Wednesday, April 18, 2012

MR. LONG YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW THIS!!!!

"I'm really starting to hate this..." -William Johnson (in reference to his camera modes photoshop book.)

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Portrait People

1) My relative shot will probably be made up of the two immediate family members I have, Mom and/or Dad.
2)For the friend/ classmate shot, I will probably shoot a friend named Joanna Stephan, who I've already talked to, or unknown person.
3) For the adult photo, I'd probably try shooting Mr. Crosby or my old science teacher, Mr. Brad Hunter.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

KONY 2012

The film showed a man by the name of Joseph Kony who has been building an army of children called the Lords Resistance Army or LRA. Joseph Kony forces the boys to shoot their parents and the girls are turned into sex slaves. Joseph Kony has been on the worlds most wanted criminals list for a long time, but no one knows who he is.

This video is used to promote awareness about Joseph Kony. Because he isn't very well known, people don't have an urge to arrest him. This video is one way to sow the rest of the world the heinous crimes of Joseph Kony and prove why we need to arrest him for the world to see.

This video is effective the first time you see it, I think. People may get tired of it, but the best way to prove a point is by using repetition.  Anytime that I something that reaches me, I don't always remember it until I've seen or heard it 2 or 3 times.

The idea is to make them so famous that the whole world knows who they are. The word is infamous and thats what Joseph Kony deserves to be. He forces children to become child soldiers. He crimes are the most  heinous of sort and he deserves a place along with Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin of producing some of the most ugly crimes.

A call to action means, "Lets go get this guy." Raising awareness is just promoting an idea, not saying to do something about it.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Portrait Photographers

I enjoy this photo, mainly because I'm a violinist. The scroll turning into a lion is very unique and I approve.

I like the sense of motion without moving in this photo. The shadows really add to it.

I like how even just looking at Johnny Cash's back still is grand and tells us who it is.

This looks like the Oklahoma City bombing and the debris. It captures the sadness and chaos.

This picture, to me, shows hope because of the lone building in the distance. The city can be rebuilt.



Mark Seliger is a very interesting person. The best way to describe him and his pictures is like taking a shotgun and firing  and where all the pellets end up, that is the pictures that he shoots. Photographs may range from post-apocalyptic scenarios to Johnny Cash, from people in the nude to a violin scroll. He is a very strange and unique photographer.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Architectural & Urban Photography Assignment

EXT 1
11/20/11
Disney Hall, Los Angeles, California
5:07 PM
f/1.0
1/1000
100

EXT 2
11/20/11
Disney Hall, Los Angeles, California
5:09 PM
f/1.0
1/500
100

EXT 3
11/20/11
Disney Hall, Los Angeles, California
5:13 PM
f/4.5
1/160
100

INT 1
11/20/11
Union Station, Los Angeles, California
2:02 PM
f/10.0
0.3
200

INT 2
11/20/11
Union Station, Los Angeles, California
2:07 PM
f/14.0
0.5
200

INT 3
11/20/11
2:13 PM
Union Station, Los Angeles, California
f/8.0
1/30
200

MISC 1
1/22/12
Starbucks, Portland, Oregon
2:48 PM
f/5.6
1/100
100

MISC 2
1/22/12
Rose Quarter, Portland, Oregon
3:00 PM
f/5.6
1/100
100

MISC 3
1/22/12
Chinatown, Portland, Oregon
3:12 PM
f/5.6
1/160
100

MISC 4
1/22/12
Near Big Pink, Portland, Oregon
3:15 PM
f/5.6
1/160
100

MISC 5
1/22/12
Chinatown, Portland, Oregon
3:20 PM
f/5.6
1/80
100

MISC 6
1/22/12
Parking Garage, Portland, Oregon
3:32 PM
f/5.6
1/80
100

MISC 7
1/22/12
Pioneer Place, Portland, Oregon
3:42 PM
f/5.6
1/40
400

MISC 8
1/22/12
OMSI, Portland, Oregon
4:12 PM
f/5.6
1/200
400

People 1
1/22/12
Starbucks, Portland, Oregon
3:06 PM
f/ 5.6
1/5
100

People 2
1/22/12
Pioneer Place, Portland, Oregon
3:42 PM
f/5.6
1/5
100

People 3
1/22/12
Pioneer Place Bridge, Portland, Oregon
3:52 PM
f/5.6
1/40
100
WATER 1
1/22/12
Near OMSI, Portland, Oregon
4:16 PM
f/5.6
1/200
400

WATER 2
1/22/12
Near OMSI, Portland, Oregon
4:18 PM
f/5.6
1/320
400

WATER 3
1/22/12
Near OMSI, Portland, Oregon
4:21 PM
f/5.6
1/320
400