American Soldier

This is the most powerful picture to me because it shows so much emotion. you can see that there is this bitter sweet feeling in the photo. the parents and friends are so happy to see him but they know he will have to leave soon again.

set #1 At home in Denver- from #1  to #8
set #2 At Basic Training- from #9  to #30
set #3 In Iraq- from #48  to #74
set #4 Back in Denver- from #75  to #82

When he is in Iraq, i think those are the most powerful images. It shows Just how much he as to go through mentally and physically. It shows us some of the hardest times in his life and the obstacles he had to overcome.
The images work to tell a story in the way that it goes through the events in his life pretty specifically. Because he is Constantly moving in his life and is involved in many different things, the images help capture all the action that would be hard to explain and together pour out emotion to the viewer.

In the photos that Ian is in the main subject, the verbs are written in present tense. the Captions let you know whats going on with Ian. It makes the viewer feel more attached to Ian and make them feel like they are with him. you Feel as if you are going on the journey with him and can understand him more.

Ian jokes with Carl about how when the Colonel bends down, they can see his underwear in Iraq. they thought it was funny how the Colonel wears bright pink boxers with kittens on it.

 

 

 Ian sleeps for 4 hours after him and Joe were chasing chickens around the camp ground in Iraq. He felt tired from running for 30 minutes and went to his room and passed out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ian stands outside of Bobs Car while eating Chili flavored Fritos. He Gained 250 Calories after eating a 5 pound bag of Fritos.

Magazine Tips

1. Don't judge the cover by how it looks on the screen.
2. Make the title and subtitle pop from the background.
3. Make sure the cover isn't invisible and have something dominant to pop.
4. Make sure to make the cover the right size.
5. Think about who you are targeting to see the cover and find what interest them most.

Cold, Electric, Purple

Electricity

Purple

cold

 

 

 

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and IOS

F2.8

 

 

F16

 

1. The eye is closely related to aperture.
2. the bigger the F number; the smaller the F number 
3. Aperture can determine whether to make the background blurry or clear. If you have a a smaller aperture the background will become more clear.

slow shutter speed

fast shutter speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For when its light out.
A. high
B.medium
C.slow
D.medium
E.slow
F. high

For when its dark out.
A.medium
B.high
C.medium
D.high
E.medium
F.slow

When the camera is set on auto, the camera sets aperture and shutter speed for you.
When the camera is set in aperture priority, you can set the aperture and the camera will set the shutter speed for you.
When you set the camera to Shutter Priority, you set the shutter speed and the camera sets the aperture.
When the camera is set in Manual mode, you chose the aperture and shutter.

ISO 200

ISO 3200

1. The advantages are that it can freeze motion and make it lighter without using flash.
2. When using a low ISO, you should shoot in a place that has enough light and is still.
3. When using a high ISO, you should shoot in low light and be okay with your photo turning out grainy. Also it freezes motion.

DSLR camera
1. the aperture goes from F2.8 to F22
2. the shutter speed goes from 1 second to 1/4000 of a second.
3. the ISO goes from 100 to 25600

Love and Loss

At the beginning I felt joy in looking at how happy they were together and as i worked my way down I began have sad emotions bubble up inside of me. I saw how hard things got for them and it made me feel pity for them. I got to see how she fought and how she would get upset and miserable.  I think what he meant when he said this was the photos show what hard times they went through and how sad things got sometimes.  they show her having cancer and being sick. But the thing is, they went through this and lived with it. It doesn't mean that's who they are, just because she had cancer doesn't mean she is cancer.
 I think I could shoot photos like this but it would be very hard for me to document suffering. I would tell Angelo that I respect him for not leaving her side and deciding to stay with her and fight with her and love her. it must have been hard for him to take pictures and stay positive but he did it or him and for her. He loved her for everything she was worth and he doesn't regret a thing. That's a man to respect and he deserves to live the rest of his life happy.

abandoned theme parks

I would like to visit Lincoln Park in Dartmouth, Massachusetts because its has a very creepy vibe to it. I feel like I could take some really cool pictures from angles if i went there. I also like how the roller coasters there are broken. The way they are broken is very distinct. Also I like how the landscape around it has grown. There are trees and bushes that are slowly taking over the park just pouring into it. It really gives the viewer the sense that the park is abandoned.

5 Unusual Photos Places

1. Abandoned water parks

2. Abandoned Malls

3. Abandoned Gas Stations

4. Abandoned Football Stadium 

5. Abandoned Churches 

I really like this photo because this really creepy feel to it and it just makes you feel very uncomfortable and empty inside. I would want to shoot in a empty mall because I could make the photos feel very creepy and a mall is so big that there are so many places to go to take photos. there are also so many creative ideas and angle to shoot. Having something be very spacious ad empty can make a person feel emotion for it and I want to make people feel emotion for my photos. also the lighting in a mall is great to take photos.

For me to be able to go and take photos at an abandoned mall I would need a car ride to an abandoned mall and a camera but I own my own camera. I think that its legal to take photos at abandoned malls but I would look into it and ask permission just in case I needed to. I would also need back up because abandoned malls are scary.

Reaction to Africa

I really like what his passion is to take photos. He doesn't care so much about them being documented as great dramatic photos but rather the actual subject and state of being in the photo. He really takes in all is surroundings and focuses on what is there and not the camera. He likes to live in the moment and really cares about the beings he captures on camera.

This photo is of an adult elephant and a baby elephant. The baby elephant is on the ground. the adult elephant looks sad. This is my favorite photo because i really like elephants and the emotion in this Picture is so overwhelming. I like the body language of the elephants in the photo and the natural look on their faces. Simplicity is evident in this photo because there is nothing in the background other than the empty grey sky. The rule of lines is also evident in this photo because there are lines all over the elephants and lines horizons in the background. 

Nick Brandt

 Nick uses pentax 67II with two fixed lens. He uses these lenses and not the telephoto because he wants to get close to them and understand their personality. He takes these pictures because he wants to capture the beauty of an animal before they are acting in the wild. His hope is that we humans will stop putting them in danger because he believes everybody has an equal right to live.

"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of Being."-Nick Brandt