Academic Shoot Preview

"The Story"

This photo tells the best story because you can visually see the students giving out food to the homeless and you can see how thankful the homeless people are. I think the story in this picture is that the students volunteered to help feed the homeless, and they made food to hand out.

"Action and Emotion"

This photo shows emotion by showing how the students stand together and stand for what they believe in. This photo shows action by showing the students all praying or hoping together for some reason.

"Filling the Frame"

This photo fills the frame by capturing all the emotion from the students and the results of the experiment in the photo. You can see all the bubbles, the experiment, and the students, without chopping any of those things out of the picture.

My Favorite Photo In Academics and Community Services Area:

My favorite photo is titled "Melancholy". It is a picture of a boy pouring two different liquids into one container. The background is blurred so that all you're focusing on is the boy and the different liquids. He isn't looking at the camera, he's looking at the liquids, and he is in the center of the photo. 

1) I picked this photo because I really liked how the photographer focused on the subject. I also like how they made the photo look good, even though the boy is in the center of the photo, instead of at one of the points on the rule of thirds chart. 

2) The rules of photography that are evident in this photo are: simplicity (because he focused on the subject and blurred the background), lines (because the liquids that are being poured are leading your eyes to the container with the mixed liquid, and because his fingers are pointed down, which also leads your eyes to the container with the mixed liquids), balance (because the picture is symmetrical on both sides, symmetrical balance), and avoiding mergers (because nothing is being cut out of the picture, and none of the colors are clashing).

1) I think I could take pictures like the ones I saw today in a science classroom because there could be labs going on, and there are students taking notes to take action shots of.

2) I think I'd like to take pictures in Mr.Mayfield's class.

3) As a photographer, what I will do to get amazing photos like the ones I looked at today is try and apply the different composition techniques in my photos.