Final Written Assignment One

The audience interpeted that the picture was just rocks and there was no water surrounding the rocks. For my evaluation based on the critique the audience stated the that top brightness of the rocks can use more clarity. As for my extension the audience stated that the picture could be used for a wall poster for business or used in the museums. For suggestions the audience stated that the picture could be use less brightness in the top rocks.

The audience intrepeted that the picture was taken in old town and they were able to view the picture as a river. For my evaluation the audience stated that the top right part of the forest could be brighten more to view more details. For my extension the audeince stated that picture could be viewed in business and in museums. For suggestions the audience stated to view more details in the forest to highlight the picture quality.

The audience did interpret the picture as leaves and they stated that it was a great picture to capture for it being fall. For my evaluation the audience stated that the left part of the picture could be cropped. The audience could view this picture in greeting cards. For suggestions the audience stated to crop the left part out our make it more darker and to view more details within the leaves.

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A. News related post would have to be something tragic that has happened or an event that has the whole nation wondering whats going on.
B. Snap shots would have to really from some kind of photo shoot for modeling. Especially when its a quick glimpse.
C.There are a lot of shots for advertisements when it comes to selling merchants, getting sells from customers, fashion magazines, newspapers, grocery/clothing adds.
D.Common ones from a movie or a film are those that with fashion poses especially for movie covers, hardcore themes like mafia scenery and those advertising for music.
E.Photos for year books would have to be professional, glamorous and those pictures with props in them to show more creativity and personality of the person.

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Pictures should not tell you what you already know. I believe this is true because you should capture the quality of something you don't ever see because it makes the picture more interesting.

What you can not see is more important and that is why you should capture the things you cannot see. It captures the more of the picture.

Yes that is so true. Pictures capture the present because it is a memory of the past. Something for someone to remember and reflect the past on.

If the world was without phootographs then everyone would not be able to see and expereince all of the greatnness that is in our world today. There would be no proof of anything that we saw and the worled would not be as interesting as it is today with photographs. Also photographers would not be able to have the best expereince taking photos and the world would be a bit boring. Friends and family would not be able to expereince memorsies. Photograph means a portrait of a memory.

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I disagree because there are so much things you can do to recreate a photo and has to do with how the viewers look at it. Everyone has different oppinons. Photographs reveail a story I totally agree. They capture the memories and help give a background or some sort of proof to the viewer.

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The quote Mary Ellen Mark is very true. You are capturing a photo/memorie of someone and it can be very special to them. Also it is true that you are capturing a part of there soul so it would be interesting on how you are capturing them and what there opnion on the photo of then taken.

Its appropriate when you have there permision especially if you think it would be inappropriate to take it. It would be inappropriate if you didnt have there permission or of the image taken is copyrighted

you see a lot of photographic portrits in the stores and magazines espcecially when advertsing. The portatits that you see in the news and on facebook can give the viewer a judgement of that person but it all depends on there judgment. The difference with it being on the new and on Face book is facebook would not have as many portraits that being professional and seroius.

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To me that means that the photographs are in his creative mind and it gives an explanation of who he is and what type of photograher he is while the person in the picture that is them in the picture listening to how he wants them in the photo.

You are the creator of the photograh that you take. You are the artist not just taking pictures and theres nothing creative about it that you did to it.

Photographs are memories that we choose to take. It reminds us again of that moment and time for us to think about what happend in the past.

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I have a memory of my old house. I always have dreams about that old house and this would be a great photo of it from my dream. My family is in the picture and its always sunny outside and nice out. We are inside my mom in the kitchen me and my sister watching televsion playing and my father doing some sort of construction work wether inside or outside of the house.

I remeber the most of when I was lillte I had my birthday at the park where the zoo was at. I always go through my pictures and that is the picture from my birthday I always seem to remeber.

Humans have a lot of interaction with nature. Nature reminds me of humans in how they need nutrients and food as well to grow and the things nature do in otder to survive and to keep humans alove. I would take a picture of the river because the river/ocean has done so much for humans, Travel, everyday things to survice, electricity, bathing etc. I would make a nice peaceful photo of the river to show how calm it is even though it has done a lot for humans and animals. I might incorporate people bathing, sailing or drinking the water to show how we use the river a lot.

places that have been touced little by humans would be volcanoes,. You could photograph them in the distant and then photoshop someone close to the valcanoe.
 I would us slow shitter speed on airplanes or birds because they move very quickly in the air and it can be very hard trying to capture a nice view od them.

Show a Change in Time
Yes you can show a change in tiem in your images in ways other then physically moving objects in the scene. You can show a change in time by recreating a moment where there was a change in time.

Photography

 Should not be photographed? Why?  I believe everything can be photographed because its the way we see things. The only time an image should not be photographed is when it is inappropriate or the person doesnt want to be photographed. Also pictures that are copyrighted can not be photographed neither.
The things that I do not want to photogrpah are disturbing images of people and animals.

The Composition of the picture I did crop the outside parts of the steps to view the steps more in the picture and to view more the light flashing against the steps. For interpretation: The audience interpret the photo to be soft with lots of light quality. For my evaluation of the critique the audience stated that in the picture the clarity made the picture. The softness of the light hitting the steps also made the steps come out and also made the picture more unique.As for my extension the audience stated that this picture could be used as a greeting card or used for some kind of poster in church. The idea of creating the picture was to show the idea of softness.

Composition : The composition of the picture was to show the different movement of lines and to show the detail of graffity. The motivation of taking the picture was to show socialism within the city and how people use there own way of art to display there way of communicating with the world. The idea is to show how everyone develops there own way of communicating with the world.The portrait is about culturism and socialism.

