Summary: When you think about April Fool's Day, you think of funny and pranks, but throughout the Middle East, a little fun can cost you your job and career no matter who you are. Many talented people such as Brian Walski, Adnan Hajj, Issam Kobeisi, and Allan Detrich ended up with no job and had their photos taken away from company's archives and just for manipulating photos. In Allan Detrich's case, investigators found that 79 photos of his were involved and had been manipulated, which were a lot of violations. Basically people have been fired for spicing up their photos from a boring and uninteresting photograph, to a more cool and spontanious one.
1. Well, I'm unsure towards which side I like, whether the "that's bad" kinda side or the "there's no harm towards it" side. First of all, I mean would you like a boring picture or a cool one? I mean it makes more action towards the picture if you put three bombs instead of just taking a picture of one simple bomb. On the other hand, there is a bad side to it because everything is just fake meaning that the photographer is going to get paid to just take a picture and manipulate it and turn it in like that. It's like taking a picture of a pig and then making it look like it's flying, I mean pigs don't fly and then the photographer wants us to believe that? OKAY!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
American Soldier Slideshow and Captions
1. The photo that I found most powerful throught the slideshow was when Ian was walking in the streets of Iraq, and in the background there was this painting that read "never forget 9-11." Out of all of the photos in the slideshow, there wasn't really any photos that made me say, "whoa...that's something" and this one particular photo is true because nobody wants to forget that one day when terrorists attacked us and thought they were going to get away with it. It represents why many soldiers sacrifice their lives whether they're young or old, day after day and the reason why they are true heroes like Ian who is just a teenager.
2. In my opinion, the last sequence of photographs (coming home) were the most powerful to me because I kinda reflected the situation onto my personal situation, like just thinking how my sister wanted to join the army,so it's like seeing the future, her enrolling and just getting to see her for a little bit and there she goes, leaving for duty.
3. The images work together to tell the story by showing the actions and emotions of how it was for Ian to enroll into the army and how he had some ups throughout his life in the army and how he had his downs like how he let go of his girlfriend and found a new one in the end and ended up getting married. He had ups too, like how he got over his drinking problem and he had a fun time in the army despite how sleepy and stressed out he may have been at times. There were times where Ian would be a teenager and other times where he would be a complete soldier, meaning that he would act mature and on his game. His emotions would express how he felt for example, when he was training, he felt tired and hot from the sun and worked out, it was saying how much he was going through and felt like just giving up. There were also the happy times when Ian was with his friends and family and was partying and his emotions showed it as well as how the photographer captured the action of him fooling around with his buddies.
4. In the photos in which Ian is the main subject, the verbs are usually written in the present tense form.
5. The captions enhance the photos in a way that it makes the reader understand the photo and know what's really going in on in people's mind. It takes the photo to another level in which you get to know what's going on behind the image.
6. Chapter 6:In the country- 7th picture
Ian prays to god while in his room, wishing to see another day and praying for his loved ones hoping they're okay.
7. The other features enhance the photographs by adding the full story towards the picture, like for instance, if you just see the picture of Ian with the sticky note that said "Army Recrurter", you don't really know more to it except for the fact that he might be thinking about it or something, and then in the video, his father says that, "He thought about it out of the blue and he might have been thinking about it for a while." That gives you more of a statement that yeah he's been thinking about it and he's made up his mind. These other features allow you to do that, meaning that it will give you more of the story and why he felt like that, just by looking at the pictures, you might have not known that Ian and his dad are like BFF.
8. As I have said before, the videos are better than photographs because they let you know more than just by looking at this simple image that might give you questions.My example: In chapter 10: Coming Home, in the beginning it shows how there's a bunch of people waiting for their loved ones and a bunch of banners and a lot of soldiers were expected and you could see the soldiers departing from the plane to the families. In the pictures, all you see is Ian smiling and like happy to come home (DUH!), but you would never have known how much his parents were proud of him and all the emotions running through everyone and each of those who are proud of the soldiers and for them to come home.
9. The photographs are better than the videos because of the emotions that are caught in the moment. You know how they saw that a photos speaks for itself and it's worth a million words? (or something like that), well that's how it is at times because yeah the videos might say what's going on and what leads to that photo. My example: Chapter 10: Coming Home, (I was comparing the video with the photos) when Ian is in the table with his family, you can see that he's exited and anxious to tell his stories and get caught up with the 411 (haha lol!).
2. In my opinion, the last sequence of photographs (coming home) were the most powerful to me because I kinda reflected the situation onto my personal situation, like just thinking how my sister wanted to join the army,so it's like seeing the future, her enrolling and just getting to see her for a little bit and there she goes, leaving for duty.
