Great Black and White Photographers, PART 3.

1. What first caught my eye about the photographer's photos is that they both had to do with nature. i like how the rocks looked like they just went on forever. and i just liked everything about the waterfall picture.

2.

I see all the trees in front of me. I see the reflection of the trees in the water, and the rocks popping out of it.

I hear the birds from the other side. And leaves falling as the squirrels jump from tree to tree. 

I smell the water that's in front of me. and all of the nature that is around

I feel peaceful. Looking and seeing nothing but nature around me makes me feel joyful. As if the worries of my life simply disappeared.

I see the water flowing in front of me really fast. 

I feel the wind and the mist of the raging water splashing off the rocks, hitting my arms and my face. 

I smell all of the water that is going by. 

I feel happy just being here with nothing else to think about except for everything in front of me.

Great Black and White Photographers, PART 2.

Ansel Adams

He was born on February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California, and died April 22, 1984 in Monterey, California.

He was dismissed from several schools because of his bad behavior so he was taught by private tutors and family members from the age of 12.

Photography has always been his main career.

A famous picture published by him was "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome".

*im barely posting this now because i was absent the say everyone else did it and i barely found out there was a part 2.

Mural Project Preview

• A theme I could use here at school is fashion. Like the clothes they'er wearing, the jewelry they have on, and their shoes. 

• I think it's worth devoting time and effort to capture because sometimes it's neat to see how other people dress. Other students might care about it because it shows peoples individuality. 

• The advantages would be to get pictures of the theme when you don't have a camera on you. The disadvantages would be that unless you have a really good phone, the pictures won't come out as well.

• The advantages would be that the pictures, depending on how you take them, will come out better than using a phone camera. The disadvantages would be that you have to carry it around everywhere. 

• We should use SLR cameras so the pictures can come out better. And there's more things we can use like the zooming and flash and the different modes, because some phones don't have that. 

Africa

These pictures are so cool. I really like them. I think it's really cool how he gets so close to the animals. My favorite photo is the one of the giraffes.

This picture is my favorite mostly because I love giraffes. I like how they're just there in their natural habitat. The simplicity rule is definitely in this picture. The background is just the sky so it's really easy to see what the main focus of the picture is. There's no merger. I think there might be rule of thirds.

Photographer: Nick Brandt.

He uses a Pentax 6711 with only two fixed lenses.

He wants to show the animals in their state of being before they are no longer here. Or in the wild.

I think his hope is that maybe with his photos people will realize that humans and animals are equal and have an equal right to live.

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. i think the only challenges was getting a picture with lines. and rule of thirds.
2. i thought about focusing the most. i didn't want the pictures to be too far away or too close.
3. i would go to classes that are more active and make sure to really focus on following all six rules of photography.
4. i actually don't like ay of my pictures. 
5. the easiest one i think i'll achieve is the simplicity one.
6. i think the hardest to capture would be the lines photo.
7. i'm still not totally clear on the rule of thirds.

Academic Shoot

Balance

the subject is the girls and i think its clear to people. i could've taken a different picture for it because this one is just bad and boring.

Frame

the subject is Mr. Fischer and i think it would be pretty clear to people. i think its an okay picture but i could've taken it way better. not so far away.

Lines 

the subject is the lines on the wall and i think it's pretty clear too. i could've taken a better less boring picture of something that consists of lines.

Merger

the picture sucks like it's supposed to. i cut off the people at the front and it looks like her body is cut off where he is sitting down.

Simplicity

the walls are a simple background and the subject is Mrs. Bagnall. i like this picture and i think it's a good example of simplicity. but it is a little blurry.

Academics Photo Shoot Review

I chose this photo because it shows how the kids are interacting in the group they're in. The rules of photography they're using are lines, balance, the rule of thirds,  and they're avoiding mergers.

I think I could take photos like the ones today in a science or english room or the library.

Mabe Mrs. Bagnall's room, Sells, or any other science or english teacher.

To try and get photos like i saw today i'll really have to get them of kids interacting with each other and showing they're learning. Or blowing things up in science class.

best story

The kids are interacting with their teacher in a funny way. The girl is messing with his papers at his desk, the guy is playing with his head, and the teacher has his hands up not knowing what to do but laugh about it. 

fills the frame

The frame is filled with all of the students and whatever science experiment they're all participating in, in the middle.

Best Action/Emotion

The girls are really surprised about what's taking place in their science lab/experiment. There's water in the air and all over the counter!