Final Exam Study Guide

1. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder
My Computer, when it opens up you double click server drives from the desktop 
 they should come up then you go to jstudents on 'akinspubserver' Go to photojournalism choose your period,
and look the folder with your name on it.
2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class
Each Student In This Class Has To Have A Blog On Blogger.com To Publish Their Work And So the teacher can be able to check and grade our work.
3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera
Well First You need to cover the inside of your camera and the lid  entirely with black . Then you cut out a square on your pinhole camera ( big enough that your index finger can fit). then you cut out some aluminum foil and tape it to the pinhole camera from the inside.Once that is done with a needle you make a small hole. Then you need to make the flap to cover the small square on your oatmeal can! 
4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside
Well You Insert Photographic paper inside the camera ready to capture light (must be done in a dark room, otherwise your photographic paper would be ruined)

5. Know how to define and explain the 10 rules of composition, these 10 rules will be a MAJOR portion of the final and you better know how to recognize these rules, explain these rules and show me you understand them:
5a.  Rule of thirds
5b. Balancing Elements
5c. Leading Lines
5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)
5e. Viewpoint
5f. Background/simplicity
5g. Create depth
5h. Framing
5i. Cropping
5j. Mergers and avoiding them
6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph
7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story"
8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog)
9. Know how to correctly write a caption. I HIGHLY suggest you rewrite the rules on your blog and find at least 2 photos on the internet, post them on your blog and write correct captions for them. This will be a MAJOR portion of the exam as well.
10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption
11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography. You really need to get the idea that changing photos to fit a need or to make something look like something else is VERY unacceptable in photojournalism.
12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait.
13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are.
14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.

Definitions you are responsible for (I highly recommend you post these on your blog with the definitions and make sure they are correct, many of the ones you posted on your blog previously were INCORRECT. All definitions need to relate directly to photojournalism. Example: many of you defined burning as "pain that feels hot as if it were on fire" , when the correct answer is "burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker."):

1. Aperture
2. Shutter
3. Exposure
4. F-stop
5. Single lens reflex
6. Negative
7. Positive
8. Contact sheet
9. Agitation
10. Enlarger
11. Stop bath
12. Fixer
13. Safe light
14. Burning
15. Dodging.

Good Luck and take this seriously!!!

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.
The Amusement park that really caught my attention was Takakanonuma Greenland, Hobara Japan
I guess it caused me great empathy but also great curiosity like i want to go and visit this park.
It looks so old and abandoned the trees are so grown and it seems like the amusement park might
collapse down any minute.

3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

1. Rainforest
2.  Haunted Houses
3. Abandoned Hospital
4. Abandoned Schools
5. Any Place Where Myths Are Told!
6. Old Construction Site

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.
I would like to go and take pictures of any kind of abandoned place. This place really catches my attention because it looks like lots of time has passed since they abandoned it. I dont neccesarily think it would be fun but more to it, I think it would be very exciting and thrilling.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot. 
Well I Think if i just go it would be considered tresspassing so i need to get permision of course i would need food a camera maybe even more help i would also need a lot of courage.

My First Print

.She is in class with some cube in her hands analyzing it and fixing to write it down

in the paper at her left.

She seems well prepared and very focused on her project

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1.) Is anything in sharp focus?
Not Really Its actually kind of blury but you can see what she is doing and everything

that surrounds her.
2.) Is there good contrast? (Look for the blacks and whites in the photo)?
I think there is good contrast in this picture.
3.) Are all the rules followed? (Is the photo candid? Does the subject fill the frame? Does the photo contain action? Does it follow composition rules? Does it show "academics"?)

Yes This photo does its more of an over the shoulder and they show her playing with what seems some cubes.

4.) Is there yellowing or are there spots on the print?
a.) If yes, what caused it/them?
No there is no blemishes or yellow spots on the print.
5.) Are there print rings or spots?
a.) If yes, state the probable cause.

No There Arent Any Print rings or spots on my pring.

6.) Are your negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print stored in your folder?
a.) If no, explain why.

Yes, my negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print are stored in my folder.

Ethics in Fashion Photography.

