18th Photo Assignment, Elements of Art- Lines

Edits:

Temperature: -13

Tint: 13

Exposure: 0.05

Contrast: -44

Highlights: 13

Shadows: -27

Clarity: 16

Vibrance: 33

Saturation: 9

This photo shows lines as the needles of the plant clearly demonstrate an abundance of lines throughout the image. The lines are placed throughout the photo to enhance its effectiveness.

17th Photo Assignment, Photo from Lens

Picture 5

This picture is the best and my favorite as well. I consider it to be my favorite because the eagle is my favorite bird and I love its representation of freedom, football is my favorite sport, and because I've experienced similar circumstances because I was on my 8th grade football team and the mascot stood through.

I feel like it is the best too. This is because of the symmetry in the photo (as the bird represents a border between the football players conversing), the lights perfectly representing the picture as it makes the eagle stand out even more and allows the field to be displayed with bright colors while the top is so dark (a kind of symmetry as well), and the perspective as it is taken from the mascot from the behind looking at the field, the players and the audience. The perspective, lights, and symmetry substantiates my argument for it being the best photo as well. 

16th Photo Assignment, Photo Ranking

Top 5 Pictures: 

1.  10

2. 28

3. 2

4. 5

5. 30

15th Photo Assignment, Multimedia Fest Poster Part 2

Why is this poster good?

This poster is good because of the blend of concepts of music creation, graphic design, photography,video and animation. These are blended really nicely as they are coming out of a computer, accentuating the usefulness of ROP. The font is really nicely created and the background is really nicely done.

Why is it better than the last one?

The last one was really simple, it just showed four photos in rectangles. This was far more creative as the pictures came out from the animated laptop. The arrows showing them pop out show the many concepts of ROP far better than the older one. The font is more pretty and more spread out throughout the poster, keeping simplicity and improving design.

What did I do to create it?

I took a picture of a computer, animated it, resized everything and posted it on the psd file. I layered many things such as the 4 different pictures popping out and fixed the gradient for the background. I also used the distort feature on photoshop to put the image on the computer and used arrows and lines to connect the four pictures. Text was edited and font size and style was improved. 

14th Photo Assignment, The Photo League Movie Monday Questions

1.            What was The Photo League's credo?

The credo of the Photo League was the belief of expressive power in documentary photography and a progressive alliance in the 1930s of socialist ideas and art.

2.            What organization did The Photo League separate from?

The Photo League separated from the Film and Photo League.

3.            What was the workshop?

The workshops were focused on learning to take good pictures and focus in photography.

4.            Who taught "the workshop?"

Sid Grossman

5.            If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?

I would devote one year of my life towards programming an application to educate people how to code!

6.            What was The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document was a set of photographs that portrayed Black America in cities and the cultural setting and types of people of Harlem during the 1930s.

7.            Who started The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document was started by Aaron Siskind.

8.            A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a _______ painting. Who was the painter?

 Caravaggio

9.            Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter? 

The lighting of the photos looked similar to the paintings.

10.          Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)

Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer. His photographs were essential in creating the child labor laws in the United States. Hine also made "work portraits" that demonstrated the people's impact on industrialization and industry.

11.          Who was Weegee?

Weegee was Arthur Fellig, a photographer and photojournalist, who created black and white street photography.

12.          How did The League change when The Nazis took power?

The League changed when the Nazis took power because the influx of refugees came to the United States from Eastern Europe and created a diversity and wealth of pictures to accentuate the league's standing. However, as individuals, they suffered as they fought for rights in a prejudiced America.

13.          How did The League change during WWII?

The League changed because men went to war so more women got in the league and started leading the organization. 

14.          How did Siskind change after WWII?

Siskind changed from someone who focused on social issues and social documentation in his photography to someone who focused on abstraction.

15.          What was the Saturday Evening post?

The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963.

 16.          Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?

Barbara Morgan was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. She mainly photographed dancers and their styles. 

17.          What eventually undermined the Photo League?

The idea that the League was a front organization for the Communist Party undermined the Photo League.

 18.          What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?

The “growing menace” was facsim.

19.          Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?

Harry S. Truman

20.          What happened to the league?

The League disbanded in 1951.

13th Photo Assignment, Multimedia Photofest

12th Photo Assignment, Music Group Poster