Final Exam

4. My most transformative picture is the one of the purple flower below. This changed my view on photography because when I went out to shoot for this project, I saw the world in a different way. The flowers stood out to me more, the vibrant colors popped against the dull sky. I took the advice Mr. Farley had given me and I got down on my knees to shoot the flowers. The few feet of height made a huge difference on the angle and the flower looked completely different close up. Ever since then I have seen the world through different eyes. As cheesy as this may sound, I have actually learned how to get close and learned what it means to get close. It took almost 30 pictures to get the picture I finally had in mind, and after all that I ended up choosing a picture that was completely different, one that had not even crossed my mind. 

5. The difference between shape and form is that shape is 2D and form is 3D. My picture for form  is was taken in the MSJ Garden. This illustrates form because the parts of the pine cone are showed in 3D and it expresses length, depth, and width. My picture for shape was taken outside near Ms. Waller's room. I picked a leaf because it is so thin that it looks 2D and the leaf has a clear closed line making it a geometric figure. It expresses length and width, but not depth. 

6. Pattern is the shape being repeated multiple times throughout the picture while repetition is similar to pattern but makes the picture seem more active. My pictures for pattern and repetition are linked above.

7. My about me page was inspired by Vivian Chen. From her page, it is obvious she is an outgoing person and she loves to interact with people. I wanted to give off the same vibe as her, therefore she is my inspiration. 

8. My last three projects were my final project, my presentation project, and my commercial shoot project. I think my best work came from the final project. This is because it was so abstract and it showed a part of me. I am very energetic and have many different emotion so I was really able to express myself through that project. This project changed my because it taught me that I can express myself in ways other than just talking to other. I think this is my best work because I was able to use one of my rules of composition, color. 

Final Photography Project

MY WEEBLY

Student Website Reviews

My favorite website from period 1 is Aileen's. My favorite picture from her blog is the one with the girl blowing the bubbles. I love the way she is positioned and how her hair was going the same way as the bubbles.

My favorite website from period 2 is Andrew's. My favorite picture on his blog is the one of someone taking a picture of the sunset. This picture is interesting to me because of the lines the sun's rays make.

My favorite website from period 3 is Lucas's. My favorite picture on his blog is the one with the water bottle sideways. This picture is intriguing because the water makes ripples and the way the picture is positioned makes the viewer think about how the picture was taken.

Final Project Idea

I want to do my shoot of food coloring in milk and water. My inspirations are link 1 link 2 and link 3.
My five shots will be 

• red food coloring falling in water
• blue food coloring falling in water
• green food coloring falling in water
• yellow food coloring falling in water
• multiple colors in a dish of milk as shown in link 2. 

Presentation Project- Flowers

MY WEEBLY

Presentation Photo

I want to do my presentation on flowers. My photos will include:

• flowers with a plain background
• roses in the morning with dew
• colored roses 
• flowers in a bouquet
• flowers in nature 

First Commercial Shoot

Our shoot was inspired by Nike Shoes.

My group is: Lorenzo Hyer & Nisha Ramesh

Photo Taken by Khushbu Patel

Photo Taken by Khushbu Patel

Photo Taken by Khushbu Patel

Photo Taken by Lorenzo Hyer

Photo Taken by Nisha Ramesh

Tryptych

 ORIGINAL IMAGE

CAMERA RAW EDIT

 PHOTOSHOP EDIT

And the winner for Best Picture

Five about pages:

Vivian Chen

Nicolle Clemetson

Jimmy Chin

Kylee Patterson

Morgan Norman

Photo Story MCW

1. Someone purchasing a hot dog at Multicultural week

2. Getting their hot dog after purchasing it.

 3. Deciding on what condiments to add to the hot dog.

4. Adding relish to the hot dog.

 5. Adding mustard to the dog. 

 6. Throwing the hot dog wrapper away.

Story with a Photo- Legacy Bricks

Each of these bricks represents a story, each year the school adds a new design to the collage. At one point in their lives almost every student buys a legacy brick. The bricks can have your name on them or something to inspire others. Although each brick looks the same from a distance, each brick has a special meaning behind it. They represent the student's life here at Mission they tell their story. 

MSJMCW Story

The bell rings and all the students run to the various food booths and try to find their friends. They stand in line waiting for tickets to buy their food. Then they wait for their food, this is the one week where all the cultures combine, we try new food, eat the things we love, and we get to experience what it is like to be a part of the Mission Community. This is the one week of the year, aside from homecoming we all look forward to. The best day of all is yet to come, all the performances that have months of preparation behind them, the assembly that L2 and many of the students have put countless hours of work into. Nobody wants this week to be over, but everything good must come to an end. 

