1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (that’s the brand)
2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal)
3. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)
4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)
5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service)
Monday, January 24, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Portrait and Self-Portrait tips and ideas
Settings—The Other Subject
The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.
Photographing your shadow is another way to do a self-portrait. Shoot early or late, when the sun is low in the sky. A light, stucco wall, a sidewalk, or any other simple background can suffice. Just be sure there aren't a lot of distractions around the surface you choose.
The settings in which you make pictures of people are important because they add to the viewer's understanding of your subject. The room in which a person lives or works, their house, the city street they walk, the place in which they seek relaxation—whatever it is, the setting provides information about people and tells us something about their lives. Seek balance between subject and environment. Include enough of the setting to aid your image, but not so much that the subject is lost in it.
Photographing your shadow is another way to do a self-portrait. Shoot early or late, when the sun is low in the sky. A light, stucco wall, a sidewalk, or any other simple background can suffice. Just be sure there aren't a lot of distractions around the surface you choose.
Use your imagination! A self-portrait can reveal a lot about you, by including props and even other people that are meaningful in your life. If you've never attempted to shoot a self-portrait, expand your creative horizons and give it a try.
Environmental Portraits
This is one of my favorite environmental portraits because i like how the background has nothing so the viewer dosent get distracted by anything behind the main subject. I also like the way that man is posing and is not looking directly at the camera.
This is another one of my favorite environmental portraits because i like how it is simple and you can tell a whole story by just looking at this picture. I just love the way it came out and the rules its using.
Self-Portraits
I really like what they did with this picture because they took a picture of this persons face and put like camaflauge spots on the face so you can bearly see it and i just think thats very creative and unique. It also makes you look at it for a while to figure out what really is going on in the picture.
This is another of my favorite self portraits because they really zoomed in into the girls face. There are no distractions its only her full face.
My plan for my portrait assignment is to shoot my partner and i want to shoot somewhere outside in a bench with a couple of trees around, i want the person in the picture to look somewhere else and not directly to the camera, as if no one where there just her. The picture has to be in good focus. I do not want no other person on the background because the person on the bench is my main subject.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Welcome Back!!
This is one of my favorite pictures because i like the way the shape the girl forms with her body, hands, and hair. I also like how the backround blends in with the girl. It is just like a crazy party picture.
This picture is very symmetrical. Its very straight the dancers form a lot of shapes with the dance moves. They are all doing the exact same movement and looks very perfect.
I really like this picture because of the bright colors. Also the crazy hats the both models are wearing and the make up really pops out there face wich really catches a lot of attention especially the plain black backround makes them more visible.
1.What was the best song of 2010?
Fireworks
I picked this song because it is very catchy and I really like to listen to it. I like the rythm of it and the whole song, i just really enjoy singing along. Its one of my favorite songs now too.
2.What was the best movie of 2010?
I chose this movie because it is an action movie. Also because it was a very mysterious movie that had many suprises in it that you just could not expect. I really like this movie its like a lot of action and it is not boring at all. It is confusing movie at first but at the end it you will figure it all out.
3. What was the most important news story of the year?
Arizona passes though anti llegal immigration Law.
I think this was the most important news of the year 2010 because it was a big deal a lot of people started to freak out because of that. They also started to move from states or the way they looked. Also because there is a lot of immigration going on.
4. Who was the most important person of 2010?
I picked Barack Obama because he is the president of the United States. He is the one that everyone should know. He is in charge of everything and the one that says what is going to be done. What happens in the United States is because of him. So he is the most important person of 2010.
5. What was the biggest sports OR entertainment, story OR sports/entertainment person of 2010 (you should google what is appropriate for your choice)
Cristiano Ronaldo is a very good player and i just found out about him in 2010. He is my favorite soccer player out of all the rest. I also love to watch soccer so thats another reason why i chose him because he plays it. He is one of the best players too. I like how he plays and scores many goals.
1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
Something that happened on my holiday was that we went to my aunt's house and partied all night we got all kinds of presents and had a very good time with all my family and i went to houston and Mexico it was very good.
2. What are your resolutions for the 2011 year?
Better Grades and Pass all my classes this semester!
3. What are you looking forward to in 2011?
Having a lot of fun and going out to party.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Final Exam study guide
1. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder.You click on "my compurer" then you let it open then you click the "t" server drive
2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class. We see the post the teacher gives us on www.akinsphotojblog.blogspot.com/ and we have to do the assignment on our blog and finish it.
3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera. You get an empty oatmeal can then you have to cover it all inside with black paper so no light will be exposed to the photo when you take it, then you cut out a square in the middle of the can and cover the hole with aluminum foil putting it inside with the shiny side facing out after that make a very small hole in the middle of the foil with a needle.
