Capturing Emotion

Photojournalism is the capturing of a story with photos, so a key piece of the story is the emotion of the people involved. There are some key ways to capture emotion. First, focus on the faces and zoom in very tight on them. By making the photo black and white, the viewer can no longer be distracted by any other aspect of the photo and the expression is the the main attraction. Also to contrast the photo many photographers step back and take a photo of the situation on an average day where no emotion is present.

Best Nine

The final part of my top ten tips project was to make a collage of one picture of each tip. I chose my favorite picture that best represented each tip.

Top Ten Tips: 10

Lock the focus is the technique where you make the background blurry by focusing in on your sucject. To do this, you have to hold the button down half way and pan over the subject you want the camera to focus with the center (or the default setting). Then you can move the camera to move the subject from the center of the frame and take the picture. In my example, Molly's hand is my focused subject (not in the middle) and her face is the center yet the background of the photo.

Top Ten Tips:

The first tip this week was to learn our flash's range, meaning figure out how far from our subject we can be and the flash to still light them up. In the picture of Meredith, the room was very dark but I was  close enough to make the picture come out using the flash. The next tip was to be a director, meaning tell people where to stand and what to do in posed pictures to make them better and more intresting. It took some work to get Michael to get in the middle of the girls. Rule of thirds is the last tip. Its where you move the subject from the middle like my dog Bradley is.

Top Ten Tips: 3, 4, and 5

The third tip is the use the flash outdoors to fix shadows. On the right, we are in a cave and it is very dark, but by using the flash you can see the girl's faces. The forth tip is called fill the frame. In the last photo, by zooming in close on the flower you can see the details and it eliminates excessive background. The last tip is to take vertical pictures. In the photo above , more scenery is  shown because of the orientation.

Top Ten Tips: 1 and 2

Recently, we have been reviewing the Kodak Top Ten Tips and working on applying them to our photos. The first two tips involve having neat, clean backgrounds and keeping your view at eye level of the subject so the entire 'face' is shown. In the picture on the left, I got on the ground to be on the same level as Catherine so the picture would have her face not the top of her head. On the left, the background is good because it isn not messy or distracting and it also contrasts with the color of Tori's shirt.

Photo Mosaic

Today we used about one hundred or so photos to make a photo mosaic on the website www.printmosaic.com. It is super easy and fun!! I used a picture of Chandler and I at Frontier Ranch this summer as the main photo.

Start Snapping

This photo utilizes the techniques of bird's eye view and rule of thirds. It is one of my favorites because I caught Molly in the moment doing her cute closed mouth smile.

In this photo, Molly is being framed by the trees, and it uses rule of thirds, making the photo more interesting. The trees also represent repition. I like this picture because it shows so many techniques in one photo.

Lindsey is throwing up the "peace sign," in this photo filling the frame. I like this photo because it shows the tone of the photo in that Lindsey is not even looking at the camera, she didnt know i would still take the picture if she stuck her hand out in front.

All About Me

This is a collage of about 12 things, people, and places that describe me and are important in my life. I spend most of my time either at home or at Memorial High School with my friends and family. I fill all my spare time listening to music, especially country. I have two King Charles spaniels named Bradley and Baxter. I am a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church; God plays the most important role in my life. The Mexican food is my all time favorite meal, if I had to eat one ting the rest of my life it would be what is on that plate. My favorite desert is fro-yo from Pink Berry. Every summer since I was eight years old I have gone to Camp Longhorn for three weeks in June where we sail, soc and blob all day. 

PhotoWalk

On my photo-walk Molly was the subject of all my pictures. In the upper left corner, Molly is framed by the red staircases and the path serves as leading lines.  It is also taken from worms eye view, has symmetry, and specific light on Molly, the subject. Next, the upper right photo, the window divisions are leading lines and the rule of thirds applies because Molly is in the lower-left corner of the photo. The last photo, has repetition of the trees on the right and left so they also frame Molly. The red bench is also very contrasting to all the green nature around it.

Remembering 9.11.2001

I vividly remember being on the playground in kindergarden when the first plane stuck the Twin Towers. My story is of a five year olds point of view and and I didn't understand the magnitude of the tragic terrorist attack on our country. I only remember the secret service landing on the football field and coming in and urgently taking George W. Bush's family from the school. My parents came to pick me up and didn't want me watching the news, but I ended up going to my neighbor's house and seeing very frightening video coverage there. The picture of this man falling to his death reminds me of the other scaring things I saw that day. Although very disturbing, I am intrigued by this photo because of the affect it has on me and I'm sure the rest of it's viewers. I am overwhelmed with sorrow and shock when I see it. I think its important to document history as it occurs, however, that does not mean it should all be published. I think there is a fine line, when you take away someone's humanity through a picture it should no longer, be seen by the public eye. Also, I think it is very important to have these pictures to help people remember the attack on our nation. It is very important we acknowledge the anniversary every year in the sense of one or two articles but not the only thing seen on television and in the papers.

Newb

Very first bog post!!! This is my blog that i will be using to post pictures and projects from my photojournalism class!!!