3. The images work together to tell the story by showing the actions and emotions of how it was for Ian to enroll into the army and how he had some ups throughout his life in the army and how he had his downs like how he let go of his girlfriend and found a new one in the end and ended up getting married. He had ups too, like how he got over his drinking problem and he had a fun time in the army despite how sleepy and stressed out he may have been at times. There were times where Ian would be a teenager and other times where he would be a complete soldier, meaning that he would act mature and on his game. His emotions would express how he felt for example, when he was training, he felt tired and hot from the sun and worked out, it was saying how much he was going through and felt like just giving up. There were also the happy times when Ian was with his friends and family and was partying and his emotions showed it as well as how the photographer captured the action of him fooling around with his buddies.
4. In the photos in which Ian is the main subject, the verbs are usually written in the present tense form.
5. The captions enhance the photos in a way that it makes the reader understand the photo and know what's really going in on in people's mind. It takes the photo to another level in which you get to know what's going on behind the image.
6. Chapter 6:In the country- 7th picture
Ian prays to god while in his room, wishing to see another day and praying for his loved ones hoping they're okay.
7. The other features enhance the photographs by adding the full story towards the picture, like for instance, if you just see the picture of Ian with the sticky note that said "Army Recrurter", you don't really know more to it except for the fact that he might be thinking about it or something, and then in the video, his father says that, "He thought about it out of the blue and he might have been thinking about it for a while." That gives you more of a statement that yeah he's been thinking about it and he's made up his mind. These other features allow you to do that, meaning that it will give you more of the story and why he felt like that, just by looking at the pictures, you might have not known that Ian and his dad are like BFF.
8. As I have said before, the videos are better than photographs because they let you know more than just by looking at this simple image that might give you questions.My example: In chapter 10: Coming Home, in the beginning it shows how there's a bunch of people waiting for their loved ones and a bunch of banners and a lot of soldiers were expected and you could see the soldiers departing from the plane to the families. In the pictures, all you see is Ian smiling and like happy to come home (DUH!), but you would never have known how much his parents were proud of him and all the emotions running through everyone and each of those who are proud of the soldiers and for them to come home.
9. The photographs are better than the videos because of the emotions that are caught in the moment. You know how they saw that a photos speaks for itself and it's worth a million words? (or something like that), well that's how it is at times because yeah the videos might say what's going on and what leads to that photo. My example: Chapter 10: Coming Home, (I was comparing the video with the photos) when Ian is in the table with his family, you can see that he's exited and anxious to tell his stories and get caught up with the 411 (haha lol!).
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Negatives Evaluation
From looking at my photos, I think that maybe 6 out of the 12 pictures came out good.
Well there were like 3 pictures that weren't really good in my perspective because of the composition due to someone's head kinda being cut out. Others were because of the light I had taken them in, meaning that it didn't have much light or too much light. Some of them were too blurry which I think was caused by not getting to close at times.
I think that the picture(s) that I choose later on will turn out well because it wasn't too blurry and a lot of chunks weren't cut out in the picture.
I think that in my picture, focus was a technical aspect involved. Some evidence is :it's in good position and it's not too blurry.
In my favorite negative, I used the rule of thirds and simplicity because Jonathan's head would be in the top left corner if you were to put a grid on top of it. It also has simplicity because it's taken in an angle without a crazy background and just trying to get the main subject, whick is Jonathan.
Well there were like 3 pictures that weren't really good in my perspective because of the composition due to someone's head kinda being cut out. Others were because of the light I had taken them in, meaning that it didn't have much light or too much light. Some of them were too blurry which I think was caused by not getting to close at times.
I think that the picture(s) that I choose later on will turn out well because it wasn't too blurry and a lot of chunks weren't cut out in the picture.
I think that in my picture, focus was a technical aspect involved. Some evidence is :it's in good position and it's not too blurry.
In my favorite negative, I used the rule of thirds and simplicity because Jonathan's head would be in the top left corner if you were to put a grid on top of it. It also has simplicity because it's taken in an angle without a crazy background and just trying to get the main subject, whick is Jonathan.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Marlboro Marine Audio Slideshow
1. Luis Sinco utilized skills such as the tone of the background music and how his texts were white with black background. Well throughout the slideshow, there was this background music sort of thing that went with the tone of the slideshow, which was sorrow/remorse. The texts here and there were also a skill that Sinco utilized because its not like it was yellow with an orange background which wouldn't fit with the slideshow because it would look like awkard in a way that wouldn't fit in.