4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside. Put the picture paper in the pinhole camera. The pinhole camera works better with objects that arn't moving, if your a begginer. If its more light the lesser senconds you leave the door open. The less light the more seconds you leave the door open. You can't move the pinhole camera or the picture will come out blurry because of the moving.
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-You draw an imaginary graph on the photo and the main subject has to be in one of those four corners of the imaginary graph.
5b. Balancing Elements-where there is two objects on each opposite side of the picture.
5c. Leading Lines-they are lines shown on the photo that lead to the main subject or create an "S"
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)-when something in the picture is repeated a couple of times or something that forms a pattern.
5f. Background/simplicity-When the backround is a very different color from the main subject and the main subject is really close up in the picture.
5g. Create depth- when the picture5h. Framing-when the main subject is surrounded by other objects
5i. Cropping-when you cut something out of the picture.
5j. Mergers and avoiding them-when you take a picture of half of something and not the whole thing
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph. It makes a picture more intresting to look at and more dramatic.
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story". You can look at a picture and see the details that are happening in it, you can see everything that is happening in that moment.
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog). The word multimedia means media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. Examples of this would be the videos we watched in the class.
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.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption. It makes you get a better idea of how the person is feeling and acting just by the actions the person is doing in the photo.
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 are a big part of photography because its a false picture and its something that never happened or you change something to make it seem like something else is going on and that sometimes might create a very big problem and offends people.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait. A portrait is is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are. Picking a good subject to take a picture of and making it suprising and insightful for the viewer. I think a good characteristic for a good portrait it needs to say more about that maker of the image than the subject.
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook. Yearbook has to be colorful and fun to look and read it cant have a lot of writing just small captions when the newspaper gives you news about what is happening and gives you a summary about it.
Definitions you are responsible for (I highly recommend you post these on your blog with the definitions and make sure they are correct, many of the ones you posted on your blog previously were INCORRECT. All definitions need to relate directly to photojournalism. Example: many of you defined burning as "pain that feels hot as if it were on fire" , when the correct answer is "burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker."):
1. Aperture-A device that controls the amount of light admitted through an opening. In photography and digital photography, aperture is the unit of measurement that defines the size of the opening in the lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or digital sensor.
2. Shutter-A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
3. Exposure-the image resulting from the effects of light rays on a photosensitive surface.
4. F-stop-number is a ratio of the focal length of the lens to the diameter of the aperture
5. Single lens reflex-is a camera that uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system which permits the photographer to sometimes see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be
6. Negative-a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
7. Positive-a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
8. Contact sheet-an 81/2 x 11 sheet of photo paper with 6 to 8 color images, generally referred to as proofs.
9. Agitation-Keeping a chemical moving
10. Enlarger-a specialised transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin-silver process, or transparencies
11. Stop bath-An acidic bath that is used after the developer to stop development and reduce fixer contamination
12. Fixer-used for processing all commonly used films, including black and white films, colour negative film
13. Safe light-a light source suitable for use in a photographic darkroom.
14. Burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker
15. Dodging-Reducing the exposure to areas of a print that would otherwise be too dark (specialized darkroom technique).5e. Viewpoint-where the photographer is standing or how he/she is standing to take the picture.
2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class. We see the post the teacher gives us on www.akinsphotojblog.blogspot.com/ and we have to do the assignment on our blog and finish it.
3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera. You get an empty oatmeal can then you have to cover it all inside with black paper so no light will be exposed to the photo when you take it, then you cut out a square in the middle of the can and cover the hole with aluminum foil putting it inside with the shiny side facing out after that make a very small hole in the middle of the foil with a needle.
4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside. Put the picture paper in the pinhole camera. The pinhole camera works better with objects that arn't moving, if your a begginer. If its more light the lesser senconds you leave the door open. The less light the more seconds you leave the door open. You can't move the pinhole camera or the picture will come out blurry because of the moving.
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-You draw an imaginary graph on the photo and the main subject has to be in one of those four corners of the imaginary graph.
5b. Balancing Elements-where there is two objects on each opposite side of the picture.
5c. Leading Lines-they are lines shown on the photo that lead to the main subject or create an "S"
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)-when something in the picture is repeated a couple of times or something that forms a pattern.
5f. Background/simplicity-When the backround is a very different color from the main subject and the main subject is really close up in the picture.
5g. Create depth- when the picture5h. Framing-when the main subject is surrounded by other objects
5i. Cropping-when you cut something out of the picture.
5j. Mergers and avoiding them-when you take a picture of half of something and not the whole thing
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph. It makes a picture more intresting to look at and more dramatic.
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story". You can look at a picture and see the details that are happening in it, you can see everything that is happening in that moment.
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog). The word multimedia means media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. Examples of this would be the videos we watched in the class.
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.
Cristiano Ronaldo is practicing to play soccer on the soccer field so he can get better and make his team win the final game.
