Self Portraits and Portraits

Tip #5: Capture You

My last tip is to use the images below only loosely as inspiration. A self-portrait should be a very personal expression, not simply a mirror of something you've seen elsewhere. Think about who you want to be and how you want to say that. Use props, scenery, pose and lighting conditions to convey your personality. And most of all, have fun!

Tip #3: Use Both Auto and Manual Focus

A good practice to get into when you're taking self-portraits is to use a mix of auto and manual focus. First, focus on your stand-in object using auto focus. Then, with the object still in focus, switch your lens to manual focus.
This will give you the freedom to tweak settings, re-meter for changing light and anything else you need to all without screwing up your established point of focus. Just make sure you stand perfectly on your mark each time you take a photo.

Tip #2: Try Standing By a Corner

As an alternative to standing in the middle of nowhere, you might want to actually use a building or wall in your shot. In this circumstance your first instinct is to focus on the wall, but that might not work too well depending on your depth-of-field.
One trick that I discovered is to stand next to the end of a wall or at a corner. This way you can position yourself even with the wall and achieve a solid focus. So if you focus on the wall, then stand next to rather than in front of it, your focus should be much better.


Environmental portrait;

 I like this picture because i like how they took the picture and how the mom is reading a book to him that's cute.

 I like this picture because i like how the little girl is picking up the flowers and I like he little dress and her hair.




casual portrait;

 I like this picture because its cute how they took the picture of this little girl eating the apple.

I like this picture because i like how the like girl is standing there and just watching like nothing is going on that's really cute.

formal portrait;

 I like this picture because i like his outfit and its really cute how the took this picture.

 I like this picture because of the way they took it like how they did so the little kid wouldnt laugh its just cute.

photography self portrait;

 I like this picture because i like how shes posing for the picture and its really cool because i want to be a model when i grow up so yeah i just really like this picture.

 I like this picture because i like how they took it its really cool because how you can see her face but you can also see half of her body under water its just really cool.

Planning Ahead:

 Im going to do self portraits , ima shoot my self or my sister , im going to be shooting in my room or my restroom,  i think what i would do to make this shooting successful by trying to just get my self in the picture.

Rules of Photography Part 2

  Rule of thirds.

 Balance.

Lines.

Patterns. 

Viewpoint. 

 Background.

 Create Depth.

Framing. 

Cropping.

Avoiding Mergers.

Aperture

1. What part of the body should we closely relate aperture? The eye.

2. Finish this sentence - the smaller the Aperture makes the foreground from the background by making the foreground objects sharp and the background blurry , the higher the Aperture a small f-number.

3. In your own words tell me how aperture impacts Depth of Field? The size of the aperture has a direct impact on the depth of field, a large f-number means a smaller aperture , with a smaller f-number isolate the foreground from the background by making the foreground objects sharp and the background blurry.

A photo taken at aperture setting F2.8

A photo taken at F16.

 

At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light

• a.) the dunking booth
• b.) the food eating contest
• c.) the rock climbing wall
• d.) someone working at a booth
• e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle
• f.) the Diamonds performance.

Towards the end when there is no sun and it is dark so there is not enough light to see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

• a.) the dunking booth
• b.) the food eating contest
• c.) the rock climbing wall
• d.) someone working at a booth
• e.) the DJ/MC working at the middle of the circle
• f.) the Diamonds performance.

caption writing: 5 Ws and H

1. Curtis Reagen steals a kiss from Lois Lane in Friday in Times Square in New York. Reagen snatched a kiss joyfully from Lane after the announcement that the allies had defeated the Nazis, ending World War II. 


 2.

Joshua Aleman won the first place in the running Olympics , by letting the other two guys in 2nd and 3rd place.

3.

 This guy is known as the falling man, this happen on 9/11 he jumped from the building because he didn't want to die.

4.

 This crashed killed about 30 to 40 people, Christopher was the photographer of this picture.

In 2012 there was a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in the Newtown Connecticut. They took the kids out side the school carefully when so nothing would happen to them.

