Avoiding Mergers

I chose this one for mergers because the building's sides are cut off.

Frame

The firefighters create a human frame around the injured firefighter.

Balance

Both of the towers look equal in height and stand out from the rest of the buildings.

Lines

This image was taken at a certain angle that makes the building have a line pattern all across the side.

Rule of Thirds

Here the twin towers are in the golden ratio, toward the mid-right.

Simplicity

Alone and in smoke, here the towers are in clear visibility.

Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

• Dorothea Lange
• Birth Date: May 26, 1895
• Death Date: October 11,1965
• Columbia University 
• Place of birth: Hoboken, New Jersey
• Lange is famous for photographing unemployed farmers during the Great Depression. 

Post Shoot Reflection

http://jasminel6.blogspot.com/2013/09/red-metal-happy.html

The locker is all metal which is good.
Also she took a nice picture of her friends being happy.
However her red was surrounded by more pictures which take the focus off of the red vans.

RED

                                                                            Metal

                                                                       Happy

The Camera

1. The effect came to be known as the "camera obscura" which is Latin for "dark room". This was the first camera. The hole acted like a lens, focusing and projecting light onto the wall of the dark chamber.
2. Issac Newton & Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.
3. A glass lens, a dark box, and film.
4. New cameras are very easy to use, just point and shoot. The camera's built-in computer handles focus and exposure so you don't have to.
5. Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. And guess what? The end result is still a photograph.
6. Operating modes are the most basic, and essentially tell the camera whether to take pictures or display them. Some cameras only have "on" and "off". Operating modes can usually be found on buttons or dials on the camera body.
7. To attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting (aperture).
8. To freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible.
9. If the subject is somewhat off-centre, the auto-focus may be fooled. You have probably seen this effect many times before. A half-press will tell the camera that you're almost ready to take a shot and to be prepared, triggering the following things to happen
10. Auto-Flash, In most camera modes, Auto-flash is enabled by default and will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light.
11. Disabled Flash, no flash. There are many cases where you may not want flash at all. The mood of the photograph can sometimes be more dramatic when the natural light is used.
12. Too much light and the picture will be washed out. Not enough light and the picture will be too dark. A good photograph depends on calculating the exposure settings that will give the film the "right" amount of exposure.
13. It will be dark.
14. The term "stop" is used in every aspect of photography to represent a relative change in the brightness of light.
15. 1
16. 2
17. It has more light.
18. It has less light.
19. Before light reaches film, it must pass through an opening called an "aperture". The aperture is like a pupil, you can control the aperture by setting the "Aperture Opening".
20. The longer exposures ( like 1 second ) give much more light to the film than a 1/1000 of a second exposure. So even though the number may look bigger, don't be deceived. 

The Camera Parts

Aperture - An opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

Shutter - A mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.
Exposure - The total amount of light received by a photosensitive surface or an area of such a surface or an area of such a surface, expressed as the product of the degree of illumination and the period of illumination.
Depth of field - The range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens, through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image.
F-stop - The setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.
Focal length - The distance between an object lens and its corresponding focal plea in a telescope.

Flash button - It gives out a sudden burst of light when pressed.
Menu button - When pressed it goes to the menu which allows you to see all the options.
Settings button - When pressed it will go to the settings options which will help you change the settings of the camera.
AF point selection button - When pressed it will focus on the object you are trying to take a picture of.
Playback button - When pressed the button will lead you to the pictures you have taken.

Masters of Black and White Photography

                                                                     Dorothea Lange
         

           

                                                                  Harry Callahan

                                                               
                                                                         Brassai
                                                               

Best and Worst photo

I believe this one is my best photo. The computers are neatly aligned and create a sense of organization.

I chose the bottom one as my worst picture because the model was in a strange pose. And the angle wasn't the best one either.

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