1. List the changes that were made to the model's face in the computer. (Look carefully)
They cover all the blemishes on her face they put on a lot of make up and
on the computer they make her neck longer and her eyes bigger they change her hair also.
2. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like this in a photo? Why or why not?
Well i think its ok in this case its for a product and well its not so bad but i guess in some way it is since
lots of people will be"tricked" Into buying these products without knowing that the girl in the picture is
really very different.
3. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?
Yes if it be for bigger causes like cheating in a contest or something like that but
otherwise i guess they're just  trying to persuade people into buying their product.
4. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?
Maybe fixing her blemishes but completely changing her appereance its wrong in my eyes.
5. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.
Well fashion photography is more of the next new trend a lot of photographers catching pictures
of these models and publishing them i think photojournalism could be based on fashion (only catching
photos of models in fashion clothing)
6. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?
well every picture you take has a meaning to the photographer and well its up to the photographer
to either leave it the way it was or just changing it up for sometimes good or ambitious reasons.

Negatives Evaluation

1. From looking at your negatives, how many of your photos do you think turned out well?
From Looking at my negatives, I think most of them came out well...some i dont like thought.

2. How many of your photos appear like they will not turn out well? Why do you think these photos did not turn out (Ex: Over/under exposed, not focused, bad composition)?

A Few didint come out how i expected it had bad composition which dissapointed me a lot since i really

was looking forward to making a print out of them.

3. Select the negative image that you think will turn out the best when it is printed. Why do you think this photo will turn out well?

I think it will turn out well since it fits well the academics preview theme and 

because shes playing with some sort of cubes shes also in rule of thirds.

4. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) do you think are present in your best negative? What evidence can you provide from the appearance of the negative to support your answer?

Well in my best one i think the best negative one is that its in focus and i like her position.

5. What advanced composition techniques (Ex: rule of thirds, leading lines) that you have learned in class are present in your favorite negative?

I learned that it is really hard to get these captures at times mostly because of students not letting themselves.

but in mine im proud of it.

Photo Manipulation And Ethics

A. Summarize the main points of the story in 1-4 sentences.

B. Explain why you think this type of photo editing is unethical or acceptable.
I think this type of photo editing is unethical or acceptable it mostly depends on the cause whether good or bad.For example if a photo is manipulated to fix an error then the effect wont be so major and its acceptable but if its manipulated for a cause and somehow affects in a bad way a person then its not right and very unethical.

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A. Post the manipulation that you think was the most unethical, and explain why you think it was unethical.

 I Thought this was a really bad one they edited the photo to make it seem like the soldier is

aiming at the man with the child in his hands but he really wasnt which can bring really

bad misunderstandings and consequences.

B. Post the manipulation that you consider the least unethical, and explain why you think it is not as bad as others.

I thought this wasnt that bad it doesnt hurt anyone to fix the photo just to 

make her look ok.

Drug Cartels In Mexico

Well I think everything going on in mexico is very sad since my parents are from mexico and 

well we would like to go back to visit some family but the situation is very risky and dangerous which stops us

from even thinking on setting foot on our hometown.I think its sad to kill other people that werent involved at all just for drugs ."The average ordinary resident of Juarez, their life is in danger every day." this quote is very sad since not even the average ordinary resident can walk around the corner without feeling scared.

I Like the last photo were the girl in the pink jacket comes out

she seems very hurt in deep thought and sad.It looks like shes been crying and is shes in the slideshow it must

be because something terrible happened to her or her family but eitherway her face expression 

really causes empathy on the viewer.

Post Shoot Reflection

Answer the following questions on your blog about shooting your first real photojournalism assignment:

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get close, capture real moments, and capture action or emotion? Explain how you dealt with these challenges.
Well some of the students didint want to participate and others that volunteered were inmature and sometimes i had to wait for them to go back to working or showing emotion on their work.I tried to be patient with some in some classes they werent even doing anything so it really wasnt that easy.
2. What technical aspects of photography (focus, exposure, composition) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
On the light meter and the focus i was always trying to get the right moment to catch the moment like
in some rooms it would be too dark so id try to go close to a window or something.
3. Explain how you attempted to use at least one of the advanced composition techniques you learned in class while shooting.
Well i tried to get rule of thirds or simplicity but sometimes they would laugh or get nervous or my action or emotion wasnt so accurate.
4. What would you do differently the next time you shoot to improve your photographs? 
I would try to be more patient and wait a little more to see if i could of gave my pictures more emotion.

