Unusual and Interesting photos (all parts)

Part 1

I personally love Christian Rhum's work. It is so unique

and it makes you look at normal buildings in a whole new way.

I think he made this with a mix of multiple exposures and photoshop. I love 

this shot because it looks as though a portal is opening in the city, but it is

really just a bridge. I think a good building to take this kind of photograph 

of is the frost bank. It is relatively close, not all the way across town or anything.

Buildings in that area are pretty easy access for me, though I would have to

drive there.

Part 2

Photojournalist of the Year

I picked this photograph because it shows real-life distress and tragedy.

This photo was in the "photojournalist of the year" category

This photograph won 2nd place in the competition 

I really love how the photographer captured the silhouette of the girl in front of the huge fire.

I think that you see the subject of this photo almost instantly when you look at this photo, so I am guessing that  it weighed in the judges' minds very much. The girl makes the photo. Without her, there would be no story.

I think the photographer had to move around a lot and be patient to catch this shot. He couldn't just ask the woman to put her arms up like that because this is a photo of real life. It cannot be staged or posed.

Local Portrait and Personality

I picked this photo because it shows the woman's personality well.

This photo was in the category of Local Portrait and Personality and it came in 3rd place.

The photographer made sure to get the candles in the photo, and since they are the brightest things in the photo my eyes were drawn to them.

Since this photo was entered for Local Portrait and Personality, the subject of the photo had to have weighed on the judges' minds a lot. What is a portrait without a subject? 

I think that one unique thing this photographer had to do to capture this image was wait. Maybe the subject was posed, but her body looks very relaxed. I imagine that the photographer hovered around with her while she went about her day in order to capture her personality naturally.

Sports Action

                                                   I picked this photo because it is very dramatic.

I found this photo in the Sports Action category.

This photograph won place AE3 in it's section. (I don't know what that is)

The photographer drew my eye by zooming in on the subject, capturing the moment as though i was right next to the girl when it happened.

I believe that the subjects in this photo weighed on the judges' minds very much when they were judging becasue they are what tell the whole story. There would be only mud if the lamb (or goat) and child were gone.

Something unique that I believe this photographer did is use a special long-distance lens to get a close-up photo.

Part 3

"We should take photos of things that have meaning to us."

"Photographers should be aware that different light in the same photo can not only come from inside to outside but also be from places like under trees to out in the open."

"The decisive moment is not only a human happening. Photographers also have to look for it in nature."

The Kiss By Klimt

"Klimt is very famous for his stylized paintings but in this one there is still that

 moment of connection between his subjects."

This photograph followed the suggestions from Klimt's painting very well, I believe.

When you look at the photo you can feel the connection between the two of them.

Klimt is one of my favorite artists of all time, but I do not know what the name of his painting style is,

I feel that it is too personalized to put a definite label on. His work influences me a lot.

Favorite Photograph (Jostens)

The photo I liked the best out of the Jostens academic/community service section is a photograph titled 'Political Secrets". It shows a political-looking woman whispering into an old man's ear. Blurred behind them is an american flag. I liked this photo because the change between the man and the woman looks sneaky, as if she is telling him what his next move should be. The flag in the background adds to the political feel of the picture. Another reason I chose this photo is because it goes by the rule of thirds really well. 

I think I could take photos like this one inside of the school, not in natural light. To capture an image that has a cold feeling to it, it is easiest to use artificial light. I would like to is it Mr. Logan's art room to take photos, but I won't be aiming for a photograph like the one I described, I will be taking a variety of types. All of the photos I looked at today were great, and I will be moving around and experimenting with my camera when we take photos in order to get a good shot like them.

Filling the Frame

Out of all of the photos in the academic/community
service section of Jostens, I found this photograph by far
the most interesting one. It fills the frame with things that
are cool to look at, like the glittery smoke at the bottom
and the reflections of it on the students' safety masks.
There is some dark space, but it adds to the outer-spaceish
vibe I pick up off of this photograph.

Action and Emotion

I didn't pick this photo for the action but for the emotion.
The look on her face tells you that she is paying attention
to what she is doing, and she is doing it for a reason. I guess
this photo could count for action also since she is holding
a plant an then reaching for the ground. But yeah, this photo
definitely shows a lot of emotion.

The Story

I chose this photo as the one that tells the best story
because I honestly think it does. The look of wonder and
excitement on the girls' faces tells it all. There is some kind
of foam (?) bursting into the air during a science experiment,
and they seem like they are having a great time. When you look
at this photo, you can pretty much tell what is going on.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

When taking photographs for a journal or newspaper, people want to see photos that show real life. The photographers named in the article failed to give those. They took photos that they considered imperfect, so they edited them in photoshop to make them look different. This is unethical for a photographer and I believe that they should have left the photos untouched, for life itself is imperfect and viewers deserve to see that in photography. You should not take a picture of something and then go back and alter it, and the author of that article believed so too.

Original, 1970

 Altered, 1995
I believe that this photo is the least unethical out of all of the
altered pictures in the article because all they did was lighten
it up a bit. In the original picture it is very dark and blotchy,
but if I were the photo editor I still wouldn't have altered it.
I only chose this phot because it was barely altered, unlike
some of the more severe ones where heads and faces of

                   people were placed into photos.

Un-altered image 1

Un-altered image 2

Altered image
I think that this is the most unethical photo of the bunch.
Why edit a photo of real-life terror and pain as if there wasn't
enough of it in the two original photos? The people in these
pictures are real and this was their life. I guess that wasn't
enough for the person who photoshopped these two photos
together, and I think that isn't right.

Post Shoot Reflection

1. During our first prompt shoot, I had a difficult time taking pictures of things people hadn't already. I took a photo of a fire hydrant, but then I noticed that practically everyone else had at least one photo of the same hydrant. It took some major brainpower, but eventually I took some creative shots.

2. In this shoot I found myself turning the camera and moving around a lot. When I was taking my photo for "metal", I squatted down and basically just scooted about until I got the right shot. Another example is when I decided to turn the camera upside down to get the shot I was going for. I also focused the camera a lot, but I always do that.

3. If I had the chance to take the photos again, I would definitely try and use the rule of thirds in a few of my shots. I have a habit of taking pictures with the focus in the middle.

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Reagan's Photoj Blog
I really liked Reagan's first prompt shoot photos. I especially like the one with the vines. I love the way they curve and twist, and Reagan captured that well. I also like her close-up of the yellow flowers, very nice! Even though her photos were great, she could have been used the rule of thirds a little more.