Set an intention

This phrase means that the photographer needs to know what they are trying to capture before they take the picture. They need to ask what the purpose of the picture is and why they are taking the photo. This way you can capture a better picture by keeping your purpose in mind. This helps photographers get the point across by using their pictures. You can know what settings to use and what things you want to capture in the picture which will help make it look better in the end. 

Understanding apertures for depth of field

Depth of field is how much of the photo is in focus. Aperture is an opening in the front of the camera using the blades. The shallowest depth of field would be f1.8 and the deepest depth of field would be f22. Stop down means to close the aperture to f22. You have to increase the aperture to make all 3 people in focus. The shutter speed would get slower as you increase the depth of field. In order to control the aperture you have to go to the aperture settings. A lense with a Big maximum aperture opening is a fast lense.

Read and respond 4

I predict that the aperture in both pictures would be lower because you don't need to let in much light because it's already a bright setting.

Since it is bright outside in the photo then the shutter speed for the first one (less blurry) would be faster like 1/2000 of a second because you would a faster shutter speed. For the second photo which is more blurry, there would be a slower shutter speed because it is blurrier.

The iso for both pictures would be smaller(100) because it's brighter.

I like photo a because it's easier to see the actual picture. 

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It is important to master aperture because once you master aperture, you get real creative control over your camera.

Each time you move from the f stop of one number to the next smaller number, it doubles the lense size and vice versa 

When you move from one shutter speed setting to the next smaller shutter speed setting then it will half the amount of light that the camera lets in

Aperture is related to depth of field because large aperture will decrease depth of field and small aperture will increase depth of field.

According to the author, the best way to get your head around aperture is to get out your camera and do some experimenting.

The size aperture that is typically used in landscape photography is a smaller appeture. The appeture size that is typically used in portrait photography is a larger apeture. For a macro picture you want a shallow depth of feel so you would need a larger aperture. You want a smaller sized aperture for landscape photography because you want to focus on the whole landscape whereas if you where taking portrait photography, then you want to focus on the person instead of everything in the background which would be distracting. You would want a larger aperture because you want to focus in on the main subject that is taking up the picture. 

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MI. The central similie that Tao uses is that everything is like your eyes. She said that the camera lense was your eyes, and the actual camera is like your brain (processing).

1. If you are shooting in low light then you would open your eyes as wide as you can. You would not be able to see at night very well if you were squinting because you wouldn't be able to absorb very much light.

2. On a super bright day, if your eyes are wide open and open for a long time then it would be too bright. You would have to squint.

3. If you want a crisp shot of someone jumping then you would need to blink really fast. A quick bling would freeze the shot.

4. you would need thin moon glasses if you are shooting at the beach during lunch break because you would only need thick ones if you were trying to see in the dark.

F1. If your cat notices you are photographing it, and you still want to get the shot, then you would change the shutter speed/ how long you open your eyes.

F2. You would need to open your eyes wider to absorb more light or you could raise the ISO 

Black and white, rule of thirds, McCallum

BLACK& WHITE

I chose this photo because of the amount of contrast there is and it makes an illusion. The illusion is that there is a student sitting in the doorway. I also liked the way the focal point of the picture isn't actually in focus. The texture of the door adds more detail to the photo and overall makes it more interesting, not to mention that the window frames the subject which is soemthing people tend to look for in a picture.

I chose this photo because of the detail shown in her (Kate's) eyes and the contrast between them and her skin. I also think that the photo is even more interesting because she is looking directly into the eyes of the viewer. By cropping out her other facial features, it simplifies the picture and adds more depth.

I chose this picture because of how the picture is mirrored. I liked the mystery in not knowing what we actually look like. I also like the contrast in the picture.

MCCALLUM:

I chose this photo because it shows how people are caring for our school. It is also cool because the photo is centered and you can see the custodians reflection on the floor.

This photo represents McCallum because for one, Mr. Winter is like walking school pride. The other reason why I chose this photo is because he is teaching Kennedy about photojournalism and they are both happy.

I chose this picture because the library is filled with people having fun and looking for new books to read. I like how the mirror gives the photo a unique fish eye effect. This picture also shows all of the behind the scenes which I thought was interesting.

RULE OF THIRDS:

I chose this photo because I liked how the walls of the school framed the teacher. The silhouette also made the picture a lot more interesting, and I liked how the picture had a shallow depth of field.

I chose this picture because it was funny to me because there is a student walking on the wet floor. Not only does the sign follow the rule of thirds but so does the person in the background. I also chose this picture because the brightly colored sign is the first thing you notice in the picture.

I liked this picture because of the range of color and the shallow depth of field. I also like how he doesn't hav any expression in this picture and he is looking directly at the camera.

Bonus pictures!!!

I liked this picture because of the contrast and framing that is formed by the windows.

I like this photo because of the repetition, detail, and leading lines. This picture is so detailed that you can see the dirt on the fence and I like how it was taken at an angle. 

Read and Respond 1

The point that photographer Ron Craig shared in the article was that simplicity can be much more powerful than an image that has too much going on. He thinks this point is important in photography because the viewer needs the photo to guide them to the focal point, and if the picture has too much going on then it is almost distracting to the viewer. The two best ways of achieving simplicity are through focus and color. Some others that are more complex are selective focus and contrast management. I think his advice is helpful and I agree with it because just like he said as an example, if you took a zoomed out picture of a football field then there would be no focal point and it would be too much to look at. Whereas if you took a picture of a close up of one of the athletes, then there is more detail and it guides your eyes. Also like he said about color, how your eyes are immediately drawn to the brighter colors. 

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was an influential American documentary photojournalist. She was most well known for her work done during the depression-era for the farm security administration. At the time of the Great Depression, she took photos of homeless and unemployed farmers which helped give a voice to the voiceless and had an influence on later documentary photography.