Final Exam

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4. This photo is my transformative photo and changed the way I view photography.

This photo has changed how I view photography and was taken during our masters of photography project. This photo changed my views because I wasn't aware of the extreme detail and emotion photography could capture until I took this photo. In this photo, one can clearly see the kindness in her eyes. I also didn't know the possibilities of photography and what I was capable of until I took this photo. Although it seems so simple and close up, I feel I've captured a lot of kindness in my model's eyes. It's due to this photo that I've become interested in close up fashion photography.

5. Shape and form both define objects in space. Shapes have  height and width; and are usually defined by lines. Form exists in three dimensions (height, width, and depth)
This is a photo I've taken to demonstrate form. Here is a photo I've taken to demonstrate shape.
6. Repetition is one object or shape repeated; pattern is a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and consistent arrangement.
Here is an example of pattern. Here is an example of repetition.
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Movement is is the path the viewer’s eye takes through the artwork, often to a focal area. It can be directed along lines, edges, shapes and color. In this photo, the audience's eye  moves along the green plant and then the log, finally drawing up towards the people at the top.

8. My best work from the last three projects is my Final Project Photos. This is my best work as I put in lots of time and effort into my models and creativity. The backgrounds were each specifically customized for each of my models. I find this my best work due to the variety of photos I took and how well they were taken. This project has changed me by allowing me to freely express my creativity and try new things. I now see the world differently, not just beautiful scenery or candid photos or even a nice outfit, I see it as an opportunity. A photo opportunity.

Final Project Photos

Student Website Reviews

Period 1: Rudy Estrada
I like this photo taken by Rudy Estrada. It's a very clear image and gives a feeling of nature.
Rudy's blog can be found here.

Period 3: Jasmit Tamber
I like this photo (second picture from the top) of Michelle Vo and taken by Jasmit Tamber. The lighting is very nice.
Jasmit's blog can be found here.

Period 4: Jonathan Luo
Jonathan's best photo that he has taken is this one. The lighting and angle of the picture are unique and well taken.
Jonathan's blog can be found here.

5 photos

http://rashi-photography.weebly.com/

Inspired photos

Background photos

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Best Photo

My best photo is this one of Andrew Xu.

My five favorite about me's are:
1) John Swannell
2) Lee Friedlander
3) Brittani Vaughn
4) Rachel Lea
5) Valerie Sebestyen

Photo Story MCW

MC week photos

Right before everyone gets food

This is a picture of the bollywood group smiling.

Here the bollywood girls doing a traditional indian greeting hand gesture.

2 girls from the raas garba dance group are posing with their hands in mudras.

Boys from the tinikling group show off their tattoos.

2 girls from the raas garba group sharing an embrace.

MSJMCW story (Haiku and story)

Different cultures
Represented by new foods
My mind is in bliss



The week started with Asia day where the students were to dress in red. The moment the lunch bell rang, huge masses of students dawned upon the 52 booths set up in the horse shoe. The first day is always fresh and exciting with new opportunities to satisfy your hunger. The first day, I got Japanese onigiris and Thai milk tea to really taste and feel the aura of Asia. Tuesday was Africa day and we were to wear green. Second day food is still amazing, but doesn't have the spark the first day does. I indulged myself in musubis and thai tea again, relishing in yesterday's theme of Asia. It's a wonderful experience allowing one to have a slice of another ethnicity.

Shared with Abraham

Lens Blog Photo

Partner: Amin Khan
1. This photo is fast because the wheels on both trucks are a bit blurry and the trucks on the right are moving.
2. Rule of Composition- Symmetry: in which both sides of a photo are identical
3. Element of art: - Lines you can see lines on the road that are at two different points.
4. Principle of Design: Emphasis -  the emphasis on the truck that has been tipped over

Unique photo

The unique photo I've chosen is this photo. This photo depicts a man standing with a guitar over his shoulder and facing away from a field. This photo shows a lot of variety to hold the viewer's attention. There is a strong emphasis on the guitar as it contrasts the picture's color. There is movement in this photo, the viewer's eyes are taken to the guitar and then move down the dirt road. This photo also plays with proportion because the road gets smaller, giving the impression that it's going further away.

