? Explain why or why not.

Well no because that's really messed up because this Aint supposed to be for the whole world to see, yes they can write about what happened but don't post a picture of the man that died.
6. What is more important to a photojournalist, capturing images of life as it happens or stopping bad things from happening? Why or why not?

Well i think its about capturing images of life because some photojournalist go threw some crazy stuff just to get a picture of what they want. Some even go threw dangerous situations just to get a picture so yes i think they care more about their pictures then stopping bad things from happening.
7. Do you think it is ever ethically acceptable for a photographer to involve himself/herself in a situation that he or she photographs? Explain why or why not.

Well yes indeed because they are the ones who took the picture.
8. Should photojournalists always avoid influencing events as they happen? Explain your answer. 

Well no because that's what makes being a photojournalist exciting.
9. After reading the responses from the professional photographers, what stands out as the most appropriate response for a photographer to this situation. 

Ross tyler.

Lytro Warm-Up

1. What did you see happen when you clicked on the photo?
Nothing really, the picture just popped up and that was pretty much it.
2. How does this new camera work?
I dont really know??

3. What do you think a photographer would have to know about to take this kind of photo (remember its a point-and-shoot, so its full manual mode, what do you need to know about)
 I guess you can say that the person that is taking the picture has to be quick?


4. Is it worth the money?
of course it is.

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

 South Korea, Okpo City and Prypiat, Ukraine....i would have liked to go and take my camera to the Prypiat, Ukraine one because  Ive always wanted to go to Russia because of the nuclear disaster that happened and because it looks very scary their. it just looks very interesting.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.

Prypiat, Ukraine

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

 I don't really know any other places that would be worth seeing and taking pictures of?

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

I think this place would be amazing to document because its under nuclear gases and it just looks super scary and haunted because everything looks depressing and dead, and i would hope to take picture of the place that haven't been super destroyed and maybe even some ghost that roam the place because since alot of people died there, their should be ghost in most place but will be challenging to catch them on a picture.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot.

 Well i would need alot of money and different kinda clothes to wear. I would need to rent a car to drive me to this place and i would also need a map, But most of all i have to have someone with me like 2 friends to go with me. And i would need my camera of course because i wouldn't be able to take pictures of nothing.

Great Black and White Photographers PART 3

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? The first thing that caught my eye was that how good he was a taking photo's and the things he was taking pictures of. it was very impressing to me.

2.) Look at those 2 photos you posted last time in the assignment Great Black and White Photographers Part 2. Use your five senses to tell me more about those photos. Answer them on your blog.

I see blood on the floor and blood coming from the dead guys mouth.

I smell the stench of the dead body laying on the floor.

I hear people screaming in the background when they see the dead body.

I taste the bitter taste inside of my mouth.

I feel very uncomfortable because ive never seen a dead body in front of me with blood every were.

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? The first thing that caught my eyes was the people and the flag. It looks depressing for some reason in the picture but its nothing bad im still impressed by his great work.

2.) Look at those 2 photos you posted last time in the assignment Great Black and White Photographers Part 2. Use your five senses to tell me more about those photos. Answer them on your blog.

I see a flag hanging and people underneath it.

I smell gas in the air from all the cars going by.

I hear cars going by and people talking and walking by me.

I taste the gas in the air from the cars

I feel very cold because its super cold outside.

Mural Project preview

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school?

football team, cheerleaders, eagles,school mascot?

 

2. Should we use phones only, or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people that don't have camera phones?

i think we should open it up to our regular cameras so people can use if they dont have a camera on their phone.

 

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?

Probably like in one of the halls were most people go threw so they can see it all the time.

 

Africa

1. These pictures are amazing Ive never seen something so beautiful and and perfect, i don't know how he took these pictures with the animals hurting him, and that's what is so awesome about this.

This picture right here is my favorite because i love these animals because their very beautiful and they bring you luck, this picture to me is very noble.

What kinda Camera did Nick Brandt use?
He used a Canon 85mm f/1.2.

 what is his reason for taking the photos?
well it was because he loved animals in Africa

.   What is his hope by taking these types of photos?
he hopes he can capture his feelings about and love for animals.

A quote from Nick Brandt "these beautiful creatures, to this wrenchingly beautiful world that is steadily, tragically vanishing before our eyes."

Academic Shoot preview

Most interesting stuff
what makes this most interesting is that she is really into these book and is working very hard.

most action and emotion,
well the most action is going on by them fooling around alot and the emotion is them being happy and smiling.

Best story
I think the story is that they are trying to probably raise money for something or maybe just giving food to the poor or just even maybe they are just kind people and just giving food away?

Composition 9/11 - The first 6 rules of photography

framing 

 

 rule of thirds

 

 Avoiding mergers

 

Lines

 

Balance 

Unusual and interesting photos, Part 2

1. Why did you  you find this photo?  i chose the photo because im a big fan of zombies.
3. What award did it win (what place)? 1st Place, Photojournalist of the Year
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did)Well the zombie eating the arm caught my eye.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? If their was a scale of 1-10 i would think a 9?
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo?I dont really know?

Unusual and interesting photos, Part 1

• 1. What is your reaction to his work?

