American Soldier

Photos: 
A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?
September 1, 2008. The picture of Ian and his two friends saying good-bye really stands out to me. It shoes that these tough guys that went through difficult are still these soft guys that care for each other.

B. What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?
The Basic Training photo are very intense and powerful. These young men sign up to be yelled at and pushed to their limits.
c. How do the images work together to tell a story?
The go in sequences of events. First he signs up then he goes to training and so on and so on.

A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
Past tense.

B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
They help the person viewing the photograph to better understand what is happening.


A. Write three of your own captions to photos without looking at the caption written by the photographer. Be sure they are written in the following form. For this assignment you can make up names and facts to write your captions.
The picture of him in the care with some girl: Ian holds hands while laying his head on his girlfriend's shoulder. It's easy to say they are happy to see each other.
Ian is playing with a dog: Ian comes home to greet his dog. They both look excited to see each other after a long time apart.
Ian with his family at the airport: Ian looks excited to be home and both is parents look relieved. He is surrounded by his family and friends as they leave the airport.


Videos:
A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?
I feel like these videos make the pictures make more sense and I feel as if I know the peoples, especially Ian.

B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.
Videos are better at know emotions and thoughts because you're able to actually hear the subjects thoughts.
Example: I wouldn't have known how close Ian was to his family or his thoughts about his decision without the first video.
C. In what ways are photos better than videos? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site.
I feel like photos are better at showing emotion and moment. They are able to capture that exact moment and everything that comes with it.
Example: Those pictures of Ian's friends and mother crying were really powerful to me. I'm able to really see their pain and how much they are going to miss Ian.

Extra Credit: Beards

1. http://laughingsquid.com/beard-a-photobook-of-the-world-beard-moustache-champions/
2. I looked at a few pictures of people at their beards. I saw long beards and not so long beards, brown beards and black beards.
3. I learned that there are some people in the world with way too much time on their hands that they would go to a convention for beards to show off their own.

5a. I really like this pictures because his beard is different then the others and his eyes are very mesmerizing.
b. I see simplicity. There is nothing really in the background to take away from the man and his beard.
c.Matthew Rainwaters.

Funny Captions



Neighborhood children at play. They sure do know how to be imaginative.





Here are the three bears, but where is Goldy Locks and the porridge?



Boys being boys. They made a play scape and cleaned the room! 

Cool Videos

I felt like the video was really able to show the school spirit(even if it's just a little) that we have, however I would like if there were pictures of the students in the audience. Not everyone is in football, band, cheerleaders, or dancers. I think there were maybe three pictures of actual students outside of these organizations. The maker of this video should include actual students.

Warm-Up

1. What do you have to do on the camera to make this type of photo?
You have to capture multiple standard photographs and then merge them into a HDR image.
2. Look up a Canon T3 on google and tell me if it has the ability to shoot bracketed photos?
Yes
3. Is there a place on campus we could take a series of photos like this? Courtyard
4. Do a google image search for HDR photos and find your favorite, post it on your blog, tell me why you picked that photo and then tell me what techniques (rules of photography) the photographer used.

I like this picture because it shoes the Eifel Tower and because the clouds in the background look amazing. The technique that I thought of was simplicity. There's nothing reallying taking away from the tower, the grass, flowers, and clouds sort of bring out the tower.

Catielli Photos

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a series of these panels to place around the school? I know this may sound weird but we could take pictures of shoes. Everyone has them and they are all different, it could make the moral very colorful and different.
2. Should we use phones only, or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people that don't have camera phones? Phones only. Most people with cameras I feel like stage the shot or plan out find something and I believe this should be a spur of a moment picture. You should just be able to stumble upon this sight and take a real quick picture to capture it.
3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus? Everywhere and anywhere. In the cafeteria, by the gym, by the portables, by entraces. Just anywhere where people can see it.

Great Black and White Photographters, Part 3!

1. What caught my eye was the fact that the photographer shot in New York City and shot buildings in New York. I went to New York last year and feel in loved with the atmosphere.

2. I see.....tall building surrounding me. They are towering over me and I feel overwhelmed but at the same time excited.
I smell......hot dogs, peanuts, pretzels, and whatever else the street vendors are selling. I also smell trash and a mixture of colgne and perfume.
I hear........the moving of pedestrians feet and the honks of cars and taxi as they make their way to their destinations. Bits and pieces of conversations as they rush by me.
I taste.......nothing but my dry mouth because I'm tired of my walk.
I feel........the freezing cold air as I'm walking through the streets. I feel people running into me as I try to maneuver through the city on the crowded sidewalks. I feel the ache of my legs as they are about to give out from all the walking and cold weather.

3.I'm not exactly sure what I want to take pictures of yet. I like to take pictures of people (especially my friends) and flowers. I think pictures are the best way to keep a memory alive. I would want to take pictures of get togethers. Where ever their are people hanging out, there should be a camera to catch every minute of it.

Fixed Photo Shoot Post Shoot Reflection

1. I learned that it's not as confusing as I thought it was.

2. They go from extremely light to pretty dark.

3. Each ISO had different settings for it too look bright, dark, or perfect.

4. That I then need to look over the settings before taking the actual picture.

5. The brighter pictures were blurry but as the shutter speed changed it became more in focus.

ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/30
F-stop: 16
Distance: 10 ft.
Focal Length: 16 mm.
Lighting: Sunny

7. The lighting and shutter speed.