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.
Friday, February 27, 2015
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.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
From Smartphones to Museum Walls
My Favorite Picture
-the background
-the lighting
-the way the hammocks are framed by the trees
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