Time: Activity 4 Blog

Q: Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these mat have been overcome. 

A: 

In this photo, it appears to be a teddy bear twirling around on a merry-go-round. You can't see much of the background, but since most of it is green, you can assume that the photo was taken at a park. Some problems the photographer may have come across are not being able to keep the teddy bear in a specific spot for the shot. One slight movement of the bear, and the entire photo would have been ruined. It must have been very difficult to keep the bear in one spot until the shutter went off. This problem may have been solved by somehow pinning the bear down by using tape or some other adhesive. 

Time: Activity 2 Blog

Q: Find an example of a photograph where the photographer has used a very fast shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how he or she may have overcome them. 

• Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. 
• Discuss weather the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusion. 

A: 

The human eye can only see certain details when they happen at a very high speed. By taking a photo with a fast shutter speed, we can see the events that take place when preforming an action that takes place at a high speed, such as popping a water balloon. This photo may be a bit difficult to capture for someone who doesn't have much experience. The photographer may have had difficulties with timing the object that shot the water balloons; Either the shot was taken before the balloons were popped, or taken long after the balloons popped. You have to get the timing exactly right in order to capture a photo like this one. When looking at this photo, it is almost as if you are there, watching the balloons disintegrate, and the water spills everywhere.

Time: Activity 1 Blog

 Q: Look at a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph and discuss why you think that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture’s quality. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnMTpL5GQ9E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR7JPiLyDGk


A: I believe that capturing a photo in the decisive moment helps to add to the photo's realness. You can tell that a subject's emotion or reaction is genuine, compared to one who tried to recreate the emotion. This just makes the photo more interesting to look at because you know that the subject's emotion is is real.

Landscape: Activity 3: Blog

David Edwards A Monsoon Storm In The Grand Canyon

Ed Mel

The photo on the left is a painting of the grand canyon, and the photo on the right is a photograph. In the photo on the right, the painting illustrates the canyon to be a bit cartoonish. The mountains appear to be a bit blockish and oddly shaped. Whereas the photo on the right is still a bit unrealistic, you can still tell that the two were created using different techniques. The photograph is vibrant, and looks as if the photographer used HDR to make it pop.

Landscape: Activity 1

Bethlehem, Graveyard and Steel Mill - Walker Evans 1935 © Walker Evans Archive, 1994, 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this photo, I see many headstones and cement crosses. This shot looks as if it were captured in a graveyard. If you look beyond the gloomy cemetery, you can see a city with multiple chimneys and dozens of power lines. I feel that Walker Evans used landscape photography to create a dismal scene in this photo. It shows a city mainly consisting of graves and worn out crosses. Although it is not the typical photo you see everyday, it does have a subject in the photo that your eyes are immediately drawn to. When you first look at this photo, your attention is brought to the oversized cross that is placed in the bottom left hand portion of the photo. This photo also uses rule of thirds, as well as depth of field. I believe that, in a way, this photo would be considered art.