- My favorite picture is the first picture in the slide show of the men carrying two wounded people with others in the background partially obscured by the fog and smoke.The best part of the picture is it shows the determination in their eyes to get the wounded people they have to a safe place to be cared for and treated for their injuries, while also showing some of the fear and nervous excitement they have at the fact that there was an airstrike and must now realize some people may have died.There's also a lot going on in the background, there are people still searching and some appear to be calling out. there is also an illuminating light that's cast over them probably because the smoke and ash in the air is diffusing the light.
- The best picture is of the light house(#5) with the waves crashing against the rocks it stands on. The photographer took it at exactly the right time in order to catch the wave wrapping around the lighthouse and the cliff and having the foam be white. There is also a contrast between the bright white of the water as it hits the air and the lighthouse and everything around it and the darkness of the sky and clouds behind it that really highlight the event that is being captured. Though it looks like that day was a very dark day and maybe even stormy, there's a good light cast onto the focus of the picture.
- My best work this semester was my album cover recreation. I managed to get the lighting right so that in editing it wouldn't be as difficult to brighten her face to show her expression more and contrast it with the darkness of her hair. The expressions and body positions are almost identical and I believe I managed to recreate the album cover quite successfully. If I had had more time I probably would have tried to recreate the outfit a bit better and used a pin on a jacket rather than using the end of a string on the coat to act as the pin in the picture.
- My three rules are Cropping, symmetry, and perspective.
- Inspired by Clarence H. White
symmetry and perspective are shown here with the two white pots
and two trees being offset by her presence and
the photo being taken off center to show her body angling better. - Get Closer.
- There are more people to photograph when you go out and observe and take pictures.There are more opinions and views on how a photograph can be taken. Their perspectives are different from yours so they can look at a problem from a different point of view.There's more of a group mentality and every can keep each other in check to make sure work is getting done.Everyone interprets information differently so they can all come together and use the different takes on the idea and explain it their own way.
- Not everyone is open to everyone's ideas. There may be a few people who do more work than the others in the group. There may also be a few people who don't pay attention during class so if those who are listening miss it then there isn't really anyone to consult. There may be opposing points of view on how to come at a project and these people may not be open to all of them. The group members may not get along.
- My favorite work by another person in the class is Mahads apple from the Inspired by Clarence H. White photo set. He managed to brighten the dark background of the picture while editing and I thought that must've taken a lot of effort and it definitely paid off.
A little history
- My photographer was Clarence H. White. Because he was able to capture the spirit of America so well, other photographers came to him to learn more about photography and he built a school for photography called the Clarence H. White school of Photography which was the first school in America to teach it as an art form.
- Her most famous photograph is called "Migrant Mother". The photo was taken in March of 1936 at a camp for seasonal agricultural workers She was a photographer for the Resettlement association.
- There were two founders of the magazine, John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller.January 4 1883 was when they started publishing.
- Magnum 1947
- September 5, 1936 in the village of Espejo
