First Semester Final Project

In this image reflects the models personality, Brenda was not ready for a picture and that is the best way to capture a real image.

Cristina is a very photogenic person as taking a great image of her is not difficult at all. surrounded by the shadows of the nature surrounding us.

Brian a very serious model was preparing to be photographed meanwhile i took a few shots of him not prepared.

The main focus in this image is Brian leaving the background a bit blurry and not as clear as the main subject.

Brenda was pretending to be a professional model playing around while i prepared to capture it. The depth in this image captures the viewers attention.
                                     
Johanes a very serious person makes a great model. His eyes seem to follow the viewer.

This image reflects the personality of the model. The picture describes the setting making everyone who views this image a little bit more happy.

This is an image of Brenda where she smiles directly at the camera when given instructions not to do so, making this image a bit more passionate. 

This image shows the model enjoying herself. which inspires the viewer to be more joyful.

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Paul Strand 

        Paul Strand was born in New York City on October 16, 1890 to Bohemian Parents. Strand was first introduced to photography in high school at the Ethical Culture Fieldstone school by Lewis Hine. In early 1915, his mentor Stieglitz criticized the graphic softness of Strand's photographs and over the next two years he dramatically changed his technique and made extraordinary photographs on three principal themes: movement in the city, abstractions, and street portraits.Paul was called the biggest, widest most commanding talent in American history. Strand was also interested in film making he produced his first film 1921 with Charles Sheeler. Paul Strand was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in 1984.

We chose Paul strand because, His photographs showed us a different meaning to what photography meant to us. His inspiring techniques on how to use a camera and what to show on an image. thought us that a camera can capture life itself. GHis art was meant to g beyond our vision of reality. Having such an inspirational Photographer was able to reflect on the images we all took as a group.

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TIPS FOR BETTER PORTRAITS

     


1. 10 Ways to take stunning portraits
2. Posing Tips
3. Asking permission to photograph people
4. Family portrait photos
5. Portrait Cropping Guide
6. Portrait Editing
7. 101 Photography tips
8. Tips for natural looking portraits
9. Male Poses
10. Outdoor portraits

   To take the best portrait photos, it is important to make the the model feel comfortable to make the photographs look natural, to take lots of shots because it will give you a larger amount of options of portraits,  and to have a background that will not interface with the person being photographed.

Artistic Review

       As photography teacher at Pittsburg High Bryan Farley has been taking photographs of what he says "still trying to give voice to the voiceless by creating a dynamic flat image". Living with an "invisible disability" Epilepsy he will demonstrate the art of showing whats not visible, visible for everyones else's eyes.Through the art of photography Farley relates with many people using such concepts as children, families, and things that are not as visible as others.

    While observing his website, something that was clear throughout the page was the connecting he has with children and people in general. Looking at all the images involving children, the connection between the photographer and the person being photographed tell us many things about the person taking the picture and the way he treats people around him. his images show stories that are not being told or explained by anyone, you could make up your own description about whats going on at the moment where the photo was taken.

    An image caught my attention was the one with the toe men hugging, San Marin Basketball Season Ends This image can tell you what was happening at the moment without having to be there at that exact moment. Just by looking at the image you get a feeling of emotion happening when they hugged each other  you could tell that they were happy for something that had just occurred maybe the winning of a basketball game.        

     Another image that stood out out of all his fantastic peaces of art was in the love's promise gallery were he took many images of nature and flowers. These photographs are shown as a great example of something invisible being shown as visible. sometimes we walk around out in the nature and never noticed the beautiful things nature has to offer, for example these photos which show the true beauty of nature (http://bryanfarley.photoshelter.com/gallery/Loves-Promise/G0000.uA3EJw3F5Y/)To notice the amazing work of art that have been posted for everyone else to view you need to take a look at this well portrayed website.(http://www.bryanfarley.com/)                 

    

Cropping for Better Composition 2

The original photo was taken with the purpose of creating an image using leading lines. The second image was cropped making the lines more visible. The lines lead the viewers eyes to the main subject of the image. 

cropping for better composition

 Before 

After

 The first cropped image is using leading lines. The palm trees are lined up next to each other, showing a path leading to the bridge. The path is leading the viewer to the main subject which is the bridge. The road is also a leading line leading the viewer to the same pace as the palm trees. 

 Before After

Leading lines are also shown on this second image the girls pants have lines that lead the viewers eye to the bubbles. The main subjects in this photo are the bubbles.