Photo Assignment 1

I'm We had to take 9 photos and choose 3 for each category. The categories are; Black and White, Rule of Thirds, and something to represent McCallum. First I will show you my black and white photos. 

This was my first choice of my black and white photos. It defiantly wasn't my favorite though. I do like this photo I just wish I could have tried to put more effort into it. I like how I did a little bit of a depth of field almost. 

This is my runner up photo to my first choice. I really like this photo because I focused it on one point and that is the dog. I like how I made everything blurry except for the dog. 

One of the reasons I really liked this one is that I had a lot of fun trying to take it. Not because it's fire or anything I just really wanted to get a chance to get the picture how I wanted it. 

Here are my top three rule of thirds photos starting with number 3.

I like this photo because of the focal point mainly but I also like all the different cool colors. I know it just seems like greens and dark colors but I like that. I also like how the cactus is kind of dark. That might be kind of strange and photographers might not like it but it's my opinion in my photo.

The reason this photo is my second favorite is because of the color. I enjoy how it's mainly so white but then there is just a small pop of color!

And this is my favorite Rule of Thirds photo because I loved how there was just a white wall and someone decided  to put a small black cat on there. I am also really interested in art so this is another main reason why I liked this photo.

And finally my McCallum photos.

Sadly this is the only photo I could take of McCallum and we had barely any time to take photos but I actually really like this photo because I was able to squeeze so much into it. You can see the flags and the "McCallum Middle School" in there. It was also almost like a long walkway leading towards the school haha. 

That is all my photos for this assignment and I am very sorry I wasn't able to take 3 pictures that did represent McCallum we just didn't have any time in our group of 5 people but I really did enjoy this assignment and I really hope we can do way more assignments like this! 

Pulitzer Prize- John Kaplan

The Pulitzer Prize is a series of achievement awards that are either over online journalism, literature, newspaper, or musical composition. Ive decided to write about the winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, John Kaplan. In his winning essay he wrote about many different twenty one year olds around the United States.

The first photo I wanted to choose was on a man names Phil. He was what they would say, "a teen idol but a mothers worst fear." Phil Anselmo was the lead singer of a band named Pantera. This photo was taken right before their first tour with his pet boa snake.

This next photo is of a women known has the name Tanya. Tanya had a very difficult life as a child. In fact she was a victim of child abuse in her younger age. In this photo she is on the runway of the Oscar de la Renta show. She is now one of New Yorks top models.

This is Beatriz. She has also had a hard life. Beatriz is an illegal immigrant who lives in San Diego. With children only at twenty one, she came to the United States to find them a better life. 

This is a photo of Rodney Woodson. In this picture police are uncovering the gun he used in a Pittsburgh Hill District killing while he stands in shame. Before the Pulitzer Prize awards, this led the Robert F. Kennedy award.

This is Frank. There is not much of a story. Frank is a high school dropout student. 

This is a photo of Malli. She is a senior at Harvard. In this picture she is dreaming about a career and a doctor. In this photo she is also maintains a long distance relationship with her boyfriend.

Again all of these photos are about twenty one year olds and how they live the way they do. It was very interesting for me to see all of the different twenty one year olds in America and who they were all so unalike. Kaplan is an amazing photographer and I really enjoy the way he takes his photos and the stories that go alone with them. 

Read and Respond 6

An easy way to think about shutter speed, is when your letting out water from a tap. When you have less water coming out it is slower.

when shooting panned action:

   - positioning yourself perpendicular to    you subjects path 

   - pre-focus where your subject will be when it passes infront of you

The faster your subject and the closer it is to your camera, the faster your shutter speed must be to freeze the action. Whenever your mix light with a fast shutter speed it is called "ghosting".