Shutter Speed and Everything After

My partner is Neha Saxena
Her Blog: http://nehasaxena-photos.blogspot.com/
Lens Blog Photo

1. The trucks on the right side are not blurry therefore it has fast shutter speed. 
2.  I choose leading lines as a rule of composition for this picture because the guard rail goes through the scene pulling me into the picture. Neha saw the rule of depth because the viewer can see all the way down the guard rail.
3. I choose line as an element of art because the lines on the truck flipped over show line. Also the line on the side of the highway show more line.
4. I choose pattern as a principal of design because the second part of the flipped over has blue blocks going across of it. These blocks or lines create a pattern which catches they eye.

Tuesday With Farley's Kids

Vibrance: +28
Saturation: +25
Orange Saturation: +53
Yellow Saturation: -100
Green Saturation: -100
Aqua Saturation: -100
Blue Saturation: +31
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/1200s

Principles of Design- UNITY

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I see unity in this picture because the similar shape of all the holes in the bench create a sense of completion. Since the shapes are almost congruent, it gives off a very calming vibe. 

Shadows: -100

Whites: +25

Blacks: -67

Vibrance: -18

Variety in Lens

I thought Picture 12 showed the most variety. Picture 12 uses line, pattern, and shape to keep the viewers attention. Although it is a simple picture, the lines of the bed and the patterns on the mattress keep the viewer guessing.

Principles of Design- VARIETY

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I see variety in this picture because this photo uses line, shape and form to hold the viewers attention. Also the colors on the tower contrast the colors in the sky which make it more appealing to look at. 

Vibrance: +100

Principles of Design- RHYTHM

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I think this picture shows rhythm because it uses the element of art, line, to create and organized movement. The amount of branches and the different shapes create a calming feeling for someone to look at. 

Exposure: +.9

Contrast: +42

Blacks: +3

Clarity: +68

Vibrance: +80

Principles of Design- MOVEMENT

I did not edit this photo in Camera Raw. I think this picture shows movement because your eyes immediately go to the large plant in the front, and then they go to the bee, and finally to the other plants in the background. 

Principles of Design- EMPHASIS

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I think this photo shows emphasis because the flower stands out among the leaves because of color and shape. 

Temperature: -17

Contrast: +88

Saturation: +46

Principles of Design- PATTERN

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. This photo shows pattern because the shape of the cactus' leaf is repeated many times, and it is the same shape throughout the picture multiple times. 

Clarity: +38

Vibrance: +10

Saturation: +3

Tint: -32 

Principles of Design- REPETITION

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. This picture shows repetition because all though the shape of the rocks are not congruent, they are similar and that creates pattern, and makes the picture seem intriguing and active. 

Shadows -67

Clarity +43

Vibrance to -18

Saturation to +62.

Half Past Autumn- Gordon Parks Pt.3 &4

Part 3 and 4

1. Me definition of success is being able to do something you love on a daily basis. 
2.  I have given up spending time with my friends and family, to get better at what I do. 
3.  Parks gave up the life he knew and loved to become successful. 
4.  Gene's father was Ambassador V.K Wellington Ku. 
5.  Parks was offered ten thousand dollars. 
6. Parks was offered a large amount of money to do a story on The Nation of Islam. 
7.  Parks did not want the money because he did not believe the ideas in the story; yet he thought it would be a very interesting story. 
8. The Learning Tree was a significant movie because it was the first movie to have a African American hero. 
9.  Shaft was a significant character because he gave other African American men the power to feel like they could do anything.
10.  Gordon Parks' choice of weapon was 35mm camera.
11.  Gene said that the structure of the day was too unpredictable to her, and spending the time far apart was breaking their relationship. 
12. The film 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen and released in 2013 told the same story as Solomon Northrup's Odyssey.
13.  Gordon Parks Jr. was Gordon's oldest son. 
14.  My favorite Gordon Parks photo is this picture.
15.  In ten years I will remember that Parks was the first black photographer for LIFE magazine. 

Principals of Design- PROPORTION

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I think this picture shows proportion because it compares the size of the bell tower to the overhang and to the tree and pole next to it. 

Vibrance: +8.

Principals of Design in Structures- BALANCE

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. I believe this photo has balance because the dark bell tower and the bright sun behind it even each other out. The clouds and the circle around the sun take some of the focus away from the bell tower to create balance. 

Clarity: +5

Vibrance: -14

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- TEXTURE

I edited this photo in Camera Raw.

Whites to +100

Clarity to +71. 

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- COLOR

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. 

Greens: +17

Clarity +20. 

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- LEAVING SPACE

I edited this photo in Camera Raw. 

Temperature +9.

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- FORM

I didn't edit this photo. 

