Friday, September 27, 2013

Elements of Art and Principles of Design

Lines are marks made by a pointed tool: brush, pencil, pen, etc. Lines can vary in width, direction, curvature, length, or color.
















I chose the painting of the bull because someone obviously used lines to draw the bull.

I chose the photo of the ceiling because it shows lines going up the building.





Shapes are formed wherever the ends of a continuous line meet. Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.















I chose the photo of the man and women because if you look close enough you can see the shapes used.

I chose the photo of the gate because you can see the squares in between the fences design.




Color wheels show the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary (intermediate) colors. They also show the relationships between complementary colors across from each other, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other such as yellow, green, and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color; black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.








I chose the photo with the man touching the sky because it shows plenty of colors in the picture.

I chose the photo with the lights and colors because again it shows plenty of different colors throughout the picture.



Value, or tone, refers to dark and light; the value scale refers to black and white with all gradations of gray in between. Value contrasts help us to see and understand a two-dimensional work of art.




I chose the photo with the man holding a silver globe because it shows the contrast between the black and gray in the photo.

I chose the photo with the animal skull because in shows gray and black, also it shows a nice dark side in the photo.



Form describes objects that are three-dimensional, having length, width, and height.


I chose the photo with the Police officer and the boy because it looks like a photo, which appears to look 3-D.

I chose the photo of the building because you can see the 3-D features of the building.




Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly--the list is endless. Texture refers to the surface quality, both simulated and actual, of artwork.

 

I chose the painting on the left because it gives off the soft feel to the viewer.

I chose the photo on the right because you can see the roughness on the rocks through the photo.




Space refers to distances or areas around, between, or within components of a piece. Space can be positive (white or light) or negative (black or dark), open or closed,shallow or deep, and two-dimensional or three-dimensional.


I chose the photo on the left because you can see the space between the sticks.

I chose the photo on the right because you can see the windmills and how far away they are from each other. 


Balance is the comfortable or pleasing arrangement of things in art. There are three different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial. The human figure is symmetrically balanced; the same on the left and right side. The tree is asymmetrically balanced; its branches are not distributed equally on each side, but their total weight is balanced left and right. The sun is an example of radial balance; all its rays are equal in length from the center.


















I chose the upper photo because you can split the picture in half.

I chose the lower photo because the painting looks identical on both sides.


Contrast is created by using elements that conflict with one another. Often, contrast is created using complementary colors or extremely light and dark values. Contrast creates interest in a piece and often draws the eye to certain areas. It is used to make a painting look interesting.





















I chose the photo on the left because it shows the dark and  light  in the picture.

I chose the picture on the right because you can see the zebras black and white stripes.



Emphasis in the focal area of an artwork gives it importance. An artist may stress some elements of the design over others. The eye of the viewer will focus on the area of emphasis or center of interest first, then take in the rest of the composition.




I chose the photo on the top because the you can focus on the different things in the photo.

I chose the photo on the bottom because it's very eye popping and makes you focus on the tree.

Movement in an artwork means the artist is taking viewers on a trip through the work by means of lines, edges, shapes, and colors often leading to the focal area. Movement is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position. Directional movement can be created with a value pattern. It is with the placement of dark and light areas that you can move your attention through the format


I chose the upper photo because it shows the people in the painting moves and dancing.

I chose the lower photo because it shows the water flowing down into the pool.


Patterns are made in art when the same shapes or elements are repeated again and again. Pattern uses the elements of art in planned or random repetitions to enhance surfaces of paintings or sculptures.


I chose the upper photo because you can see the pattern between the people and how it never ends.

I chose the lower photo because you can see the repetition in the pictures with the arrows.


Rhythm is the repetition of shapes, lines, and forms. Rhythm is a movement in which some elements recurs regularly. Like a dance, it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music.













I chose the photo on the top because you can the rhythm in the picture with the soup cans.

I chose the photo on the bottom because you can see the repetition in the photo with the flags.


Unity means that all elements in an artwork are in harmony. Unity brings together a composition with similar units. For example, if your composition was using wavy lines and organic shapes you would stay with those types of lines and not put in even one geometric shape.








I chose the top picture because you can see the same shapes throughout the picture between the tree and explosion.

I chose the bottom picture because you can see repetition in the photo with the waves flowing through.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Avoiding Mergers

In this photo you ca see merging between the building and the tree. So you don't really know  how to look at in this photo.

Framing

In this photo, you can see that the photographer tries to focus the camera on the two lady's with the mask on.

Balance

In this photo, you can see the balance of light and darkness in the building. The lower left is dark but then the upper right is light.

Lines

In this photo, you can see the lines on the building in the back. While a man is falling from the building.

The Rule of Thirds

In this photo, you see a woman in the right corner of the photo looking in terror of the building being struck.

Simplicity

In this photo you can only really focus on the burning building. There's really nothing thing else to focus on.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

I believe this photo made the top 40 most powerful cut because it's so heart warming and touching to see this family reunited once again.
I think this Photo made the top 40 most powerful pictures because it shows happiness at the worst time possibly. It also shows peace within war. I like how the photographer blurred out the soldier and the cops and focused on the couple on the street.
I picked this photo because it kinda represents wanting peace in the world. I liked the way the photographer took a side shot and a front shot. These pictures are great.
I think this photo is ethical because they just photoshop the picture to make it fit on the cover of the magazine.
I find this photo very unethical because Oprah is a very beautiful woman and for them to disrespect her like that by putting her face on someones else body is messed up.
The article is basically showing you how powerful photoshop can be and how people use it to their advantage to fool people into believing it's true or real. I believe photoshop is unethical because it can cause major problems in the world or in someones life.
I like this picture because it's very unique. You'll probably never see a cloud like the one shown in the picture. This picture is simple but brilliant. A photo that I would take to submit in the contest would be a picture of Barton Springs underwater with all the people swimming in it.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Great black and white photographers PART 2

Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks also known as just Gordon Parks.
Birth Date: November 30, 1912
Death Date: March 07, 2006
POB: Fort Scott, Kansas
POD: New York, New York

Gordon Parks was a self-taught artist who became  the first African- American Photographer for Life and Vogue magazines. He also went into movie directing and screenwriting, working on a firm called The Learning Tree, based on a book he wrote.

