. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder.
To get to the server drives you have to double click on server_drives then in my computer go to jstudents then photojournalism then 3st period then save it under my folder, Melanie Garcia.
2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class
We use blogger to post blogs in this class. It is used to do our classwork.
3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera
To create a pinhole camera take a oatmeal can and cover the inside and lid with black construction paper so no light gets in. Then, cut a small square in the middle of the side then take a square of foil and tape in inside and behind the square and poke a small hole in it with a pin then take a square of black construction paper and take it over the cut so that you can open and close it with ease but not let any light in when it is shut.
4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside
The paper inside your camera responds to light. So when you take the picture you open the flap for a certain amount of time letting the light in. This then transfers the image onto the paper so when develop the photo it shows up.
5. Know how to define and explain the 10 rules of composition, these 10 rules will be a MAJOR portion of the final and you better know how to recognize these rules, explain these rules and show me you understand them:
5a. Rule of thirds-Imagine that your image is divided into nine equal segments by two vertical and two horizontal lines, this adds balance and interest to your photo.
5b. Balancing Elements- You should balance the 'weight' of your subject by including another object of lesser importance to fill the space.
5c. Leading Lines- By thinking about how you place lines in your composition, you can affect the way we view the image, pulling us into the picture, towards the subject, or on a journey 'through' the scene.
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)- They can make for very eye-catching compositions, particularly in situations where they are not expected. Another great way to use them is to break the symmetry or pattern in some way, introducing tension and a focal point to the scene.
5e. Viewpoint- Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and so on.
5f. Background/simplicity- look around for a plain and unobtrusive background and compose your shot so that it doesn't distract or detract from the subject.
5g. Create depth- You can create depth in a photo by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and background.
5h. Framing-By placing these around the edge of the composition you help to isolate the main subject from the outside world. The result is a more focused image which draws your eye naturally to the main point of interest.
5i. Cropping-By cropping tight around the subject you eliminate the background 'noise', ensuring the subject gets the viewer's undivided attention.
5j. Mergers and avoiding them-You can be sure the camera always sees mergers, so look for plain backgrounds before you pose your subject.
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph- Action and emotion impact a photo greatly. They help the viewer understand the photo and know what is happening. Also, it can cause the viewer to have a connection the photo.
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story"- A photo can tell a story by incorporating emotion or action. If the viewer sees this and its surroundings then they can understand better what is taking place.
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog)
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. In class they were used in many of the slideshows.
9. Know how to correctly write a caption. I HIGHLY suggest you rewrite the rules on your blog and find at least 2 photos on the internet, post them on your blog and write correct captions for them. This will be a MAJOR portion of the exam as well.
1.) First sentence includes major information about the photo (who, what, where, when, why, how). You may make up the information for this assignment.
2.) First sentence should be written in present tense as if the action of the photo is still happening.
3.) Second sentence should be past tense, and should include background information.
4.) Information in caption should not be obvious by looking at the photo.
5. If there are three or fewer recognizable people in the photo, you must give all of their names (you can make them up for this assignment).
6. Use strong action verbs whenever possible.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption
Strong action verbs enhance a caption by giving an explanation to what is really happening.
11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography. You really need to get the idea that changing photos to fit a need or to make something look like something else is VERY unacceptable in photojournalism.
Ethics should not be used in photojournalism due to the fact that they are very misleading. This is wrong when you are trying to tell a true story. In fashion photography this is used greatly to encourage the selling of products.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait.
Portrait is taken of somebody else while self portrait is taken of you?
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are.
A good portrait is in focus, has good exposure, and uses composition rules.
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.
The major differences in newspaper and yearbook are: newspaper is for things going on recently around school while yearbook is things that happen through out the whole year. Also, in newspaper there are more stories than photos as opposed to yearbook which is primarily photographs.
1. Aperture- A circle-shaped opening in a lens (a hole, really) through which light passes to strike the image sensor or the film. The aperture is usually created by an iris diaphragm that is adjustable, enabling the aperture to be made uniformly wider or narrower, thereby letting in more or less light. The size of the aperture is expressed as an f-number, like f/8 or f/11.
2. Shutter- A movable cover for an opening. In photography, that opening is the lens - more specifically, the aperture. The shutter blocks the passage of light traveling through the lens to the film when it is closed, and allows light to reach the film when it is open. Shutters are composed of blades, a curtain, a plate or another movable cover. They control the amount of time that light is allowed to pass through the opening to reach the film.