Unity

Exposure +15
Highlights +26
Contrast +32
Shadows +11
Whites +14
Blacks +14
Clarity +24
Sharpening 11

Variety

Exposure +0.15
Highlights +21
Contrast +21
Shadows +16
Whites +23
Blacks +16
Clarity +24
Sharpening 6

Rhythm

Exposure -0.20
Highlights +12
Contrast +12
Shadows +8
Whites +34
Blacks +2
Sharpening 13

Proportion

Exposure +0.21
Highlights +23
Contrast +64
Shadows +7
Whites +14
Blacks +5
Clarity +5
Sharpening 14

Pattern

Exposure -0.15
Highlights +34
Contrast +21
Shadows +10
Whites -14
Blacks +4
Clarity +10
Sharpening 23

Repitition

Exposure -0.35
Highlights +66
Contrast +61
Shadows +10
Whites +29
Blacks +2
Clarity +13
Sharpening 34

Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4

1) What is your definition of successful?
 My definition of success is setting goals and achieving them.

2) What have you given up to become successful?
 In order to become successful I have given up friend time and sleep.

3) What did Parks give up to become successful?
Parks gave up marriage and a stable home, as his job often kept him on the move.

4)Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Young's father was UN .

5)How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)? Parks advance was $10,000.

6) How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?

7) Why did Parks refuse the money?

8) What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
 The movie was significant because it made Parks Hollywood's first major black director.

9) What was significant about the character Shaft?
Shaft was significant because he was a black private detective.

10) What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
Parks' choice of weapons was a book about his life.

11) What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?

12) In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
The recent film with the same story is Twelve Years a Slave.

13) Who was Gordon Parks, jr?
Gordon Parks Jr. was the son of Sally Alvis and Gordon Parks, and was shooting a film when he died.

14) What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
My favorite photo is an untitled picture in his Segregation Story exhibition. The picture was taken in Shady Grove, Alabama in 1956, and shoes a mother carrying a child.

15) What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
In ten years I will remember the impact Parks made as a major black photographer.

Movement

Edits:
Exposure +0.2
Highlights +5
Contrast +7
Shadows -15
Whites -31
Blacks 0

This photo demonstrates movement as the audience's eye  moves along the green plant and then the log, finally drawing up towards the people at the top.

Emphasis

Exposure +0.45
Highlights +33
Contrast +34
Shadows -11
Whites +25
Blacks +8
Clarity +14
Sharpening 30

This photo puts emphasis on the white sink and it's greatly contrasted with the brown wall.

Balance

Edits:
Exposure +0.8
Highlights +24
Contrast +18
Shadows -17
Whites +9
Blacks -2

This photo demonstrates symmetrical balance. One side of the picture resembles the other side identically.

Color Red Assignment

Space

Texture

Exposure +0.60
Highlights +22
Contrast +38
Shadows -42
Whites +43
Blacks -20
CLarity +30
Sharpening 16

Form

Exposure +0.55
Highlights +10
Contrast +8
Shadows -23
Whites +17
Blacks -11

This represents form because the lighting shows off this 3-dimensional shape and emphasizes the multiple shapes in it.

Shape

Exposure +0.55
Highlights +16
Contrast +27
Shadows -23
Whites +6
Blacks -17

Lines

Exposure +0.25
Highlights +12
Contrast +13
Shadows -97
Whites +12
Blacks -54
Clarity +11
Sharpening 8

Half Past Autumn

1) On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
Gordon was a still born. The doctor immersed him in ice-cold water and his heart started beating.

2) Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
Gordon was born in Fort Scott, Kansas

3) What did Gordon's college adviser, Ms. McClintock tell him about college?
She told him she should save his parent's money and not go because African Americans would end up as porters and maids anyways

4) How old was Gordon when his mother died?
Gordon was 15

5) Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
He left home and lived with relatives before setting off on his own, taking whatever odd jobs he could find.

6) Did Gordon graduate from college?
He graduated from Princeton.

7) How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
 He saw photos of migrant workers in a magazine, bought a camera for $12.50 in a pawn shop. He convinced a clothing store in St. Paul to hire him as a fashion photographer. His work caught the eye of Marva Louis, who helped him progress.

8) What is a "double exposure?"
The repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost images.