Mural Photos

Mural Project Preview

1. What theme could you use here at school to make your own mural that tells a unique Akins story? Clothes because people say that clothes tells like your personality and the kind of person you are.
2. Why is this theme worth devoting time time and effort to capture? Because it would be cool to see how people dress and there different personalities , Why would other students care about this theme? So they can learn about what other students think and there different opinions clothes.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using a phone camera to do this project? The advantages are that you can edit the pictures you want and the disadvantages are that you wouldnt like some of the pictures you took.

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using an SLR camera to do this project?

5. Should we use phones or SLR cameras for this project? Why?

Africa Black And White

My reactions of the PowerPoint where that the pictures where really cute and more the ones of the little animals. I actually did like it. My favorite picture of the PowerPoint was this one because, I liked it how the cheetahs are all look one way , and one of them is not.

This picture shows the rules of Simplicity and Framing, because the background is all one color , and its framing because of how all the cheetahs are all in one place.

The type of  camera he used was He photographs on medium-format black and white film without telephoto or zoom lenses. He used a Pentax67II, The reason he took this picture was because , hes is a photographer who photographs exclusively in Africa one of his goals being to record a last testament to the wild animals and places there before they are destroyed by the hands of man. He wants to preserve them before they go extinct. 
A quote he said was "You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close."

Academcs Shoot Refrection

• 1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you?  The challenge I encounter while trying to follow the rules was, the rules of thirds because i really didn't understand what to do on it.

• 2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly. The technical aspects of photography i had was with the camera because i was trying to get it all  clear.
   
• 3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography? What i would do different would be the Rules of Third .
• 4. What things would you do the same? The framing and simplicity.
   
• 5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve? The rule that would be easier to achieve would be simplicity and framing.
  
   
• 6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture? The rules of thirds.
  
   
• 7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out what that rule is? The rule of thirds , i would try to go to my other post to see how it is .

Academics Shoot

•  The Rule of Thirds

1. How well did you follow the rule? Good because the background shows the lines.
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? the guys
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? not really
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? learn more about the rule of thirds.

• Avoiding Mergers 

1. How well did you follow the rule? Good
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? the ball on top of Jorge .
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Yes, Because it looks like the ball is coming out of his head.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? what could've done different would be get the guys looking in one direction.

• Balance 

1. How well did you follow the rule? Good
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The two guys because it shows how they are next to each other and doing the same.
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? yes
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? what i could've done different would be the two guys looking at the same way.

•  Framing

 1. How well did you follow the rule? Good
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? The subject is the two guys
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? Yes because they are inside the two poles that makes the framing on them.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? what i could've done different would be moving the camera a little more to the side.

• Lines 

1. How well did you follow the rule? Good
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? they boys that are in a line
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? not really because the other guy came out and you can't really see whos making the line.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? what i could've done different would be moving the guy in the red shorts out of the picture.

•  Simplicity

1. How well did you follow the rule? good
2. What is the subject (be very very specific)? the guy in the grass
3. Is it clear to people looking at your photos what the subject is? yes because it has a plain background.
4. If you didn't follow the rule well, what could you have done differently? what i could've done different would be getting his whole body in the picture.

Academics Shoot Preview.

The Story!

I chose this picture because it tells a story about how people are helping the ones that doesn't have something to eat.

Action!

 I chose this picture because of how the action of the two girls is made with the experiment and the motion of the explosion. 

Fills The Frame!

 I chose this picture as the Fills the frame because of how the experiment is made on the table and how the kids are doing it.

• 1. Why did you pick this photo? I chose this picture because of how he is doing the experiment and mixing the chemicals.
• 2. What rules of photography are evident in the photo? The rules of photography this picture has are Balance, Framing, and Simplicity.

Avoiding Mergers

I think this is a really good example of avoiding mergers because its confusing how all the other stuffs are in the picture and its not focusing on only one thing.

Framing

I chose this picture as an example of framing because the water is the one that is framing the buildings on fire.

