Academic Shoot Preview Assignment 2

On page 21, the picture I chose was the one of the boy nailing a board to another post and he is wearing a camo jacket. 

1. I chose this photo because it makes me think that the boy is helping out with his community which is really pleasing to see. 

2. The photo rules that are seen in this photo are the wooden boards are framing the boy's face and the posts are leading up to the hammer hammering in the nail. Also, the photographer avoided having the wooden board that he is holding look like it's coming out of his head. 

Part 2

1. I could take photos like the ones shown in classrooms that are doing action and not sitting down and listening to a lecture. There are already enough photos of that so I would like to capture something different. 

2. I would like to take photos in Theater classrooms and electives. Elective classes seem to always be doing something fun so I would like to display that. 

3. I would like to stand on the top of chairs to get a bird's eye view for my photo and rule of thirds. Having a photo that falls into the rule of thirds, it is a lot more interesting. 

Academic Shoot Preview Assignment

The story:

Photographer: Samantha Jung

While students helping people in need, it tells a story. The photographer Samantha Jung captured a moment showing the school/ community giving back. The story that is seen in this photo is the citizens of Port Coquitlam who don't necessarily  have a lot of money coming to the food line to fill up on warm foods.

Action and Emotion:

Photographer: Casey Simmons

Students conducting a science experiment in what may be chemistry, Casey Simmons caught the action shot of the substance of bubbles exploding from the beaker. The girls' facial expressions in this photo show that they have been surprised in what happened in the experiment. 

Filling the Frame:

Dylan Gray
This photo represents filling the frame because the students and the science experiment are the main focus and nothing is in the background to distract the viewer. 

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

A. The main points of the story is the people who are photoshopping are being careless and not really thinking about what they are doing. The one photo where he/she photoshopped the women out of the picture is just wrong. Women can do just as much as men.

B. The people who are photoshopping the original photos don't realize how many lives they are effecting just by a few clicks. On the National Geographic Magazine, they just moved the pyramids to fit the magazine and to make the cover look more appealing. No harm was done except some misleading.

This is very unethical because whoever manipulated this photo made the soldier look like a horrible person when he is trying to save the man and his child from harm. Changing the content in this photo is/ was an awful thing to do.

In this photo, all they did was lighten the photo. The content and composition have not been changed, therefore, no harm, no foul. 

Post shoot reflection

1. I found that square and metal were the hardest to shoot because trying to find something not just square or metal, is a lot harder than it looks. At the same time, you are trying to think outside of the box, making it more complicating.
2. I thought about focus a lot and by doing so, I held down on the button half way so the camera could automatically focus in on the subject.
3. If I had the chance to do this photo shoot again, I would have some of the backgrounds plain and not having something there to distract the focus from the subject.
4. I would still use some of the photo rules that I learned from my last year Journalism class like leading lines, worm's eye view, etc.
5. In my happy photo, it looked like the tree was the girls hair, which is no bueno.
6. No I am not interested in shooting the same prompt because I do not want to shoot the same type of photo but in a different format.




Link to student's blog:
http://mxlsphotos.blogspot.com

I really love how simple and clean the photos are. They aren't over complicated and they look really professional even if it is just a simple photo. Great job on achieving simplicity!

The one thing Melina could improve one would be, working on Rule of Thirds. A lot of the photos are centered which sort of makes the photo plain.

Rules of Composition

Avoiding Mergers

In this photo, the man who is holding the hose looks like he is peeing. Even though the subject of this photo is very serious, it is still humorous to look at. 

Framing

The two buildings running alone the sides of this photo really zeroing in on the only man in the street covered in dirt, building pieces, and other trash. I love how simple this photo is because it tells a story from one of the most horrific moments in American History.

Lines

The people are rushing to get away from the smoke and demolitions of the crashes, creating lines of people. Also, you can see on the right of the photo that the highway has ambulance trucks going into the smoke to help more people stay safe and alive. 

Rule of Thirds

Three firemen sitting with their heads down in sorrow taking in the tragedy that they and millions of others just witnessed. The firemen are in the bottom lefthand "tic-tac-toe" spot creating a picture showing the rule of thirds. 

Simplicity

The building is the main focus with the smoke coming out of it and having no other distractions taking the viewers eyes into a different part of the photo makes this simplicity. The background isn't a distraction either, having it being filled up with smoke.

Balance

The twin towers in the back with the black smoke coming out of it and the people on the bottom of the photo, holding onto each other with their heads down shows the balance in this photo because it has what is happening with the people and the building at that exact moment.

National Geographic

This is my favorite photo because the photographer captured how the outside of the train can be moving so fast but the people inside are steady and calm. I really enjoy these types of photos because it brought a thought to my head that the world is moving so fast around us and we are just trying to keep up. I love how when the photo was taken, it was at sometime in the evening really creating that perfect lighting. 

In our world I would love to take a photo of a river with mountains beside it to create that simplicity that there are places in this world still untouched. In our generation there is so much construction and constant updating that we sometimes forget to save what is really "beautiful."

Touching People

This photo essay was very interesting to say the least. I thought it was funny and a good way to brighten someones day. I think that this project was very uncommon for people to do on a normal day to day basis, so it was good to see.
If someone approached me with a camera and asked me to participate, I would say yes. I think that it is spunky and a creative way to create a story. It really gets people out of their comfort zones so I would defiantly help out.
A photo shoot that I think would be fun to do at school would be for people to hug each other. Not many people know each and every single person at Bowie so I think it would be a fun and interesting experience to see.
I think the photos are great! I enjoyed looking at these photos because normally what you see is either breaking new, plants or animals, or other common things to photograph. The photographer really took it outside of the box on this one.