making a black and white print

1.) List the materials (equipment) necessary to process black and white film

• A metal or plastic film tank
• Three dark plastic containers to hold chemistry
• Graduates (used to measure chemicals)
• A darkroom timer
• A can opener
• A room that is totally light proof (not even the slightest sliver of light should be visible).
• Developer (see other sidebar)
• Glacial Acetic Acid (optional, for Stop Bath)
• Fixer (Kodak Rapid Fixer with Hardener is highly recommended) 
• Hypo Eliminator
  2.) List the chemicals we might be using in the darkroom and where one would buy those chemicals 

 The Developer,Stop Bath, Fixer,Color Proccesing, Glacial Acetic Acid

These Are Available At Kodak Store Or At Any Store That Specializes In Photo Proccesing.

3.) Summarize in one or two paragraphs the process from start to finish

You First need To Reel In Your film strip and put it in a metal or plastic film tank. Then 

You Pour In The Developer In The Tank and agitate slowly once thats done you get rid of that,Then

You Would do the same thing with the stop bath and the fixer.Then you wash your film under running water 5 to 10 minutes.Then You Take the reel out of the canister and spool your film off the reel, soak it for a few seconds in water with a drop of dishwashing liquid.Then Wipe The Residue of Film With A Squeege.After That Hang It And Dry It In A Dust Free Room and the after is dry it should be ready for scanning.

4.) Post a photo of the equipment necessary to process film

4.) Post a photo of the chemicals necessary to process film

1. emulsion : a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin.

 2. aperture : a device that controls amount of light admitted 

3. masking easel : an upright tripod for displaying something  

 4. exposure : the act of exposing film to light
5. safe light : a special lamp used in the darkroom to provide working visibility without affecting the photosensitive emulsion of the radiographic film

.6. dodging : reducing the exposure to areas of a print that would otherwise be too dark

.7. burning : a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.

Repetition

It has the same thing on each side all the way through their in the same frame same color 

which catches your eye quickly.

Theres The Same Thing Everywhere,Different sizes and colors but other than that it has

a lot of repetition.

It Has repetition since their all wearing the same thing same color and everything and the 

buckets filled with champagne bottles are somewhat repeated too.

American Soldier

A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshows? Why?

I think its the one where he is crying or sad it shows a lot of emotion because
of his facial expression.
B. What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?
The ones that include family and love and them getting back together
C. How do the images work together to tell a story?
Hes In war at first then he comes back with his family then
hes spending time with his family that i imagine he hasnt seen in a while
since he shows hard emotions in some of these pictures.
A. For the photos in which Ian is the main subject of the photos, in what tense are the verbs usually written?
There written in past tense explaining in chronological order what he did or happened.
B. How do the captions enhance the photographs?
It helped you understand what really was going on instead of trying to guess what
was happening.
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1.Chapter 2:American Soldier>>In The Army
picture:#17 were his sargent is in front of him.
 Ian is gettin yelled at for some instructions of something and he is properly
responding to him.
2.Photo Chapter 3:American Soldier>>Basic Training
Picture#1 Soldiers seem to be running.
 Ian and his friends in the army get up really early in the morning to run and start
training.
3.Chapter 6:American Soldier>>In Country
Picture#7 Ian is holding a rosary.
Ian is praying and is wishing everything to come out well and to soon be with
his family that is probably wishing him well too.
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A. How do these other features enhance the photographs?
Well it has other peoples testimony and how they feel towards his situation.
B. In what ways are videos better than photographs? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site..
The people are actually talking and referring how they felt towards that moment.
C. In what ways are photos better than videos? Provide an example from the Denver Post Web site. A photo can last a lifetime and a video cant since they can grow old.

Show And Tell

 I like this picture because it catches your eye.

There's a lot to look at different people doing different things.

http://photoblog.statesman.com/horses-and-handlebars 

I like this video mainly because its about horses and i like really

like horses.

Funny Captions

He Put So Many Security Locks On This Bike.

He Wanted To Make Sure No One Stole It.

Mr.I Have To Take It Tried Breaking The Lock.

Then He Finally Gave Up And Took Everything Else.

