Masters Photo

"Minor White"

Our group chose Minor White as our photographer. Minor White inspired my group because he's a very great photographer that photographs landscape and also portraits of people. Minor White was an American photographer who really inspired me as an individual.

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Minor White

     Minor White is an American photographer who lived from 1908-1976. He focused on landscape as well as portraits. He photographs barns, doorways, water, etc. Whited earned a degree in botany with a minor in English from the University of Minnesota in 1933. His first creative efforts were in poetry, as he tok five years thereafter to complete a sequence of 100 sonnets  while working as a waiter and bartender at the University Club. "Minor White is one of the most talented photographer" said by the New York Times.

   

Portrait Tips

1. Stunning Portraits
2. Stunning portraits part II
3. Giving Space
4. Tips
5. Children
6. Traveling
7. Mona Lisa
8. Environmental
9. Posing
10. Where is the subject and why it matters


I've learned that.......

•  We have to focus on the object 
• We have to give space to the picture and object as well

Artistic Review

      I decided to review Bryan Farley's blog because it catched my eye with al the different pictures and how colorful they are. He's very talented and very intelligent as well. Farley captures his life as well as other people's lifes. Some are heartbreaking as well as happy moments. Farley goes to every event he gets invited to. His pictures make me feel like if I had gone: that's how good they are.

Mother of Angles is one of my favorite  blogs because women hows whose children died gather up and talk about their experiences with their child's deaths; which is interesting to me because my aunt had an angle baby. It's very sading to me to read this post but yet I admire them for being very strong and yet comfortable with sharing their stories to us. 

Not only does Bryan Farkey photograph sadning pictures but also very fun and artist pictures. I'm in love with the wedding pictures. I just love seeing happy couples being captured. These photos capture the happiness and the love on their faces and smiles as well. 

Cropping for Better Composition 2

Before 

After 

For this image I used the "background" rule , from rule of composition. I used this rule because it only focuses on me and the background is kind of blurry. This rule is great if you're trying to just focus on one object.

Cropping for a Better Composition - Advance photo

The rule of composition I used is the rule of thirds. I cropped it this way because it seems like if the little girl is the main object which i believe are the bubbles. This image was taken around 2:30-3:00 p.m. where the sun is out and the lighting is great. It seems like a chilly day because of the gurl wearing a sweater and the women looks cold. 

The Original Picture

The Rule of Thirds

We used the rule of thirds because it can confuse people because is not focused on the object. It's on of the easiest yet hardest rule. we have to focus of the main object but yet the object doesn't have to be in the middle. We could of taken pictures of tree's or of random students or teachers

Canon T3i review

This year our school purchased Canon T3i camaras. This camaras will be our bestfriends for this following year in advanced photo. It has pros as well has cons. These camaras have a good grip, exellent image quality, full HD video recording, swiveling LCD, very fast autofocus, and HDMI output. We are very lucky to be using these camaras. Now like I said they have their cons. For example, it has slow frame for sports shooting, tendency to overexpose in bright sunlight, live view AF is slow, and  no microfocus adjustment.  

My Family

Black and White 

Original

I used the black and white effect because it looks much more clear. I had to crop the picture. Some of us are faking a smile some of us are not even ready for the picture. 

Black and White

Yosemite and Photography

Yosemite Nation Park 

There are alot of amazing photographers who photograph Yosemite today. For example we have The Gary Hart Photography who photographs Yosemite and boy there are amazing pictures. The photographers are California and Yosemite specialist. I would take as many pictures as i can and in every angle so that I can get the best photo of Yosemite. 

Photo Booth

    

I used the normal one because it showes the difference with the other effects.

I used SEPIA on this picture

I used thermal on this picture because it shows where the light hits
   
I used black-and-white

Elements of Art

Elements Of Art 

      There are a lot of elements to art. Elements of art include color, texture, shape, line, form, pattern and shape. www.getty.edu on this website it lists the elements to art. John Paul Getty Museum is one of the best art museum to go to because it shows a lot of those elements. I learned from reading this website is that to get a good photo you have you have these elements on the photo.  

Line: it marks with greater length than width. Lines can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal; straight or curved; thick or thin.

Shape: is a closed line. Shapes can be geometric, like squares and circles; or organic, like free-form or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can express length and width.  

Forms: are 3D shapes expressing length, width, and depth. Balls, cylinders, boxes, and pyramids are forms. 

Space: is the area between and around objects. The space around objects is often called negative space; negative space has shape. Space can also refer to the feeling of depth. Real space is 3D; in visual art, when we create the feeling or illusion of depth,we call it space.

Color: is light reflected off of object. Color has 2 main characteristics: hue( the name if the color such as red, green, blue, ect.) value ( how light or dark it is), and intensity (how bright or dull it is ). 

•  White is pure light; black is the absence of light.
• Primarly colors are the only true color (red, blue, and yellow). All the other colors are mixes of primary colors.
• Secondary colors are 2 primary colors mixed together (green, orange, violet). 
• Intermediate colors, sometimes called tertiary colors, are made by mixing a primary and secondary color together. Some examples of intermediate colors are yellow green, blue green, and blue violet.
• Complementary colors are located directly across from each other on the color wheel (an arrangement of colors along a circular diagram to show how they are related to one another). Complementary pairs contrast because they share no common colors. For example, red and green are complements because green is made of blue and yellow. When complementary colors are mixed together they neutralize each other to make brown. 

Texture: is the surface quality that can be seen and felt. Textures can be rough or smooth, soft, or hard. Textures do not always feel the way they look; for example, a drawing of a porcupine may look prickly, but if you touch the drawing, the paper is still smooth. 

All the above are examples of elements used in photography.

Cropping

 

Composers And Composition

     There are rules of compotition in photography. There are many perspectives of the photographer or the view of the photograph. Third of rules, leading lines, simplicify, framing, symmetric are rules of compotion.( photographyblogger.net )

     Beethoven, Ludwig Van was a great composer. He did not write as much as Mozart or Schubert but he produced is all worth listening to. On this page that I found is  great source to learn more about him as well as his music. ( lvbeethoven.com )

     There are 5 elements of composition in photography. The key to remember that in the same way as a chef rarely uses all the ingredients of compositionin the making of the image. On this site it lists the 5 elements .  ( Digital Photography School )

1st assignment: Looking at light

  

I seen shadow in my face because of my dark hair. I looked lighter because my shirt reflexs light to my face and body. Because of the bronzer and how I highlighted my face with makeup some parts of my face looks lighter then the rest . When i was outside I got nervous when my group stared at me to see how light worked on me . After a while i got use to it and got confortable and lost all my nervous. I got my confiedence back. Me as a photographer, when I photograph other people I will be my self and try to make them feeel comfortable.