Family Photo (edited)

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Sequence photos (unedited)

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Response to Point, Shoot, Retouch, and Label

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I believe that whether or not these seemingly impossible advertisements are marked as "retouched," there will still be issues that arise from them. It's not just advertisements that make youth feel insecure, it's much larger than that, our society is predicated on the belief that its thin or nothing. Fashion is all about stepping out of every day norm and into the limelight.  Every one wants to feel fashionable but to be fashionable, you have to out-look, out-dress, and out-class those around you. Insecurity will still occur, even if you know a picture is fake, it will still affect you; and for some if not many, that affect will continue to have negative connotations.  I have no issue with photos being marked as retouched, but i seriously doubt the effectiveness of such a law. 

A photographer creates the original photo, but a retoucher, like an editor, puts "the final touches" before it is posted in a magazine. I believe that because of this, the photographer is the artist of a photo, and that a retoucher is an editor, not an author.

Bonus Question

- This has one major flaw which isn't very subtle, the female model's left leg has been totally removed from the photo. It's hard to see the rational behind this choice unless the editor tried make the female model look skinnier and thought that hopefully, no one would notice her missing limb.

Final Frame W/in a Frame

Photoshop Review

Question One: What are the three types edits that we have learned and in what order did we complete these edits for the Frame within a Frame project? Why do we edit photographs in this order?

- Exposure (Levels & Curves), White Balance (photo filter & color balance), & Vignetting

We edit photos in this order because we cannot edit vignetting before we edit white balance and we cannot edit white balance before exposure

Question Two: What are the “quick keys” for: Move Tool, Crop Tool, Brush Tool, Text Tool, and Mask Mode. We did not go over the “quick keys” for Mask Mode in class, find the answer through your own research.

-Move Tool: (V)

-Crop Tool: (C)

-Brush Tool: (B)

-Text Tool: (T)

-Mask Mode: (Q)

Question Three: What are the “short-cuts” for Select-All, Inverse-Selection and Deselect-Selection. (Ctrl + ?, if you work on a PC, or Command + ?, if you work on a Mac.)

-On PC Shift+Ctrl+I for select inverse and Ctrl+D for deselect

-On Mac Command+Shift+I for select inverse and Command+D for deselect

Question Four: Write all the steps necessary to create vignetting. Do not forget to write what Brush Mode we use, and what percentage of opacity, hardness and flow we use to paint the mask.

-First: select Brush(B) and choose a master diameter that takes up most of the image without leaving it. Then, make hardness 0%, and Opacity and Flow 100%. then select mask mode(Q) and cover the center with red. then remove Mask Mode and enter curves and dim the outside rim of the image.

Question Five: When you open a JPEG in Photo Shop, how many layers do you start with, and what are they / is it called?

-You start with one & it's titled background

Question Six: Which of these buttons on your Layers palette do you press to make a new edit layer (curves, levels, color balance, etc.)? Which of these buttons do you use to delete a layer?

-The center button is used to make edits and the trashcan button is used to delete layers.

Question Seven: How do you “turn off” a layer / make it invisible?

-Simply click the eye icon left of each layer.

Question Eight (Extra Credit): Find a poorly Photoshopped image on the web a la the NYT article we read in class. Post it to your blog, and explain what went wrong.

Frame W/in a Frame

Story-Telling

1. I first noticed the burning house in the background .

2. there are people in the background who are walking along dilapidated train tracks.

3. The train tracks are over grown with plant life and they seem to not have been used for quite a while.

4. the burning house seems to be made of wood.

5. the objects in front of the house seem to be storage containers used on trains that must have gone along the train tracks.

6. The photo seems to have been taken during the early morning because the sun is still rising.

The train tracks went on for miles. In a happier time trains could be seen going down carrying travelers and supplies from stop to stop. The town depended on the train for everything, almost all of the commodities needed for life in the small town were sent by train. this made the town incredibly dependent on the train although, very few realized it at the time. The Company than ran and owned the trains went bankrupt for mysterious and unknown reasons. quickly, the town was thrust into chaos. Businesses closed, and supplies were rationed but, it only postponed the inevitable. The town simply couldn't function with out the necessities once brought by train. For the first time in years, people began to leave.

many left in large groups but it was not uncommon for a few stragglers to join together. one of these groups of stragglers were the last to leave. they didn't leave by choice, in fact there was no choice at all what so ever. there was a fire, a massive fire that broke out and burned everything in sight. the town was left in ruins and the stragglers fled across the tracks. they went on for miles until they reached a house surrounded by empty train cars that had obviously been raided by others before them. they stayed at the house for several days but they were forced to leave the house, just like with the village, when a fire broke out. they began again, down the tracks, with the smoke rising behind them.

lee frielander

The Frames in this photo are the car mirror which draws our attention to the photographer in the front seat of the van, the enclave which brings attention to the statue, and the reflected window which also brings attention to the photographer.