In my opinion, the effect of the multimedia in the sllideshow was that in some parts of it, there would be like a mini clip of him just looking stressed with his head down or smoking his tragedy through a cigarette. It puts a meaning that is emphasizing how he doesn't want to remember what happened in Iraq and like then he got married to Jessica and he had a lot of mixed emotions about the attack and the newly wife and he just wants to EXPLODE!!! (Or in other words, he wants to escape from everything and DIE.) Another effect that the multimedia had on the slideshow was that the tone was set from the background music that was playing and at times it makes you put yourself in his shoes and just feel like crap.
2. I think that the most powerful image from the slideshow was in the beginning where you see soldiers just traumatized by what they had just done, which is to kill people for the benefit of their country, but really they have to kill after being taught that it was wrong no matter what. If you were to just see that image, you would be like "Wow! who knew soldiers just sat there and cried themselves out", but once you think about you would put yourselves in their shoes and be like "I can't believe what I just did that" and the images of the war would go round and round in your mind.
The most powerful sequence of photographs were the last ones where the dude was just saying how it's not right to shoot another human being regardless of what your causes are or what their causes are. I think that this sequence is powerful to me because it made me really think about how much war there is and Iraq but Milller said, "What have we gained as a country?" and it's true because everyone has their own opinion about why we are there and what we want to do about it, but is it worth it? Is it going to make us a better country?
In my opinion, the audio enhances the photographs in a way that it added that extra "spice" to it is what I would call it. The rhythm was blended in with the photos to make that sorrow kind of tone to it.
The images work together to tell the story in a way that like in one of the pictures, for instance, Miller is sad and depressed while at the same time he's saying how it's ruining his life and he just wants to get away from it, and at the same time he's saying that, the picture shows him sitting down in the carpet and there's a gun in the table, which represents that he could just pull the trigger at any time and just really escape from the war.
In my opinion, the effect of the multimedia in the sllideshow was that in some parts of it, there would be like a mini clip of him just looking stressed with his head down or smoking his tragedy through a cigarette. It puts a meaning that is emphasizing how he doesn't want to remember what happened in Iraq and like then he got married to Jessica and he had a lot of mixed emotions about the attack and the newly wife and he just wants to EXPLODE!!! (Or in other words, he wants to escape from everything and DIE.) Another effect that the multimedia had on the slideshow was that the tone was set from the background music that was playing and at times it makes you put yourself in his shoes and just feel like crap.
2. I think that the most powerful image from the slideshow was in the beginning where you see soldiers just traumatized by what they had just done, which is to kill people for the benefit of their country, but really they have to kill after being taught that it was wrong no matter what. If you were to just see that image, you would be like "Wow! who knew soldiers just sat there and cried themselves out", but once you think about you would put yourselves in their shoes and be like "I can't believe what I just did that" and the images of the war would go round and round in your mind.
The most powerful sequence of photographs were the last ones where the dude was just saying how it's not right to shoot another human being regardless of what your causes are or what their causes are. I think that this sequence is powerful to me because it made me really think about how much war there is and Iraq but Milller said, "What have we gained as a country?" and it's true because everyone has their own opinion about why we are there and what we want to do about it, but is it worth it? Is it going to make us a better country?
In my opinion, the audio enhances the photographs in a way that it added that extra "spice" to it is what I would call it. The rhythm was blended in with the photos to make that sorrow kind of tone to it.
The images work together to tell the story in a way that like in one of the pictures, for instance, Miller is sad and depressed while at the same time he's saying how it's ruining his life and he just wants to get away from it, and at the same time he's saying that, the picture shows him sitting down in the carpet and there's a gun in the table, which represents that he could just pull the trigger at any time and just really escape from the war.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
One of the challenges that I had was the fact that since it was friday (and I guess nobody really does anything on fridays), there wasn't really much action in the room exept for lights turned off and people bored. The way I overcame this challenge was by taking advantage of the rooms that did have the lights on and make people do stuff like read their paper or make them look like their writting, stuff like that.
I was probably focused more on composition and that the lighting was good because I didn't want to get a dark picture or too bright I guess... so yea. To do this, I kept checking on the little light meter thing and check that it was ok and it wasn't in the negatives or anything. I also took pictures of the composition viewpoint by getting up close to people and taking a picture of what I had them doing or what they were already doing.
I think I attempted to use patterns by taking a picture of someone with a striped shirt that looked pretty darn cool.
The thing I would do differently would be get more emotions into the picture and do more compositions (if possible) like depth or symmetry.
I was probably focused more on composition and that the lighting was good because I didn't want to get a dark picture or too bright I guess... so yea. To do this, I kept checking on the little light meter thing and check that it was ok and it wasn't in the negatives or anything. I also took pictures of the composition viewpoint by getting up close to people and taking a picture of what I had them doing or what they were already doing.
I think I attempted to use patterns by taking a picture of someone with a striped shirt that looked pretty darn cool.
