Photo

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

Photo Illustration

major assignments

1. I would like to use pictures from my friend's illness and her recovery and her life now in a first person documentary.

2. I will take a picture of children and put them on a playground showing the dangers of playgrounds.

In-Depth Photo Illustrations

The photo made into art

This photo really looks like a painting and I really like the attention to detail and the colors on it.

Staged Illustration

The picture is setting up a scene from D-Day as the photographer interpreted it would have been. I like the lighting in this picture and that it is staging a scene from history.

Composite Image

The different faces all make and image that blends to create a patriotic tone. I like this picture because of the colors and the meaning behind it.

The photo realistic alteration

This picture has a very real appeal and has such vibrant color and detail, which is why I like it.

Exta Credit

Photo Illustration

I liked the photo illustration that involved Kermit the Frog. The main message is to embrace the induviduality of left handed people. Kermit looks really happy (like always) and they used famous people that are left handed. It was made by layouting Kermit and the people and using the arrow and words that all work together to have a lively feel. I am guessing they used InDesign to lay it out.

Photo Essay Preview

1. The Introspective photographer: Houston Homeless
2. First Person Documentary: I love soccer
3. Narrarated Documentary: Marley Fest

Contest

I would be interested in entering in the Animals/Pets, Architecture/Architectural Detail, and Landscape/City divisions.

What I have learned about action photography

Zone Focus: To focus your camera to a spot that you know action will be taking place, then take the picture when the action gets there.

Shutter Speed: You need to have a high shutter speed in order to freeze action.

Panning: To have a low ISO and shutter speed and still capture action in focus. You follow the action by taking the picture and moving your camera in that direction at the same speed and keeping it on the same spot in the view finder.

Waiting for the pause: To wait to take a picture until you know that the action will be stopped, then take it.

Architecture Shots

1.Patterns
2.Surroundings
3.Surroundings
4.Angles and Shapes
5.Angles and Shapes
6.Lighting
7.Lighting
8.Lighting
9.Lighting
10.Surroundings
11.Lighting
12.Surroundings
13.Patterns
14.Lighting
15.Angles and Shapes
16.Angles and Shapes

Number 16 was my favorite photo. This photo is shot from a very interesting angle that gives you insight to the structure of the building. It shows an archway, windows, staircase, etc which gives you a detailed idea of how the building looks. The focus and exposure are good, the lighting is good in how the closer you get to the sky the brighter everything gets. It also shows a lot of the details of the bulding, like the bricks.

Sport Shoot

1. Baseball
2. After school soon
3. Safety Shot:
-Reaction to hitting or missing
- Preparing to hit
- A coaches reaction
4. Money Shot:
- Get a really nice shot of a shot with the ball in it
- A dive for the ball

What the judges said...

Portfolio:

1. Jordan Murph
Sports
Problems
-Using two pictures of the same point of view and lighting.
-When shooting sports to show the player in action, not just the surrounding.
-Shoot at more interesting angles, not just head on.
Liked
-On the first picture there is good lighting and you can see a shadow of another action in the photo.
-A unique moment in a picture that people always see.
Impression: I was very impressed with his single shots at the beginning but the stories were very plain and boring.

2. Travis Haughton
Stories/ People
Problems
-Having the back of someone's head dominate the photo
-The objects in the picture need to connect to the caption of the photo.
-Not have a tight frame and show more of the surroundings.
Liked
-The levels and variations of people in a photo.
-A genuine story in a picture.
Impression: I thought that that some of the pictures were great and that the others were mediocre.

3.Nick Adams
Photoj/ People
Problems
-Cutting off people's heads too much.
-Having the center of a picture be on an object that has no relevance.
-Having no story was a lot of depth to go with a picture.
Liked
-Shooting something daring and out-of-the-ordinary.
-The complex framing of a picture and the main focus being well displayed.
Impression: I was overall impressed.