The Frame in this photo is the mirror on the dresser which draws our attention to the man resting in the bed. also, the photographs are frames which bring attention to their subjects.












The frame in this photo is the television which draws our attention to the man on the motorcycle.

My very own Guided looking

Photo #1

a) Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 2005

b) SS: 800 Reason: the photo is crisp, with no blur of motion from the subjects or from the photographer.

c) F12.5 Reason: there is a large depth of field: the photo as a whole is in focus

d) ISO: 200 Reason: there is little to no noise

























Photo #2

a) Francessa Woodman, Yet, Another Leaden Sky, 1977

b) SS: 500 Reason: the photo contains no blur of motion

c) F10 reason: the is no point of focus, the whole photo is in focus

d) ISO: 600 Reason: the photo is not noisy, but not as crisp as possible




















Photo #3

a) Elliot Erwitt, New York City, 1946

b) SS: 800 Reason: the subjects are perfectly still with no blur of motion

c) F3.5 Reason: the photo focuses on the two subjects while the rest of the photo is out of focus

d) ISO: 200 Reason: there is little to no noise



















Photo #4

a) Paul Strand, Wall Street, 1915

b) SS: 1000 Reason: the motion of the photo is captured without blurring

c) F12 Reason: the whole photo is in focus

d) ISO: 200 Reason: there is no noticeable noise
















Photo #5

a) Anne Leibovitz, The white Stripes, 2003

b) SS: 1200 Reason: the subjects' motion is caught without blurring

c) F6.5 Reason: the fore ground is in focus while the background is out of focus

d) ISO: 200 Reason: there is no noise in the photo

Photo Manual

Scenario #1

when a photo of a race at a race track on a sunny, the best settings for your camera are:

- a quick shutter speed, like 1200, to capture the motion of the subjects without blurring the photo

- a small aperture, like F12, to focus on the subjects but not the background

- a low ISO, like 200, for a crisper, less noisy photo

- the sunny setting for white balance,
to compensate for the suns light

Mood Photos

                                                     Photo #1 - depression / defeat

                                                     - aperture F22
                                                     - shutter speed 1/1.3
                                                     - ISO 1600

                                                      Photo #2 - depression / defeat

                                                      - aperture F9

                                                      - Shutter speed 1/2

                                                      - ISO 1600

Documentary review 2

POST TWO
“American dream or art world scheme?” Why do you think the film does not answer this question for us?

I believe that the documentary doesn't answer the above question because, it is meant to give you a more in-depth view of the situation in order for you, the viewer, to make make your own decision based on your interpretation of the information provided to you. The director was even unsure of the truth. He wanted to find out for himself instead of having 60 minutes informing him of "the truth." The Documentary would be totally unique if it forced its opinion upon its viewers. This way, The documentary allows the viewer to have their own opinion of whether Marla and her paintings were genuine or not.

Documentary review

#1 choice B
“Art has obligation to explain itself to you. If it doesn’t, it’s the art’s fault.”

- The quote was from the local reporters mother who was frustrated at Jackson Pollock's pieces of modern art. She hated the fact that his paintings had no obvious story. she felt that art needs to be understood in order to be enjoyed. She felt that his paintings were mocking her with concepts that only "artsy" connoisseurs of the art world would understand. To the reporters mother, art is only art when it makes sense and shows the viewer an explainable and straight forward story.

In my opinion, the above statement is false. I believe that artists have no obligation towards the viewers of their pieces. If the viewer doesn't understand a certain piece than no one is to blame, art does not have to tell a story, art should be based off of one's own interpretation of the piece whether or not it tells a viable story. Art does not require understanding, art will always be art, even if a group of people are frustrated or bothered by it. Art should make you feel many different emotions, joy, sadness, confusion, calmness, and even frustration.

Photo assignment #2 - first try

Thought this was interesting...

I found this really interesting set of photos on flickr by Sam Rohn

Here's a link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nylocations/sets/72157594458664177/

Photo Asignment #1

Quality 1: shallow (small) depth of field

Quality 2: deep (large) depth of field

Quality 3: action captured with a fast shutter speed

Quality 4: action blurred due a slow shutter speed

Quality 5: image blurred due to camera movement

Quality 6: overexposed

Quality 7: underexposed

Quality 8: photograph is unfocused, or out of focus