Final Exam

While it is not my best photo, this one definitely transformed the way I viewed and took photography. Before this photo, my photos were often dark and boring, but afterwards, I started to be more aware of light-and-dark contrast.

Shape and form are different because while shape is one object, form is a series of objects.

Pattern and repetition are different because pattern is the repeating of an object, while repetition is the use of pattern to create a sense of unity.

Note: Both form and repetition similar to shape and pattern respectively, but are more complex forms.

About me!

Aileen's about page was very inspiring, with emoticons and all.

MC Week story: N/A

Photo Story: Here

Final Photo Project: Here

Out of all my photo projects, the last one was definitely the best. My previous projects had been focused on subjects that I wasn't very interested in, but the last one had been about the passion of my life. I enjoyed doing that project quite a bit. Instrument photographers often use a lot of light-and-dark contrast, so I was able to use that technique.

I learned from the final photo project that I didn't have to take pictures of things that I wasn't very interested in. I could take pictures of things that I was extremely passionate about.

And everything was good.

Student Website Reviews

Period 1: http://aileenhhsu.weebly.com

I really like the design of the top of the page. The photo on her home page is the best because it makes really good use of lighting.

Period 2: http://nathanmaphotography.weebly.com

The photo of the blue origami dragon is the best because its colors strongly contrast and the dragon exhibits multiple shades of blue.

p.s. I really like the "warning: pointless button" thing on his home page.

Period 4: http://tellingstorieswithpictures.weebly.com

I like how the home page of his website has a link to his gallery. The photo of the Legos is the best because it is very colorful and very balanced.

Webready photos

http://carlyechanphotography.weebly.com/

First Commercial Shoot

PC: Connie

PC: Me

PC: Connie

PC: Pavi

PC: Gracie

Photos inspired by Outback Steakhouse

Model Status

Before:

After:

Best Picture

Story with a photo - What a Nice Day

It was a nice day, in the lovely city of Fremont. The sun was out, the grass was green, and flowers were starting to bloom. There was something wrong, though: the amount of precipitation was much lower than usual. Every day set a new low, and Fremont had just experienced the last rainstorm for the next few months. Despite the bright sun, the green grass, and the blooming flowers, many people knew that the nice days would not last. The sun will become too harsh, the grass will turn yellow, and the flowers will wither and rot.

What a nice day, in the lovely city of Fremont.

MSJMCW Story

Once upon a time, there was a cream puff named Bob. He had been brought into this world by a few cooks in a restaurant, who wrapped a combination of cream and green tea in a batch of pastry dough. Bob had a very happy life, as he sat in his comfortable paper wrapping, still freshly cut. Deep down, though, he knew that his life would one day come to an end, torn apart by human teeth, or laid to rot by hungry microorganisms. His moments of comfort and security were often interrupted by brief lapses of fear. When customers ordered the restaurant's well-known cream puffs, they would usually choose the popular vanilla cream puffs. Bob would always watch the unlucky vanilla cream puffs get carted off and placed in a box, desperately screaming for help. But one day, a group of strange red-shirted students walked into the restaurant and placed an order for cream puffs. "Vanilla, green tea, and chocolate," they told the cashier.

Bob started to panic. He had heard the strange students say chocolate. They had ordered him! The sudden realization crashed down on him. His days of lounging in his comfortable plastic wrapping were over. He would be placed into the box of doom, and meet his horrible fate. Bob tried to escape, but the cashier's hands were too fast. They grabbed him and placed him in the dark horrible box, that instrument of terror. Bob's screams of horror were muffled by the closing of the box.

Lens Blog - Variety

I believe that this picture demonstrates the use of variety the best, because it has the circular shapes of the bowls and the rectangular shapes of the sheet metal. In addition to the variety of shapes, the picture also has a variety of colors. For example, the bright colors of the goat stew sharply contrasts with the dark color of the bowls.