Buffy The Buffalo Wants To Make Sure Hes Going The Right Way.

So He Stoped  And Asked.

The Marlboro Marine

A. What skills besides photography did Luis Sinco utilize to produce this slideshow? (Think about the overall presentation: audio, editing, text)

I Think Other Than The Pictures Maybe How He Overall Felt For James

Situation His Emotions ,He Put A lot Of Thought, Feeling And The Music Causes

A lot Of Empathy On The Viewer.

B. What was the effect (added power or meaning) of the multimedia effects of the slideshow?

 I Liked How Just A Picture Can Make You Feel Very Sad At A Point 

And The Sequenced Photos Mixed In With The Music Gave It A lot  Of Meaning.

 

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A. What is the most powerful image from the slideshow? Why?

The Most Powerful Image Form The Slideshow For Me Was

The One With The Hurt Man With The Ciggarete I Dont Know Why It Stands

Out And Is Very Hard.

 

B. What sequence of photographs is the most powerful? Why?

The One Where He Looks Anxious, Depressed, Irritated, Sad Its 

Almost As If You Can Feel It Too.

 

C. How does the audio enhance the photographs?

It Creates A Lot Of Emotions That Build Up Inside You

It Makes You Feel Sad And Creates Empathy I Think Music

Gives Life To This Story.

D. How do the images work together to tell a story?

The Images Work Together To Tell A Story By Going In Chronological Order

And Mixed In With The Music And The Sequenced Photos It Makes It Very Good.

 

 

Contest Preview

Im Not Sure Why This Photo Really Gets Me

Its Really Deep The Water Goes From Dark To Light Theres Depth In This Picture

Theres Also Landscape And Then Her Hand,I Think This Picture Is Really Creative.

Great Black And White Photographers Part 3

 1)I Like The Way She Takes Her Photos Even If Their Black And White Their So Nice And Also I Like Her Imagination She Makes The Little Things Count.

I see a huge tree in the background its very much taller than her im guessing shes in some forest from the landscape behind the huge tree i see shes on top of a rock.
I smell flowers and plants from different varieties
I hear birds chirping and the wind blowing on the trees, i also hear animals running through the trees.
I taste the scent of the leaves salty and the dirt that accidently got into my mouth.
I feel the fresh breeze and the branches brushing through my arms as i walk. i feel the dirt blown
by the wind, in my face.

I see a lot of red a pretty woman centered in the middle of the picture everything else
is pretty much black it seems like shes sitting on what looks like a sofa.
I smell the perfume she is wearing mixed in with all the other
scents in the room where this photo took place.
I hear silence other than the dog barking outside and the kids playing right outside
this room
I taste the alluring vanilla air freshner in this room
I feel the warmth of this place luring me to its kindness

Great Black And White Photographers Part 2

Yousuf Karsh Was Born December 23 1908-July 13 2002 Was Born In 

Madin Armenia. She Was One Of The Worlds Most Famous Photographers

Karsh was a master in the use of studio lights.
Karsh had a gift for capturing the essence of his subject in the instant of his portrait.

Yousuf Karsh's dramatic glimpses of public figures like Winston Churchhill and Ernest Hemingway made him one of the most famous portrait photographers of the 20th century.

Academics Preview

The Best Story: He Seems Like Hes In Some Group

To Help Others And The Little Girl And The Guy Was Moved By The Little Girl.

This Has A Good A lot Of Action Going On Since It Seems Like They Are At A Rehearsal

Or At A Concert But Everyone Is Busy Playing Their Instrument.

This Is A Very Cute Picture With A Lot Of Interesting

People/Things To Look At Like All The Different Little Kids

And The Background Everything Is Eye Catching.

Iraq Slideshow

 I Think This Photo Is A Very Good Demonstration Of Simplicity

It Made This Picture Good Because Its A Close Up So The Only Person To Look At Is Her

Plus The Close Up Is Really Good And The Fact That Its Black And White Hardens Her Expressions.