Half Past Autumn- Gordon Parks pt.1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life? The doctor saved Parks life by rubbing him on a block of ice, until he started hollering. 
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?) Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas. 
3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college? Ms. McClintock told Parks that college was not for Negros and he should not waste his parents money on college. 
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died? Parks was 14 when his mother died. 
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died? Parks moved in with his sister in Minnesota after his mother died. 
6. Did Gordon graduate from college? Yes, Parks finished college. 
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career? Parks began his career by taking pictures of migrant workers. 
8. What is a "double exposure?" A double exposure is the repeated exposure of a film to light. 
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis? Joe Louis was a boxer who is one of the all time heavyweight champion. 
10. What instrument did Gordon play? Gordon played the piano and the chello. 
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration? The FSA was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
13. Who was Ella Watson?  Ella Watson was the moper who was the only one left in the theater, the one who Parks photographed. 
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic? The idea of the painting came from the small town of Eldon.  
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- SHAPE

I edited this photo with Camera Raw, I brought the highlights to -98, the shadows to -2, the whites to - 62, the blacks to +53, the clarity to -13, the vibrance to 100, and finally the saturation to -41. 

Elements of Photography in Plant Life- LINES

I edited this photo in Camera Raw and took the contrast down to -59, took the highlights down to -67, took the shadows to +88, the whites to +42, and finally changed the blacks to -85. 

Top 5 Photos- An Embedded Photographer

Photo 1
Picture 9: Boat with sunset in the background.
Photo 2
Picture 3: Fishing net in water
Photo 3
Picture 28: The eyes on the TV
Photo 4
Picture 22: The little girl working on the ground
Photo 5
Picture 24: Food cooking on the grills

Movie Monday- The Photo Leauge

The Photo League Assignment

1. What was the Photo League's credo? 
The Photo League's credo was based on documentary photography, paying respect for the efforts of human workers. The camera was meant to capture reality, and it had the potential to change our world. 

2. What organization did the Photo League separate from? 
They separated from the Film and Photo League. 

3. What was the workshop? 
The workshop was basically a set of classes or a course, where the teachers worked to teach and inspire their students about documentary photography. Anyone with a functional camera was welcome to come learn for a fee of five dollars. 

4. Who taught the workshop? 
Sid Grossman taught the workshop. 

5. If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?
 If I were to devotee one year of my life to one project, I would want to photograph a sport. My dream sport to photograph would be volleyball because there are so many different angles that the pictures can be taken from. I also love to play volleyball and there is so many different positions to be pjotographed 

6. What was the Harlem Document? 
It was a multi-year collaboration between five photographers, portraying Black urban America. The Harlem Document showed the people, culture, and lifestyles of the Harlem in the 1930s.

7. Who started the Harlem Document?
 Aaron Siskind started the Harlem Document.

8. A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of A Caravaggio painting. 

9. Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter?
 Caravaggio is known for his use of realism and chiaroscuro, which was clearly noticed in the photograph of the children.
10. Who was Lewis Hine (name two significant contributions)? 
He influenced a change in child labor laws in the United States and led to the development of documentary photography.
11. Who was Weegee? 
Weegee, or Arthur Fellick, was a member of the Photo League. His photographs were based on the hardships of people's lives, like of those who were drunk or lived in tenements. Weegee was very unhygienic, and he smoked a lot. He taught classes on freelance photojournalism and flash photography.
12. How did the League change when the Nazis took power?
 A majority of the talented and skilled European photographers fled to the United States and joined the Photo League. However, finding jobs was a major difficulty because of their country of origin.
13. How did the League change during WWI?
 The League captured Patriotism and provided support. The female members kept the League running, while the males left to participate in the war or photograph it. After WWI, the Photo League became very popular.
14. How did Didkind change after WWII? 
Aaron Siskind brought concepts of abstract expressionism to photography. Before WWII, Siskind had taken photos that reflected sociological realism.
15. What was the Saturday Evening post?
 The Saturday Evening post was a part of the photojournalism field that featured the Photo League's work. It was a post from 1947.
16. Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph? 
Barbara Morgan was a photographer, best known for her photography of modern dancers.
17. What eventually undermined the Photo League? 
The League was under a government list of allegedly totalitarian, fascist, communist, and subversive groups. The members were blacklisted and engaged in a fight for survival.
18. What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?
 It was the totalitarian, fascist, communist, and subversive groups that the government was trying to eliminate.
19. Who agreed to serve as President when the League was under investigation?
 When the League was taken under investigation, Life Magazine journalist W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve as president of the Photo League.
20. What happened to the Leage?
 It ended up falling apart and was officially shut down in the summer of 1951, due to a label it received, claiming it was radical and a communist organization. People stopped showing up to work, and the public became confused because the League had always showed that photography was an art and never mentioned politics. 

Third Photo Assignment - My Third Rule

I found my rules here:

1. Leaving Space

2. Color

3. Rule of thirds

From Smartphones to Museum Walls

My Favorite Picture

This is my favorite picture because:
-the background
-the lighting
-the way the hammocks are framed by the trees