3. Exposure- (1) Exposure occurs when light is permitted to strike a digital camera's image sensor or a traditional camera's film - i.e. when the sensor/film is exposed to light. (2) Exposure is the total amount of light striking the sensor/film or other photographic material. (3) Also refers to a combination of shutter speed and aperture used in exposing the sensor/film in a camera, as in “My light meter shows an exposure (or an exposure reading) of 1/125 second at ƒ/11.” A particular aperture and shutter speed combinations are often referred to as “exposure settings.” “Proper exposure” refers to exposure that produces an image satisfactory to the photographer
4. F-stop- A lens aperture setting calibrated to an f-number
5. Single lens reflex- A camera with one lens only for both viewing and picture-taking. The image is reflected onto a viewing screen by a moveable mirror in the camera. The mirror flips out of the way just before the shutter opens, permitting light to strike the film.
6. Negative- An image in which the brightness values are reversed - that is, reproduced so that the lightest areas are the darkest, the darkest areas are the lightest, and intermediate tones are similarly reversed. "Negative” commonly refers to such an image on exposed and developed photographic film that is intended for use in making positive prints of the image.
7. Positive- Opposite of a negative - An image, such as print or a slide, with the same tonal values and colors as the original scene.
8. Contact sheet- A contact print made from several negatives at one time, usually an entire roll or whatever number of frames will fit on the print paper. The negatives actually come in "contact" with the printing paper, or as close as possible to the print paper when in a contact-printer negative holder.
9. Agitation- Gentle movement of liquid photo-processing chemicals (developer, stop-bath, fixer) during processing of film or paper in order to achieve uniform results.
10. Enlarger- An adjustable light projection device used in a darkroom to project an enlarged image from a negative through a lens onto photographic paper in various degrees of enlargement.
11. Stop bath- An acid bath or rinse (usually a weak solution of acetic acid) for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
12. Fixer- The chemical solution used for fixation. It removes any photo-sensitive silver-halide crystals that were not acted upon by light or by the developer.
13. Safe light- A lamp, typically in a darkroom, that allows a person to view light-sensitive material without it being altered by the light. The lamp is generally coated with or enclosed in a partially-translucent filter that screens out light rays to which the film or paper are sensitive.
14. Burning- Also known as "Printing in." In a darkroom, providing extra exposure to an area of the print to make it darker, while blocking light from the rest of the print.
15. Dodging- Blocking a portion of the light when printing a photograph or manipulating a digital image so that an area of the image will be made lighter. FinFin
Choice Sheets
I would like the join the yearbook class because I think it's something I would enjoy doing. I would like to take picture of all the activities that are happening through out the school year. Although I know I'm not the best photographer in this class , this year I want to improve with my camera skills.
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Yearbook spread!
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/newspaperid/1280/Default.aspx
On-line newspaper
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On-line newspaper
Abandoned Theme Parks
Nara Dreamland, Nara, Japan-
I actually would like to visit this amusement park because of the heights of the roller coasters. The rush it gives you in tummy is like woah! The roller coasters would make me want to go ride them because of the heights and all the up and downs the roller coasters has.
1.Beach
2.City
3.Farm
4.Tattoo shop
5.Forest.
The thing that interest me about cities would be the shape of the buildings and how tall they are. I would expect to take a lot of line photo's in the city.
The only things I would really need to go take the pictures I'd like to go take is a camera and a ride to downtown! (:
My first Print
1.) Is anything in sharp focus?
Nope, I didn't really focus in my photo./:a.) Describe what is in focus and what is not.
b.) If not in focus, state the cause.
I didn't focus it good on my camera.
2.) Is there good contrast? (Look for the blacks and whites in the photo)?
No my photo is really soft and blurry.
a.) If no, state the probable cause?
3.) Are all the rules followed? (Is the photo candid? Does the subject fill the frame? Does the photo contain action? Does it follow composition rules? Does it show "academics"?)
Some of them are.
a.) If yes, explain what techniques were used and how you followed them in your photo.
Making sure someone was in action. I got enough room for the subject to fill the frame.
b.) If no, how will you correct this next time?
I will make sure it follows the composition rules.
4.) Is there yellowing or are there spots on the print?
a.) If yes, what caused it/them?
5.) Are there print rings or spots?
No
a.) If yes, state the probable cause.
6.) Are your negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print stored in your folder?
Yess
a.) If no, explain why.
