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My favorite black and white photographer out of the three I picked is Ansel Adams because I really like taking pictures of landscape and I think that if you find a really good landscape and take a picture of it, the picture will come out really pretty. Ansel Adams was born to a family of great wealth and success. He was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California and died on August 22,1984 in Monterey, California. He lived in California all his life, but his family had come from New England in the 1700s. When Adams was young, he kept getting kicked out of private school because of bad behavior. At the age of 12, Adams was being taught by private tutors and members of his family at home. When it was time for Ansel Adams to go to college, he attended Yale and Harvard. He was a very smart man, and he achieved well in his career. Adams first job was a lumberer. His grandfather founded a lumbering business, which he later inherited.  In 1916, Ansel Adams went on a trip ...

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? Some challenges that I encountered while trying to take pictures that followed the rules are that I just got carried away with taking pictures that I forgot to make sure that they followed a rule, so I went back and made sure to have pictures that followed each rule. 2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly. The technical aspect of photography that I was thinking about the most was the focus in the picture. I really wanted the picture to be good, so I had to make sure that the focus of the picture was good. What I did to make sure that the picture was focused was I gently held down the shutter button just enough to make the picture focus, and at the right point, I took the picture. 3. If you could ...

this photo was taken with an F2.8 lens this photo was taken with an F20 lens 1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? We closely relate our eyes to aperture Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture,the bigger area in focus, the higher the Aperture, the smaller area in focus. Aperture impacts depth of field by when you have a F52 lens, the things that will stand out in the photo the most will be the things that are in the background. And if you have an F5 lens, the things that won't stand out that are in the back will be blurred.  Shutter: At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree- (slow shutter speed) b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings-(slow shutter speed) c.) the Stars performance inside the gym-(fast shutter speed) d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard-(fast shutter speed) e.) people streaming i...

A. What are some of the main points you read about in the website above regarding manipulating images?  Some of the posts I've read about on the website regarding manipulating images are that manipulating photos are becoming a bigger and bigger issue in today's society, and that it is important for ALL photo journalists to present the pictures in the most natural form possible. B. What is the philosophy of newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York times regarding image manipulation? The philosophy of the popular newspapers like the Washington Post and the New York Times that regard to the manipulation of images are that the colors that are in the picture should not be changed. C. What do you think are acceptable things you could do to an image and not cross the line unto an unethical manipulation? Some things that I think would be acceptable of not crossing the line into an unethical manipulation would be: it's okay to change how the lighting in the pi...

Rule of Lines. This is rule of lines because the lines from the ceiling lead to the lines on the top shelf and the lines on the windows. The subject in the photo is the lines that lead to the lines in the windows. The subject is very clear. Rule of Balance. This is rule balance because the shape that her arm makes while she is writing is a triangle and in the back the paper, her folder, and her phone all make a rectangle. The main subject is the shape her arm makes. The subject is very clear. Rule of Thirds. This is rule of thirds because the direct subject is not in the middle of the photo, she is off to the side. The main subject is the girl on the left side of the photo. The subject is very clear. Rule of Simplicity. This is rule of simplicity because the main focus or subject is simple, it's the person holding the pencil. The subject is ver clear. Rule of Framing. This is rule of framing because the lines from the window build a line around the boy who is in ...

The Story   This photo tells the best story because it looks like everyone is very passionate about what they are doing around the pole, I sense a really calm feeling from this photo, and you can tell that this story behind this is really good because there is no chaos going on, so the story won't be confusing. Action and Emotion This photo gives the best action because in the science experiment the water looks like it is bubbling off the jar and the photographer caught the picture at the right time. The photographer did a really good job in taking this picture because the action is the bubbles and the emotion is excitement coming off the girl's faces.  Filling the Frame This photo gives off the best filling the frame because this photo is interesting, and it also makes you wonder what they are doing in this picture which makes it more interesting. Even though you don't know the full story behind this picture, it fills the frame because all the kids are doing the ...

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 4 prompts? Some challenges that I encountered while trying to take the photos were trying to find what the picture should be of. Another encounter that I had was trying to figure out what position/ direction I wanted the picture to be taken in. Lastly, the challenge that I experienced was how I wanted the focus in the picture to be. 2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly. The technical aspect of photography that I was thinking about the most was the focus in the picture. I really wanted the picture to be good, so I had to make sure that the focus of the picture was good. What I did to make sure that the picture was focused was I gently held down the shutter button just enough to make the picture focus, and at the right ...

I don't think this picture has any of the photo rules, but I feel like it could have been an avoiding mergers picture if the picture was a little bit more clear and that ball was actually in someones hands so that way it doesn't look like the ball was coming out from someone. I feel like this picture follows balance because there are many shapes formed in this picture and there is no chaos going on in the background and all the people are doing is talking. I took this photo because I saw this pink rose bush and there was this one rose that I saw that really stood out and I had to take a picture of it because it just wasn't like all the others. This photo followed the rule of simplicity because the only thing in this photo was the rose. In the process of taking this picture, she was supposed to jump, but what I really wanted was a picture of the confusion and the moment before she was about to jump and I thought it would make a really good candid photo. I feel lik...

1. This is an example of simplicity, because there is nothing too distracting in the background, this could also be an example of lines too but I think this follows simplicity better because there is one person that is peacefully jumping to save his life, and the main focal point is the person. Your eyes immediately go to the person that is upside down, this is also because there is nothing in the background.   2.This is an example of thirds, because when I first saw this photo, my eyes went immediately to the person who was in the top right corner. This is also an example of thirds because the person who is in the top right corner, is also the person who was supposed to be the main focal point. 3. This one shows lines, because the diagonal position of the flag poll. The diagonal position of the flag makes the picture seem so much more interesting. There are also the stripes on the flag that are part of the lines concept too. There are three examples of lines in this pictu...

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?  The  "camera obscure" effect is when there is a dark room and a wall that contains a hole, and going through the hole is a small fragment of light that is supposed to be the lens and on an opposite wall the scene is projected on the wall  which is upside down. It is achieved by having a dark room with a small hole that reflects  a light onto a wall which creates a scene. This was also known as the first camera. 2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera? The invention that helped man get one step closer to creating the modern camera in the 17th was when Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens made a high quality glass lens and better corrected the understanding of optics.  3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce? The parts of the first  modern consisted of a glass lens, a...

1.  Aaron Brumbelow "Border of Howling Fjord, 2013" 2. Mulberry Tree Design Studio (this photo does not have a name) 3. Steve Mccurry "Afghan Girl"