PHOT ILLUST.

photo essay decision

For my photo essay i have decided to put together a collection of people's self portraits. 

with a overall theme of... 

"HOW DO YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WHEN NOBODY IS WATCHING?"

Glossary

Architectural Photography – Architecture photography is the capturing of angles, shapes, perspectives of buildings and structures, accentuating the lines and angles of the building.

 

Bridge – In Bridge you should CUT the junk, RATE the rest and LABEL the best, as well as adding any information about the photograph in the description field as necessary.

 

Caption – Every picture needs a caption! The first sentence should be about something obvious in the picture, something the reader could come to the conclusion of just by looking at it. The 2^nd sentence should be something the reader wouldn’t know by looking at the picture, such as so-n-so came in 1^st place in this race followed by so-n-so#2.

 

Dominant photo – The dominant photo is the main photo in a layout. The only photo or box that the eyeline can run through.

 

Effects of shutter speed – Faster shutter speeds freeze action while slower shutter speeds can’t capture it as well but has the advantage of letting more ambient light in without the use of a flash.

 

Eyeline – The eyeline is the line above or below the middle of a layout that the entire layout revolves around, meaning nothing can cross it, with the exception of the dominant photo.

 

Internal Margins – Internal margins are used so that the layout it even around all edges and isn’t “funky” looking.

 

Panning – Panning is used when the subject is moving across you or sometimes towards you, but it is the act of moving with your subject to catch a blur behind the subject but have the ending motion at the shutting of the shutter to capture the subject in focus and as sharp as possible.

 

Pica – The pica is used as a measurement in layouts equally 1/6 of an inch. Used in columns in layouts to help keep things separated and prevent large white spaces on a page.

 

Portrait photography- Formal portraits are set up and are not capturing a candid moment, the subject usually looking at the camera and posing with a set up background, such as a backdrop or posed setting.

 

Sports and Action Photography – Sports Photography can have either safety shots nad or money shots, such as the winning goal in soccer or the last second taken at the finish line of a race with the runner’s arms in the air as they run through the ribbon. Sports are typically shot at a high Shutter speed to freeze action.

 

Spread- The spread is the draft before the design is put onto the computer and turned into a layout. The spread must follow all the rules such as the eyeline and photo and caption rules.

 

Zone focus – Zone focus is typically used in sports photography when the photographer focuses on a specific zone such as a basket ball hoop area or the net for volleyball and when the action is in that specific zone the photographer is already focused and snaps the shot as soon as he sees the shot he wants.

Action Photography

Zone Focus- Zone focus is when you focus on a certain area, and wait for the action to be in the area and you take the desired picture.


Shutter Speed-Shutter Speed is how fast or slow the "door" opens and faster SS's freeze action, and slow SS's don't capture as much action but allow more ambient light in, eliminating the use of flash, (in some cases)





Panning- Panning is when the photographer moves with their subject, trying to capture a blur behind the subject but still holding the subject sharp and in focus when the shutter closes.





Waiting for the Pause-Waiting for the pause is when the photographer knows there is going to be a certain action shot they want and they use zone focus and waits for the specific desired shot.

Austin Architecture

1. Patterns
2. Surroundings
3. Surroundings
4. Angles
5. Angles and shapes
6. Light
7. Light, angles
8. Light, angles
9. Surroundings, light
10. Angles, Surroundings
11. Patterns, angles
12. Surroundings, Angles
13. Angles, light
14. Angles, light
15. Angles, patterns
16. Angles, details, patterns

Portfolios II

Dustin Snipes:

The judges thought:

he had composition

Thought he did a good job of capturing all the good emotions

Captured good meaningful moments

Had a "coolness" about it

Liked that he was in the action and captured it nicely

Portfolios

Name of Photographer-

Josh Birnbaum

General focus-

Story telling

3 problems the judges had-

Don't like focus of most pictures

The repetition of arrests and wheelchair stories

Don't like distractions (nose pickers)

2 things the judges liked-

Getting in real tight/ in the middle of the action

liked the details

Overall Impression-

Overall, i liked it, but i do agree with the judges about the repetition thing and  the whole put in a really good picture then following it with a bad one is not a good idea.

My Sports Shoot

1. Name of the sport-Gymnastics

2. Date you would like to shoot- In the next 2 weeks

3. List of at least three safety shots you would like to get for that sport- tumbling / uneven bars / rings

4. Two possible money shots- reaction of someone finally getting a flip they have been working on.

Best Covers

1. Formal

2. Formal

3. Environmental

4. Environmental

5. Environmental

6. Formal

7. Informal

8. Environmental

9. Formal

10. Formal

11. Environmental

12. Formal

13. Environmental

14. Environmental

15. Formal

16. Environmental

17. Informal

18. Environmental

19. Formal

20. Environmental

21. Environmental

22. Formal

23. Informal

24. Formal

25. Environmental

26. Formal

27. Formal

28. Environmental

29. Formal

30. Environmental

31. Formal

32. Formal

33. Informal

34. Informal

35. Environmental

36. Formal

37. Formal

38. Informal

39. Formal

40. Formal

#10 National Geographic (June 1985)
Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, this raw, untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely reproduced photos in the world.

This is my favorite because of the lighting 

on the girl's face and the glow in her eyes, 

as well as the composition and framing.

Cover History

Cover types

1. Early Magazine Covers

- The early magazine usually consists of a 

drawing and piece of art with the beginning of 

the main story, title of the magazine and that's all.

2. The Poster Cover

-The poster covers consists of a full sized poster style 

portrait and the title of the magazine. 

3. Pictures Married to Type

-Pictures married to type usually consists of a main 

photo that is part of a theme which is also 

accompanied by captions of the same theme.

4. In the Forest of Words-

-In the forest of words is what you'd 

usually see on the cover of magazines now 

days, mostly female magazines and style magazines.  

The cover is usually filled with many different captions 

about losing weight, finding love, things that people find 

most interesting, even if it's not always good.

Portraits

I really like this photo because of the story it tells.

Most portraits include a face which give away the emotion and tone 

the photograph is trying to portray. The sock on the 

girl shows a sign of carefree and fun with the stripes. And not being able 

to see her face and seeing her arms in the 

arm also gives a feeling of wonder and youth, that's why i like it.

Color Shoot Plans

Ok. So i finally found a good use of my boyfriend's skating.

I have decided to do my year thematic shoot on Skateboarding.

i plan to shoot my color shoot Wednesday at A lunch and the next weekend, and probably Friday at A lunch as well, we both work so hopefully we can find time to skate..

Now it still scares the living poop out of me cause he will get hurt one day, anyways, i have many fun, dangerous shot ideas. haha, speaking of how dangerous skateboarding is, it's probably just as dangerous lying under the skateboarder trying to capture a kick @$$ photo. i might end up with a black eye or a broken expensive camera, but i'll get the shot..

so wish me luck and give me a box of Band-Aids..