Thursday, December 11, 2014

Final Review

Dec. 5, 2014. A NASA Orion capsule on top of a Delta rocket lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from Complex 37 B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
With NASA launching their Orion capsule apart of the Delta rocket, the first unmanned test flight takes a nail-biting start into the air. Moments before the launch, millions of tests are being ran through for the hundredth check before launching time.
Dec. 3, 2014. People lie on the middle of the West Side Highway in New York during a protest after it was announced that the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner was not indicted. A grand jury cleared the officer in the videotaped chokehold death of Garner, an unarmed black man, who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
As people lay on the side of the highway with thoughts racing through their mind of what is going to happen next, the police shine a threatening bright light on them. With the death of Eric Garner, New York went into an antagonizing protest when the people found out the police officer who was heavily involved, was not indicted.   Source


1. Rule of thirds: Using the frame on the camera and putting the subject of the photo in the corners of the frame or in the direct center.
2. Balancing Elements: Balance the weight of the subject by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.
3. Leading Lines: Each type of line can enhance the photo's composition.
4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition): Introduces tension and a focal point to the scene.
5. Viewpoint: Where you place the angle of the camera; High above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, etc.
6. Background: A plain and unobtrusive background and does not distract from the subject.
7. Create depth: Creating layers by having objects in the foreground , middle ground, and background.
8. Framing: Having a more focused image which draws your eye naturally to the main point of interest.
9. Cropping: Cropping tight around the subject to get the viewer's attention.
10. Mergers and avoiding them: You can make your subject look different by having mergers and it can mess up the photo.

Aperture: Adjusted to control the amount of light that is being let into the photo.
Shutter speed: Controls the exposure and the amount of time the camera's shutter is open and how much light reaches the film in the exposure time.
ISO: The sensitivity to light. 

It is not acceptable to completely change a person's appearance just to be "accepted" into what we call a perfect world when we all know that we are far from perfect. People try to manipulate young women into thinking that this is the way that we have to look in order to be "beautiful."

Environmental: Portrait of the subject in their usual environment.
Self: A portrait of self done by oneself.
Casual: Portrait of a person in a posed position.

Depth of Field: The distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

Exposure: Amount of light reaching a photographic film determined by shutter speed and aperture.
Focal Length: The distance in mm from the optical center of the lens to the focal point.

Early: Modeled them after the covers of books. Had only the title and publication data. There were no descriptive words telling what would be found inside the magazine.

Poster: Oversized magazines looked as if they were printed to be framed and hung on the wall.
Married type: Cover lines are used to draw readers inside in a more definite way than the cover art could accomplish.
Forest of Words: Some covers of this period contain cover lines that are actually larger than the name of the magazine.


Monday, November 24, 2014

Purple, electric, cold

Purple

Cold

Electric


Fashion

Dove Evolution video:
1. The changes made in the first video on the model was she got her make-up and hair done then took the photo shoot. Now having the pictures, they went into photo shop and slimmed her body down, made her eyes bigger, elongated her neck, and raised her cheek and eyebrow bones.

Body Evolution:
2. Changes made:
eyes were enlarged
made skin lighter
slimmed her body
made legs longer
raised her eyebrows
cleared her skin
slimmed her face
highlighted her face

Crazy photo shop skills!
Changes:
3. The model was totally changed into a different person by making her super skinny
"growing" her hair
changed her face shape
made legs longer

Answers to questions:
4. No I do not think it is acceptable to completely change a person's appearance just to be "accepted" into what we call a perfect world when we all know that we are far from perfect. People try to manipulate young women into thinking that this is the way that we have to look in order to be "beautiful."
5. I definitely agree that in other countries photoshop is used more than others whether it be because of body shape or facial features but each country has a different perception of beauty and photoshop may be used more or less to achieve their type of beauty.
6. Changes like clearing the skin and doing other minor changes are okay but when to take a women or man and completely change them into a different person, like changing their body shape and face shape, then it becomes a problem.
7. Fashion photography has very different differences next to photojournalism because photojournalism is more in the moment and "this is what is happening now" where Fashion photography has a lot of behind the scenes that people don't normally see when companies post the picture days or weeks after they took the photo.
8. Each type of photography has a different relationship to reality whether it being manipulating reality or giving people reality the way it is. Some places try to change the reality that is happening to not make it see that bad.
9. Showing us these videos has allowed us to see what really goes into making a magazine cover, picture, or any other publishing company and not just taking a photo and publishing it.
10. All the videos are women because we as women somehow always have to "please" men by having this perfect body and change ourselves just to fit into their picture of a "perfect girl" when men on the other hand are not subjected to change.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Magazines part ll

Early Magazine Covers:
When magazines first started out, most of them did not have a cover to introduce viewers to the magazine. Most just had the title and the table of contents as their cover. Most magazines followed the layout of books that were out at the time. In the late 1800's magazine companies started to design their own covers more like a magazine and introducing what readers were going to see in the magazine.
Poster Cover:


Favorite

Parents, February, Show Your Love!
"Three-year-old Emily Keicher is adorable. She also has spina bifida, and will probably never walk on her own. This is the first time that a child with a disability has been on a Parents cover, and we got a tremendous amount of positive feedback. The special-needs community celebrated the fact that Emily wasn't chosen to illustrate an article about disabilities, but simply because she's a cute kid with a smile as shiny as her walker. Thayer Allyson Gowdy initially photographed Emily for a crafts article in the issue, but our photo director saw those pictures and realized she was cover-worthy."
- See more at: http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contest/past-winners-finalists/2014-winners-finalists#sthash.OQGuPlGt.dpuf 

In the magazine cover a three-year-old named Emily Keicher is posed for a formal-environmental photo shoot showing off her cuteness. The message that the magazine cover is giving off is that even though she may have a disability, she is still happy as ever. Composition of this photo is really well put together by having Emily all dressed up in her favorite clothing items and her shiny walker. Emily is in a room where she feels comfortable and shows off her personality. The exposure in this photo is close to perfect but the items are too much of the same color making the background look bright. But Emily has perfect lighting and exposure.