Making a Black and White print
1) Processing sinks with running water
Tanks for roll-film processing Timers
Thermometers for processing tanks
Film clips or a drying cabinet
Graduates
Negative envelopes or sleeves
Sponges
Scissors
2) developer, stop bath, and fixer.
3) First you will need to rotate the aperture ring and switch on the enlarger light. Focus the light. Turn off the light and put print paper on the baseboard shiney side facing up. And then put the negatives emulsion-side-up on top of the print paper. Set the enlarger timer. Put photo in developer for 1 min. Place in stop bath tray for 15 seconds. Put it in the fixer for 1 to 2 minutes. Let it dry. Put negative inside of the frame in the center of the negative carrier. Make sure the emulsion side of film faces up. Close the enlarger head using a lever to the right. Focus the image on the easel using the white side of a piece of exposed print paper. Turn off the light and put strip of print paper on the easel. Make sure they are held in place.Put a piece of cardboard over the strip, leaving a small part exposed. Set the timer for 2 to 5 seconds and switch it on. After each exposure, move the cardboard to reveal more of the strip till its completely exposed. Develop the strip. Once the strip has been in the fixer for 2 minutes you can take it into the light. Take the strip into the light and decide which exposed part looks best. Use this for deciding how long to expose the print paper. This determines whether to use filters, also which aperture setting to use.For the print you do the same thing, except put photo paper on the easel (make sure it's focused and centered) . Select a filter (there are five grades), 1 being low-contrast and 5 being high-contrast. Place filter in filter holder and close securely.
Set the aperture and timer using the strip as a guide. Switch on timer. After exposing the paper, place it in the developer tray and then process it.
Emulsion- a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.
Aperture- an opening, you can adjust this opening on most cameras
Masking Easel- A frame, often with adjustable masks, used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.
Exposure- The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination
Safe Light- A darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
Dodging- To shade part of picture from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area.
Burning- To expose one part of an image to more light by masking the other parts in order to darken and give greater detail to the unmasked area.
Drug cartels in Mexico
I think that it is a very good topic. It talks about reality and how the people in Mexico live and how they have to live and experiencing such horrible things. Also it sounds like a good thing to know what is going around are world, and how people suffer in Mexico and to notice all the good things we have and what kind of people we have over here that they don't. What surprised me was that the journalist Jeff Antebi, Had been to numerous places such as the slums of Haiti or Brazil and Juarez was very different from them. "The average ordinary resident of Juarez, their life was in danger every day." And the other thing was that the police officers had to ware ski masks to hide their identity when investigating the cartel crimes. It was important to ware them so they wouldn't put their life's in danger or their families. It's sad how the cartels kill anyone, there is a lot of "mistaken identity". People are die left from right.
My favorite picture would be the one where the guy is is tied up, hands from back and bullet to he's head in the back of the car, Because it just shows how bad the cartels have gotten.
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Portraits and self-portraits - start looking
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Ethics in fashion photography
1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
The changes made on this lady's face on the comperter were the neck, The hair, lower in the eyes, something with the mouth, darker make-up, and eye's get bigger.
2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
It is very acceptable to change a person appearance like that because it's for the company and if the person doing it is okay with it then I think it's acceptable to do it. But then again I don't think it is because girl's try to look like that or a certain way and most of them don't know that it's all computer.
3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation? She probably feels bad about it but she's getting money.
4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
I Think the whole computer make over isn't okay, Putting make up on and fixing her hair is OK.
5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
The differences between fashion photography is making someone pretty and photojournalism is all natural.
6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
It has that it's being alive and being there.
The changes made on this lady's face on the comperter were the neck, The hair, lower in the eyes, something with the mouth, darker make-up, and eye's get bigger.
2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
It is very acceptable to change a person appearance like that because it's for the company and if the person doing it is okay with it then I think it's acceptable to do it. But then again I don't think it is because girl's try to look like that or a certain way and most of them don't know that it's all computer.
3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation? She probably feels bad about it but she's getting money.
4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
I Think the whole computer make over isn't okay, Putting make up on and fixing her hair is OK.
5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
The differences between fashion photography is making someone pretty and photojournalism is all natural.
6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
It has that it's being alive and being there.
Negatives Evaluation
1. I think 7 of my negatives turned out good.
2. I think Four of them because of the lightting.
3. I think the one I choose will turn out good because it's just perfect :).
4. Foucus would be one presented in my photo. The photo is my evidence.
5. Rule of thirds would be one of the rules in my photo.
2. I think Four of them because of the lightting.
3. I think the one I choose will turn out good because it's just perfect :).
4. Foucus would be one presented in my photo. The photo is my evidence.
5. Rule of thirds would be one of the rules in my photo.
Photo Manipulation and ethics
A. April fools day here is somewhat the same over there. The main points in this passage is how photographers use "photo shop" to make their pictures look completely different then what the picture was from when they took it. They crop out and add different things in the pictures and they fool people like that.
