Final Project- Laughter

Student Website Review

Period 1 (Lavanya Rajan)
The best photo is the one with the creek that has trees and tons of rocks. I think this is the best photo because this photographer captures the beauty of nature. You can see the reflection of the trees in the water.
http://msjdplavanyasnapsbyyourstruly.weebly.com/

Period 2 (Ryen Teo)
The best photos are the ones with the photographer's dog Juno. The dog is just too adorable. The photographer captured moments of the dog growing up.
http://ryenteo1.weebly.com/

Period 3 (Jason Wu)
The best photos are the ones with the strawberries. I couldn't choose one photo because all of them was great. The photos of the strawberries that the photographer took looks very appetizing.
http://jasonwuphotography.weebly.com/

Presentation Project

Weebly Website: http://cloudybird.weebly.com/

First Commercial Photo Shoot

Taken by Clarissa

Taken by Alvina

Taken by Vicky

Taken by Vicky

Taken by Vicky

Mr. Farley's Photoshoot

Before:

Temperature: -3

Tint: +15

Exposure: +1.35

Contrast: +33

Highlight: +27

Shadows: -6

Whites: -7

Saturation: -28

After:

And the Winner For Best Picture.....

About Photographers:

1. John Shaw: http://www.johnshawphoto.com/

2. Ansel Adams: http://www.anseladams.com/

3.  Elliot Porter: http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/porter/about.php

4. Arthur Morris: http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/about/

5. Robert Glenn Ketchum: http://www.robertglennketchum.com/#p=-1&a=-1&at=0

                     

MCW Photo Story

During Multicultural Day, we sold Banana Cream Pie, and Chocolate Cream Pie. We first cut them

 into slices and sold them to our customers.

My Art Club president, Angela Hu, was in charge of cutting the pie.

While Angela was cutting the pie, the other people in the club were in charge of holding signs and yell out what we were selling.

Everyone was excited about the pies, and when they took their first bite, they had a smile on their face.

Story with a Photo- Best Yogurt in the World

My cousins and I went to a yogurt shop and bought a medium cup yogurt. We ordered two flavors: Chocolate and white chocolate cookies and cream. The yogurt was creamy and very smooth, it was the best yogurt we have ever eaten.

MSJMCW Story

       Multicultural Week this year was fun and interesting. My club(Art Club) set up a stall and sold slices of cream pies for 2 tickets. We originally sold the pies for three tickets, but barely anyone came so we dropped the price to two tickets. There was two kinds of different pies: chocolate cream pie and banana cream pie. They were sweet but was still pretty good. We bought the four pies( two chocolate cream pie and two banana cream pie) at a famous bakery. On Monday, we sold 33 slices of pies. On Tuesday, we sold 45 slices of pies. It was fun but also tiring.

        While working at my stall, I noticed Multicultural Week is the week where students from different grade and nationality comes together to share their happiness. Its also where students tries different types of food and drinks. It creates a happy atmosphere, watching students from different ages interact with each other with a smile.

Shutter Speed and Everything After

My partner's name is Neha Abshar.

1. Fast, because that way you can capture more action.
2.  Leaving space-The photographer took the picture with the foggy cloud because you can see that it      is windy and what caused the accident. Neha-Composition of symmetry- it shows that the                    photographer parked his car in at the edge of the rail and took the pictures.
3. Element of art-Line- the photo shows line because of the road lines and the rail.
4. Principles of Design- Movement- you can visualize the truck getting knocked over and the two           trucks driving as you see this picture.

Shutter speed:1/250

Documenting the Blues in the Mississippi Delta- Element Variety

We chose picture #2  because it shows a variety of principles or elements of designs and art we learned in class such as lines, shapes, form, space, and texture. The trunk of the tree shows lines and texture. You can see that there is a variety of things happening in the picture. You would first see the fishermen holding a net and your eyes will be diverted to the fish they are catching. The viewers eye then notices the trees and surroundings where the fishermen are at.

Rhythm

Exposures: +21

Contrast: -18

Highlights: +24

Shadow: -11

Movie Monday Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
    My definition of successful is being happy with who you are, what you do, and living with no             regrets.

