Funny Captions

In the streets of Venice, Louis Caster soulfully sings his heart out as he plays a melodious tune on his accordion. After he had been asked to leave the restaurant he performed at, Louis moved his show to outside of the store in a protest.

Staying beset friends for seventy years, Maybell Smith scolds Gloria McCormick for ruining their photo session in California. Although Maybell was legally blind at the time the picture was taken, she still felt her friend's bunny-eared hand as it crept to the peak of her snowy head and Mrs. Smith was upset because she wanted a decent picture of her and Mrs. McCormick.

Susie Norman goes to the mall at least twice at week, but during this visit an officer politely asks Mrs. Norman to leave the premises of the candy store because she is disrupting the customer service. Believing she has a health condition where she needs to eat sugar constantly, which she does not actually have, Susie loudly protested about leaving the store and this resulted in her being placed in the "out of control" area.

Great Black and White Photographers Part 3

1. The first thing that caught my eye in these photographer's (Andre Kertesz) photos were the simplicity of them. Andre took pictures of people in their everyday lives and the result was amazing. The pictures are so simple but so intriguing. I chose these particular photos because I really like the content of them. In both photos, the subject(s) are playing an instrument out on the streets and I found that very interesting to look at.

2. The senses 

For the first/top photo:

I see a man who I sharing the joy of music with his two boys. He looks very happy to be able to play his instrument for his sons. The boys look very serious and it seems like they know how important music is to their father.

I smell the dusty streets of this small town. I can also smell the sweat and dirtiness of these people who are viewed in the photograph. The street give off a smell of a farm and I can smell the dirt.

I hear the sweet sound of the man's instrument as he plays for his boys. The melodious tune carries through the surrounding streets. The sounds of glee from the young boys as they proudly watch their father play for them.

I taste dirt on my tongue. As I inhale the dust particles land on my tongue while we stand out on the streets. Also, the taste of the sweet music courses through my body as we are listening.

I feel the smooth body of the man's instrument and its gleaming surface feels cool to the touch. I feel the arms of the young boys wrap around me as they give me a sweet farewell hug. I feel the course, rough hands of the man of the man as he firmly shakes my hand.

For the second/bottom photo:

I see the passion in the musician's face as he plays his accordion. I see the business of the streets where he is playing. The man's wife is very dutiful and cares deeply about her husband and she wants to help him pursue his musical career.

I smell the busy streets of the city as people pass by. I can smell the fumes that were given off by passing cars on the roads. In addition, I can also smell the people surrounding me and their anticipation to get to work or wherever they are going.

I hear the tune of the man's accordion. I can hear the deep bellowing voice of the man as he sings out his heart. As people pass by, I hear the consistent patter of footsteps on the concrete and asphalt.

I taste the fumes of the cars and factories in the air. When I breathe, I can taste the salt on my tongue from the sweat because of the hot day. Finally, I can taste sweet water going down my throat as I rehydrate myself due to the hot sun.

I feel the hard, solid concrete below me as I listen to the man's song. I can feel many people brushing up against me as they hurry to get to work. I can feel the vibrations of the man's music through the ground as he belts out his beautiful and heartfelt song.

3. I would like to create a blog about Andre Kertesz to share with the world the wonders of his photography. On a blog, I would be able to post his photos and write about them.

Mural Project

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1. A possible theme that we could use in our school to create panels like the ones on the site would be to focus in on the diversity of Bowie. Our high school is full of many different clubs, class choices, ethnicities, personalities, and characteristics. Using this theme we would be able to get a mural of pictures that were all very different from each other, but when they are placed together they create something amazingly beautiful.
2. When taking the pictures for these panels, we should let people take photos with their cameras and phones so that the people who do not own cameras would be able to contribute. Opening up the panels' pictures to cameras and not only phones would result in the pictures being better quality.
3. I would want to put our mural up either near the library between A hall and F hall, or put it up inside of the library. I like these places because there are always many people around those areas so the mural would be constantly viewed and admired.

Academic Shoot Reflection and Critique

1. One of the challenges I encountered was finding an interesting academic class to go into and take photos of. It was hard to take that first step and enter into a room and start shooting. Another difficulty I ran into was trying to avoid having a very busy background that had a lot of people/objects in it. It was hard to take photos that did not have a lot of different things in the background that distracted from the subject(s).
2. I found myself thinking the most about the focus of my camera during the shoot. I wanted my photos to be perfectly in focus and my camera would not always focus how I wanted it to. In order to do this correctly, I would switch my camera to manual focus if it was not focusing how I wanted it to. This let me focus the camera on the subject I wanted without very many further difficulties.
3. If I could do this photo shoot again, there are a few things I would do differently. For one, I would go into more classrooms and not just stick to mainly the theater room. If I did that, I would get more of a variety of photos to choose from. I would also focus more on the rules of photography and prioritize that.
4. One thing I would do the same was continue to direct my attention towards the focus of my camera. I would want my photos to turn out completely focused on the subject. I would also still go into the theatre class, but just not spend as much time in there as I did.
5. During the next prompt shoot, I think the easiest rule to achieve would be the rule of thirds. I think it would be the easiest because I just involved shifting the camera to make your subject a little off center to provide the viewer with a more interesting photo to look at.
6. The hardest rule to capture would be framing. This would be the hardest because it is difficult to find natural framing in the world that does not look like it was placed there purposefully. I would want a very natural looking frame, and those would be hard to find.
7. There are not really any rules that I am unclear about. I understand them all and how to obtain the rules, but I just need to incorporate them more into my photos. They will make my photos more interesting to view and look at.