4. Daryl Peveto

Problems
- Not having adequate captions to go with the photos.
- Having really posed portraits as a story in your portfolio.
- Putting a light in a certian place and not just letting it be natural.
Liked
-The balance of two different colors to create something dramatic and contrasting.
- Nice lighting that adds dramatic effect.
Impression: I really loved the lighting he used and his overall portfolio was well shot.

Dustin Snipes:
Judges Strengths
-Getting in the middle of action to make it seem like you are there.
-Everybody in the picture is doing something to emphasize the emotion in the picture.
-Having the reflection of a picture in all smaller parts of it.
My Strengths
I really love the moments he captured and how he made it feel like you were there. He did things that were creative that I have never seen before.

Contest Recap Video:
They looked at the thumbnails of all the pictures each contestant had, evaluated the overall material, and then chose the winner.


Part 2:

Agree: There is a picture of a girl that was playing tennis and obviously won and has her hands above her head and you can't see her face. I love how it shows a lot of emotion without facial expressions and I think that the lighting is beautiful.

Disagree: The sled picture under action is amazing I think. They didn't like that it was just a view. But, I like how the speed and how it is focused on the sledder is beautiful.

Magazine Cover

Portraits:
1 informal, 2 formal, 3 informal, 5 informal, 9 informal, 10 formal, 13 formal, 15 formal, 19 formal , 22 formal, 24 informal, 26 formal, 27 formal, 29 (playboy) informal, 32 formal, 35 formal, 36 formal, 37 (Details) formal, 37 (glamour) formal, 37 (ellen) informal

Favorite:

#11 LIFE (April 30, 1965) The fetus became widely recognized after LIFE published Linnart Nilsson’s photograph of an 18-week-old fetus inside the womb on its April 30, 1965 cover. Swedish photographer Nilsson used an endoscope with an electronic flash to capture both the cover picture and pictures appearing inside the magazine to chronicle the beginning of human life. These pictures are part of Nilsson’s book, A Child is Born, which sold eight million copies in the first four days after publication.

This magazine cover is my favorite because of the meaning behind the picture in all and the life in it. This position and the simplicity of it gives such emphasis to the subject of the picture, the baby. The lighting makes the baby look like its gleaming and holy.

AA Read-in

Reading:
I read for twenty minutes and my favorite poem by Langston Hughes is "Still Here".

Photo:
< This is my favorite photo by Parks.

This picture is informal because the man is looking away. The harder lighting and his structured pose give him a sense of an authoritative attitude, very into what he does, and knowledgeable.

Cover History

Cover types
1. Early Magazine Covers- Early magazines used very simple covers that modeled that of a book. On the cover there was an illustration that may use symbolism to express what will be the contents. But, there are no words on the cover to describe what's inside. Later, cover lines began to appear very briefly describing a content.
2. The Poster Cover- In the 1890-1960s they were used with features that made them look like they should be frmaed and put on a wall. They introduced a lot of art to a magazine cover with elaborate illustrations or skilled photographs. Like early magazine covers they didn't have a lot of text, maybe a cover line or two and the name.
3. Pictures Married to Type- Cover lines were very popular and started growing longer on covers. The pictures and text all meshed together in a skilled and choreographed way. People on covers were diverse and that turned into a demand by readers. Magazines would break the rules a bit and add large colorful letters and cover lines in different places.
4. In the Forest of Words- There was immense photography with bold and outgoing text and cover lines. In this decade these are the most popular form of covers on stands. Cover lines frame the model's face or body, they also describe what the main stories in the magazine will be with detail.

Portraits

Self Portrait

I really like this self portrait. For one thing it is the intense lighting that gives you just enough to see him, it also is set up to where it creates a shadow. I love the way it highlights some things and has a warm tone. I like how the gleam in the mirror looks like it should be in the picture and adds detail without being overpowering.

What I hope to do

I hope to bring something interesting to my pictures. I want to follow all the rules but add cool details, by lighting or lines, etc. I plan to do a portait of someone else.