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.

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I love the angle at which they decided to shoot the objects! Plus, the lighting was amazing and I really enjoyed looking at the pictures!

But one thing they could have done differently was shoot more original objects. Most of them were a bit too plane, and I would imagine, a lot of other people have shot them too.

Post Shoot Reflection

My Prompts were:
Happy
Bowie
Metal
Square

I encountered a couple of challenges while shooting these. First of all, I found it difficult to get the right angle, which is basically what I was thinking about the most while moving around. Another challenge was to find something for the word happy. Lucky for me, I found that awning that made me happy to shoot.

As mentioned before, I was thinking about the angle, and at which point to shoot from. For the metal bit, I chose to take the picture straight up, because, if people were ever descending the stairs, I could capture their movement as well.

I'd definitely say the different positions I would do again. It was fun because I never knew that photographers did stuff like that, and it seemed fun to me.

What I would do differently is to do different angles other than the ones I did, because I think I needed to differentiate them. Some were okay, but others were really bland and such

Falling Man

Okay, yes, it's six days after the horrible tragedy that was 9/11, but I still have to share with you The Falling Man. This was one of the most controversial pictures of the event. The photo shows a man falling from one of the top stories of the World Trade Center. It was never released to the public. I frankly am quite horrified that a photographer would take such a horrifying picture of someone dying. Who does that!? This should be considered a war picture, because what those people did, crashing the planes, was an act of war, and war pictures are illegal. But I am glad that this picture was never publicized.

The Tragedy of 9/11

Balance

The two cranes are forming a triangle in the bottom left side of the picture.

It makes a nice different shape to the picture, which is mostly squares and rectangles. It also draws the viewer's attention to the wrecked building. Since the lines are diagonal as well, it gives some direction to the picture.

Lines

The lines on the skeleton of the building make it stand out among the wreckage. Since it also points to the sky, it gives the photo a solitary feel, that the person is standing there alone and desperate. There is no real direction to which the lines are pointing.

Off-Center
The main subject in this picture is the One World Center. But a secondary subject is the man closest to the camera. Both are off center. One can clearly see that the photographer kneeled on the ground to capture this moment in time.

Lines
This is clearly one of the best examples of lines that I've seen so far. Both sides of the memorial come together at a point. They compliment the fountain perfectly and give a feeling of comforting and peace. The picture is definitely one of my favorites because of the lighting, because it's amazing and beautiful.

Border

The wrecked building outlines the firefighter like a picture frame. The background is simple, and there are no other subjects to interfere with the camera. The border draws the viewer's attention like a magnet to the person in the middle.

Merger

In the back, there is a pillar of some sort that looks like it's a part of the escalator. That is definitely not a good idea. In order to get a good picture, the photographer, should get a good angle, so that people don't think that the pillar is part of the machinery itself.