Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Self portrait

                                                 ^ This is my favorite self portrait photo


                                                   ^ This is my favorite professional photo

I think a good photo is a photo with bright lighting. A good photo is also a photo that is clear and in focus. A good photo is at an unusual angle and has a still object as the subject.

I think i'll want to take pictures at a looking up angle, and i'd want to shoot in a non distracting place thats quiet and scenic and has bright light, but not too bright.


Shortlist warm-up

This is my favorite photo from the action and movement category because the sunset behind the dancer is so pretty and shes right in the center of the photo.

This is my favorite photo from the creative license category because Its at a looking up angle, and it looks really cool.
This is my favorite photo from the documentary category because its black and white and the door is on the right side of the photo.


This is my favorite family and friends photo because the city as the background is cool.


This is my favorite fashion photo because her face looks symmetrical.

This is my favorite photo from the gardens and flowers category because its so colorful and bright.


This is my favorite photo from the landscapes section because the green light in the sky relfects off the water to make the photo look cool.
This is my favorite wildlife photo because I love the bright colorful light surrounding the ladybug.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Extra Credit: Dancers

1.      Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as I named it on the akinsphotojblog.

2.   I see dancers dancing in front of mirrors and with partners. I also see people getting ready for a performance or setting up for a performance.

3.   I learned that even blurry pictures can be cool pictures, and if you take a picture of a dancer that isnt posing for the camera and is in motion, that's better than a regular posed picture.

(It wouldn't let me post the photos onto my blog.)

Monday, November 21, 2011

Ethics in fashion photography

1. Her face was shifted higher up, her eyes were made bigger, her lips were made bigger, her neck was made skinnier, and her face was made more clear.

2. I don't think its particularly "right" to change the model like that, but if they have to then they have to to promote sales.

3. Yes, it would be bad if they were promoting something negative.

4. Small changes to the face are okay, but making someone skinny or making someone have bigger body parts is wrong.

5. Photojournalism is doing it for school or just for journaling but fashion photography edits are gonna get published for the whole world to see.

6. All the photos that are photoshopped look real and look like they weren't edited, but they really were edited a million different ways, but we would never know, so I guess publishers think its okay if people cant recognize the changes.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

National Geographic warm-up and photo manipulation and ethics

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2. This is my favorite picture because I think the underwater scenery is pretty. I love underwater pictures also. I think that sea lions are so cute and the ocean is so beautiful.

3. I would take a picture of jellyfish underwater.

A. A person in Iran photoshopped a photo taken on april fools day that was gonna be put in the newspaper. Now people think digital manipulation shouldn't be allowed to be used for bad. News editors found out more people kept photoshopping photos and publishing them. The photots then got manipulated for good.

B. I think that photoshopped photos should be allowed in the newspapers and on the news. I don't think theres anything wrong with changing a few things about a photo.

2. A
I think this is the most unethical because the newspaper should've decided to put someone else on the cover if they had to photoshop a new body on Oprah.

2. B
I think this is the least ethical picture because changing someones teeth isnt as bad as changing their race or changing their body to someone else's body which is completley different from theirs.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Abandoned theme parks

1. I would like to go to Spreepark, Berlin, Germany. The attractions look very bright and colorful. There's also alot of "dinosaurs" at the park, and it would be cool to shoot the animal rides. It also has alot of funny looking rides and things to do.


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3. An abandoned house, an abandoned railroad, the black sand beach in Hawaii, the grand canyon, and a wax museum.


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5. I think it would be cool to take pictures there because no other beach has black sand in it. Hawaii's beaches are beautiful and you could take really cool angle pictures here. I've been to the black sand beach, and it's so beautiful. It would just be weird to see black sand under the water when you're swimming!

6. I would need all my camera supplies, I would need a plane ticket to Hawaii, I would need directions on how to get to the black sand beach, I would need ALOT of money, and I would need a backup camera incase mine got water or sand in it.

Friday, November 4, 2011

American soldier slideshow and captions

A. The most powerful image in my opinion is the one with all the soldiers lined up, they look ready to fight or ready to go into some intense training.

B. I like the basic training photos because it shows the soldiers working hard.

C. The images work together to show that the soldiers need good, hard training to succeed when they go to war.