Crisitano Ronaldo is playing against another team and he was able to take away the ball from the other team and now he can score a goal.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption. It makes you get a better idea of how the person is feeling and acting just by the actions the person is doing in the photo.
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 are a big part of photography because its a false picture and its something that never happened or you change something to make it seem like something else is going on and that sometimes might create a very big problem and offends people.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait. A portrait is is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist.
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are. Picking a good subject to take a picture of and making it suprising and insightful for the viewer. I think a good characteristic for a good portrait it needs to say more about that maker of the image than the subject.
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook. Yearbook has to be colorful and fun to look and read it cant have a lot of writing just small captions when the newspaper gives you news about what is happening and gives you a summary about it.
Definitions you are responsible for (I highly recommend you post these on your blog with the definitions and make sure they are correct, many of the ones you posted on your blog previously were INCORRECT. All definitions need to relate directly to photojournalism. Example: many of you defined burning as "pain that feels hot as if it were on fire" , when the correct answer is "burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker."):
1. Aperture-A device that controls the amount of light admitted through an opening. In photography and digital photography, aperture is the unit of measurement that defines the size of the opening in the lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or digital sensor.
2. Shutter-A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
3. Exposure-the image resulting from the effects of light rays on a photosensitive surface.
4. F-stop-number is a ratio of the focal length of the lens to the diameter of the aperture
5. Single lens reflex-is a camera that uses a semi-automatic moving mirror system which permits the photographer to sometimes see exactly what will be captured by the film or digital imaging system, as opposed to pre-SLR cameras where the view through the viewfinder could be
6. Negative-a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
7. Positive-a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
8. Contact sheet-an 81/2 x 11 sheet of photo paper with 6 to 8 color images, generally referred to as proofs.
9. Agitation-Keeping a chemical moving
10. Enlarger-a specialised transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin-silver process, or transparencies
11. Stop bath-An acidic bath that is used after the developer to stop development and reduce fixer contamination
12. Fixer-used for processing all commonly used films, including black and white films, colour negative film
13. Safe light-a light source suitable for use in a photographic darkroom.
14. Burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker
15. Dodging-Reducing the exposure to areas of a print that would otherwise be too dark (specialized darkroom technique).5e. Viewpoint-where the photographer is standing or how he/she is standing to take the picture.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Choice Sheets
Next year i would like to be in class yearbook 1 because i would like to fix some things on the year book its a lot of fun and everyone in the school will see it. I like to take many pictures even though i am not that good at it but being in that class will probably help me a lot on taking pictures and using all the rules.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Abandoned Theme Parks
1. I would like to go to Russian Village, Niigata, Japan becuase it looks very colorful and fun. It has a little bit of everything like pictures to rides. Also because the things don't look to old like the other abandoned theme parks. You can really pick a lot of subjects to take pictures of when you have a lot of choices and options like this theme park in Japan.
3. I think Aquariums, Tropical Forest, Universities, Water Parks, Zoo would be an interest to photographers.
5. I think a tropical forest would be a fun place to take pictures of because it has many things to take pictures of. Also the animal's color would pop out in the photo because they have really bright colors and the forest is all shades of green. They also have very beautiful waterfalls and i really like water and colorful things in a picture.
6. I would need good clothes like for hiking and i would like to go on a weekend. I would like to go to a famous tropical forest, and go on a plain. I would take pictures of everything that is bright and catches my attention.
Print evaluation-My first print
1.) The ceiling and the floor are in sharp focus
a.) The floor and the ceililng look clear and not blurry when everything else is not in focus
b.) Its not in focus because they were moving.
2.)There is a good contrast.
a.) If no, state the probable cause?
3.) The picture does follow some of the rules specially lines and framing. No it does not show academics.
a.) The hallway was framing the people walking in it and the lockers and doors form lines.
b.) I will make sure to use the rules more and be sure to take a picture of the right theme.
4.) There is no spots or yellowing in this picture.
a.)If therer is its because light got exposed to the photo.
5.) There is a couple of dots on the picture.
a.) I think not drying it enough is what caused it.
6.)My negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print are stored in my folder.
a.) If no, explain why.
The girl with the back-pack is Anna the girl on the left of her is Leyla And the kid in front of her is Bradd. The teacher next to them is Mrs.Cantu and the teacher that is ahead of them is Mr.Garcia
They are walking to a class.
They are in the red hall.
It is happening during school in 8th period.
They are doing this because they want to go to class and learn.
1st sentence
Subject -- action verb (present tense) -- object -- how -- why -- when -- where.
The students are walking to class by going through the red hall, to get faster to there classroom.
2nd sentence
Subject -- verb (past tense) -- object (describes background [context] of the situation shown in picture.)
The students walked to class rushing to learn something new before they get there to late.
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