Magazine Tips

5 things I should be thinking about when making a magazine cover are:

 1. Keeping the photo emotionally irresistible 

 2. Making the photo arouse curiosity 

 3. Make the photo easy to scan and understand

 4. Bright colors that pop our compared to others

 5. Make it worth the investment, money, and time. 

Prompt Shoot 2

Cold

Electric

Purple

Rules of photography part 2

Scarlett Johansson

 Rule of thirds

 Viewpoint

 Cropping

 Symmetry

 Background

 Leading Lines

 Depth

 Balance

 Merger

Framing 

Self portraits part 1

1. Experiment with Subject Expressions

In some portraits it is the expression on the face of your subject that makes the image. Get your subject to experiment with different moods and emotions in your image. Play with extreme emotions

2. Play with Eye Contact

It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. Most portraits have the subject looking down the lens – something that can create a real sense of connection between a subject and those viewing the image.

I like this photo because it shows how this man is living in bad conditions; it's like a cry for help. 

I chose this photo because it shows how she enjoys fancy and frilly things though it is very simple.

I like this photo a lot because of her playful and silly side being exposed.

I found this photo nice because it has a certain mystery to it. Did his cat die? Did he drop is brownie? We won't know, but he's sad.

I really liked this casual portrait because this happy dude looks great. He's probably having a great time ruling the patriarchy and getting paid better than the rest of the population. You go, John Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen. You're number one. 

I chose this photo because it portrays the tough life of a female. She knows she gets paid 75% as much as John Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen and she's really sad about it. She is probably a teenager dealing with a lot of stress with homework, as well as health issues. 

For my portrait shoot, I intend on having a glamourous shoot consisting of my fabulous friends and family. I would shoot in my garage, so that we could have proper lighting and avoid mergers (also, add simplicity). I would have someone sitting in a chair, and a lamp next to them for balance.

Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO

In Aperture, our eyes are very much like the lens. The smaller the area in focus, the larger the aperture number. Aperture impacts the depth of a photo by making negative space unfocused.

 f2.8 aperture

f16 aperture

Shutter Speed

At the beginning while the sun was still up and the courtyard had reasonable good light

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree - 1/150
b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings - 1/500
c.) the Stars performance inside the gym - 1/1000
d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard - 1/750
e.) people streaming in from the front doors - 1/300
f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop - 1/500

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other.

a.) a booth in the middle of the yard near the Tree - 1/500

b.) a food booth outside under one of the big red awnings - 1/750

c.) the Stars performance inside the gym - 1/1000

d.) students dancing near the center of the courtyard - 1/1000

e.) people streaming in from the front doors - 1/750

f.) the basketball booth where students are shooting basketballs at a hoop - 1/1000

Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority. Manual

ISO

1. High ISO is really great for capturing extremely fast shots such as at a sports game, without changing the shutter speed. 

2. Always use the smallest ISO possible.

3. You should make the ISO larger when there isn't enough light to quickly take a photo.

Simulation Camera

Aperture: 2.8 - 22

Shutter Speed: 1 Sec - 1/5000 Sec

ISO: 100 - 25600

Love and Loss

    I felt a whole swirl of emotions, once her hair become shorter I knew where it was heading.
These photos aren't just a simple descriptions of his life, they actually are his story. I definitely could shoot photos like this in this situation, I have been in it before. If I could write the photographer a letter, I would tell him that I am sorry for his loss, seen as that is probably only the best I can do without sounding like I have had fallen in love and had that person die of cancer, because that did not indeed happen to me. I would hope he is getting tons of support from others in his situation.

Abandoned Amusement Parks

        I'd really like to go to Shidaka's utopia in Japan. The house of horrors seems like an extraordinarily exciting thing to photograph, and maybe I'd have fun getting spooked out by old, rotting, horrors. The old monsters in there seem really neat and I'd love to scare a few of my friends.

Five other unusual places include:

1. Tuol Sleng prison (Cambodia)

2. Moundsville Penitentiary

3. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

4. Athens, Greece

5. Land of Oz,  NC

So far, no one has started documenting any of these sites, but the Land of Oz seems like an extremely fun place to document for me. It is placed in North Carolina, and was recently reopened after being abandoned for years. It has the eerie childish feel of what was once treasured as a family location, but is now a run down, almost horrifying sight. I would enjoy taking photos of the thousands of missing bricks from the yellow brick road, leading into a foggy morning. The setting with old scraggly trees sets the mood just right for an award winning location of creepiness. As far as equipment, I'd need a jacket and some good company...