Hope's Photo Journalism Blog

A. What is the most powerful image from the pictures printed in the Denver Post over the three weeks they published images from the year of coverage? Why? I think that the most powerful imagae was the one where the guys are gathered around, 1 is holding a fake belt and they all look happy. I like this one because it shows that even though they are soilders who go to war and shoot guns they are still just people who like to mess around with their friends.  B. How do the images work together to tell a story? They are all in black and white which make them all look good together like a complete collection and the camo in the uniforms adds lots of differnet shades of gray to the images.  C. How do the captions enhance the photographs? They give a lot of background information and add a lot more emotion and feeling to the images. D. Summarize the story of Ian Fisher, based just on the captions. He was a guy who decided to join the US army and he got trained and met a ...

1. Rule of thirds 2. Balancing Elements 3. Leading Lines 4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition) 5. Viewpoint 6. Background 7. Create depth 8. Framing 9. Cropping 10. Mergers and avoiding them 1. Aerial Shot 2. Establishing 3. Close Up 4. Extreme Close Up 5. Medium 6. Over the Shoulder 7. Low Angle 8. High Angle 9. Two-Shot 10.Wide (Long)

1. Rule of thirds 2. Balancing Elements 3. Leading Lines 4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition) 5. Viewpoint 6. Background 7. Create depth 8. Framing 9. Cropping 10. Mergers and avoiding them- The bright red color and distinquishing textures help this photo avoid mergers.

Tim and Gilda continue their life-long fued over coke or pepsi with a race. They raced at their local senior center with Tim bringing home a win for coca-cola. Mary re-lives her childhood in the park as Rose and Jenny look on. The park is off 1-85 and has been their since the seniors were children. Bill Vanderwall escaped the nursing home and drove down highway 13. He made it only 3 miles before being brought back to the home.

 The amusement park I would want to vist the most is Pripyat in Ukraine. The bright yellow color of the ferris wheel adds a bright pop of color in the rather dreary environment. They snow gives an extra feeling of abandonment to the park and the surronding areas are deserted because of the cold weather. The cold also makes the surrounding trees and shrubs seem more dead than alive. Five other unusual places that would be of interest to photographers are: - The drain pipes in neighborhoods - older buildings with lots of nooks and cranies - wilderness that is off the trail - caves or underground areas - places where not many people have been No one as taken photos of the drain pipes in neighborhoods except for the people who build them. The only photos of them show them filled with water, but in Texas the heat dries them out and you can walk through them. I think it would be fun to photograph them because they have grafitii and its really fun to just hang out in them. You ...

The photos I saw that Nick Brandt took were really stunning in black and white. He captured a very wide variety of animals and they all look gorgeous and have interesting subjects. The contrast between black and white was strong throughout but my favorite was the picture of the zebras shown below. The rule of photography used in this picture is line. They show up in the zebra and the dark horizon line against the clouds. He only uses a    Pentax 67II  with only two fixed lenses. This is important because it forces the photographer to get in closer to the animals. We talking of this Brandt says, " You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close." He takes these photos because he wants to capture the beauty of african animals before their environment is destroyed. He hopes to raise awareness by taking these photos.

1) What caught my eye most about Ansel Adams photographs are the textures and contrast of black and white that he captures in the pictures. I chose these because they were really interesting and beautiful. 2) glacier photo- I see a wide crescent of white and the dark sea in constant motion. The sky is dark and cloudy. I smell the sweet sea breeze and the fresh cold of the oceans salty water. I hear the waves crashing against each other and they click of the camera as it captures the image. I taste the salty ocean air and the cold bitterness of the thick morning air. I feel the chill of the frosty wind as it surrounds my thick coat. I feel the cold metal of my camera as it presses against my hands. building photo- I see the thick layers of building stacked together going up higher and higher. I smell the fresh scent of something new. I smell the faint scent of many peoples perfume and cologne as it wavers long after they have left. I hear the chatter of others as the...