2. What have you given up to become successful?

    I have given up.....nothing(that I can think of.)
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?  
    Gordon Parks gave up a stable, loving family to become successful. 
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father? 
    He was a rich business man.
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?  
    He advanced to $10,000 for the first 7 pages. 
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?                 $50,000
7. Why did Parks refuse the money? 
     He didn't believe in the religion and felt like it was wrong. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree? 
    It was the first movie to be directed by an African American. 
9. What was significant about the character Shaft? 
     Shaft was a role model and gave a sense of hope to many African Americans.
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?  
       It was a roll of film and a camera.
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce? 
      She did not like the fact how unexpected he was and how she cannot plan her life minute by               minute. 
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same               story? 
      12 years a slave.
13. Who was Gordon Parks, JR? 
       He was a Gordon Parks son who died from a plane crash. 
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo? American Gothic, Washington D.C.
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years? 
       I will remember he was a photographer who wanted to do what he want and gave up his family            to travel and take photos. 

Proportion

Exposures: -15

Contrast: +7

Highlights: -14

Shadow: +21

Whites: +12

Repitition

Exposures: +14

Contrast: -12

Highlights: +16

Shadow: +4

Patterns

Exposures: +14

Contrast: -16

Highlights:+20

Whites: -4

Emphasis

Exposures: +17

Contrast: -6

Highlights: -5

Shadow: +12

Black:+19

Structure- Balance

Exposures: +21

Contrast: -11

Highlights:+16

Plant Life- Texture

Exposures: +35

Contrast: +22

Highlights: +13

Plant Life- Color: Green, Right Corner

Exposures: +14

Contrast: -12

Highlights: +4

Shadow: -12

Whites: +20

Plant Life- Leaving Space

Exposures: +5

Contrast: -4

Highlights: +11

Plant Life- Forms

Exposures: +17

Contrast: -4

Highlights: +13

Shadow: -7

Whites: +5

Half Past Autumn- Gordon Parks Part 1

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
    By putting him in a tub of water and rubbing ice on him.

2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)

    Fort Scott, Kansas

3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?

    She told him that few blacks go to college. She advise him not go to college and spend his money,       because they were all gonna end up as porters and maids.

4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?

    Age 14

5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?

    To St. Paul,Minneapolis, where his relatives lived.

6. Did Gordon graduate from college?

    Yes, He graduated from Princeton University later in his life.

7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
    He went to stores to ask for models where he can take pictures of them.

8. What is a "double exposure?"
    Too much light.
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
    He was a boxer whose photograph was taken by Gordon.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
      Piano
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
      To show the situation of the Great Depression.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in           Washington, D.C.?
      To go to a store and buy a coat, then go eat at a restaurant, and lastly, go watch a movie.
13. Who was Ella Watson?
      She was a women who swept floors and Gordon took a photograph of her.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
      To be positive about American values.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
      He learned about bigotry and disrimination.

Plant Life- Shapes

Exposures: -2

Contrast: +13

Highlights: +7

Shadow: -7

Whites: +6

Plant Life- Lines

Exposures: -4

Contrast: +10

Highlights:+5

Shadow:-4

Whites: +14.2

Black: -2

Saturation: -5

Top 5 Photos Ranking- Lens Blog Empowering

#1: Bellal Bhai's Boat

#2: Child reading a book

#3: Children running on the beach

#4: Bellal Bhai's net in water

#5: Gas Burner to cook meals

Multimedia Festival Poster Part 2

Ordinary Miracles- The Photo League

1. They believed that by using their cameras and own beliefs, they could change the world. 
2. They were seperated from the Communist-backed Film and Photo League, originally named the Workers Film and Photo League. 
3. The workshop were inexpensive classes that taught people how to take photographs and offered the study in documentary photography.
4.  Grossman
5.  I will work on a company's product in order to prepare for Fashion Week. 
6.  It was a portrait of urban African American's culture and lifestyle  during the 1930s in Harlem, New York. 
7. Aaron Siskind
8. Van Gogh
9. The boy on the right side's face was illuminated. 
10.  He lead the development of documentary photography and showed photography that they could use their subjects and images to make a change. 
11. Weegee is a nickname for a man called Arthur Fellig.  He was known for his stark black and white street photography.  He took photos of mostly crime, murder, and death in New York City.
12. Many talented refugees escaped Europe to avoid Nazi rule.  They began to take part in The Photo League, but they were seen as "alien," which caused problems.
13. The Photo League began to move away from photographing impoverished neighborhoods in New York City and also from the realist side of documentary photography. It reduced the number of photographs that were taken of class and the daily struggles of workers. 
14. He turned away from the social and political world after WWII.  Instead, he looked inward to seek meaning in the many insentient forms that he observed around him.
15. The Saturday Evening post was a magazine that was first published twice per month.  In then started publishing weekly in 1897-1963, and then biweekly until 1969. 
16. Barbara Morgan was a photographer that mainly took pictures of modern dancers.  She was the co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture.
17. Many of the members of the Photo League were strong believers in progressive social and political causes. However, The FBI accused this of being communist and "subversive and anti-American". The Photo League was placed on the U.S. Department of Justice blacklist by Attorney General Tom C. Clark.
18. The "growing menace" refers to fascism in Europe and of Japanese imperialist conquest in Asia. 
19. W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve President when The League was under investigation.
20. In May 1949, FBI informer Angela Calomiris testified that the Photo League was an organization that supported the Communist Party. Recruitment slowed down and many old members left. The League disbanded in 1951.

