Elsa Dorfman is a portrait photographer who works in Cambridge,Massachusetts She is now known for her use of a polaroid 20 by 24 inch camera from which she creates large prints. She has photographed famous writers, poets, and musicians.

Serra 2

Serra Yearbook

Group Assignment Photos

Photojounralism Pictures

The picture is of an American Sailor kissing a random girl on V-day. As the story goes this sailor was running through the streets of New York with excitement, kissing every girl he saw, this is important because it was the formal day of celebration by the Allies over Nazi Germany in World War II. Alfred Eisenstaedt took the picture, He emphasized the two people and the mood of the image is a joyful  one.  

Katrina Survivor Draped in his mother’s casket flag, He is standing on the steps that once led into his mother’s Lower 9th Ward home in New Orleans, which was directly in the Canal breach during hurricane Katrina. Green’s mother died while clinging to the roof. Ted Jackson is the man who took this picture and he emphasized the man in the picture. The mood is a grievance.

 The scene of this photograph is a women standing amongst the destruction of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake earlier in this year. This is important because it helps us image what happened in Haiti. Klavs Bo Christensen is the man from Denmark who took this photograph, he mainly emphasized the destruction in the area. The mood is also a very depressing one.

The scene is Spanish soccer player Andres Iniesta celebrating his overtime game winning goal in the World Cup Finals against the Netherlands. This picture is important because this moment concluded the biggest sporting event which only comes once every four years. Jerry Lampen is the person responsible for taking this shot he framed symmetrically and he emphasizes Iniesta's body language. Th mood is victorious. 

This Picture is of a man holding hands with an orangutan. It is a layout from the article "Borneo's moment of Truth".  Mattias Klum is the photographer They emphasized on the background the mood is smooth and calm.

Journal Notes Chapter 2

Line 

http://laist.com/attachments/la_zach/photography_metro_red_line.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/124577717_028f94b2a4.jpg?v=0

Shape and Form 

 http://www.marketing-for-photographers-and-photograph\y.com/images/photography-niche-1.jpg

Value 

http://www.digital-foto-web.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/portrait-texture.jpg

Texture

http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/109_78625-500x333.jpg

Pattern

http://shiiit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/sym13.jpg

Symmetrical Balance: Best Described as a mirror-image composition

http://media.wiley.com/assets/1154/63/0-4700-3743-1_040114.jpg

Asymmetrical Balance: Objects are not centered in the frame

http://www.improve-your-digital-photography.com/images/Shirn_KH_LFB_2037_395p_radial-symmetry-photo-composition.jpg

Radial Balance

http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/186/gourdon-candy-store_11393.jpg

Variety  

http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/2/4/d/3/Pablo_Sandoval_of_234b.JPG?adImageId=9554652&imageId=4660987

 Movement

http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/bob_jensen_photography_1.jpg

Emphasis

Principle/Element