Wednesday, January 30, 2013

PhotoAnalysis: Portraits

1. In this portait there is a very old aged man who seems to be wearing his thick glasses crooked and seems to be looking at something behind the photographer.
2. I see that his facial/Mouth has a weird expression on it and that he is looking off far into the distance behind the photographer, I also notice that there is nothing behind the man except darkness.
3. Some things that I can infer are that, he has bad sight, he's been around the block, and has giant ears.
4. I would like to know what his eyes are looking at, and why his glasses are crooked.





1. In the picture there is a boy sitting on something, and it seems like he is winding up the rope for a kite.
2. In my eyes it seems like he might be in shipyard and he is winding up the line to his kite so he could possibly throw it again.
3. Some things that I could infer are that he is of asian descent, he has a box kite, and may be poor.
4. I would like to know how old he is and where he is at flying this kite.






 1. In this photograph there is a mom holding her baby in her arms while here daughter puts her head on her shoulder, and they are all underneath what seems to be some kind of tent.
2. In this I see that the mom must be in some kind of sad/ upset mood, i also see that they may be camping because of the tent or they are just poor because of her daughter messy look and dirtiness.
3. Something that I could infer would be that the mom isnt in the best of moods, the daughter is somewhat sad, and they baby in her arms is asleep.
4. In this photo I would like to know what the mom is looking at and why she is in a certain mood, I would also like to know why they are in a tent and where they are.

1. I this picture there is only a man with many wrinkles and glasses that are big for his face and that they are also crooked like the other old dude.
2. I see that this man is of very decent age because of all his wrinkles on his face and that he also may have bad vision like the previous old dude.
3.Something that I can infer is that he is of a decent age, Had many facial features, and has a story.
4. In this photo I would like to know what his life has been like, and if he is a war vet or something along the lines.






1. In this picture there is this man with a heavy winter coat in the snow with a animal hat smoking a cigarette.
2. I see that he has some very squinty eyes and seems to be looking at something out of the shot. I also see that it must be very cold where hes at because hes wearing a fur hat and is also wearing a heavy jacket.
3. In this I can infer that he is somewhere it snows or is cold, He  is a middle aged man or a little bit older, and he does somekind of manual work judging by the look of his hands.
4. I would like to know what he is looking at, I would also like to find out what his occupation is and if it has anything to do with winter.









Wednesday, January 23, 2013

MIDTERM PORTFOLIO

RULE OF THIRDS
1. The rock is proportionally to the bottom left where the cross hairs are, and it also uses a good shallow depth of field.
2. Something that might make this photo stronger is to focus in more
on the rock.












FILL THE FRAME
1. The wheel is a good example because the only subject in the photo is the wheel and the shallow depth of field focuses your attention on the wheel.
2. Something that might make the photo better would be to have a different colored background.









LINES
1. This photo is da best for lines because the lines are in focus and lead your eye towards the bluriness.
2. Something that might make this picture better would be to have a subject that the lines lead to.












ANGLES
1. This is da best representation because the angle is kinda different and uses a line to point your eye to the focal point.
2. Something that might make this photo better would be to have the subject closer.












PATTERNS
1. This photo is da best because with the yellow lines contrasting with the green it gives a clear definition of patterns on the leaf.
2. Something in this photo that would make it better would be to have some better lighting.












FRAMING
1. This photo is da best because the sunglass frame points you focus straight on the reflection of the flower.
2. Something that might make this photo better would be to focus tighter on the flowers reflection.










ABC's
1. This photo is da best because looking at the photo and the angle it clearly shows a X shape plus with all the little bits of dirt outlines it.
2. Something that might be better in this photo would be to have a little better focus on it.











SHUTTER SPEED
1. This photo is da best because I was able to turn up the shutter speed and capture them both in the middle of a stride.

2. Something that could be better would be to focus in a little tighter on them.











PANNING
1. This photo is the da best because of panning because it has the driver and car in total focus with the background blurred.
2. Something that could be better would be to focus in a little tighter on the subject.












DEPTH OF FIELD
1. This photo is da best because it has him in total focus and the background in total blur. So it focuses your attention on him
2. Something that could be better in this photo would be to get a little less light.












WILD CARD
1. This photo is my wildcard because I like the lighting and the use of repetition of leaves and also with the foreground being blurred and the background too.
2. Something that could be better in this photo would be the lighting and having it a little bit lighter.















RESPONSE QUESTIONS:

1. The biggest challenge in this class would be trying to get as much good quality photos as I need to obtain in one hour. I would say that I have been able to overcome this obstacle. There is nothing Mr.P can do to help me overcome this.

