Extra Credit For Final

1) The man that was killed by the subway was pushed onto the tracks, in the way of the train, by a panhandler. The photographer was able to take this photo because he tried helping the man, but he wasn't strong enough, so he tried using the camera flash to attract the attention of the driver of a train, and got the pictures while using the flash to try and stop the train.
2) The photographer was able to take the photo because he was in the location that this was occurring, and was trying to use the flash of the camera to stop the driver of the train. This allowed him to take a photo, and use the flash to try and stop the train.
3) I think that the man should've tried harder to help the man, and not worry about using the flash to slow down the train, because once you see a train, they can't slow down in time to stop before they reach you. However, I know that as being a photographer, you're there to observe, and you shouldn't interact with the subjects.
4) I don't think the photographer did the best to help the man in this situation because he could've got help from others to help get the man out once he saw the man being pushed. Also, like I said above, using the flash to try and stop the train wouldn't have worked because a train can't stop that fast.
5) I think as long as the family was okay with it, that it was okay for the New York Post to run the photo as the front cover. This is because it was the best photo to show what happened, and to give the best story, and since it was taken, it should be used.
6) To a photojournalist, capturing life as it happens is more important than stopping bad things from happening, because that's the job of a photojournalist. They're supposed to document things as they see, not save lives.
7) However, I think that it can be acceptable for a photographer to involve him/herself in a situation that he or she photographs if it means saving someone's life. They're doing their job by taking the photograph, and doing what most would consider a morally right thing to do, saving/helping someone else's life, but only if necessary.
8) I think that photographers should mostly stay away from influencing events as they happen because they're there to take pictures of an event and how it happened, and accurately display what's going on in a situation.
9) I think the most appropriate response for a photographer in this situation is that if you should continue to keep taking photographs, if like the photographer said, there's no way for you to help the man in danger.

Magazine Covers

Review

Writing Captions:

Mr. Marley Grinch is stealing the pies from the Opera Bakery in Wales on November 30, 2016. Mr. Grinch has been named the Pie Faced Bandit, and has stolen from over 30 different bakeries. 

50 geese are making their escape from the Austin Zoo, on October 17, 2016. The geese had been held captive with poor conditions, and were finally given the chance to live a free life.

Rules of Photography:

1. Rule of thirds- when the subject is in one of the intersection points in the corners. 

2. Balancing Elements- when the elements in your picture are balanced. 

3. Leading Lines- when lines are leading toward your subject.

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)- when objects in the photo are repeated. 

5. Viewpoint- the angle that a photo is taken at. 
6. Background- creating a simple background to focus on the subject. 

7. Create depth- showing objects in the foreground and background. 

8. Framing- using objects as frames to frame your photo or your subject. 

9. Cropping- the way you size and crop your picture. 

10. Mergers and avoiding them- finding a plain background so you don't have things seeming like they are coming out of your object. 

Aperture, Shutter speed, and ISO:
Aperture:  how much light is let into the camera, which determines how focused the subject and background will be. 
Shutter Speed: the length of time a camera shutter is open, which determines how fast a photo is taken.
ISO: how sensitive a camera is to light, which determines the quality of a photo. 

Ethics of Manipulating Photos:
What's Ethical: cropping the image, and slightly making things larger or smaller. 
What's Not Ethical: changing colors. 

The Types of Portraits:
Environmental: a portrait taken in the subject's usual environment.
Self: a portrait taken of one's self. 
Casual: or portrait of a person. 
Formal: a carefully posed photo. 
Informal: a photo that's not not set up or posed.

Photographic Terms:
Exposure: how much light is in an area, determines how light or dark the image will be. 
Depth of Field: the distance between the closest and farthest objects in the photo. 
Focal Length: the distance between lens and image sensor that determines how zoomed in the photo. 

Magazine Covers:
Early: the first type of magazine covers, had drawings on them.
Poster: a magazine where the image is the main thing on the cover. 
Married to Type: the headlines and font are arranged around the photo, and blend in with the image. 
Forest of Words: there are lots of headlines