 Well when i first saw his pick i was like wow this is pretty amazing, never seen something this so cool before.

• 2. How do you think he made these photos?
• I really don't know how he made this picture but all i know that he gots some skill and i wish i could do this kinda stuff like him.

• 3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them?
• White house, and its a big house that the president lives in and works in, its in Washington,D.C, and yes i could get access to them because i know some people who work there.

Christian Ruhm- Tracing forest ghost,  2011

 

 

 

National Geographic Warm-up

This is my favorite photo because i love cats no matter what kinda cat they are, I think their all beautiful But this one right here reminds me of a beautiful cat called the bobcat. This cat is called a Lynx Canadensis and Their found in Alaska.

If i was to take a photo of something and it was gonna go to a photo contest i would wanna take a picture of a panther because their very beautiful and aggressive but i would wanna take a picture of it anyways.

Touching people

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay?

I think this project is pretty fun and funny because these random people are just being asked to take a picture while being touched by each other but what i think of the photo essay, well i think its creative of what hes doing, because you don't see this happening everyday of your life.

2. What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger?

Well it would depend on the person im taking the picture with because i don't wanna be holding another gentlemen's hand, but if its a pretty lady then i would tell them OK that i would like to do it.

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot.

 I would think this would be a great idea to do because its getting random people to take a picture together while being touch by one another. I would love to do this kinda thing.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at 

them?

 Well its very creative and awkward but looks very fun, And yes i think the photo's are good. I would like to look at it if their we're hot chick in the pictures holding each other hands or kissing, Now that would make a good picture, but yes some i like looking at indeed.

40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
I pick this photo because ive always thought that Apollo 8 was a fake mission and also cuz this is a very beautiful site to see for the first time, ive never see how it would look from the moon but know i know

U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, I picked this picture because these we're the people who risked their lives to save our country and i respect them so so much for what they did.

A Russian war veteran kneels beside the tank he spent the war in, now a monument, i picked this picture because its really emotional and this made me really sad to see this man in pain like this.

Great Black and White Photographers PART 2

Paul Strand

October 16, 1890, New york city

Died March 31, 1976 (aged 85), Orgeval,Yvelines

Paul Strand, the son of immigrants from Bohemia (now western Czechoslovakia), was born in New york city on 16th October, 1890. 

Strand was given his first camera by his father when he was twelve years old. Two years later he joined the  Ethical Culture School where he was taught by Lewis Hine, who at that time was involved in a project photographing immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.Strand join Hines extra-curricular course in photography. Hine also took Strand to the Photo secession Gallery at 291 fifth Avenue and introduced him to the work of Alfred Stieglitz, David Octavius Hill, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gertrude Kasebier and Clarence White.A member of the the Camera Club, Strand worked for an insurance company after graduation in 1911. However, two years later he became a self-employed commercial photographer in 1911. He worked closely with Alfred Stieglitz, who was a strong advocate of what he called Straight Photography. In 1916 Strand's Photographs appeared in Camera work and Stieglitz wrote that "Strand is without doubt the most important photographer developed in this country since Alvin Langdon Coburn." During the first world war Strand was a member of the Army Medical Corps. After the war, Strand collaborated with Charles Scheeler on the documentary film, Mannahatta (1925). Strand continued with his work as a motion picture cameraman when he worked on the film The Wave (1933).
With the onset of the Depression Strand became active in politics. A committed sociallist, he worked with he Group Theatre that had been formed in new york by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and lee Strasberg in 1931. The Group was a pioneering attempt to create a theatre collective, a company of players trained in a unified style and dedicated to presenting contemporary plays. Members of the group tended to hold left-wing political views and wanted to produce plays that dealt with important social issues. In 1932 Strand was asked by the Mexican government to run the department of film and photography at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1935 Strand visited the Soviet Union with Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford where he met the radical film director, Sergi Eisenstein. When Strand returned to the United States he began to produce socially significant documentary films. This included The Plow That Broke The Plains (1936). his film on trade unions in the Deep South, People of the Cumberlands (1936) and Native Land (1942).
In 1936 Strands joined with Berenice Abbot to establish the Photo league in New York. in 1936. Its initial purpose was to provide the radical press with photographs of Trade union activities and political protests. Later the group decided to organize local projects where members concentrated on photographing working class communities. The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full-scale retrospective of Strand's work in 1945. The Photo League, like many radical organizations, was investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committie during the late 1940s. This lead to members to being blacklisted and strand decided to leave the united states and live in France.
Strand published a series  of books including Time in New England (1950), France in Profile (1952), Un paese (1954), Mexican portfolio (1967), Outer Hebrides (1968) and Ghana: An african Portrait (1976).
Paul Strand died on 31st March, 1976.

Paul Strand, The Family: Luzzara, Italy (1953)

RED,Metal,Happy

RED

happy

Metal

The camera

The inside of a canon.

Canon Rebel T3.

                                                         

Great black and white photographers

Paul Strand, fifth avenue, new your, 1915

John Gutmann, cord in harlem, new york, 1936

Manuel alvarez bravo, striking worker, assassinated, 1934

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