Half Past Autumn - Gordon Parks Pt 1 - 4

PART 1

1. He put Gordon in a bucket of cold water.
2. Gordon was born in Kansas.
3. She told him that he wasn't "college material".
4. He was 15 when his mother died.
5. He moved to Minnesota after her death.
6. He didn't finish high school, but he got a degree from Princeton.
7. He began his fashion photography career by taking pictures of models in Frank Murphy's shop.
8. A double exposure is the joining of multiple images to create a single image.
9. Joe Louis was a professional boxer.
10. He played the piano.
11. The purpose of the FSA was to show Americans the conditions of the Great Depression.
12. Stryker's first assignment for Gordon was to go buy a topcoat, go to the restaurant across the street, and go watch a movie.
13. Ella Watson was a woman who was sweeping the floor at the FSA.
14. The inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic was (NOT DONE)
15. Gordon learned from Stryker that he had to learn how to portray bigotry correctly.

PART 2

16. The FSA shut down in 1943.
17. He shot for Vogue.
18. The picture editor was Wilson Hicks.
19. The first major story he covered was about crime.
20. Artists that influenced Gordon Parks during his stay in Paris included Degas and Monet.
21. No information
22. Parks' concerto was performed in Venice.
23. Park's second wife was Elizabeth Campbell
24. Flavio de Silva was 12.
25. Parks met Flavio in 1961.
26. Flavio lived in the slums of Brazil when he first met Gordon Parks.
27. Gloria Vanderbilt was an artist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. Her son is the news anchor Anderson Cooper
28. Vanderbilt described their relationship as pre-formed and natural.

PART 3 AND 4
1. I believe that being successful is having an impact on the world.
2. I have given much most of my free time and interests to be successful.
3. Parks has given up his family and personal life to be successful.
4. No information
5. Parks was advanced $10,000 to write his first book.
6. Elijah Muhammad offered Parks $500,000 to do a story on The Nation of Islam.
7. Parks refused the money because he did not agree with Elijah Muhammad's beliefs.
8. The Learning Tree was significant because it was one of the first major Hollywood movies produced by an African-American man..
9. Shaft was significant because he was a black superhero.
10. Gordon Park's choice of weapon was the camera.
11. Genevieve Young believes that she and Gordon Parks divorced because
12. Like Solomon Northrup's Journey, 12 Years a Slave also told his story.
13. Gordon Parks, Jr. was a filmmaker and the son of Gordon Parks. He died in a plane crash.
14. My favorite Gordon Parks photo is the one of Red Jackson standing over a dead gang member.
15. In ten years, I will remember that Gordon Parks was a polymath who was especially known for his photography.

Principles of Design - Pattern

Exposure: +0.65
Contrast: +34
Highlights: -28
Shadows: -14
Whites: +29
Blacks: -15
Clarity: +17
Vibrance: +29
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Rhythm

Exposure: +0.30
Contrast: +38
Highlights: -26
Shadows: -13
Whites: +33
Blacks: -38
Clarity: +17
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Variety

Exposure: -0.30
Contrast: +29
Highlights: -4
Shadows: -46
Whites: +13
Blacks: -9
Clarity: +16
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Proportion

Exposure: +0.65
Contrast: +38
Highlights: -40
Shadows: -74
Whites: +33
Blacks: -12
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Unity

Exposure: +0.15
Contrast: +27
Highlights: -7
Shadows: +12
Whites: +8
Blacks: -36
Clarity: +20
Vibrance: +34
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Emphasis

Exposure: 0
Contrast: +8
Highlights: +14
Shadows: -18
Whites: +40
Blacks: -23
Clarity: +23
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Repetition

Exposure: -0.55
Contrast: +53
Highlights: 0
Shadows: -35
Whites: +29
Blacks: -35
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Movement

Exposure: -0.25
Contrast: +21
Highlights: +25
Shadows: -17
Whites: +33
Blacks: -24
Clarity: +20
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Principles of Design - Balance

Exposure: +1.50
Contrast: +14
Highlights: +15
Shadows: +12
Whites: +30
Blacks: -40
Clarity: +20
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Space

Exposure: 0
Contrast: +18
Highlights: -54
Shadows: 0
Whites: +69
Blacks: -26
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Texture

Exposure: 0
Contrast: +49
Highlights: -46
Shadows: -48
Whites: +49
Blacks: -33
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Color

Exposure: 0
Contrast: +38
Highlights: 0
Shadows: +48
Whites: +26
Blacks: -21
Clarity: -46
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Form

Exposure: -0.45
Contrast: +32
Highlights: +58
Shadows: -38
Whites: -26
Blacks: -13
Clarity: +37
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Shape

Exposure: 0
Contrast: +51
Highlights: +34
Shadows: -36
Whites: -63
Blacks: -32
Clarity: +57
Vibrance: 0
Saturation: 0

Elements of Art - Line

Switched the original picture. See repetition.

