What I learned today

Today I learned that different angles give people a different view. Whether it's their face or their whole body it helps in some way. One angle can help someone look very different from another. Depending on the person's preference, they might chose one angle over the other. I can say that is what they call their best angle. This is important for a photographer because when they have clients they want to be able to satisfy them or else you'll be considered a useless photographer. I enjoyed doing this today because you get to see people in many different views.

Mary Ellen Mark

She sits to relax her mind. Thoughts and thoughts running through her mind, with a health hazard in her mouth. She has been told but she doesn't care because it helps her in some way. So what if the world cares, I don't she says. A horse pet could be her only friend, the only one left. She sits carelessly, nothing else matters to her but herself. To escape feels good. Sick of reality, doesn't hurt to escape for once.

William Klein

His anger carries a dangerous weapon. His face expression call out fear and violence. His side partner doesn't know what he is doing. He wants to let go but his pride is stopping him. You ask yourself why he has a dangerous weapon at such a young age, why? I don't even know. But that kid can't control himself. He is in fear. He doesn't know what to do. His fear keeps him from letting go. He's afraid.

John G. Morris

These young ladies are traveling. They are going into town for a week to explore the city and see if they like it. They stand waiting for their time of arrival. These ladies love to travel but they have never done it before.so into the world of experiences they go. They are hoping for the best. This young child travels with his mother in the search of a new home.Their father has left and are on their way to search for him. He made promises and the mom hopes he doesn't dismiss any of them. The kid was disrupted from playing with his friends. Now, the road is his only friend.

Aldred Steiglitz

   Between these kids there is a difference. One has a home and the other has probably plenty of space. The kid at the top picture is forced to dress nicely and he doesn't like it. The kid in the bottom picture wishes he had more than the same old two outfits. He picks from the trash every day which causes him to get dirty. Both these kids have dreams, one appreciates his resources and the other doesn't even have any.

Paul Strand

This is the story of 6 people. The story of a woman and 5 men. The story of a cyclist. These people don't have a life. To pass time, they hang out at a place where they can find themselves. A place where they'll feel like themselves. A place where they belong because at home they're being called useless bastards. Here they have found themselves. They are happy and thougthful inside.

Dorothea Lange

These are the lives of the many who work hard every day in order to make end meet at their table. With this hard work comes responsibilities who stay at home or who go to school to possibly seek a different future. Standing by the car is a hard working men who carries his daughter cautiously because he cares for her. On the other side is his old and fragile home that could soon not be called home. I can portray he didn't have a chance at making money that day, therefore he spends it with his daughter. It is rare so he takes advantage of it.
This powerful women is trying something new for herself. She is at the very top of her car. It seems like a sunny day, almost the perfect day to capture a photograph. She doesn't seem like a pro but she is trying something new, maybe something unusual that can help her grow as a person or even just learn something new.

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks was known for his photographic essays in the Life Magazine and the director of Shaft, a famous movie. He was also a composer, a musician, a painter, and a writer.
To me this picture portrays views on life. The first picture can show a group of women who are devoted to their god. It's as if they were standing up for their own beliefs. Or possibly coming together to stand up to someone. Together they are a family and what unites them is their devotion.
The second picture portrays a beautiful woman doing her daily ritual of getting prepared for the day. Her appearance is important because she must present herself as she is; classy and educated. She holds a mirror with her left hand to make sure she doesn't mess up because the way she looks is a priority and highly significant for her. Unlike many women, she is different because she carries herself in a more caring way. She doesn't paint her face for society but for her love and passion of being a woman,

Photographs by Richard Avedon

 These pictures portray the following: emotion, sickness and creativity. They all fall under a frame, most of their upper body is photographed. The characters show emotions, some are singing, some are posing effortlessly or maybe for a reason. Some could be sharing their sickness or their nature to creativity in art. The fact that they are black and white helps people see a story or even paint their own story.

A Picture in Depth

•    There is a symmetry, if the picture was cut in half, both side would have a tree in it, regardless of the detailed background

 

•  The color makes the subjects more attractive.
• The texture is soft, as well ask the sky and the mountains in the back
• The ground seems to be a bit rough
• The cross is tilted a bit to the right and makes the picture sort of look more into the background, specially back to the mountains, you can consider this a leading line
• The viewpoint could be standing right in front of all the subjects
• The frame is perfect, capturing both the trees on the side and the cross in the middle
• All elements are balanced perfectly

I think the intent of this picture is to symbolize a certain event, it's as if something could have occurred there, maybe it's a landmark for territory. I feel like the cross takes you into the back of the mountains. This could be a large property of somebody and this is only one part of the whole place.The cross could mean many things, maybe a holy place, a tradition, to symbolize security. 