The thing I would do differently would be get more emotions into the picture and do more compositions (if possible) like depth or symmetry.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Processing Black and White Photos
Step 1: Make sure the lights are OFF! Now, remove film from the cassette and then pull flat end off and pull of tape.
Step 2: Load your film onto a -preferably- plastic film reel because if your like me, who are new to all of this "things" you won't really have a hard time with. Then, you move the film onto the slot and keep on moving it into the loader.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PRACTICED LOADING A FEW TIMES!!
Step 3: You can place the loader into the film tank and read the directions on how to cover it. Since the film is secure tightly in the tank you may turn on the lights and not be in the dark no more... yay!
Step 4: Make sure you have a temp. of about 68-70 degrees F.. Spread out the chemicals needed for processing the film.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD NEGATIVE, THEN DON'T EXCEED 75 DEGREES!!!!
Step 5: Pour developer into film tank and don't open the tank. Agitate for one minute to remove all of the air bubbles.
Step 6: Pour the running water to stop development, which is called "stop bath"
Step 7: Fix the image and use the fixer with hardener
Step 8: Remove tank cover and sit film in cold running water make sure you inspect the little film to make sure everything is going good.
Step 9: Pour your film into hypo eliminator and agitate it.
Step 10: Final wash (YAY!)
Step 11: pull film out of the tank CAREFULLY! Dont touch surface and dry film with clips dust free area.
Step 12: Give it 1-2 hours for the film to be dry, then cut six negatives long.
CONGRATS!!!! your done with this whole thing.......about time huh?
Step 2: Load your film onto a -preferably- plastic film reel because if your like me, who are new to all of this "things" you won't really have a hard time with. Then, you move the film onto the slot and keep on moving it into the loader.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PRACTICED LOADING A FEW TIMES!!
Step 3: You can place the loader into the film tank and read the directions on how to cover it. Since the film is secure tightly in the tank you may turn on the lights and not be in the dark no more... yay!
Step 4: Make sure you have a temp. of about 68-70 degrees F.. Spread out the chemicals needed for processing the film.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD NEGATIVE, THEN DON'T EXCEED 75 DEGREES!!!!
Step 5: Pour developer into film tank and don't open the tank. Agitate for one minute to remove all of the air bubbles.
Step 6: Pour the running water to stop development, which is called "stop bath"
Step 7: Fix the image and use the fixer with hardener
Step 8: Remove tank cover and sit film in cold running water make sure you inspect the little film to make sure everything is going good.
Step 9: Pour your film into hypo eliminator and agitate it.
Step 10: Final wash (YAY!)
Step 11: pull film out of the tank CAREFULLY! Dont touch surface and dry film with clips dust free area.
Step 12: Give it 1-2 hours for the film to be dry, then cut six negatives long.
CONGRATS!!!! your done with this whole thing.......about time huh?
Funny captions
Michelle Roberts, has become a web sensation after her mom, Julie Roberts shot this picture of her whining because she apparently didn't want to take a bath. I guess this baby woke up on the wrong side of the bed and it's not going to well.
Funny Captions
While competing for the World Cup against Brazil, Josh Rodriguez from France just missed the penalty shot, and was pretty dissapointed as you can see. The shot was the only thing they had to possibly win the game, which might explain why fans started throwing trash at him from the bleachers.Funny Captions
Kids in Japan are lining up to get their H1N1 shots. While others were just waiting to get stabbed by the needle, someone unfortunatly wasn't liking the ides at all!Tuesday, November 3, 2009
What the pros are doing- Repetition
(This unique geological phenomenon, known as a Danxia landform, can be seen in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Gansu Province. The color is a result of millions of years of accumulated red sandstone and other sediments that have dried and oxidized.)The things that are being repeated in this photo are the colors and the hills.
How does the photo lead the eye through the frame?...Well, the colors make the photo a must see kind of thing and the colors attract the eye. The hills are the main subject and you can't really pay attention to the minor stuff so it really gets your attention.
What the pros are doing- Repetition
(Onlookers in Manhattan stand inside of one of the two columns of light memorializing the Twin Towers on the eighth anniversary of the day they fell.)
This picture has rays being repeated.
How does it lead the eye through the frame?...Well, the lines are diagnal so it makes it look more dynamic and it adds more of a momorial thing to it. You're attracted to look at the rays from up above.
What the pros are doing- Repetition
(Alec Baldwin celebrates backstage at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, where he
was honored as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock.)
This photo repeats the CBS icon/symbol with the award from the Emmy Awards.
How does it lead the eye through the frame?.....Well, you're concentrated more on the background than on Alec Baldwin. Your eye leads to the background.
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