Part 2

1.

  My favorite song of the year if Katy Perry's "By The Grace Of God". It caught my attention because in my opinion, it's not really a type of song she'd normally sing.

2.

We're The Millers is my favorite movie of this year. The things that attracted me to this movie were that it was funny and it wasn't boring.

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4.

 I think Malala Yousafzai is one of the most influential people of 2013. She is both brave and courageous for standing up for what she wants and believes in. She was scared, yet determined to get the education she wanted. And after all she had to go through, she finally got it.

5.

Year In Review: 2013

Part 1: Best photos in 2013

This is one of my favorite pictures of the year because the lion is so cute. The lighting is good, its not over or under exposed. I think they're using the Cropping rule because there's not much in the picture but the lion.

I like this picture too because it just looks cool. There's a good amount of exposure. They used the Mergers rule but not in a bad way. Just so it looks like the man is holding the sun.

I like this picture because all of the lights are cool. They didn't need to use much lighting because the buildings provide enough.

Self Portraits & Portraits

CREATING A THEME: Two items make a photo, the subject and the backdrop, and i think that they equally important. This is where your lens choice comes into play. A long lens allows you to send the back ground out of focus and narrow down the amount of background in the photo. A wide lens keep the background in focus and allows it to be a key part of the image. Either way the background is playing a big factor by being a key element or by not distracting from the subject.

CAPTURE YOU: My last tip is to use the images below only loosely as inspiration. A self-portrait should be a very personal expression, not simply a mirror of something you've seen elsewhere. Think about who you want to be and how you want to say that. Use props, scenery, pose, and lighting conditions to convey your personality. And most of all, have fun!

Casual Portraits:

 I picked these pictures because I really liked how the people fit in the background. The background doesn't take any focus off of them so they're still the main focus.

Environmental Portraits:

 

I picked these pictures because it kind of shows who these people are, in a way. Their self portraits aren't boring and you can really tell they are the main focus.

Formal Portraits:

I picked these pictures because they have good quality and the main subjects are clear.

 Self portraits:

I picked these photos from one of the websites because you get a sense of who they are. Like the one below, you get a sense of his personality. Each of them are examples of personal expressions.

Rules of Phography part 2

Theme: Nature

Background:

Balancing Elements:

Cropping:

Depth:

Framing:

Leading Lines:

Mergers:

Rule of Thirds:

Symmetry and Patterns:

Viewpoint:

Three Pillars Of Photography

APERTURE

Aperture at F2.8

Aperture setting at F16 or higher

1. We closely relate it to our eyes.
2. The smaller the aperture the higher the f-number. The larger the aperture the lower the f-number.
3. The size of the aperture has an effect on the depth field.

At the beginning:
a) high shutter speed
b) long shutter speed
c) slow shutter speed
d) high shutter speed
e) slow shutter speed
f) slow shutter speed

SHUTTER SPEED

high shutter speed 

slow shutter speed

ISO

ISO 200

ISO 6400

 1. it adds grain or "noise" to the pictures

2. when there's plenty of light use the lowest ISO to have the highest image quality. if you want to use a low ISO try to always stick to the lowest one.

3. you should increase the ISO when there's not enough light for the camera or when you need to get ultra fast shots.  

• F4: the best one is at 1/125 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F5.6: 1/60 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F8: 1/60 of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F11:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F16:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

• F22:  of a sec. shutter speed. 

Caption Writing: 5 Ws & H

1. Joey Gray kisses Beth Gonzalez on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Times Square in New York City. Gray excitedly grabbed Gonzalez when the news was announced that the allies had defeated the Nazis, ending World War II.

2. Selma Anderson screams as her friend Greg Martinez is shot at 3:45 p.m. in the courtyard Kent State University. Anderson sadly fell to her knees as Martinez fell to the ground after the guardsmen shot him in the chest. 

3. Juan Gutierrez slides the closet door open to find Matt Corona holding Elian Juarez hiding in the closet at 6 p.m. in Miami, Florida. Gutierrez sternly told Corona to hand Juarez, the stolen child, over to him and Corona resisted.

4. Marilyn Monroe poses over an air vent in a subway in New York City at 7 p.m. Monroe carefully pushes the front of her dress down as she gets ready for her picture to be taken by the paparazzi.

5. Firefighter Armando Murillo cries as he holds a dead baby at 2:50 p.m. in Oklahoma City. Murillo sadly grabbed the infant out of the fire as he was heading away from the burning building.

Mural Project Photos