Why I love this picture

I love this picture because it gives away so much emotions, for example it gives me the feeling of an adventure or a commitment just made into the future. Two people just got married and decided to take their picture here because they are intrepid and brave people. The height of the building just makes it even better. The color of the sky is even greater, it adds a sense of love and happiness.

Weegee by Weegee

I find Weegee very interesting. I feel like he's my new role model on the art side. I now enjoy reading about his work and life. I probably will go home tonight and research him. I find him interesting because he has an abstract mind. He isn't like any other usual photographer, he portrays the dark side of life; reality. Even though he explains how hard or difficult it could be for his mind, he still does it. Also I give props to him because he created his own job, he is his own boss and I look forward to hopefully doing something similar.

A Harry Callahan image

This picture makes me feel like an every day citizen walking the streets of New York or any other urban city. The lady is dressed quite fancy Both men and women could be very significant to society. I can imply these characteristics because of their style and their walk. Specially the man with the suitcase.

In this picture Callahan uses double exposure, the subject of two films put into one. I find this pretty interesting because it can agitate the situation, either in a good or bad way. It's intriguing.

A Creative Story

The kids yelling didn't mean anything

I know they don't know what they're saying 

I know they like my mask, my dear mother made it from scratch 

As I walk down the stairs I exhale with excitement hoping somebody will be as excited as me when 

they see it 

Mom was up late last night fixing every inch so I could wear it by today

This was my first picture, I can show it to papa when he comes back 

hopefully anytime soon because it feels everlasting

Mom! Mom! everyone loved my mask

they wanted to be my friends

they want to hangout with me again

Mom! Mom! I made friends

Mom, thank you.

Keith Carter, a Famous Photographer

Keith Carter is a native Texan. He currently lives with his wife in Beaumont, Texas. He loves his home and enjoys focusing on small little details, revealing quirky and sublime facets of human nature. He never thought he would become a photographer, even though he grew up watching his mother crape by as she herself was a photographer. He found out he wanted to be a photographer until college when capturing an image with his mother, inspiring him to more forward, he even assisted his mother's business all around Texas and to this day he still does.He didn't have any professional training, he did most oh his work on his own, he was able to sneak some books of sculpture and photography, he learned on his own, just experimenting things from place to place. At the age of 25 was afforded the opportunity to access special archives in New York at the Museums of Modern Art for three weeks, there he learned tons of info and was able to make new experimentation's and observations. Ever since he has made Texas his home for Photography, he finds it an exotic land almost becoming an allegory. He focus are small negatives on a single-lens reflex Hasselblad camera. Limited depth of field and blurring are very so incorporated into Carter's work, this highly emphasizes area focusing making it sort of a mystery, Carter has published nine monographs including bones. He has a passion and has contributed any object as a portrait, he himself exclaims “These days I treat everything as a portrait, whether it’s a safety pin hanging from a string in a woman’s bedroom, or a man witching for water in a field. They’re the same.”

Here are some examples of his artwork

Resources

http://www.josephbellows.com/artists/keith-carter/bio

https://www.google.com/search?q=keith+carter&rlz=1C1VFKB_enUS638US638&espv=2&biw=1600&bih=771&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMI9aHerLXvxwIVjwuSCh14OwbQ&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=_

Shutter Speed

http://imaging.nikon.com/lineup/dslr/basics/04/03.htm


This article helps and is very specific with knowing how to

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed is basically the amount of time that a camera is open allowing light to come in.
A slow shutter speed can capture more of action in slow motion. A medium shutter speed can capture a lot of the action but also focus on certain areas of the picture, either a focus or blur background. A fast shutter speed usually captures all of the action making it a great focused picture covered in every inch.

Depth of Field Photograph

I love this picture because it shows the perfect scenery of depth in field photography. The blue color pencil stands out from the rest and is in focus while the others are blurred in the background. The bottom of the pencils are shreds of their own. It focuses on every edge and flaw of the pencil.

F stops Article

F Stops in Photograph

https://vimeo.com/blog/post/f-stops-and-aperturey

In this article it is explained highly in depth on how F-Stops work in Photography. Aperture is found to be the mechanism and f-stop the measurement of engagement of mechanism. In the aperture you have control of how much light you like to add. It controls the amount of light it's hitting the picture. The smaller the lens are the larger it is for the picture to be either zoomed out or in with a blur background and concise focus.