Abandon Theme Parks

Takakanonuma Greenland, Habara, Japan

If I had to pick an abandon amusement park to take pictures of, I would pick the Takakanonma, in Harbara Japan. The reason I pick this amusement park is because it has history behind it. During its existence the amusement park caused multiple casualties and soon became haunted. I would want the capture the haunted scenery. I want the viewer to realize what the amusement park has caused by only looking at the photo. All together this place has a spooky feel and that is something I desire. 

1) Nuclear Battlefields 

2) North Korea

3) Concentration Camps

4) Volcanos/ Natural Disasters 

5) Food Production (How today's food is made)

Funny Captions

 Environmentalist in Rock Springs, Wyoming patent the new eco friendly lawn mower to improve carbon monoxide levels. The demand for gas lawn based mowers have decreased due to the new invention. 

 Young children at the San Juan Zoo enjoy the new slides built for discovery toward animal digestive systems, by using the exact replicas of organs. At an elementry schools recent survey, 3 out of 10 students dream is to become a veterinarian and zoologist because of their visit. 

The homeless in new hampshire are given grocery carts due to the updated carts found in local stores. 

Department stores wanted to recycle in a new way. 

Great Black and White Photographers Part III

1) The two photos I posted for Great Black and White Photographers Part II caught my eye because the photo had some type of event that caught my eye. The photo with the man and the younger person caught my eye because the person laying down had stitches on its head. It is quite unusual but has a story behind it. The Photo with dead bodies caught my eye because the photographer was involved within the war.

2)

I see: I see warfare and pain. I see some type of struggle upon the dead and hurt people. I see destruction within the people and the location of the war. 

I smell: I smell dead bodies and smoke lingering in the air. I smell stained pavement and dirt. I smell the soldiers sweat and body odor.

I hear: I hear moaning and groaning. I hear yelling and surrendering. I hear medical use and other peers. I hear the gun shots and explosives such as grenades.

I taste: I taste the sweat falling from my face on my lips. I taste the left over saliva. I taste the bad breathe from not having the chance to brush my teeth. I state metal and blood.

I feel: I feel my stomach turning from not eating a warm meal. I feel thirsty and my dry cracked tongue grasping for liquid. I feel sick and disgusted from the gory atmosphere. I feel tired because of lack of sleep.

3) In my opinion I would like to share a poster of my photographer. It is a way that more people can see what my photographer has accomplished.

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos following the rules I set out for you? 
- For me It was a little difficult to find a decent framing picture. I did not want to come out with the same picture everyone else has. I also had trouble finding a good class room.

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.
- During the assignment I was mostly thinking about the focus because I wanted to capture the rules correctly. For instance, the framing picture it was hard to focus on the class room rather than the door.
3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?
-The thing I would do differently is take my time to get a better picture rather than rush.

4. What things would you do the same?
- I would have kept the rule of thirds photo. I also would have visited the same classes.

5. When you go out with your next set of prompts, which rule do you think will be the easiest to achieve?
- Simplicity and lines.
6. Which rule do you think will be the hardest to capture?
- Avoiding Mergers

7. What rule are you still not totally clear on and what can you do to figure out? - I would say I have all of them down but if it came down to one, it would be, The Rule of Thirds. I could just look them up on the website on Akins Photo J Blog.what that rule is?

Academic Shoot

 RULE OF THIRDS

I believe I followed the rule well because there is an object or person not focused in the middle. 

In this photo I would like the viewer to focus on the students paper but also realize who's paper and materials that belongs to. The only thing I would change about this photo is focus on the student. 

 LINES

I think I followed the rule correctly because there are several horizontal lines. In this photo I want the viewers eye to realize that there are horizontal lines betrayed by bacon. If I could better the picture I would place more bacon down and make them a little more straight. 

 FRAMING 

In this photo I followed the rule correctly because there is a natural frame within the picture itself. In this photo I want the viewer to notice what class looks like from the outside. If I could change this photo I would would move a little more to the right to get an even frame. 

 AVOIDING MERGERS 

In this photo I think I did an average job because, there are easier and better ways to take an avoiding merger photo. In this photo I would like to the viewer to notice the pen and the No Haters button. The colors of the button and pen almost blend or match with the shirt. If I could change the photo I would adjust the pen to the red side since it is a multi color pen so it could match with the button. 

