40 greatest photos ever

What made me choose this photo by Marc Riboud is the fact that this started something worldwide that I'm pretty sure everyone knows the phrase to, "flower power!". I think the composition of this photo was meant to emphasize the flower the guns and the girl. I think this photo made the cut because it became the symbol of the flower power movement.

 

What made me choose this photo, by Joe O'Daniel, is Because you can see her emotion and happieness through a photo, and i think this photo made the top 40 because its shows what the soldiers go through coming back from fighting and having to leave their familys behind.

 

What made me choose this photo by Ioana Moldovan, and also why i think it made the top 40, is because it shows that all they want is peace and that kids have no idea whats going on but they respect the people who help even though its against them and that the police are people to who have hearts.

National Geographic Contest

Out of all 45 photos this has to be my favorite. This is my favorite photo because it is something I have never seen before, it really caught my attention and piqued my curiosity. The second reason why this is my favorite is because of the background story, spiders climbed up into the trees to save their lives when a flood had hit in Sindh, Pakistan. These spiders then made webs that covered every tree like cotton candy on a stick and along with the interesting site the spiders also prevented mosquitoes for awhile. 

My world

 A photo that i would take to illustrate the world around me would be a panoramic photo of downtown Austin at night, but not the famous buildings at night photo, it would be different photos of the hot spots all over Austin all morphed together to look like a panoramic picture.

Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

Jerry Uelsmann

Mr.Uelsmann was born on June 11, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan. Mr.Uelsmann had a Bachelors in art from the Rochester Institute of Technology and Masters in science and fine arts degree from Indiana University. Soon after he began to teach photography at the University of Florida in 1960 and in 1967, he had his first solo exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art which started and opened doors for his photography career. Uelsmann is famous for a lot of his work such as Small Woods Where I Met Myself, 1966, Apocalypse II, 1967, Magritte’s Touchstone, 1965, God’s Home Movies, 1963, and exc. 

Red, Metal, Happy

RED

 

 METAL

 

HAPPY

buttons

1mode dial- controls which mode you have the camera in like sports,portriat, ext.

2power switch- controls wether the camera is on or off

3flash button- turns off and on the flash, and maybe more depending on the camera

4shutter button- closes or opens the shutter

5Red-eye reduction lamp- prevents a red eye

6 diplay button- previews the photos in the display

7 setting button- controls the settings of the camera

camera parts

aperture- is like a pupil, controlled by the f-stop which contolls having a large opening which brings in more light

 

shutter-The shutter blocks all light from exposing the film UNTIL you press the button. Then it quickly opens and closes, giving the film a brief flash of light.You can control the length of time the shutter remains open by setting the SHUTTER SPEED.

Longer shutter speeds = more light  and shorter shutter speeds = less light

 

exposure- is the amount of light allowed to fall on each area unit of a photographic medium (photographic film or image sensor) during the process of taking a photograph

depth of field- is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image

 

F-stop- an optical system is the ratio of the lens's focal length to the diameter of the entrance pupil.It is a dimensionless number that is a quantitative measure of lens speed, and an important concept in photography.

 

focal length- where the subject is essentially infinitely far away, longer focal length (lower optical power) leads to higher magnification and a narrower angle of view; conversely, shorter focal length or higher optical power is associated with a wider angle of view

camera history

         1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?

Inside a completely dark room, a tiny hole is created in one wall. Through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected (upside down) on the opposite wall.This was the first camera. The hole acted like a lens, focusing and projecting light onto the wall of the dark chamber.

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?

the modern camera came one step closer when Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses, in the 17th century.

 3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?

 He added *film* to create the first successful photograph, and the modern camera was born:
A glass lens, a dark box, and film.

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera?

Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. And guess what? The end result is still a photograph.

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?

digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD. Photographs are stored on reusable computer memory devices.

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode?

Auto The camera will completely control flash and exposure.Program automatic-assist, just point and shoot. Unlike full auto mode, you can usually control flash and a few other camera settings.

         7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?
          Portrait To attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens    setting (aperture).


         8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work?
          Sports To freeze motion, camera will use the highest shutter speed possible. 
       
         9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?

• faster camera response time
• more control over focus
• encourages better composition

   

       10. What does this symbol mean?

this symbol means disabled flash or no flash.

 When would you use this? 

There are many cases where you may not want flash at all. The mood of the photograph can sometimes be more dramatic when the natural light is used.

    

11.What does this symbol mean?

auto flash

When would you use this?

Auto-flash is enabled by default and will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light.

 

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light?

Too much light and the picture will be washed out. . 

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?

Not enough light and the picture will be too dark

 

14. What is a “stop.” 

a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one?

 2

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two?

 4

        

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?

     more light

 18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?

     less light

 

19. What does the aperture control?

Before light reaches film, it must pass through an opening called an "Aperture". The aperture is like a pupil. You can control the aperture by setting the "Aperture Opening", also known as an F-Stop.

Smaller F-stops numbers = larger openings

larger openings = more light
 

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?

 using a smaller f-stop number which has a larger opening which increases the amount of light.