Period 3- Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from today's Lens slideshow is photo number 7. Firstly the different colors and the many balls in the background of the shot is aesthetically pleasing. Secondly, the person in the middle looks like he is loving life, which made me smile. Thirdly, the stray, green juggling pin in the air contrasted from the other colors, which made me happy about my own uniqueness and special skills that define who I am.

2. The best photo from the slideshow is photo number 6. Firstly, the photo follows the rule of thirds, with the car in the bottom left intersection. Secondly, the colors are complementary to each other, blue to yellow, which made the photo aesthetically pleasing. Thirdly, the simplicity of the the photo focused more attention on the car, which helped define the picture better.

3. My best work this semester is the up close picture of the plant. This photo is my best work because it demonstrated my knowledge of composition rules, such as simplicity. The photo also demonstrated my editing abilities, as shown when dropped the saturation of the pebbles behind the plant. The third reason is the camera I took the photo on, since this was one of the first quality photos I took with my cell phone. If I had more time, I would have edited the picture better, since the editing made the final picture look extremely pixalated.
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4. My three rules of composition are: Perspective, Rule of Thirds, and Simplicity.

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I used rule of thirds and perspective in the picture.

6. Your first rule is "get closer"

7. The benefits of working in groups include: 1.Able to have people back you up and explain uncertainties to you. 2. You can learn information beneficial in the future and they can learn stuff from you. 3. As a group, tasks can be done more efficiently since everyone is helping each other. 4. As a group, communication skills will develop. 5. Hard tasks that may not have been able to be done alone can be accomplished by breaking complex tasks into parts and steps.

8. The difficulties of working in a group include: 1. inability to focus on the task. 2. conflict between team members. 3. Unequal effort from group members. 4. difficulty to meet up outside of class. 5. ideas not thoroughly discussed as a team.

9. My favorite work in this class is by Rudrik, who took the following: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBg_Bpi6tXPy1ZjagzHfhVjTXBQuabPEZTKQ25OqUugkVcL_LYlNcwVuXxQj_Fz-EpsJTufCGELjg6-t4dBK1r8Abwg7wtJuDNSwfVFyzTTrwYbAke_EY4E_krJdLxMoN-FqhFaGS91f5B/s1600/unnamed_1.jpg

10. The master photographer I was assigned is Philippe Halsman. He was as European photographer who moved to America. He specialized in portraits and took many of celebrity friends. His major contribution to photography was the ability to show people's emotions and personalities through his portraits.

11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo is "Migrant Mother," which depicted a worn out mother with two children with her. This photo was taken in a frozen pea farm in Nipomo, California in 1936. When taking this photo, she was employed by the FSA, or Farm Security Administration.

12. The creators of LIFE Magazine are John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller. However, Henry Luce bought the magazine and turned it to a photojournalism magazine in 1936.The first publication of LIFE (photojournalism version) was in November 23, 1936.

13. In 1947, Robert Capa co-founded Magnum Photo.

14. The falling soldier was taken by Robert Capa on September 5, 1936 and was supposed taken in the battle ground of Cerro Muriano in Cordoba.

Album Cover Recreation

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Masters of Photography Project Reflection

In doing this project, I realized that the photographs a photographer takes is their own fingerprint, that they are different for every photographer and represents their personality and their lives. In this way, I also relized that my classmates were all unique and their photographs showed the way they percieved the world. Because some of the photographers they chose were very specific in their photo subjects, some of my classmates found it difficult to replicate the photos. Instead, they chose a different photo subject, but their photos were still related in style to the artist. Their choice of the location and photo subject depicted their own view of the world and put it in a physical form.

1. As a student in this class, I have learned many photography skills such as cropping and using Adobe Bridge to edit my photos. For this project in particular, these skills were imperative towards turning the photo I took to a photo that is similar to one that Philippe Halsman took.

2. From the beginning of the school year until now, I have learned multiple photography skills. I previously had no knowledge in photography whatsoever and did not know what a "good" photo was. Now, I have learned basic rules of photography and have also learned personal skills that help in leading up to taking a photo.

3. By working with a group, I can ask my group members on their opinions on photos. For this project in particular, I asked my group members about possible poses and locations that would help the photographs become the best it can be.

4.The only disadvantages of working in a group is the amount of people. With the limited working space we had, there was no space for all of us to get a "Straight" picture of the photo subject. By this, I mean that some people had to take pictures from the side, or at an angle, which made it difficult to replicate Halsman's style.

5. Looking back at the project, I believe that some of the pictures could have been of a better quality, b/c when I cropped my pictures, they became blurry and pixilated.

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