B. I Think it's unethical and acceptable. It's acceptable because it's cool to play with it like as making funny/good photos with Photo Shop. I don't think Photographers should use it to change their pictures to make something look better or badder than what it really is.
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A. I think the teeth of the lady is unethical. They did a huge change in her teeth.
B. I consider this photo as the least unethical because you really don't see the difference. I think it's not bad as others because there's not much to point out.
B. I Think it's unethical and acceptable. It's acceptable because it's cool to play with it like as making funny/good photos with Photo Shop. I don't think Photographers should use it to change their pictures to make something look better or badder than what it really is.
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Post Shoot Reflection
1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get close, capture real moments, and capture action or emotion? Explain how you dealt with these challenges.
It was really hard to go and take pictures for my first time because for me it was like I was taking pictures of people I don't know so it was kinda akward. Trying to get pictures of people in action or emotion is hard cause some students didn't want a picture taken so they'd find a way to move or get up.
2. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I think I used focus most. I would try to focus only on one or two things or persons.
3. Explain how you attempted to use at least one of the advanced composition techniques you learned in class while shooting.
4. What would you do differently the next time you shoot to improve your photographs?
I will get someone I feel more comfortable with as my partner and go to better classrooms.
It was really hard to go and take pictures for my first time because for me it was like I was taking pictures of people I don't know so it was kinda akward. Trying to get pictures of people in action or emotion is hard cause some students didn't want a picture taken so they'd find a way to move or get up.
2. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
I think I used focus most. I would try to focus only on one or two things or persons.
3. Explain how you attempted to use at least one of the advanced composition techniques you learned in class while shooting.
4. What would you do differently the next time you shoot to improve your photographs?
I will get someone I feel more comfortable with as my partner and go to better classrooms.
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| Friday, October 26, 2007 Doe-Eyed Lisa Simpson appears on television screens on a new Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 after its inaugural passenger flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia. ___________________________________________ The patters in this picture would be the lights and the buildings. The thing that attracts the eye is the pumpkin. |
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| Satellite A jet is silhouetted on the full moon in St. Petersburg, Russia. ________________________________________________ The patterns would be te dots and lines on the moon. The plane leads the eye into the picture cause you have this big white dot and on the bottom right hand side you have a black plane.  |
FUNNY CAPTIONS
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| Who: Black kids in the HOOD,♥ What: Playing basketball the GHETTO way cause there's no net. When: One sunny day. Where: In the Hood, Where gangsta's live. Why: Cause they get bored being inside. How: With all the hood rats. Present Tense: Black boys playing basketball. Past Tense: I saw these black kids playing a ghetto version of basketball when I was getting my mail. People: The little girl's name is Tinishia, The little black boy in the red's name is Derk, The one in the air's name is Ja-Ron, The one standing in tha black shirt's name is Jermaine. |
FUNNY CAPTIONS
who: The cat car what: He's creeping up on other cars when thier infront of him when: whenever he's out in the streets hustling. ;D where: All over the world! why: Cause a playa G(; how: With gas.
Present Tense: The cat is posing for the camera.
Past Tense: I was driving in Paris and I saw this car drive pass me and I was really shocked. I thought my shrooms were kicking in cause that car was pretty trippy!
People: None
FUNNY CAPTIONS
who: Mexican guy with 2 goats. what: He's holding thier heads without the body. where: Not in Texas :) when: On 4th of July why: He's family needs something to eat. how: Cutting thier bodys.
Present Tense:
The guy is going on the bus with 2 goats heads and they look alive.
Past Tense:
The guy needed to kill goats from money and food (for he's family) so he went late at night to a farm to kill 2 goats and early in the morning he rode the bus.
People:
All the people on the bus are going to work. The girl that's looking outside the window is going to work and her name is Adriel. The person you see in the door is named Bob.
What skills besides photography did Luis Sinco utilize to produce this slideshow?
He used audio, photography, interviews, a center where they help people with Suicidal thoughts and wnt to Iraq and what they've been through. He got Miller to talk about his experince with depression and suicidal thoughts. It was sad hearing how all this happend cause of the war.
What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow?
