2009 in review

best photo of 2009( above )
in my opinion this was the best photo because it shows that not only adults are into music but so are little kids.

biggest story of year: micheal jacksons death ( above )

of course once micheal jackson died that was the biggest story. i mean he was the prince of pop ( am i right ) i mean for like a whole month they played nothing but micheal jackson songs. so pretty much once the death of this artist happened it was the most tragic things that happened.

best movie: hangover ( above )

I loved the movie hangover because it was reallt funny. i loved how just one situation always leads to another. MOst of all i like that this movie keeps you laughing the whole time.

best song : successful

by:drake

I liked the song successful for the beat. Also i just like all of dreakes songs. I like what the song talks about to.

PLAN FOR PORTRAIT ASSINGNMENT

1.) ALTER YOUR PERSPECTIVE:
Most portraits are taken with the camera at (or around) the eye level of the subject. While this is good common sense – completely changing the angle that you shoot from can give your portrait a real WOW factor.

2.) EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHTING:
Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.
Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

3.)TAKE A SERIES OF SHOTS:
Switch your camera into ‘burst’ or ‘continuous shooting’ mode and fire off more than one shot at a time.
In doing this you create a series of images that could be presented together instead of just one static image.
This technique can work very well when you’re photographing children – or really any active subject that is changing their position or pose in quick succession.

MY SUBJECT:
I chose my subject to be my friend Amber or i want a picuture of people laughing together almost like a family momment.

WHERE I AM SHOOTING:
I want to take the photo of my subject at the big rock in front of the cafeteria by the big tree. My plan for this portrait is to take a picture of her from an angle ( possibly from a down angle ) and i either want her looking straight at the camera or looking out of the frame.

TO MAKE THE SHOOT SUCCESSFUL:
To make this shoot successful I want to take the picture at an angle and i want a series of photos to almost make it look as if you were there during the whole photo shoot time.

portraits and self portraits

professional picture

self-portrait

WHAT MAKES A GOOD PICTURE:

TO MAKE A GOOD PHOTO I THINK THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING WACKY IN YOUR PHOTO WELL NOT REALLY WACKY BUT YOU JUST DONT WANT YOUR SUBJECT LOOKING STRAIGHT AT YOU AND IF THE SUBJECT IS YOU WANNT THEM DOING SOMETHING LIKE IN THE PROFFESSIONAL PICTURE I PICKED. I ALSO THINK THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE JUST A PLAIN BACK ROUND. IF YOU DONT TO ME THE BACK ROUND NEEDS BE FILLED IF ITS NOT PLAIN. I WANT TO TAKE PICTURES LIKE THE ONES ABOVE SIMPLE AND GOOD OR FUN AND COLOFUL.

photos of year 2009

I picked this photo because i like how the pictures and the boots are lined up and what these people did for the fallen soliders as in they put there portraits up so there loved ones can go see there loved one that fought for this country just as this family is doing. IN this photo the photographer used the rule of repetition.

I dont know why i just like this picture because of the angle that it is at and how the lighting is on the subject.Also i like how the subjecy was caught in the air and not positioned on the ground. The photographer used angleing in this photo and the rule of thirds.

The reason for me picking this photo is because to me it has sentimental value in a way because all those people gathered there for a reason. The photograher used the backround rule for this picture because its just plain black and in a way i feel as if he used the repetition rule.

1.)my most favorite memory of the holiday was being with my freinds but i think i spent a little to much time with them.

2.)on new years i went to my church because the teens had a party and i know that that sounds boring because i mean people think how much fun can you have at a church but trust me we had a lot of fun.

3.)when i look back at 2009 when im old and at the age of 225 i wont really think of certain events because i know that i had a great year and one thing i know i will look back on though is all the great freinds i had that year and hoping i wil have them forever also that i got to the 9th grade and knowing that i will complete the rest of my high school years.

edited photos from photoshop

newspaper_edit

yearbook_edit

online_edit

ethics in fashion photography

1.)changes made:
1.the girls neck was made more longer
2.they made the girls eyes bigger
3.they made her cheek bones thinner
4.they made her lips more plump
5.they also made the girls hair darker
6.they moved the girls eyes and eye brows down lower

2.) personally i do think that it is unethical to change a persons appearance because you are taking away the natural beauty that they have and making models look perfect to where people who want to look like that make them feel ugly. That is the reason more girls go into depression because people make beauty to perfect to get to.

3.) I think that at some circumstances is it wrong to change peoples appearance because you are just trying to make beauty so perfect. For example like on the ads of proactive they probably make the peoples skin look so perfect. But at times depending on the situation it can be ok. I'm just saying that its wrong for ads or agency's to make people look way different than they should....or try to make them look skinner. But i think its ok when you do it for like yearbook for like people who want there acne off.

4.) Like i said in number three it is ok for people to do it when they are like doing it for a picture for like a year book. I mean allot of people would think that's the same as a modeling agency messing with there models picture but its not. In those pictures people all over the world look at those pictures never knowing for a fact if that's how those models look for sure;but if you do that in a year book picture every ones already seen you before and know how you look.I know it may not make sense but it does,Because when people look at those models in magazines people want to be them,they want to look skinny like them and try to look just like him but at times that is impossible because they just fix the appearance of people so that those who feel sorry for themselves for not looking that good buy more of those products that the ad is supporting .

5.)the difference between the two is that in fashion photography you do exactly as the title says you take pictures of fashion and the fashion industry. In photo journalism you take pictures of serious epidemics and actual stories.

6.)well in a way i r ally i don't think that all type of photography has a relationship with real life i know that you everything that you can virtually take o photo of is real but i just don't think that everything that you can take a picture of has something to do with real life. For example fashion i don't think can always apply to real life;unless it has to do with something about that video ,but thenwhen i do think of that video i have a feeling that fashion can have an affect but it may not always be good,but that whats photography is there for ,to capture the good sides and bad sides of human nature.

print evaluation

1.in my photo i think that everything is in sharp focus.

1a.when you look at my photo you can see everything very clearly;like you can even read the word on my subjects photo also his face is in focus and the image that you can see on his shirt.

1b.like i said i think everything is on focus.

2.yes there is good contrast in the photo.everything that is supposed to be black is black and everything that is supposed to be white is white.

2a.no cause

3.in my photo the bad thing i did was that i didn't have my subject fill the photo.also there is action behind the subject which is bad because i should have just got my subject in the photo.i think that the only rule i followed is the rule of thirds.

3a.i think i followed the rule of thirds because if you look at the photo and look at my subject and if you imagine the lines in your head you can kind of see that he is at the intersect of one of the lines.

3b.next time i can get closer to my subject and try to remind myself to have better composition in my photos;also i should take my time in the picture taking.

4.i don't have any yellow spots but i do have little smudges.

4a.i think that as my picture was drying some water from another picture had fell on mine;or some dirt or dust had got on it.

5.no

5a.no cause

6.yes they are.

CAPTIONS:
1.)in my photo i have a boy named Mario.

2.)Mario is thinking of what to write about on his assignment for English class.

3.)Mario is in Ms.Foye's English class.

4.)Mario is working on his assignment which took place in the beginning of 3rd period.

5.)Mario is doing this assignment because it was his work for the day.

writing a caption:

Mario is working hard on an assignment for Ms.Foye in 3rd period while other people in this room were goofing off. I guess we can all say that Mario is an excellent Student that we should all appreciate.