Period 2 - Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from this slideshow is number 9. My reasons is that the silhouette of the dear and bird is very interesting, its nicely framed and there is a good contrast.

2. The best photo is number 1. My reasons are that it includes composition rules that I use which is leasing lines, depth, and rule of thirds.

3. My best work this semester is this photo. I really liked this one because of the sharpness of  the quality and colors. I also learned a new concept at the time of how to do shallow depth of field. I also think the lighting is nice, like the way the sun hits her hair in the photo. If I had more time, I'd do the same thing except have her do another pose.

4. My three rules of composition are leading lines, depth, and rule of thirds.

5. My photo from Masters of Photography. This had the rules leading lines and depth that I applied.

6. Your first rule is "Get closer."

7. Benefits of working with a group.

a.) You can depend on each other.
b.) You can work together to solve problems
c.) A chance to interact with other people.
d.) It more organized
e.) Teammates can help each other

8. Difficulties of working in a group

a.) You might have to pickup another student's slack.
b.) There will be dissagreements
c.) You have to work together
d.) Students might be distracted
e.) It might become loud

9.) Estelle's portrait work was great I think.

10,) My photographer was Carlton Watkins. A major contribution he made was that before him, no one took photos from Yosemite. Many from the east have not seen Yosemite until they saw his photography.

11.)  I think her most famous photo was "Migrant Mother." Photo was taken in California in February of 1936 for the Resettlement Administration.

12.) Life began publishing weekly in 1936 of November 23.

13.)  January 8, 1935.

14.) Capa founded "Magnum Photos" and it started in 1947.

Album Cover Recreation 1/15

Bob Marley Album Cover

Original Album Cover

Reflection 1-5-15

1. How do you think your project represents your work as a student?
I think overall, it represents what I learned from photography and the master photographer so far. As a student, it shows basic photos of nature and the photographer of which I am imitating. 

2. How has your understanding of photography changed during this school year?
I have a better understanding of composition in pictures and my ideas of lighting have changed. My ability to navigate Camera Raw to enhance a picture's focal points have also improved.

3. What are some of the benefits of working in a group?
The benefits are that we can rely on each other for help when we need it. 

4. What are some of the disadvantages of working in a group?
There might be some miscommunication and more to manage. 

5. Now that you have had more time to reflect, is there anything that you would have done differently with your recent project?
I would've taken more pictures and layed it out on my blog in a better way

Masters of Photography - Carleton Watkins

    

Mt. Fuji

                 
Shinjuku-Gyoen

                
Nikko Park

                
Shinkyo Bridge -Nikko Park

Shinjuku Gyoen 

Before and After.

About Carleton Watkins:

Time Period - 1829-1916

Location: California

Subjects: Nature

What makes the photographer unique?: The photos he took were of nature and it had a lot of depth to them.

My view: 

I chose this photographer because I like to look at photos of nature and though his looked very nice.

He inspired to go out and look at the beauty of nature. As the project went on, my appreciation of nature grew. 

Carleton Watkins Photo Examples.

He has wide ranges of nature photos that have a sepia tone with high contrast so I tried to emulate that in my editing. 

-12/12/14 Tommy Luong

Composition Review three rules

Before and After.

This crop shows my three rules of depth, leading lines, and rule of thirds.

Link to my three rules: 

For the unhealed wounds photos, the one that demonstrates my rules the best is photo #1. While the photo is does not utilize rule of thirds as much, it illustrates leading lines and depth the best out of the 12. 

10/17 Portrait Camera Raw edit

Flower picture taken next to the window by the office. In Camera raw I added contrast so the background was alot darker to highlight the flowers much better in the photo. To add even more focus on the flowers, I made the red colors more saturated and the the greens less saturated. 

Tommy

Self-Portrait Assignment