9) Who was boxer Joe Louis?
The husband of the woman who helped Gordon shoot fashion and society photos.

10) What instrument did Gordon play?
Gordon played the piano

11) What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
The Farm Security Administration was an effort during the Depression to combat American rural poverty.

12) When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
He was assigned to document discrimination.

13) Who was Ella Watson?
Ella Watson, an African American in the FSA, was the subject of Parks' American Gothic.

14) What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
Parks was inspired by the segregation he saw in restaurant and shops in D.C.

15) What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
Stryker taught Gordon how to approach his subjects.

16) When did the FSA shut down? 
FSA shut down in 1943.

17) After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for? 
Gordon shot for Vogue.

18) Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office? 
Wilson Hicks was the picture editor at Life Magazine at the time.

19) What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
The first major story Parks covered was Crime Across America.

20) Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
Some of the artists included De Gough, Picasso, and Van Gough.

21) How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
Parks shot fashion by making the model move with him.

22) Where was Parks' concerto performed?
Parks concerto was performed in Venice.

23) Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)
 Parks second wife was Elizabeth Campbell, a model.

24) How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
 Flavio was 12.

25) When did Parks meet Flavio? 
Parks met Flavio when climbing the slopes of Rio de Janeiro.

26) Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family? 
Flavio lived in a small shack.

27) How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors? 
Gloria was an author and artist, whose grandson was Anderson Cooper, and whose ancestors were rich railroad company owners.

28) How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship? 
Vanderbilt said that they had a lot of love and respect for each other in their relationship.

Top 5 Photos: An Embedded Photographer

These photos are ranked the best from 1-5 out of the 30 photos from the Lens  Blog slideshow, An Embedded Photographer. Please click the descriptions to go to the photos.
1. Photo 12: Girl in Patterned orange clothes
2. Photo 18: Girl having a seizure
3. Photo 3: Blue water
4. Photo 9: 2 boats and a sunset
5. Photo 5: A handful of wheat

Ordinary Miracles - The Photo League

1. The Photo League's credo was that "the camera was more the means of recording reality, but it was a device that could change the world" (Ordinary Miracles).
2. The Photo League separated from the Film and Photo League
3.The workshop was in-depth studies of New York's ethnic neighborhoods and recreation areas.
4. The workshop was taught by Sid Grossman.
5. If I were to devote one year of my life to one project, I would join the Harlem Document to focus on the life and conditions of people in Harlem. The documentary showed that life was of horrendous conditions. In order to help those people, I would want to document those conditions so that the public could realize the extent of the damage and support aid.
6. The Harlem Document was a collaboration between 5 photographers, who photographed the conditions of life of families living in Harlem.
7. The Harlem Document was started by the photographer Aaron Siskind.
8. The painter was Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
9. The photographer looked like it was by the painter because the sunlight illuminated one of the kids, making it seem like that kid was special.
10. Lewis Hine was an investigator for the National Child Labor Committee to illuminate the horrible conditions of child labor. He was the official photographer of the Empire State Building to capture the photos of the Sky Boys.
11. Weegee was a pseudonym of a photographer, Arthur Fellig. He was a member of the Photo League. He focused on murder and mayhem. He taught Photo Leauge classes about freelance photojournalism and flash photography. He was considered a loner and the quirkiest, least hygienic photographer of the Photo League.
12. The League changed when the Nazis took power because many talented refugees from Europe (ex. Austria and Germany) left Europe to avoid Nazi rule. They began to take part in the Photo League but face more difficulties not faced by American photographers in the Photo League due to being considered "alien".
13. The League changed during WWII to support the war effort by featuring war production and parades for departing service men. Because many male Photo League photographers left for WWII, female Photo League photographers helped keep the Photo League going. Many Photo League photographers who joined the war were able to photograph the war firsthand.
14. Siskind changed after WWII by focusing on the chance encounters, which brought the concept of abstract expression to photography. He changed from focusing on the social realism for Harlem Document to abstract art.
15. The Saturday Evening Post was an American photojournalism publication that featured some of the Photo League photographer's photos.
16. Barbara Morgan was an American photographer was a member of the Photo League. One of her photos was featured in this documentary Ordinary Miracles. Her photography focused on modern dancers.
17. The Photo League was eventually undermined by being included on a government list that included alleged Communist, Fascist, ad anti-democracy organizations. All of the Photo League's photographers were blacklisted.
18. The "Growing Menace" was the Communist ideology that could spread like an epidemic.
19. W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve as the President of the Photo League when it was under investigation.
20. The League ended when Angela Calomiris, a member of the Photo League and an undercover FBI informer, testified that Sid Grossman recruited her into the Communist Party., She testified that the Photo League was an organization of Communist and radical ideology.

