Hurricane Ike

Rule of thirds
  The Photo stuck me because of no one being in a city setting except for the one man cleaning the damage, it was more of the composition than the concept. Because of the way the photo was taken.

Balance
    All of the trash and mess in the middle of the road and on the car is what stuck me, it was the subject. Because this kind of setting wouldn't be set anywhere other than a hurricane site.

  

Great black and white photographers, PART 2

 Joel Meyerowitz, born in 1938, began photographing in color in 1962, he was born in the  Bronx, New York , graduated from Ohio state, In the early 70's he taught the first color course at Cooper Union, He is the author of 16 books including the seminal book, Cape Light.

Mergers and avoiding them

Cropping

Framing

Create depth

Background

Viewpoint

Symmetry and Patterns

Leading Lines

Balancing Elements

Rule of thirds

Pinhole Pictures

The differences between the negative and the positive pictures is that everything is switched meaning the car in the positive picture is on the right but in the negitive picture its on the left. Another difference is that everything that is light in the positive picture is dark in the negative. Negative- characterized by the absence of distinguishing or marked qualities or features; lacking positive attributes. Photography Negative- used chiefly for making positives.

The Rule of Thirds

This picture includes the boy, the father, the light shining on them, and the shadow cast behind them and all at a lower right angle. This is a perfect representation of the rule of thirds.

Avoiding Mergers

This photo completely singles out the smoke, building, and plain running into the twin tower, which makes the point of the photo very clear and avoids all merges.

Framing

This picture has great framing allong the outlining of the picture. from the water memorial to the different shade of sand on the top of the picture and the shade from the water memorial.

Balance

This picture has good balance because of the way it was taken to where the the flag the woman holding the flag the man and the woman behind her and the building all contrast perfectly together in the photo and the was that the angle was taken.

Lines

This picture was chosen to represent lines because it shows people all in a graceful "s" line from an angle above the scene.

Simplicity

I chose this photo to represent simplicity because of the way it was taken. Behind the buildings all that you have for a backdrop is the sky so all the focus and attention goes straight to the smoke and explosion coming from the twin towers.



Paul Strand

Joel Meyerowitz

Timothy O'Sullivan

The Camera

Camera obscura- the Latin term meaning "dark chamber"

Visible spectrum- the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that you can see.

Electromagnetic spectrum- any possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.

Camera sensor-  takes an optical image to an electric signal.

Aperture- the opening where light travels

Shutter- the time over which light is captured.

Exposure- the total amount of light allowed to fall on the sensor during the taking of a picture.

Depth of Field-  the portion of a scene that appears acceptably sharp in the image.

F-stop-  the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter.

Focal length- a measure of how strongly the system converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light.

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Pinhole camera Photo2

I chose this photo because the angle it was taken. The photographer had not done anything to unusual i just love the subject. There is a large blur just on the outside of the image in the photo. The Golden Gate Bridge is the part of the photo that is in focus, and around the outside it starts to come out of focus.The photo is just slightly warped but just at the end of the Golden Gate Bridge.  

Pinhole camera Photo1

I dislike this photo because of the way that it's taken. The photographer had taken the photo from a bad angle for the Pinhole camera. The photo is also taken blurry so that its almost hard to see the object that is captured in the photo. The is no focus, the whole picture is taken out of focus.