Period 1 - Semester Final

1. In this slideshow, my favorite would be the second photo. This photo depicts a woman with her family, crossing the border at a Turkish town. The first reason why I like this photo is that the shallow depth of field allows the viewer to instantly focus on the woman and her children. Among all the chaos, this picture clearly isolates one family's hardships. The second reason why I like this photo is because although the father of the family is close up, he is still blurry showing that he is not the main focus of this picture. This picture mainly depicts the worried mother and crying children to show the devastating affects of military attacks. My third reason why I like this photo is that this picture is a focused on a very serious topic. The photographer captured the woman's emotions and let the viewer easily know that this is a troubling subject and that the woman is very concerned.

2. Throughout the entirety of this slideshow, I believe that the ninth photo is the best in this slideshow. The ninth photo is the photo of a red deer in the morning mist. The first reason why I feel that this photo is the best is because it shows one of the more popular rules of composition: avoiding the middle. The photographer did a very good job in positioning the deer just left of the middle so that this picture wouldn't look like just another ordinary photo, while still letting the viewer know that the deer is the main subject in the photo. My second reason is that the photographer set a frame to encapsulate the picture of the deer. The photographer used shrubs and trees to isolate the deer within the frame. My third reason why I think this photo is the best is that if one looks closely, one can see that there is still a field of depth even though the picture depicts the silhouette of a deer. The outline of the deer is clearer than the bushes and plants near the deer.
3. I think that the best photo in my entire blog would probably the one shown below. It can also be found here.

I feel that this is my best picture because I unknowingly managed to get a shallow depth of field. Although some of the other blades of the plant are still in focus, a viewer can tell that the one leaf of the plant is the main focus of the picture. My second reason is that the plant's water is slightly shimmering due to the refraction of light from the sun. This makes the one leaf of the plant stand out even more. The last reason why I think this photo is the best is due to the use of diagonal lines. I tried to use diagonal lines, one of the rules of composition. This use of diagonal lines would make the photo seem more appealing and less typical and more unique than other photos. I would have tried to go from a slightly different angle to try to get more refraction of light off the water droplets if I had more time. I wanted the water droplets to glow more than shimmer. 

4. My three rules of composition are filling the frame, aspect ratio, and leading lines.

5. One of my photos that depicted leading lines and aspect ratio would be the one shown below. It can also be found here. It is the second photo of the blog post.

This photo has its focus on the road up ahead and as the viewer mores their field of vision, they will find that there is also a hand and part of a camera also trying to take a picture of this road. This also has aspect ratio where the hidden focus of the picture is approximately 1/3 of the overall photo.

6. Mr. Farley's first rule of composition is the 'Get Closer'. The purpose of this rule is so that one can clearly and cleanly get a picture of the subject.

7. a. Able to provide constructive criticism

    b. Peer editing

    c. Break complex projects into step by step

    d. Receive social support from each other.

    e. Refine understanding through discussion and explanations

8. a. Unequal participation, some group members may do more work than others

    b. Conflict of opinions or ideas

    c. More workload with more people

    d. Misunderstanding people's intentions

    e. Going off topic

9. My favorite photo from another person's blog would have to be Deborah Chen's photo shown below. It can also be found here. It is the last picture of the post.

I really love this photo because the sides of the railroad are parallel to each other yet, it seems as though the lines are intersecting way into the distance.

10. My master of photography was named Eugene Smith. Although he took many funny photos, he mostly focused his pictures on serious topics like war. He showed the harshness of war and shattered any propaganda trying to convince young people from joining the war. Although, like the photo shown here, were not about war, they were still about serious topics like presidential elections.

11. Dorothea Lange's most famous photo is called Migrant Mother and it was taken around February or March of 1936 in Nipomo, California. Dorothea Lange was working for the FSA, or the Farm Security Administration.

12. Life magazine began posting on the exact day of November 23, 1936.

13. Elvis Presley, also known as the King of Rock, was born on the exact day of January 8, 1935.

14. Robert Capa was a founding father of the photography organization called Magnum. Magnum was founded in 1947.

Abbey Road Album Cover

We tried to recreate the Beatles album, Abbey Road.

Cover http://d817ypd61vbww.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/media_responsive_widest/public/tile/image/original_593.jpg?itok=lhwAxXPe

Reflection

1. My project is my own work. It is what I want to do and what I produce. This is my work and therefore it has my signature on it and represents me as a student. 
2. Before taking this class, I always thought we would be simply taking pictures. But my view changed when we started editing photos in Adobe Photoshop and Camera Raw.
3. You can work together to make a project easier since we have more people looking at different perspectives on the project.
4. A disadvantage would be that as a group, there is more material to cover and we need to cover each others' backs to make sure everyone has completed their assigned material.
5. I would have spent more time in Camera Raw editing and cropping the photos to make the photos seem older and taken in time when Eugene Smith was taking pictures. 
6. I also wanted to include my failed attempts at imitating Eugene Smith's photos since they also represented me as a student. Although they may not have looked like Eugene Smith's photos, I had a fun time taking them.