Festival Poster

Poster Assignment

Here is the original poster

Period 2 - Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from this Lens slideshow is photo 2 of a Syrian Kurdish family crossing hte border at the Turkish town of Suruc. This photo is my favorite because of the 1) shallow depth of field used to focus on the family. I like this because the focus on the family makes the photo more dramatic. 2) I like this photo because of the emotion on each individual's face. The mother's is one of concern and strength. One child in the mother's arms seems too young to know whats going on and is crying. The other child seems lost and sad as well. These emotions tell a story and captivate the audience. 3) I like this photo for the emotion behind it. As previously stated, this photo tells a story. This photo emphasizes the struggle and despair behind those meaning to escape military attacks in Turkey. One can read about this event as much as they want on the news, but only a photo like this can capture the real endeavor.

2. Photo 7 is the best photo from the Lens slideshow. The dark background makes the colored balloons stand out. Depth of field is used to emphasize the silhouette of the woman handling the bright orange fish and a few large bright balloons. This photo is also well balanced.

3. My best work is this picture I've taken of Andrew Xu for the Masters of Photography project. This is my best work because 1) The positioning of this photo is enticing and original, allowing the audience to question the emotion in his eyes. 2) This photo is shot clearly and this emphasizes the details on Andrew's face and creases in his jacket. 3) The edits on this photo, such as black and white filter, increased brightness, and shadows makes the photo extremely dramatic and captivates the audience with its timelessness. If I had more time during this overall project, I would have taken more photos, thought of more ideas for posing, and played around more with edits and zoom.

4. My three rules of composition are symmetry, viewpoint, and balance.

5.

This photo clearly demonstrates rule of symmetry and rule of viewpoint. The rule of symmetry is used here as the archway is symmetrical on each side. Rule of viewpoint is used here as the stand I put my camera on for self timer was placed higher than eye level, allowing me to look very tiny.

6. Mr.Farley's first rule of photography is to get closer.

7. Benefits of working in groups include

1. A wide variety of ideas and perspectives
2. Open criticisms to let one improve
3. Help; If one person doesn't know how to do something or the answer to something, they can consult other group members
4. Working on projects faster and more efficiently
5. Allows us to develop stronger communication skills 

8. Disadvantages to working in a group

1. Unequal participation; one group member may contribute more to the group than another
2. Clashing in thoughts or ideas
3. Inability to compromise
4. Feeling left out; one group member may not be able to relate to other group members
5. Different work ethic; some members may want to finish things right away while others may want to take their time

9. My favorite work by another person in this class is Marissa Padilla's recreation of the This Year's Model album cover by Elvis Costello; the photo is found here.

10. My photographer was Richard Avedon. He specialized in fashion photography and introduced a splash of quirkiness in the 1940s, a time where photography was conservative. Because of Richard Avedon's controversial photos, fashion photography has evolved into taking more daring and innovative photos, not holding back for societal norms. Richard Avedon contributed originality and eccentricity to the world of fashion photography, photography that used to be models with blank faces, but now captures an array of emotions and excitement.

11. Dorothea Lange's most famous picture is migrant mother. This photo was taken in March 1936. It was taken at a camp for seasonal agricultural workers 175 miles north of Los Angeles. She was employed by Farm Security Administration. 

12. Life magazine was first published November 23, 1936.

13. Elvis Presley was born in January 8, 1935. 

14. Robert Capa had founded Magnum Photos, and it had started in 1947.

Album Cover Recreation

For this assignment, I recreate the album cover of "This Year's Model" by Elvis Costello.

Original:

Recreation: 

Link to album cover: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/elvis-costello-this-years-model-20120524524