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These photos were very interesting to look at because they were pretty unique and they were also pleasing to the eye. I especially liked the one of the paintbrushes because it was in very good focus and she used the rule of thirds very well in it. All the photos were focused nicely. One thing that she could do differently would be adding people into the pictures. Since it was a academic shoot, it would have been nice to see the people's faces/expressions while they were drawing, painting, or sculpting. 

Academic Shoot

For this photo, I used the rule of simplicity. I used this rule by making the only main subject of the photo the two boys. By making them one of the only things in the photo, I simplified the overall picture. The subject is the two boys who are hanging on one another. When a person looks at my photo, the subject is very apparent because it is the main part of the picture.

In this photo, I used the rule of lines. The people standing together create a line that leads to the two subjects of this photo, which are the boy faking a punch and the girl who is on the receiving end of the playful hit. It is very clear what my subject is in this photo because they are in the foreground and they take up over half of the frame.

In this photo, I also used simplicity. It is the rule of simplicity because the subject, which is the girl at the computer, is the only person in the photo and she takes up about half of the frame. There is not too much going on around her and in the background, so a viewer's eyes would be directed towards the subject. This makes the subject very clear and apparent to a person looking at the photo.

This photo followed the rule of balance because there is equal "weight" on both sides of the photo. There is one girl on the left-hand side and one on the right-hand side. This creates a balance in the photo. The subject of this picture is the girl who is facing the camera and wearing the tiara. She is obviously the subject to any viewer because she is the only face you can see fully and this draws the attention to her. 

For this photo, I also used the rule of balance. There are two people on the left-hand side and two on the right causing an equal balance on both sides of the picture. There are multiple subjects in the photo and they are all four students sitting at the front desk. The subjects are the boy in the red shorts, the boy sitting next to him in a black shirt, the boy in the yellow hoodie, and the girl with the black shirt and jean shorts. The subject is pretty clear in this photo because they are all in the foreground and there are not very many other people in the background, so the viewer's eyes are drawn towards the students sitting at the desks.

Aperture, Shutter Speed, & ISO

Aperture

Photo taken at aperture level F2.8

Photo taken at aperture level F16

1. We should closely relate aperture to the eye.
2. The smaller the Aperture size, the higher the Aperture number.
3. Aperture impacts Depth of Field because when the aperture number is smaller the foreground is sharper/more in focus than the background. As the aperture number increases/gets bigger the background begins the become more visible and less blurred out.

Shutter Speed:

Photo taken at a high shutter speed

Photo taken at a low shutter speed

1. If you were assigned to shoot at Bulldogs and Hotdogs night, what shutter speeds do you think you would have to shoot at the following events that night?

At the beginning while the sun was still up the courtyard had reasonable good light:

         a) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree - low shutter speed

         b) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings - low shutter speed

         c) the Stars performance inside the gym - high shutter speed

         d) students dancing near the center of the courtyard - high shutter speed

         e) people streaming in from the front doors - low shutter speed

         f) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop - high shutter speed

    

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one            end of the courtyard to the other.

        a) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree - low shutter speed

         b) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings - low shutter speed

         c) the Stars performance inside the gym - high shutter speed

         d) students dancing near the center of the courtyard - low shutter speed with flash

         e) people streaming in from the front doors - low shutter speed with flash

         f) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop - high shutter speed

2. The three settings on your camera regarding setting shutter speed are Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual. In aperture priority, the photographer manually sets the aperture and the shutter speed is automatically set. In shutter priority, it is the opposite where the photographer sets the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture. In manual, the photographer will have to manually set both the shutter speed and the aperture without the camera setting them automatically.

ISO:

Photo taken at ISO 200

Photo taken at IOS 6400

1. The advantages of a shoot at a higher ISO at a sporting event like basketball or a night football game consist of the motion being frozen in time so that the images don't appear blurry.

2. The suggestions the author made about using a low ISO were to stick to the base ISO as much as possible, and use it for some dark environments.

3. The authors suggestions about using a high ISO were you should increase it when there is not enough light available, you can use it to freeze motion, if you want yo get ultra-fast shots.

What happens:

1. Aperture settings on this camera: range from 2.8-22

2. Shutter speed settings on this camera: range from 1 second- 1/4000 second

3. ISO settings on this camera: range from 100-25600