Balance

I like this picture as an example of balance because its cool how the guy is just standing there with out moving.

Lines

I chose this picture as an example of lines because of how the lines are show in the building and how the smoke is on the back.

The Rule of Thirds

I chose this picture as a example of the rule of thirds because i like it how it got the smoke coming out of the building from the two sides.

Simplicity

I chose this picture as an example of simplicity because of how the background is the sky and its just focusing on the building.

Elements of Art and Principles of Design in Photography

Elements of Art photography

• Lines- are marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.

I chose this photo because it shows of the clear lines of the piano.

 

 I chose this painting because it shows the lines of the totem poles.

• Shapes are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

 I chose this picture because it shows the shape of the apple and the heart.

I chose this painting because it shows the shape of the trees and the rowboats.

•  Color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary (intermediate) colors. They also show the relationships between complementary colors across from each other, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other such as yellow, green, and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color; black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.

 I chose this picture because it shows the colors that are in the bubble.

 I chose this painting because i like how it shows the stars and alot of other colors.

• Value, or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between.  Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.

 I chose this picture because i like how it shows the little girls dancing.

 I chose this painting because its just cool how it shows his reflection.

• Form describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.

I chose this picture because I like how you can see the eye of the person and it just looks really awesome.

 I chose this painting because it its cool how they look like heads.

• Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless.  Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.

 I chose this picture because the picture looks soft and smooth.

I chose this painting because it looks really good and it looks smooth.

• Space refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or  negative (black or dark), open or closed,shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional.

 I chose this picture because of how you can see the space between the stair.

I chose this painting because of how you can see the space between the totem poles.

 Principles of Design photography

• Balance is the comfortable or pleasing arrangement of things in art.  There are three different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial. The human figure is symmetrically balanced; the same on the left and right side. The tree is asymmetrically balanced; its branches are not distributed equally on each side, but their total weight is balanced left and right. The sun is an example of radial balance; all its rays are equal in length from the center.

I chose this picture because of how you can see the balance of the rocks.

I chose this painting because of how you can see the too persons standing up and not moving and having a lot of balance.

• Contrast is created by using elements that conflict with one another. Often, contrast is created using complementary colors or extremely light and dark values. Contrast creates interest in a piece and often draws the eye to certain areas. It is used to make a painting look interesting.

 I chose this picture because its cool how the apple is green and the rest is black and white.

I chose this painting because of how you can see the flowers have a color and the men has only white and black.

• Emphasis in the focal area of an artwork gives it importance.  An artist may stress some elements of the design over others. The eye of the viewer will focus on the area of emphasis or center of interest first, then take in the rest of the composition. 

 I chose this picture because its just focusing on one thing.

 I chose this painting because of how it just focus on the Mona Lisa.

• Movement in an artwork means the artist is taking viewers on a trip through the work by means of lines, edges, shapes, and colors often leading to the focal area.  Movement is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position.  Directional movement can be created with a value pattern. It is with the placement of dark and light areas that you can move your attention through the format.

 I chose this picture because of how the horse is moving.

 

I chose this painting because of how the ocean is moving.

• Patterns are made in art when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again.  Pattern uses the elements of art in planned or random repetitions to enhance surfaces of paintings or sculptures.
  
   I chose this picture because of how it shows the pattern of the lines.
  
   I chose this painting because of how it shows the pattern of the squares and lines.
• Rhythm is the repetition of shapes, lines, and forms.  Rhythm is a movement in which some elements recurs regularly.  Like a dance, it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.
  
   I chose this picture because of how a line is made of with the color pencils.
  
   I chose this painting because of how the shapes are made.
• Unity means that all elements in an artwork are in harmony.  Unity brings together a composition with similar units.  For example, if your composition was using wavy lines and organic shapes you would stay with those types of lines and not put in even one geometric shape.
  
   I chose this picture because it shows how the boat and the water are elements in an artwork.
  
  I chose this picture because of how the boats and the water are together as an element in an art work in harmony.