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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.

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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

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Clarity +24
Sharpening 11

Variety

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Sharpening 6

Rhythm

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Sharpening 13

Proportion

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Sharpening 14

Pattern

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Sharpening 23

Repitition

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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

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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

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Shadows -11
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Blacks +8
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Sharpening 30

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