Exposure: +0.25

Contrast: +23

Highlights: -27

Shadows: -18

Whites: +22

Blacks: -23

Clarity: +15

Vibrance: +48

Saturation: -32

Lens Favorite Photo

My group picked this photo.

This photo follows several rules, including rule of thirds, using diagonals, and depth of field.

The boy on the tightrope is not centered, following the rule of thirds, and the tightrope is a diagonal line moving into different depths of the photo. (Leading lines would work too?!) The many different objects in the photo, which include the starred tent and the two sitting people, are in various fields of depth. This creates a feeling of multiple dimensions in the photo.

Multimedia Fest Poster #2

Top 5 Photos

1. Chained Mali
2. Electroencephalogram
3. Bhabi Carrying Water
4. Net in Water
5. Nurjahan Khala

Multimedia Festival Poster

Poster Project

Based on One Direction's 2015 tour poster.

Final Exam - First Semester Pd 3

1. My favorite photo from the Lens slideshow is the fifth one with the waves and the lighthouse. The placement of the lighthouse clearly shows the rule of thirds, and the white foam of the waves creates a line that leads the viewer across the photo. Many small details, including the brick foundation of the lighthouse and the smaller waves in the sea, fill up what is left of the space. Wow, that coincidentally fits all of my three rules of composition!

2. Regarding the best, the fourth photo depicting the Marine officer, hat, and Air Force One fit that role the most. There are multiple focal points (conveniently placed at various "thirds" of the photo), and each focal point is so colorful that it seems to draw attention away from its dull gray background. Besides having great composition, the photo also has a great story behind it. The hat blown off the Marine's head by the wind of Air Force One shows me that powerful leaders sometimes mistreats their subordinates.

3. In my opinion, my best work this semester was a photo of small signs surrounded by tufts of grass. See here. (You may have to scroll down a bit. Or you can scroll down right now and see the photo.) I really like how the everyday objects in the photo are so mundane, but they tell a powerful story. The photo also has a lot of bright, happy colors and sharp color contrasts.

If I had more time, I would have taken a few more shots at different angles. Maybe there would be a better picture at a different angle. Who knows?

4. My three rules of composition are: Fill the frame, rule of thirds, and leading lines.

5. My best work also shows my best example of my three rules of composition. See below.

There are little details that fill the frame, and the wires and poles lead to the white sign in the middle, which is the focal point.

6. Hello, Mr. Farley! Your first rule of composition is to get closer to your subject.

7. Benefits of working in groups: divide and conquer (which ultimately fails but nonetheless works for a while), less work, and therefore less stress (until divide and conquer fails), input from everyone makes result more creative, and different people cover for your weak spots.

8. Difficulties of working in groups: when divide and conquer fails and you have to do everything by yourself, hard to make decisions, one person controls everything, people just can't agree on anything, and the problem of finding times and places to meet.

9. My favorite photo by someone else in the class is definitely Pavi's photo of her shoes and the floor. The tiles create an optical illusion of 3D, which is very cool. And interesting.

Yay history

10. Margaret Bourke-White was one of the original photographers for Life Magazine, and its first female photographer. Her photos greatly contributed to the idea of an "American Style" of photography. Some of her photos have become iconic American favorites.

11. Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange's most popular photo, was taken in Nipomo, California, around the February or March of 1936. At the time, she was employed by the Resettlement Administration.

12. John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller created/founded Life Magazine. Its first copy was published on January 4, 1883.

13. Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in 1947.

14. Capa took "Falling Soldier" in Spain, during the year of 1936.  

Album Cover Recreation - Promised Land

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Elvis_Presley_Promised_Land.jpg