Themes and Murals

For our school, we could do academic themes for the panels that we'd place around our school. Obviously, because it's school.
We could use both cameras and and phones because either way they could look the same. Where we would put the mural could be the academic hall or the front of the school.

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This girl clearly knows her photography! Every single one was clear cut and followed the rules. I really really loved everything she had captured! Way to go!

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

I definitely had more challenges than the last shooting these pictures. This time, I actually had to take pictures of real students instead of outside shapes and general stuff like that. The whole period of time I was taking pictures, I was just thinking about where to place myself so I could achieve that rule.

If I were to do it again, I'd try to get pictures in different areas of the classrooms I shot in and not be so awkward about it. Because, since I'd never been in classrooms apart from the ones I'm used to, I had my partner ask if I could shoot in there the first time. Thankfully, I got used to it though. I don't even think there was anything I could do the same. This shoot was not very successful. There is much room for improvement in my future.

For the next set of prompts, I'll find the rule of thirds the easiest since it's just making the subject off center. That, I've found, is one of my favorites because it totally changes the look of the picture. As for the hardest, the framing is hard because you can hardly ever find someone sitting just right in the frame of a window. I'm still not sure about the shaping one. It's kind of difficult to like find lines that make a shape other than a square. I'll look that up later.

Lines, Simplicity, Rule of Thirds, Balance, Framing

Framing

This one was alright because the subject's head just barely managed to get into the desired spot. Of course, the subject is the boy next to the printer box. I really don't think it'd take quickly for others to find the main subject of the picture. This was not one of my best pictures. Thinking back on it, I could've done a different angle and still managed to get his head in it.

Simplicity

This boy is for sure the main subject of the picture. But unfortunately, the background is not as simple as I thought it would be. The kid doing his homework is the subject of the picture, although the fact that there's another one in a batman shirt playing his phone does not help. People could find this subject really quickly, considering he's the only one the camera is focused on. I definitely could've chosen someone sitting in the halls doing homework. That would've made a better picture.

Balance

Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking when I took this picture. If there could possibly be multiple subjects, then the students working on the computers would be them. I do not think people could find the main subject, and neither could I. If there could've been a better place to do it, I would've done it already.

Lines

The desk of the front facing student is the lines I was going for. Obviously, the boy in the red shirt is the main subject. People could tell this right away. This is definitely one of my best pictures. If I could have done anything differently, I'd have taken a higher shot so that one could actually see the lines.

Rule of Thirds

I think the girl is the main subject. She is slightly off center, so this applies to the Rule of Thirds. People could easily pick her as the subject. If I could change anything, I would've tilted slightly toward the left to get her more off center

Best Photographers

I think this is a really creative way to take a picture of a famous monument. He most likely took multiple photographs, and then merged them together to get the results. Other places would be cool to take pictures would be the Empire State Building or maybe even the Taj Mahal.

Veterans Returning home-1st place

Photographer of the year-4th place

Photojournalist of the year- 2nd place

I chose the crying woman because it really showed emotion. What the photographer did, was the color, in black in white. It probably made the judges really think about the fact that there were many war veterans who died in countless wars and helped them make their decision.

The building on fire, I chose because even though there were some others, the picture focused in on the woman with her arms on her head. The aspect that the photographer chose, was the silhouettes. I've personally wanted to do that for a long time. The judges were probably thinking about that as they made their decisions.

I like the plane because of the colors. The fact that the photographer chose to capture it at that angle really sealed it for me. Honestly, I don't know why the judges chose to pick this one for second place. It truly perplexes me.

Jostens 9/25/14

Emotion

This has so much emotion, it's so sweet. You could almost tell the story. It looks like the artist is playing by ear. The subject of the picture is off center, and there are the lines of the piano leading to the boy.

Story

This girl is extremely happy to been crowned homecoming queen. There's a whole story behind it, and how she worked so hard to earn it. Once again the subject is nicely off center. A crown well earned for both the photographer and the excited girl.

Filling the Frame

The photographer caught this picture at exactly the right moment. There are lines that draw the viewer's attention to the two scientists in the middle, with a volcanic eruption in the foreground.

There was another particular photo that I looked at. It's called "Hammer Time". (No pun intended, that's really the title) In this, a boy is working community service by doing construction work. There are two beams bordering his face, which is another element of photography. I picked it because I found its title interesting and that it was mostly of only two students, and nothing pulled the viewer's distraction away.

 I could definitely take angle shots of students doing their work diligently. They wouldn't even notice I was there. I'm not really sure which classroom, but it would either be an English or a math class. There are a lot of ways I could make a picture like the ones above. I'd do off center shots, with angles, and unobserved shots.

Photoshopping and Why it is Unacceptable (most of the time)

In one picture, the departed Chinese president, Deng Xiaoping, is shown shaking hands with the current president of China, Hu Jintao. But apparently, these photos were doctored. There was another former president in the picture.

I think that this is unacceptable in a way that is offensive and rude to others who may have viewed the photograph. Some edits are amusing, but others are definitely not. It's disrespectful in a lot of ways.

This is just plain unethical. First of all, what sick idiot would just dye or stain someone's teeth just for fun? I don't see the point in this. It must've been a dare or something. 

Okay, this isn't too bad, but still. I mean they moved the pyramids together just for a better photo shoot. It's not as bad as the first one, but at least work on accuracy, people.