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/

Masters of Photograpy- Inspired by Josef Sudek

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Shadows: +9

White: -35

Blacks: -24

Saturation: -100

Before

After

Shadows: +13

Whites: +44

Black: +28

Saturation: -100

Before

After

Shadows: +13

Whites: +24

Blacks: +13

Saturation: -100

Before

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Shadows: +26

Whites: +38

Blacks: +35

Saturation: -100

Before

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Shadows: +32

Whites: +10

Blacks: -68

Saturation: -100

Before

                                                           

 About Josef Sudek

• Born on March 17, 1896. Died on September 15, 1976.
• Lived in Czech
• Before Sudek was a photographer, he was a bookbinder until he was badly injured by the Hungarian Army on the Italian Front of World War I. He was hit in the right arm by friendly fire. After a month, his arm was amputated in Graz. After he had his arm amputated, Sudek was given a camera but he had no experience with it. He studied photography for two years in Prague under Jaromir Funke. He would always use big, heavy cameras despite his one arm. Sudek's early works included many pictures of Saint Vitus Cathedral. He published 16 books in total. He died at the age of 80 in 1976.
• Joseph Sudek was the first photographer to be honored by the Republic with the title of 'Artist of Merit'. He was shy and never married. He never appeared at his exhibit opening and there were a only a few people that appeared in his photos. Sudek also kept a renowned record collection of classical music.

I chose this photographer because simple yet complicated work fascinated me. Joseph Sudek inspired me to never give up. Even though he only had one arm, he still went on in his life and found something that he loved : photography. It was very interesting learning about his life and his photography.