The different stages of him being in Iraq and the first time of he's suicidal stages like him coming back from Iraq to him and he's girlfriend divorcing to him getting new friends and going to that rehab center he went to.
What is the most powerful image from the slideshow? Why?
What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?I Think all of them because they all tell the story, with out one or more of them
the story wouldn't be completed.
How does the audio enhance the photographs?
You can just like hear he's depression in he's voice. When he would say something the pictures would come up and matching what he was saying.
How do the images work together to tell a story?
He used audio, photography, interviews, a center where they help people with Suicidal thoughts and wnt to Iraq and what they've been through. He got Miller to talk about his experince with depression and suicidal thoughts. It was sad hearing how all this happend cause of the war.
What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow?
The different stages of him being in Iraq and the first time of he's suicidal stages like him coming back from Iraq to him and he's girlfriend divorcing to him getting new friends and going to that rehab center he went to.
What is the most powerful image from the slideshow? Why?
What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?I Think all of them because they all tell the story, with out one or more of them
the story wouldn't be completed.
How does the audio enhance the photographs?
You can just like hear he's depression in he's voice. When he would say something the pictures would come up and matching what he was saying.
How do the images work together to tell a story?
Contests Preview, Show and Tell
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1418565568?bctid=14018184001
 Lyndsey Pase Honorable Mention 2002 Self Portrait Cy-Falls HS Houston, TX |
| Omg I love this picture because it's like trippy. Like the letters are like star wars and inside the glasses are colorful and the butterflys coming out the opening in her forhead and flying to the book is just like wow! And the letters look like thier coming out of the book. The background could of been more colorful but it's still a very good background for this photo. Video Code |
action or emotion
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| This emotion is thinking thier all hard and big stuff, cause there dancers-they need to have that adittude. |
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| The Action is the guys with the blue and red jerseys tackaling the one with the white and blue cause its football. |
Great Black and White Photographers part 3
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| The first thing that caught my eye when I was looking at my photographers photography was that he takes pictures at different angles and most of them aren't colored-most are black and white. Well in ths photo the guys just look creepy. I see the guys in the corner looking at each other. I smell the humidity of the weather. I hear the wind blowing and the trees moving in the background. I taste I feel like the guys are doing a drug deal or going to kidnappe someone.  I see a structure of something, I can't really tell but it has swirls and lines. I smell old I hear the birds when they come and rest on this sculpture. I taste the rust of the sculpture. I feel the hard feeling and texture of the .sculpture |
The story
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| This little girl is dressing up playing dress up with her big sisters clothes. Her mom isn't around much so her big sister trys to spend every chance she gets to spend time with her little sister. |
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| This teacher is getting pissed off and yelling at a SENIOR for not knowing what "7+5" is! Common a Senior! haa (: |
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| These girls got out of class to meet up cause one of them were talking "Mess" about another. Instead of fightting over there sutiation they talked it over and became best of friends! |
Simplicity
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| This photo has Simplicity because the building has the smoke surrounding it so its like its noticeable what your looking at. |
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| The things I see different in my picture are the cars, Cindy, sky, its opposite sides now. The building is on the left side of the picture on the negative and the negative the building is on the right. | Negative- noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest and an image that's the opposite of a "positive" | My negative looks different from my positive cause like EVERYTHING is opposite. |
Discussion
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| There is a lot of discussion in the photo because the photo on top has them celebrating about what happend over here in America and the bottom picture has discussion as well cause "all flights are cancelled". |
Framing
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| This is a good framing and merger picture because well first it's a good framing photo because the shadow of the buildings are putting the smoke and fire colorful and it's in the center. |
Aberration- A lens fault in which light rays are scattered, degrading the image.
Auto Focus: allows the photographer to point the camera at a scene
Back Lighting: lighting behind a subject
aperture
shutter
exposure
depth of field
F-stop
focal length
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| The colorful background is pretty legit, and the guy seem serious but its like a fun background so its a mixture of thins(: I picked this photo because I like how in some spots it's blury and some aren't. |
 I picked this photo because I don't like it. I don't think theres a subject to this photo, just two cars. There isn't any blurs, softness, or sharpness in it. |
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I like this photo cause of the girls face expression.I picked this photo cause i like seeing different peoples "excited faces". The things that made me like this photo is that it was up close, her glasses, mouth, and earring. (:
Her pose makes the photo. The things that made this photo nice is her shirt, shorts, the cutting on the shirt, her face expression, and her shoes. I disliked this photo cause there's half a person in the background.
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