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I Like This Photo Because Her Expression Looks So Sad It Causes Empathy

On The Person Whos Looking At It.I  Like It Because She Looks Very Humble And Affected 

It Seems Like She Is In Deep Thought Or Depressed

 

 

  This Picture Represents Well The Lines Rule Theres A Starting Point And An End Point

This Picture Also Falls Into Balance And Symmetry And Pattern The Two Air

Vents At Each Side Balances It And The Lines And The Lights On This Picture Gives The

Impression Of Symmetry and Pattern.

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I Like This Picture Because The Person/Thing Were Concentrating On Is In The Center And The

Lines Running Through It Just Makes It Look Better I Also Like The Chandelier At 

The Top It Makes It Look Sophisticated Or Fancy

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Pinhole Finale

 

 

1)Well First Of All Everything That Was On The Right Now Is On The Left.Anything Thea Was Black Is Now White And Whatever Was White Is Now Black.

2) Negative-noting an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightest areas are shown as the darkest.

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negative,  photographic image that reproduces the bright portions of thephotographed subject as dark and the dark parts as light areas. Negatives are usually formed on a transparent material, such as plastic or glass. Exposure of sensitized paper through the negative, done either by placing the negative and paper in close contact or by projecting the negative image onto the paper, reverses these tones and produces a positive photographic print.

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Avoiding Mergers

Lines

Framing

Balance

Rule Of Thirds

Simplicity

Great Black & White Photographers

Ansel Adams
Bridal Veil Fall,
Yosemite Valley
c. 1927

 

Yousuf Karsh
Spring Song (Solange Gauthier)
1938

Julia Margaret Cameron
Sadness
1864

Vocabulary & Inside Of A Camera

• Macro Focusing-Applied To Zoom Lenses,Moves The Lens Group(s),Enabling The Lens To Focus Closer Then The Normal Focusing Distance From Close-Up Shooting.
• Burst Mode - Digital and traditional film cameras with a burst mode (or Continuous Frame Capture) allow you to take a series - or burst - of images just by holding the shutter button down. Used often for high-speed and action shots.
• Aberration-An optical defect in a lens causing it to form an image that is not sharp or that is distorted. This can take the shape of edge distortion or a lack of sharpness.
• Angle of View-The area of a scene that a lens can cover. The focal length of the lens determines the angle of view. A wide-angle (short-focal-length) lens includes more of a scene than a standard (normal-focal-length) lens or telephoto (long-focal-length) lens. Angle of view is basically the angle at which light rays can pass through the lens to produce an image on the film.

• Aperture-The aperture is the opening formed by the blades of the iris or diaphragm in the lens, through which light passes to expose the film. Aperture size is usually given in f-numbers, the larger the number, the smaller the opening. Aperture size together with shutter speed determine the amount of light falling on the film (exposure). The aperture is sometimes called the “stop".

• Shutter-a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.

• Exposure-Light striking a sensitized material (film or paper emulsion). 

• Depth of Field-The range of acceptably sharp focus in front of and behind the distance the lens is focused on. 
• F-Stop-the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.

• Focal Length-The distance from the optical center of a lens to the image plane when the lens is focused to infinity

Pinhole Pictures I LIked/Disliked

I Loved This Photo Because Its So Beautiful, I LIke The Bridge And The Lake In The Background And The Color Of The Flowers Seems To Stand Out a lot. Its Not Blurry Which Makes it Pretty Plus Its In Color.Everything In This Picture Seems To Be Sharp.Its Not Warped.

 I Dont Like This Picture Because Its Really weird. I cant Figure Out What It Is.There is No Action Or People. It Doesn't Seem Blurry Its Just Really Black I'm Guessing The Focus Is The Gray Thing In The Middle That I Dont Seem To Figure Out What It Is.It Doesnt Seem Warped.

Photos I Liked/Disliked

 

 I Liked This Photo Because She Looks Funny In A Good Way Even Though Its A Little 

Blurry I Think IS Still A Pretty Good Picture.

 I Didint LIke How I took This Picture Maybe It Would Of Been 

Good If I Didint Move It And Because Of That It Came OUt Really Blurry And 

It Makes Her Look Different.

I Like This Photo Because It Like The Perfect Close Up.I Also Like The Fact

 That She's Looking And Smiling.She Looks Kind Of Surprised.

                    I Disliked This Photo Because Its Just So Blurry And It Kind Of Makes Him Look Bad. Its A Late Shoot Since Hes Closing His Eyes.

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