“You were given this life because you were strong enough to live it”

-Steve Jobs

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a. Michael Coyne believes the most important thing when taking a picture is your attitude when taking the picture.

b. It was very interesting how Coyne was unbiased. He associated with a person who slit a mans throat murderer. I also like how when discusses photojournalism he really stresses, not altering the photo.

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a.  The photojournalist for this picture was Alfred Eisenstaedt

b. The name of the picture was “V-J Day, The Kiss”

c. This picture was taken in 1945

d. This image was taken in New York City

e. The image was of time square, it is black in white with a lot of people and buildings. The main subjects include a young couple making out, they seem to be really intimate.

f. This particular picture was one of thousands of Eisenstaedt’s photos. It made it in the top 10 for photojournalism. The artist behind this picture is well known for what he does. His fascinating photos displayed ” earth-shaking events and influential people of the twentieth century, from the dignity of royalty to the elegance of movie stars, from the passion of scholars to the determination of diplomats” (http://www.gallerym.com/pages/alfred-eisenstaedt-biography)

g. The artist was successful while capturing his picture. Eisenstaedt’s goal for every picture is to capture important event and significant and impacting individuals. In this case he shot a pic of a soldier who is probably coming home for the first time to his significant other. The image is quite passionate and emotional.

h. There are no professional structural features. The photo is straight forward. A general picture with a simple message.

photojournalism- portraying a story using pictures-stories must be true
-stories are told in the most fair, balanced, and unbiased way

A photograph is just a  portrait that is mainly focused on defining a subject, while photojournalism is a photo with the intent of displaying a message

NPPA stands for the National Press Photographers Assosiation

The Code of Ethics are standards for photojournalism

The media needs Ethics to create a photo that make sense and strongly supports their photojournalism operation

I found this photo interesting because you don’t see it everyday. Here you have a women climbing on to a gigantic tank. She must really be against war.

What is Abstract Photography?

• Abstract Photography is a type of photography that grabs at your emotions
• the goal is not necessarily to represent the subject in a literal way
• it displays a message mainly through form, color, and curves

– form, is the shape of the image, must create an emotion of “Wow! Look at that.”

-color, must grab the viewers attention an effect his/her perceptual system, when their eyes wonder it is the color that brings the attention back

-curves, adds interest to the viewers by controlling how the viewer sees the image

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My Samples:

1. In complete darkness place the film onto the spiral and pop it in the tank. Push the film into the start marks of the spiral, next turn the spiral two and fro to maneuver the film onto it, finally put it in the tank and seal it with the lid
2.  Supply the right amount of developer according to the instructions and aim, through cautiously adding warm water or cold as needed to access the desired temperature (usually 68F/ 20C)
3. Get your clock ready and pour the developer in the tank starting the timing when you’re sure the developer covered the film
4. Tap the bottom of the tank on a solid surface a little bit & invert the tank once or twice every minute for 10 secs do this process 5 times. When finished pour the developer down the drain or into a storage bottle if you wish to re-use it.
5. After you have poured out the developer it is time to apply the stop, pour the stop into the bath and invert a few times
6. Now comes the fix, once you are finished with the stop process, pour the fix in and invert for 30 secs. then twice on the min. When this process is complete, pour the liquid back into a storage bottle for future use
7. Finally you enter the washing stage. usually means removing the lid from the developing tank and running tap water down the centre of the spiral and let it sit there for 10 mins invert frequently and constantly.
8. Let it dry off

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                        For my studio project I plan on bringing in some nice shoes and showing them off. This is an example of advertisement photography which relates to a famous advertisement photographer named Riccardo Suriano.

                       Suriano is a commercial/ advertising photographer from Rome, Italy. Suriano begun photography at a young age when his dad felt it was time to handle a film camera. He gradually learned more and more about photography. One key element is light, light is responsible for making moods, directions, and can bring what we see and how we see it to the viewers attention.

photogram- an image made placing an object on photosensitive paper and shining light on it rather than using a camera

Photogram artist:

1. Ethan Jantzer
2. Man Ray

For my class photogram I plan on bringing in my headphones, some wires, some coins, and things that look interesting. I cant really use things that have a plan shape such as a tablet that only displays a rectangle, that’s boring. Instead I’ll bring in scissors, headphones, wires, things I can work with.

Pop-Art became popular in the 1960s, this style of art is basically taking real pictures and making them cartoony. This style of art developed in Britain in the 1950s.  Helpful pop art link- My Pop-Art Project.

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Rule of Thirds

Imagine your picture is divided into nine equal segments with 2 vertical and horizontal lines. Place the most important part of your picture on the lines or on the points created by these line segments.                                                                (some cameras will offer this function)

Balancing Elements

After using the rule of thirds find other objects to fill in the other line segment and/or points so that the picture isn’t as empty.

Leading Lines

Humans are naturally attracted to lines. Think about what lines you could use in your photo, this lines will help attract the viewers attention to the subject. Different lines create different views about the same picture. There are various types of lines, straight, curvy, zigzag, radical, etc and all can be used as a way to get the viewers attention.

Symmetry and Patterns

Include symmetry and Patterns where they are not expected. You can also make the picture interesting if you break the symmetry and pattern creating tension and a facial point

Viewpoint

Take time to think about where to shoot your picture from. Don’t always shoot from above, switch it up and shoot from above, the ground, the side, the back, a long ways away, or up close.

Background

Find a plain and unobtrusive background that doesn’t distract focus from the subject. A background that makes the subject stand out.

Depth

Photography is a two- dimensional medium so choose your composition carefully. You can create depth by including objects in the foreground, middle ground, and background. You can also overlapping or deliberately partially obscure one object with another.

 Frames

Place natural frames like trees, mountains, arc ways, and holes around your subject.

Cropping

Crop tight around the subject to eliminate the background distractions (noise). This will focus the attention towards the subject.

Experimentation

Take a lot of different photos of something, try different things. Use the best photo and delete the rest. Just like when you take a selfie, you may take your selfie in a bunch of different way, then evaluate. Do the same to your object.