In Parks early life he attended a segregated elementary school, and was not allowed to participate in any activities at his high school due to his race. After his mothers death, Sarah, when he was 14, Parks left home. He lived with some relatives for a short time before setting off on his own, taking any jobs he could find.

Parks purchased his first camera at 25 after seeing photographs of migrant workers in a magazine. His early work caught the attention of a boxers wife, Marva Louis, who then encouraged Gordon to move to the big city. Soon after Parks became interested in the low-income black neighborhoods of Chicago's south side. In 1941, Parks won a photography fellowship with Farm Security Administration for his photos of the inner city.

His 1948 photographic essay on a Harlem gang leader won Parks a position as a staff photographer for LIFE magazine. Parks held this position for 20 years, shooting photographs on subjects including fashion, sports and entertainment as well as poverty and racial segregation. He was also took portraits of African-American leaders, including Malcolm X, Carmichael and Muhammad Ali.

Parks also was the first African American to direct a major Hollywood movie, the firm The learning Tree. He wrote the screenplay and composed the score for the firm. Parks's next film, Shaft, was one of the biggest box-office hits of 1971. Starring Richard Roundtree as detective John Shaft.

Parks was married and divorced three times. Parks had four children. His oldest son, filmmaker Gordon Parks Jr., died in a 1979 plane crash in Kenya. On March 7, 2006 in New York City Gordon Parks died of Cancer. He was buried in his hometown of Fort Scott, Kansas. Parks is remembered for his pioneering career work in the field of photography, which was an inspiration to many.







Thursday, September 12, 2013

Camera Parts

Aperture-
A usually adjustable opening in an optical instrument, such as a camera or telescope, that limits the amount of light passing through a lens or onto a mirror.
Shutter- 
A device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.

Exposure-
Process of allowing light to reach light-sensitive material to create latent image.

Depth of field- 
Is the distance between the nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an image.

F-stop-
the setting of an adjustable lens aperture.

Focal length-The focal length of an optical system is a measure of how strongly the system converges or diverges light.

Top Camera Parts
1
Mode dial
13
EF lens mount index
2
Power switch
14
EF-S lens mount index
3
Flash button
15
Flash-sync contacts
4
Main dial
16
Hot shoe
5
Shutter button
17
Focal plane mark
6
Red-eye reduction lamp
18
Strap mount
Back Camera Parts
1
Aperture button
12
Display button
Exposure compensation button
13
AE lock button
Erase button
FE lock button
2
Dioptric adjustment knob
Index button
3
Eyecup
Reduce button
4
Viewfinder eyepiece
14
AF point selection button
5
LCD monitor
Magnify button
6
Live view shooting button
15
Speaker
Movie shooting button
16
DC cord hole
7
Quick control button
17
Card / battery compartment cover
Direct print button
18
Access lamp
8
Tripod socket
19
Card / battery compartment cover release lever
9
Menu button
20
Playback button
10
Setting button
21
Card slot
11
Cross keys
22
Battery compartment
ISO speed setting button
White balance selection button
Drive mode selection button
AF mode selection button

Camera History


1.  Explain the "Camera obscura". How was it achieved? 
The Camera obscura is set up by making a hole in a dark rooms wall, through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected.

2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?   In the 17th century, the modern camera came one step closer when Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.

3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?
He added film to create the first successful photograph, and the modern camera was born: A glass lens, a dark box, and film.

4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera?
Light still passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film. 

5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image? 
Digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD.

6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode and the Program mode? 
On Auto the camera will completely control flash and exposure but on Program mode unlike full auto mode, you can usually control flash and a few other camera settings.

7. What is the Portrait mode used for? How does it work?
Portrait is used to attempt to blur out the background, camera will try to use the fastest available lens setting (aperture).

8. What is the Sports mode used for? (not just sports) How does it work? 
Sports mode is used to slow down pictures, it shoots quick shots at a rapid pace.

9. Why should you do a half press on the trigger button?
You should half press the trigger button because it helps focus thpicture before you take it so it makes the picture more clear.

10. What does this symbol mean?
No flash. 


11. What does the symbol mean?u
Auto-flash is enabled by default and will automatically fire if the camera thinks it needs more light.

12. What happens to your photo if there is too much light?
Too much light and the picture will be washed out

13. What happens to your photo if there is not enough light?
Not enough light and the picture will be too dark.

14. What is a “stop.”?
The term "stop" is used in every aspect of photography to represent a relative change in the brightness of light.

15. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are two sons instead of one?
1 more.

16. How many stops brighter is the new planet if there are four sons instead of two?
2 more.

17. What affect does a longer shutter speed of have?
It opens up to more light.

18. What affect does a shorter shutter speed have?
It opens up to less light.

19. What does the aperture control?
The aperture control the amount of light comes in.

20. When adjusting the aperture, how can you increase the amount of light?
You would have to open the aperture more.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Masters of Black and White Photography.


Arnold Newman.
Picture: Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Gordan Parks
Picture: Muhammd Ali
Jerry Uelsmann
Picture: untitled