Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Journal Notes Chapter 5 pgs. 103-107


Early Portrait Photography 

·         People became popular subjects for photographs 
·         Gaspard Felix Tournachon, the first great portrait photographer, started in France in 1853 using the pseudonym Nader.

Creating Portrait Photos
                Thinking Artistically
·         Value is an important design element to consider when creating a portrait
·         Keep in mind the location of the light source in an image
·         Values can also bring emotional content to a photograph
·         You can also use light and dark values to emphasize certain aspects of your subject

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Photo Essay

Gradenfitti (Garden and Graffiti) Alley

Nap Time Sanctuary

Lunch Time
A little company always helps

Sleepy Time

Literature never hurts

Not your average San Mateo County Home (SRO#1)

SRO #2

Tuesday, September 28, 2010


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.

Monday, September 13, 2010

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.