2. My biggest success in this class would be turning all photos on time and getting high quality pictures. This stands out to me because I feel that I am doing my job correctly. This will help me on my journey into second semester because I will be able to keep up with the work.

3. Something that I am most interested in learning next is to take all my skills like rule of thirds, Apeture technique etc. and honing them all together and putting them all into one photo to produce a high quality picture.

4. One thing that Mr.P can do to improve the exprience might be to just keep on doing what he is doing.

5. One thing that I can improve in this class would be to pay attention and listen closely to what the  assignment and make sure I follow all directions.

Monday, January 21, 2013

DOF Photo Corrected



Before
After


1. I used a high pass filter and did a little changes with the levels/Curves.
2. Its okay with this photo because it lightened the side of his face a bit.
3. There is nothing else in this photo I would like to fix.
Before





After
1. For this photo I only used the levels
2. For this photo it was a little too dark so it lightened it up a bit
3. There is nothing else in this photo else i would like to fix

Before
After
1. For this photo I used a high pass filter and levels adjustment
2. For this photo it was a little blurry, and a bit too dark
3. I wish I could tone down the background and lighten the face more.


Before
After
1. For this photo I just did a levels adjustment
2. For this photo it was just a little bit too dark
3. There is nothing else in this photo I would like to fix

Before
After
1. For this photo I just used a high pass filter
2. For this photo I just wanted to sharpen his facial features
3. There is nothing else in this photo I would like to fix

Before

After
1. I used a high pass filter and a levels adjustment
2. For this photo its okay because the side of his face is kinda dark and facial features are sorta blurred
3. I wish i could lighten his face but not make it look kinda washed out




FINAL QUESTIONS:
1. Shallow depth of field is when you use a lower f-stop and focus on usually one subject and use a blurred background to point the viewers focus on that subject, while a large depth of field is when you use a higher f-stop and have everything in focus and want the viewer to see everything in crispness.
2. To decide when to use either function, you want to consider if you are trying to capture motion or trying to capture something that is still and want in total focus. So if you want the first thing you would use TV mode, but if you are trying to capture something still then you would use AV mode.
3. The hardest part of this assignment was trying to distance yourself from the subject and the background so you can get that bokeh affect.




Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Depth of Field


1. Large depth of field
2. The main subject is the foreground and the rock with the trees on it.
3. It demonstrates a large depth of field because it shows the vast amount of space of rock mountains.
4. His purpose was to show the beauty of the Grand Canyon.


1. Large Depth of Field
2. The main subject is the lava flowing off the volcanic rocks.
3. It demonstrates large depth of field because everything including the lava and smoke is in focus.
4. Their purpose was to show the beauty of the big island and its lava that flow 24/7


1. Large Depth of Field
2. The main subject is the lake and the greenery and the rocks.
3. It demonstrates large depth of field because all the rocks and greenery is all in focus.
4. The photographer uses a large depth of field because he/she wanted to show the vast amount of beauty the Sierra mountains have.

1. Shallow depth of Field.
2. The main subject is the Lizard's head.
3. It demonstrates shallow depth of field because the only thing in focus is the head of the lizard.
4. Their purpose of shallow depth was because he wanted to focus on the details of the head.

1. Shallow depth of Field.
2. The main subject is the first japanese lantern.
3. It demonstrates shallow depth of field because as the picture goes farther back, the blurrier it gets.
4. The purpose was to mainly focus on the first lantern, but using repetition in the photo.

1. Shallow depth of Field
2. The main subject is the Guy skating in the green shirt.
3. It demonstrates shallow because the guy in the green is in total focus and the background is blurry.
4. The photographer wanted this because he wanted one skater in total focus and the other blurry because they are both doing the same slide at the same time and imitating each other.

Monday, January 7, 2013

End of the World


The reason the Serra track needs to survive is that, we need it for a place to exercise and stay fit until the End of the world thing blows over. It also needs to survive because, just in case zombies appear it is a good place to line them all up and shoot em down. Plus it also is just a place to chill out.


The reason a port-a-potty needs to survive is beacuse it is a place to sit in to wait for all the disaster to blow over. It is a place of privacy where no-one is to be disturbed so you think about your best moments in life, while taking a crap, and watching the world end.


This one cup of coffee is all you need, as Damian Marley sang it "One cup of coffee than I go."
So while your trying to outrun all the chaos, looters, and zombies. You might run out of energy and need a boost of it. So instead of drink those girly monster energy drinks, you need some coffee in order to survive.