Multimedia Festival Poster

Imagine Dragon Concert Poster

Imagine Dragon, at Webster State University

Period#4 Semester Final

1. What is your favorite photo from this Lens slideshow? Provide three reasons that it is your favorite.
2. Which photo is the best from the slideshow? Provide three reasons.
3. What is your best work this semester? Include the blog link. Give three reasons why this is your best work. If you had more time, how would you do to improve the project.
4. You chose three rules of composition. What are your three rules?
5. Select one of your own photos that illustrates your ability to apply at least two of the three rules. Insert the photo into the post and label the picture. Clearly include the two rules of composition that you are using.
6. I have three rules of composition. I have explained one already. What is my first rule?
7. What are the benefits of working in groups? Provide a list with five benefits.
8. What are the difficulties of working in groups? List five difficulties.
9. What is your favorite work product produced by another person in this class? Provide the link to their work.

1. My favorite photo from the Pictures of the Day: Syria and Elsewhere is slide 7. It is my favorite photo because you can see the texture of the grass when the ball's lights reflect on to to it. The balls are in different colors so when it is lit, the balls glows beautifully. The photographer took the picture with the acrobat standing in the middle juggling so he can show everyone how happy and excited she is, performing in a beautiful scene.

2. The best picture from the Pictures of the Day: Syria and Elsewhere is the last slide, slide 9. I think it is the best photo, because it has the shadow of a deer and a bird riding on its back. The fog is covering the deer, but if there wasn't any fog, I can promise you that the deer would be looking right at you. It is surprising that a bird would be riding on a deer like they are friends. It also apply to one of my rules, leaving space.

3. My best work this semester would be the Masters of Photography project. ( Link: http://masayukiaki.blogspot.com/2014/12/masters-of-photograpy-inspired-by-josef.html). This is my best project because I applied all three of my rules (Leaving Space, Rule of Thirds,and Texture) in here. I want to show the world how beautiful and majestic these birds are, not some food stealer or some animal that poops on your head, but an animal that has the freedom to spread its wing and fly in the sky. Plus, I like birds and had a lot of fun going out with my group to take pictures. If I had more time, I would improve this project by taking a picture of a bird soaring in the sky.

4. My three rules of composition is:

• Leaving Space
• Texture
• Rule of Thirds

5.

A Bird and a Pole

This photo shows two of my rules of composition: Leaving space and texture. If you look closely, you can see the texture on the bird, the leaves, and on the poles. Leaving space is applied, because I left space on the right side of the bird. 

6. Getting Closer

7. The benefits on working in a group is 

• If someone needs help, their group can help them. 
• When someone has a good idea on taking a picture, they can share it with the group members. 
• We can take pictures together while getting to know each other. 
• We can decrease the workload by working together.
• We can have fun.

8. The difficulties on working in a group is

• We have to stick together, If someone gets lost, we have to find them.
• Some group members might be to busy working on their blog to help you.
• Some group members go off task like watch movies or play games.
• Going off topic in conversation.
• Some members don't do their work, saying that they will do it at home, but never do.

9. My favorite work product produced by my friend Val is the picture of the rose Link: http://dp4val.blogspot.com/2014/12/inspired-by-master-josef-sudek.html

It was taken after the rain, so it has tiny droplets on the rose.

A Little History

10. My photographer is Josef Sudek. He took pictures and created haunting night scapes to show the horrors of World War II.

11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo was the "Migrant Mother." The photo was taken in March of 1936, in Nipomo, California. The Farm Security Administration employed Dorothea when she took this picture.

12. The founder/creator of Life Magazine was Henry Luce. The magazine began publishing on November 23, 1936.

13. Robert Capa was the founding member of Magnum Photos. The organization began on 1947.

14. Robert Capa took the photo "Falling Soldier" on September 5, 1936 in Spain.

Album Cover: The Band

Link To Album Cover: http://theband.hiof.no/