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Assignment 3

Mood Lighting

Series

High Side Lighting

This was taken at an underground jazz club the had great colored mood lighting.  the lights above the counter made the red walls really make the blue light above the girls pop.

Assignment 2

Mood Lighting

Top Light

Assignment  1

Soft Light

cloudy day through window screen

Six final portfolio

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I like this photo because it occurs to real life. This photo was taken as part of the "Document this! -  A discussion about the trials &  tribulations of documentary filmmaking. I feel this is a real life photo. People discussing issues not paying attention to there body movement. However, I do not like this photo because it is so dark.

2

This photo was also taken from the set up of Made in LA. I personally like the messy objects it adds the photo. Almost everything in this photo is unorganized. I like how the eye moves from one object to another.

Citizen Jane Film Festival 2008

I chose to take picture of the set up in take down. This is a photo taken  from the set up of Made in LA . A film directed by Alumudena Carracedo. I like this photo due to the wonderful colors on the fabric.

Shutter speed

This is the picture I decided to use for shutter speed. You can see I am moving. I think I was dancing with the umbrella. I like the wind in my air balancing with the wind in the trees. This is my favorite picture of the three to show shutter speed.

Depth of Field

We could not figure out how to make the flower focus and the leaves be out of focus. We got close but I do not think we nailed it. 

Aperture

This photo shoot was not what was expected. As a class we were given a camera we have not ever used before. My group and I could not figure out how to use this camera even, after reading the manual and playing with the controllers. I did not get a chance to take a lot of pictures. This is our aperture picture. The picture we wanted was the shadows being and the trees but as you see it did not happen that way. 

Volleyball shoot 3

I like this photo because it shows action. This photo was difficult to get in focus due to the movement in the shoot. I had to take the photo before the player actually hit the ball. Overall, it came out nice because the way eye movement.

Volleyball shoot 2

Crowd interaction is the most important due to the cheers and boos. I like the color there is repletion because the gold and green the people are wearing and the colors of the background.

The volleyball game shoot 1

The venue is one of the most important places, because that is were the volleyball game is hosted. I like this photo because of the lighting. I like the shadows and the reflecting from the bleachers.

Team Picture

Chantal, Laura and I are doing a picture that was inspired by a Beyonce photo I saw a my friends house. The photo is going consist of a model myself and a railroad. We want a natural background that was touched my human hands. I will take photos of just the background. We are hoping the viewer feels the fall atmosphere and love the photo shoot.

Question and answer

I was wondering why she chose to take pictures of the africian culture. She said she wanted to show the other story. She know a lot of people judge and know of AIDS but she wanted people to respect their culture and what they stand for.

Original

Edited theme I like

I like this photo due to the intensity of the models face. Her leg is in an usual position which makes the eye go  directly to her. I cropped this photo. I lowered the contrast and brightness. I also used curve and levels to make the photo appealing.

Theme I dislike

 I dislike this photo because the there is not a center focus. The eye wonders around you do not know if you should look at the colors in the bunches or if you should look at the model or the truck in the background. I also do not like the ambient lighting. Over all, the photo is to busy.

Object I like

I like this photo because of the angle I took the photo.  I  love the ambient lighting on the lock. I like the shadows and reflection. I think the natural colors on in the background makes the gold lock stand out. 

Object dis like

This was my only picture of the object I had in focus. I dislike this photo because I feel the door was showing to much. The viewer would be confused on my objective of the photo. I want all my images to be relatable.  

Landscape I like

I like this photo because of the simplicity. I love the way the leaves make your eyes move. I like the red from the brick. I think the shadows add to this photo. This picture in my opinion is equally balanced throw out.

Landscape I dislike

I dislike this picture because I feel it is to dark. I do not like how the leaves are draped it covers the other images in the picture and it hides the beautiful shadows

Secret Edited

I choose to do a direct approach for this photo due to all the organic shapes in the background.. I did not want the viewer to be confused. There is a lot of texture in this photo from the leaves to the metal pole. This photo is full of repetition from the the color, leaves and even the shapes. Like Zuckerman's  photo the landscape is used like a frame drawing your eye the model. The leaves and branches going in different directions adds movement. The model wearing bright colors makes her stand out, but the contour of her coat balances her with the photo. The ambient light makes the image appear organic, like the model is in the middle of a rainforest. Overall, the picture was designed to be mysterious and make the viewer think beyond the image and not look at the obvious.  

3 images

Before taking the photos I decided on three two terms I want the photos to represent: repetition and organic landscape. As you can see all three of the images have organic shapes. They all have ambient light making the picture appear natural. The photos were designed from a spatial perspective. All of the images have objects in them one can recognize fairly easy, for example the trees in all of the photos. The center focus in all of the photos is the model. The view eye moves due to the weird angles of the leaves and branches. In the first three images the trees frame the photos. Their is repetition in all of the photo which was the idea when deciding what     picture to make.

Jim Zuckerman

Jim Zuckerman: Deer MS-653
Jim Zuckerman was born in Kent. Although, his date of birth was not released for public domain he is believed to be born in the sixties. Zuckerman’s first career goal was to become a doctor, but after a tragedy in 1970 he left medical studies. He is a professor at UCL and Kent State University. Zuckerman has written and released twelve books to date. He also has written articles and photo books. His teaches and works have been in scores of books and magazines including Time Life, National Geographic Society, Outdoor Photography, Omni Magazine, and thirty-two years as a contributing editor to Photographic magazine. Jim has also led both domestic and international photo tours for twenty-nine years to Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and American Southwest.
The photo I have chosen from Zuckerman’s work is untitled. I personally like nature and natural pictures. When looking on Zuckerman’s website this picture caught my attention. The landscape connects the deer with the organic background, which allows the photo to balance equally. Zuckerman’s intentions were to make the deer the central focus of this photo, by angling the camera. He creates a vantage point, making the viewer focus on the deer. The grass and leaves creates a frame for the picture. Zuckerman takes a direct approach to the lighting. For the front lighting he uses the deer, the leaves and grass are his side lighting. Another remarkable thought from this photo is all the ambient light surrounding the deer, it almost makes the deer appear like its hovering. The white dots on the deer’s back generate texture and eye movement. There are a lot of geometric shapes from the circular arch in the deer’s back to the butterfly triangular wings to leaves organic shape. There are multiple repetitions throughout the photo from the grass to the shape of the leaves. Zuckerman photo is from a spatial perspective. He made a well-know object the deer appear superimposed over the background. Overall, this photo serves it purpose it make the view notice the innocence of animals and makes the view appreciate nature.

landscape 2

I changed the contrast and made the shadows darker then the original. I changed the lighting by using curves.

park 2

I changed the color balance, brightness/ contrast and I used curves.