Rules of Photography Part 2..

Frame.

Simplicity.

Lines.

Balance. 

create depth.

cropping.

Viewpoint.

Pattern.

Avoiding merger.

Abandoned theme parks

1. I would go visit  The Land of Oz in North Carolina b/c everything in general looks creepy about this park. First of all the fact thats based on the Wizard of Oz and has the yellow brick road looks cool. In the photo it looked cool b/c oft the current weather at that moment. 


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3. Some other unusual places I've seen on youtube & thought of to travel and take pics. of would be...
ABANDONED

• school
• hospital
• insane asylum
• ware house 
• factory 

4. 
Abandoned insane asylum

Funny captions.....

Edith, sticking the middle finger at
 her family during a family dinner b/c her family
want to put her in a nursing home. She clearly
disagreed w/ them.

Agnes, riding her wheelchair w/ all the other cars on the road today on the Eastside of Austin. She rode her wheelchair to the pharmacy. 

 

Betty, lighting up a cigarette w/ her birthday candles
in her home. She lit her cigarette knowing what she has
to loose, 

Prompt Shoot #2

Purple. 

Electric.

Cool.

Warm up.

1. Clearly that escalated pretty quickly. Having to see what was happening and what to expect of the mans wife having cancer. It's really upsetting especially when you see her through her process.

2. I think what her meant when he's said " these photographs don't define us, but they are us." ,  was that just b/c he took these pics. of his wife battling breast cancer and him doesn't mean thats who they were. but that he was by her side at any point and that they were both fighting. and they defined there everyday actives.

3. I don't think i would be abel to take pictures, like this man did w/ his wife. Or any other types of loved one, b/c i would rather be w/ them at that point of there life.

4. If i wrote to Angelo I would say... Hi, I am sorry for your loss but, the way you took pictures of your wife was just i guess inspiring. Showing what was happening at that current moment and that your were by her side, It looks like no matter what. Even though you were certain and brave of what was happening you showed what you guys did even what looks like before the cancer.

Africa

I read that Nick Brandt spent months at a dry lake taking pics. of different animals like elephants, baboons. and many more. I also learned the reason why he took pics of these animals is b/c he wants to show people that one day these types of animals will disappear, " this world is under terrible threat, all of it caused by us."

I picture that i chose shows 2 elephants, the one on the right probably
the mother and the one on the left the younger elephant. It shows
the older elephant laying down, she's probably weak b/c of the heat or tired
It's my favorite pic. b/c it looks very emotional, and it just looks like it has a story
behind it.

4. The rule of the pic. would be balance b/c the pic seems to be in the middle of everything. There really isn't anything to show.
5. He doesn't use a phone camera lens. He does want to make sure he gets both landscape and animal.
6. The reason he takes the pics. of thees animals and landscape is b/c they look very iconic, but at the same time theres something very emotional thats happens in the African landscapes that are affecting the animals that all live there, he says. So theres a story in them.
7. To make people understand that theres something happening and we the people are causing this and letting this happen.
8. " When people in Africa are poor and starving and there are no crops left to eat due to deforestation and global warming leading to ever-worsening drought, they cannot be blamed if they kill the last zebra walking through the bush for there family to eat".

Great Black & Wthite part 3

1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? Post the images with your writing. 
One of the thing that caught my eye was the, what seems to be dead bides all stacked up on top of each other. The reason why i chose it is b/c of what I've read about this pic. 
 USE THE 5 SENCES:
I see, dead bodies stacked on op of each other and people walking around them like if there nothing.

I smell nothing b/c it's a photo, but if i was actually there i would smell rotten and decaying. Kind of like a dead animal but worse. 

I hear plane silence. 1 b/c its clearly a pic. but b/c everyone's clearly ignoring the dead bodies, b/c they're meant to be daed.

I taste completely nothing , but we're gonna guess it's probably a nasty taste. The reason for that is b/c where they are.

I feel sad. Personally b/c those people didn't deserve to die or be killed in an certain way. It just isn't right.



1.) What first caught your eye while looking at your photographers photos? Is there something in particular about their photos that made you want to choose them? Post the images with your writing.
The reason why i chose this picture is b/c of the way most people live before in the camps. Bourke- White took some pretty powerful pics. and some of them are inspiring to other. i chose these 2 pics. b/c of how strong they are.
USE THE 5 SENCES:
I see a group of men facing the camera w/ dirty clothes, and are really skinny. To the point you can see there bones. And tired.

I smell completely nothing. I don't even know what i should smell? Maybe a person who hasn't taken a shower.

I hear a cry for help in head. When i see photos like these, thats all i hear and nothing else. 

I taste.... Again IDK what i would tastes in that type of situation. Maybe dirt

I feel 

Mural assignment.

1. What theme, that we could take here and school and think of one for OFF campus too,  could we do a series of panels to place around school?  The types of themes that would make sense to me would be a relaxing theme & a mixture of busy. For example taking pics. that are off campus wouldn't be that hard, like taking pics of some public art or people ing are and stores.


2. Should we use phones only, or should we open up to our regular camera for those who don't have cameras on there phones?  I think using our actual cameras would be better but if you don't have a camera them use your phone. Or the opposite.


3. Where would you like to put the mural on campus?   I would like to put in the office, or any other place where people will see it.

academic shoot (photoshop) practice

Balance:

Simplicity:

Framing: 

Lines: 

Rules of third: