American Soldier.

A. The most powerful picture that is on the news story is the picture of Ian getting baptized. This is a huge commitment to god, and his mother and probably means a lot to his family.
B. The images work together to tell a story by capturing the emotion that Ian is experiencing along his journey and really shows the feelings of everyone in the pictures.
C. The captions tell us the meaning behind all of his actions, they tell us why he is doing what he is doing, and why he is doing, just to clarify and help aid the reader.
D.  Ian Fisher was a seventeen year old boy that promised to join the army, he later did and that meant there would be consequences. His family and God were on his side as he was motivated by God.
E. When Ian is the main focus of the picture, the verb tense of the words are in present tense.
F. 1. On average, there are about 3 sentences per caption.
    2. The first couple of sentences in the captions tell us the location and the time of the event.
    3. The information in the second sentence tells us why the event is happening/who was there.
    4. The third sentence usually tells us more information about the event and what is happening.
    5. Almost all of the captions include a quote, if not more than one.
    6. Some sentences have four sentences, one of them even had five.
G. A picture is worth a thousand words. so when you actually add more words, the pictures tell a really emotional, detailed story of events.
H. Many people still write stories because it can give more detail or elaborate the information being shown. Captions do tell a small story but other writing completes the idea.

Mural project

5 websites.

http://petapixel.com/2014/12/31/10-photography-resolutions-new-year/
 was the first website i looked at. This website had very high quality action shots that still focused on the subject. My favorite picture was the first picture that showed up, the one with the sparklers and the girl in the dress. the sparkles were blurred and the girl was focused on while she was dancing with the fire. Her face tells a story of fun and having a good year to come, as it is on new years day.


http://petapixel.com/2014/12/19/disorienting-beauty-spiral-staircases-old-abandoned-buildings/
 Was the second website I looked. I like the balance and leading lines. the spiral staircases were very pleasing and fun to look at. My favorite picture was either the last one or the second to last picture, the design and pattern really stood out to me. I would like to try the Canon 5D mark II, 16-35mm f/2.8 lens and see what else the camera is good at. I wonder if the photographer used automatic or manual to shoot in, my guess would be that he used manual because some things were focused on more than the others.


http://blog.phowd.com/2014/09/7-tips-shooting-great-portrait-photographs/
 Was the third website I looked at. I learned many things from the website, the most helpful being the subject looking off camera. This one made me realize that the subject should sometimes be looking off camera to provide an emotion as if there is something interesting happening. I would like to experiment on this and try to get good pictures that provoke the viewer and add another meaning. Ir is more interesting than just using a picture of the subject looking directly at the camera smiling.


http://petapixel.com/2014/08/25/approaching-problem-style/
 Next I used this site to get more tips. The author said that I should try to link the strengthening of technique to the creation of style. She says that the most important things to look for are line, shape, form, texture, color, and pattern in pictures. Style doesn't develop on its own, that we can take boring pictures until we actively pursue its development. Lastly, she says to experiment with unusual lighting, backgrounds, and poses to try and be unique with the style we are trying to create.


http://www.rachelsussman.com/oltw
 Was the final one that i reviewed. Over the photos that I looked at, I really liked the one of the Antarctic Moss or #0212. This photo had very vibrant shades of blue and even though it was very monochromatic, it still had a great range of lights and darks. The lines of the rocks and the water hitting the rocks showed movement which helped you picture being in Antarctica. This photo really made me want to go to antarctica even though it would probably be freezing, they have really scenic and have great oppurtunities for breathtaking pictures.

POst academic shoot critique

One challenge that I faced was getting an action shot that was very colorful because we weren't allowed to take pictures in the gym and some teachers wouldn't let us go into their classes.


some technical problems i faced were having goo lighting in dim classrooms, which we had to either turn on the flash or we ha to open a door and turn on the lights. also, we struggled to get everything in the frame but eventually zoomed out but still kept a lot of detail. 


if i could do things over again, i would have definatly done some harder rules and i probably would have gotten better angles to show the emotions that the students had on their faces.

things i would keep the same are taking pictures in ms Abbott's class because she had many colors in her classroom that added extra feeling to the picture which was nice.

I think the rule of thirds is the easiest rule to use because it is just focused on the position of the subject.


the hardest rule, to me, is the avoiding mergers, I understand that you aren't supposed avoid merging with other object but i don't understand the second part of it.

I am still not clear on the avoiding mergers rule and to understand it, i can look at pictures and look at articles that can help me identify what they are and how to follow them.


https://ellenphotojournalism.blogspot.com/2017/10/academic-post.html?showComment=1509730048340#c6748866922928174616

Composition II (beach theme)

rule of thirds

balancing elements

leading lines

patterns and repetitions

viewpoint

background

create depth

framing

cropping

NOT avoiding mergers

NIck brandt AFRICA

the pictures that I saw were very beautiful and made me want to buy a plane ticket and get to Africa ASAP. I thought they were breathtaking and what Nick Brandt had to say about how we impacted the environment was very powerful. We need to preserve our wildlife because it is a beautiful thing and it could all be quickly ruined by mankind.

the photo I chose was the picture of the three elephants. It reminds me of my family because it is just me and my mom and my dad. It shows the elephants in a black and white photo, two facing the camera, the smaller one looking off to the side. There isn't anything in the background but it follows the rule of simplicity.

The rule that the picture follows is the rule of simplicity. It focuses directly on the three elephants and shows great detail of the subject. there is no background or focus on the foreground so it demonstrates the simplicity of the three elephants.

He shoots all of his pictures on a Pentax 6x7 camera with modified lens to create a soft focus, tilt-shift effect. He uses that camera to create a focus on the subtle lines and features of all his subjects.

He hopes to capture the simplicity of the animals and the art of how they live regularly.The pictures really focus on the detail but the softness of the pictures he has took.

“Simply, I find myself indescribably moved every time I go to these places and see these animals in these settings.”

the Dispatch article review.

“37th Annual Pecan Street Festival”

This article was about the festival that is held on Pecan street biannually. The festival goes along with the Austin motto-  Keep Austin weird! It celebrates Austin’s uniqueness and the beautification of its heritage. The festival is a non profit event and donates all of the money that they got to nonprofit foundations. The Pecan street festival is known for the art, entertainment, food, and handicrafts that tell a beautiful story of the history of Austin.

“Colleges Committing Underclassmen”

This article was about colleges “verbally committing” freshman and sophomores to go to their schools. The problem with doing that is what If the coach moves, they find a better player, or the coach retires. This can affect the student’s plans of what will happen when they get older and where they actually end up going to college. Now, if you want to get a full commitment, you would need a National letter of intent. This letter can tell other colleges to maybe start investing in the student instead of the student getting stranded with no school to go to.