Best Photo of the Semester

Double Page Spread

Final Exam

Due Monday, Dec. 14th

$1

PART 1- On black poster board: 

1. DPS
   
2. 5-8 5X7 prints with top ten photo tip
3. famous photojournalist (Name and what you liked about him/her and an example of his/her work)
4. front page of your blog
5. list 3 things you learned in this class
6. 3 reasons why do you like photography

PART 2- Update blog, make it a PDF, save whole blog into "Blog Final" folder

put BEST picture of the semester on your blog

Animoto Video

Cutout with Photoshop

Photoshop is a program that allows you to edit your pictures in ways other programs can't. It is easy to use once you get the hang of it. The program lets users manipulate, crop, resize, and correct colors on photos. I learned that you need to be very careful when using the crop tool and the "magic wand" tool because you can ruin the picture if you don't use these tools carefully. It's a lot of fun to use if you use it correctly; and many professionals use it!

Photojournalism Ethics

I think it is not right when someone fools you, so as a photojournalist I don't think altering your photos is the right thing to do. When you simply change the color of someone shirt in a picture, you are fooling the reader from what the picture actually is and is portraying. I think editing pictures to make them look better is perfectly fine, but when you remove items or change the people in the photo, you are not showing the public the same picture you took, so you are causing the viewer to question if the picture really happened or if it is a fake. This has been a growing concern amongst photojournalists because readers are beginning to question almost every photo taken; It is true? Did it really happen? Is this what it was supposed to look like? I don't think we, as readers, should have to question the honesty of a photo each time we see one. In this picture, for example, we need to ask if this is really what it looks like? Probably not. This photojournalist obviously manipulated the picture to make it look like that.

Photojournalism: Behind the Viewfinder

Photojournalism is a type of photography meant to convey information about an event or events, combined with text; it is a form of journalism that utilizes images in order to tell a news story

The Typical Life of a Photojournalist

Faces in the ferris wheel

By: Lara Hartley

The Nutcracker

By: Tom Burton

Columbine Diaries

By: James Keivom

A mitzvah is a good deed...

By: Susan Markisz

How many ways can you spell G-R-A-D-U-A-T-I-O-N?

By: Susan Markisz

I don't do weddings.

By: Lara Hartley

A Day in the Bronx

By: Dick Kraus

Does Color Matter?

By: Susan Markisz

Pulitzer Prize for Photography

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award established by Joseph Pulitzer and given annually for accomplishment in various fields of newspaper journalism, literature, and musical composition, photography is one of the many categories.

Nathaniel Fein, 1949

Steve Ludlum, 2002

Sal Veder, 1974

The photograph taken by Kevin Carter of the Sudan child was very disturbing and meaningful. Could I take this photo without helping the child in any way? No. Definitely not. I probably wouldn't even be able to take the picture at all because I would not be able to look at the picture every again. I can't even look at the picture now. I guess it's just because of who I am and what I've been through that I could never do something like that, no matter how important it is for those suffering. I think this picture needed to be captured, but I could not see myself taking it. I don't understand why Carter didn't go to help the child, I know I would have picked her up and taken her to get food, so that she wasn't crawling there herself. Helping her would be the first thing I did, not take a picture and then leave her be. What would you have done?

Commonly Used Angles

Shots With Different Shot Sizes

• Extreme Wide Shot- shows a broad view of the surroundings around the character and coveys scale, distance, and geographic location 

• Wide Shot- shows the entire character from head to toe

• Medium Wide Shot- shows character (usually cut off across the legs above or below the knees) and is wide enough to tell the physical setting in which the action is taking place, yet close enough to see the facial expression

• Medium Shot- shows a character's upper-body, arms, and head

• Close-Up Shot- shows character's face and shoulders, and is close enough to show subtle facial expressions clearly

• Extreme Close-Up Shot- shows only a part of the character's face and it fills the screen with the details of a subject

Horizontal Camera Angles

• Frontal

• Three-quarter front

• Profile

• Three-quarter rear

• Rear

Vertical Camera Angles

• High Angle- makes the person look smaller, younger, weak, confused, or more childlike

• Eye Level

• Low Angle- makes the person look bigger, stonger, and more noble. It give the impression of height.

• Two Shot
  

• Over-the-Shoulder Shot

• Reverse Over-the-Shoulder Shot

Tips For Being a Better Photographer

Top Ten Tips

1) GET ON THEIR LEVEL

My Oatmeal Can Camera Adventure

When my teacher told us to bring a Quaker Oatmeal Can, I thought she was crazy. I had no idea that something, that had no part resembling a camera, could take a picture like this. We first took our cans and spray painted them black so that no light would get and ruin the picture. Then we made the shutter and covered the cap with black paper so no light could get in that way either. Once we had finished constructing the camera, we were ready to begin taking pictures. This was the part I did not understand. We went outside to watch the demonstration and I could tell that this was going to be a long and hard process for me. 

My first photos turned out too dark, but I slowly progressed from there. With more experience, and confidence, my pictures began to improve. The things you could do while waiting for the picture to take was the best part. You could have someone walk in and walk out and then it would show on your negative photo. It was funny to see people taking the pictures, too, because we were just standing there and people probably thought we were so weird. I tried moving my arms for one picture, and when it developed, it looked like I had no arms! It was hilarious! Who knew behind all the frustration of not getting the "perfect picture" there was so much fun and excitement? I'm really happy we are doing this project because it make me realize that you can take a picture with almost anything! I just need to remember to not give up because I will eventually get the picture I want, I just need patience. 

Make your own!