Composition: The composition of the piece was taken under the bridge at Michigan State University. I didnt crop anything in the picture. I took the picture the way it is.
Concept aboutness ideas: The concept of taking the picture was to show culturism and to show socialism. Its to view the beauty of art in the city. Motivation: The reason why this picture was taken was to show the different ways people make there own art in the city and display the different ways of communication.The portrait is about beauty and how people in the city are artist creating there own communication.


Composition of the piece was cropped within other leaves and taken in the woods of Michigan State University.Concept aboutness Ideas: the concept of the piece was taken to show uniqueness and to show the diversity of leaves. Motivation: The reason why this picture was taken was to show the different effects of how nature is diversified and the uniqueness of it. The portrait is about diversity and culturism.

Hellen van Meene

"Its about viewing like a photographer is the only thing that matters, not the hardware, film or settings used" -Helen Van Meene

Hellen Van Meene is an artist who makes portraits of young people. Because of her outstanding work she is able to make a living out of her work. Living in Heilo Netherlands Hellen Van Meene work is mostly of young girls. She has been nominated for the Citibank Private Bank photography prize in 2001. All her photos use available light without flash, lamps or artificial reflection. Helen makes all her color proof prints from negative in her own dark room or she scans the negative on a canan canoscan and makes color proof prints on a Hp deskjet printer. Helen advises photgraphers to get to know about color in the dark room and experiment with photo shop.

 http://www.hellenvanmeene.com/

Memory

As a child I would always get ice cream on Sundays. Here I have a picture of a little girl and her father getting ice cream

interpration: The audinece interptret this image as a soft portrait taken as an old antique fashion photography. For my evaluation based on the critique the audience said the clarity made the picture really soft and the blurreness of the background also made the softness of the picture. As for my extension others commented stating that the pictured could be used for senior portraits as for a larger project and a series in a movie scene. For print suggestions was to show a little more detail in the face of the picture.

Interpretation of the picture was the trees make the pictures balance and made the picture very soft and a Quiet scene. Based on my evaluation the shadow of the trees and the softness of the color of the black and white of the brightness was working for the image. The image reminded others of a movie scene such as Pochahantas and a portrait for senior pictures. Print suggestions were to lighten the bottom part of the picture and the face of the figure in the middle to show more detail.

This intrpretation of the image was that of a movie scence scuh as a FBI agent etc and more a business look for a magazine, newspaper article or a commercial for a mens suit commericial. The evaluation was how the way the portrait was taken the angle made the shadows and the lining of the walls stand out. This reminded others of a movie scence. For suggestions making the lighteness of the face to see more detail withing the portratit.

The interpretation of the image was a music video scence or a cd cover. What is working for the image is the framing and the clouds and the different tones of the black, white and gray. This image could be used for a series of movire, music videos, or cd covers. Suggestions on printing from others would be to lighten the face to show more detail of the work and to lighten the skin tone to see the main subject of the portrait.

Black and White Photos

Composition: In this photo my use of framing was to crop any part of the image because of the way I took the picture. This picture was taken far away from where I was standing up on the fourth floor of a building. I changed a lot of the contrasting to make the black and white balance within the gray scale of the picture.
Concept/Aboutness/Idea: The image is about beauty. The idea was to use the outside lighting to view the shadows within the face. Method : The process that I used to create this image was to use the sunlight and the shadows with in the closed in area that we were in. I experimented with the angle of the sunlight. Motivation: My goal was to capture the shadow of the face. Context: My work relates to the studio portraits that are taken up close of models for magazines add, television adds etc. This portrait is about cultural and social issues. You always see a lot of photos with young men modeling for adds so this is what I was trying to portray.

Composition: In this photo my use of framing was to not to crop any part of the image because of the way I took the picture. I changed a lot of the contrasting to make the black and white balance within the gray scale of the picture.  I also darkened the figure in the image to put the focus on him.
Concept/Aboutness/Idea: The image is about music and dominance. The idea was to use the outside lighting to view the shadows within the face. Method : The process that I used to create this image was to use the sunlight and the shadows with in the closed in area that we were in. I experimented with the angle of the sunlight. Motivation: My goal was to capture the shadow of the body. Context: My work relates to the studio portraits and it also relates to dominacy of the males in society. that are taken up close of models for magazines add, television adds etc. This portrait is about cultural and social issues. You always see a lot of photos with young men modeling for adds so this is what I was trying to portray.

Composition: In this photo my use of framing was to crop any part of the image because of the way I took the picture. I took the pucture from a distant zooming in on his face. I changed a lot of the contrasting to make the black and white balance within the gray scale of the picture and I also changed the color of the framming to white to balance out the background.
Concept/Aboutness/Idea: The image is about Movies perticulary to the Mafia scence. The idea was to use the outside lighting to view the shadows within the face. Method : The process that I used to create this image was to use the sunlight and the shadows with in the closed in area that we were in. I experimented with the angle of the sunlight. Motivation: My goal was to capture the shadow of the face. Context: My work relates to the studio movie portraits that are taken up close of models for magazines add, cd covers, television adds etc. This portrait is about cultural and social issues. You always see a lot of photos with young men and actors modeling for adds so this is what I was trying to portray.

Composition: In this photo my use of framing was to not to crop any part of the image because of the way I took the picture. I changed a lot of the contrasting to make the black and white balance within the gray scale of the picture.
Concept/Aboutness/Idea: The image is about beauty. The idea was to use the outside lighting to view the shadows within the face. Method : The process that I used to create this image was to use the sunlight and the shadows with in the closed in area that we were in. I experimented with the angle of the sunlight. Motivation: My goal was to capture the shadow of the face. Context: My work relates to the studio portraits that are taken up close of models for magazines add, television adds etc. This portrait is about cultural and social issues. You always see a lot of photos with young men modeling for adds so this is what I was trying to portray.