SIMPLICITY

In this photo I think I did an okay job because it focuses on someone holding a shark tooth. It is easy to see what is important. I would like to capture the viewers eye by the quality of the participant's hand and shark tooth. If I could change the photo I would remove the shark tooth and add a pencil to have a better academic feel.

BALANCE

In this photo I think I did a good job of showing balance because the photo can be split in half and almost have the same amount of people on each side. I want the viewer to know what that I wanted to capture students working. If I could change the photo I would add another person the the right side of the picture. 

Africa & Mural Project

This photo has an elephant walking while dust particles are coming off of it. It is my favorite because it is simple and has something unique going on with the elephant. I also like the quality.

One of the rules that this photo implies is, Simplicity and Avoiding Mergers. It shows simplicity because It focuses on one object with a simple background. This picture also shows avoiding mergers because there is dust coming off the elephant which looks like there is a cloud following the elephant. 

Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67II and uses various lenses.

Nick Brandt had fallen in love with animals and wanted to capture them in his own way.

He wanted to capture that animals before that are extinct because of mankind.

"What I am interested in is showing the animals simply in the state of being".

INSTAGRAM

1. What theme that we could take here at school could we do a 

series of these panels to place around the school?

- Random facial expressions.

2. Should we use phones only, or should we open it up to our regular cameras for those people that don't have camera phones?

-It should be open for options.

3. Where would you want to put the mural on campus?

-A place where everyone can see, cafeteria? 

Academic Photo Shoot

The Story

This photo tells a story because almost everyone in the United States can relate to, standing for the Pledge of Allegiance, and taking a moment of silence.

Action & Emotion

This photo shows action and emotion all three beings in this picture are having some type of joy. One of the students is giving a "noogy" to the older gentlemen while the lady in grey is laughing.

Filling The Frame

This photo is a good example of filling in the frame because everyone in the picture is involved in an interesting lab.

During football practice, the offensive player stiff arms the defensive player to the point where the tackler fell down grasping for the ball carriers jersey. 

1. Why did you pick this photo?

- I picked this photo because these moments are what athletes want to review and show off.
2. What rules of photography are evident in the photo?

- Simplicity, because it focused on the event with a non distracting background.


1. Where do you think you could take photos like the ones you look at today?

- In another class that involves these events (chemistry) or after school for football practice.

2. Whose classroom would you like to visit and take photos in?

- Coach Garza's football athletic period

3. What will you do, as the photographer, to get amazing photos like you look at today?

- Use the rules of photography

Post Shoot Reflection

1. What challenges did you encounter while trying to get the photos of your first 3 prompts (Red, Metal, Happy)

- For Red, I had a challenge finding a vivid red. In Metal I had trouble finding a metal that had the quality for good photo. For Happy, I had trouble finding a good smile. 

2. What technical aspects of photography or the assignment in general (focus, framing, holding the camera, etc.) did you find yourself thinking about the most? Provide a specific example of what you did to do this correctly.

- In the assignment I found myself thinking about the focus. I want the viewer to see what I think is important. For example, In the Metal photo, I wanted to focus on the red, metal, lockers to try and fit the topic.

3. If you could do the assignment again, what would you do differently now that you know some basic rules of photography?

- If I were to do the assignment over I would of tried to get a better picture of the car because, there is another red car in the background witch is apart of avoiding merges.

4. What things would you do the same?

- I would keep the photo of happy because it is a good example of happy and simplicity.

5. Finally - go back and edit your blogs with the 3 photos (red, metal, happy), tell me what rules of composition (which you just learned about) did you end up actually achieving? Did you have any?

- I accomplished Simplicity, Rule of Thirds, Lines, but didn't achieve Avoiding Mergers. 

6. Are you interested in shooting those prompts again, why?

- Yes, because I know some guidelines to make a better photo.

6 Rules of Photography

Simplicity 

 The technique is basically where you focus on one direct object with a simple background that docent interfere with the photo. I picked this photo for Simplicity because the photographer focused on one object with a simple background.

Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds deal with sections of the picture. It is basically taking a picture that isn't centered in the middle. I picked this photo for Rule of Thirds because the firemen and the citizen are on the left side of the photo. 

Lines

Lines is simple. Its just a picture that shows patterns of lines or rays leading to the subject. I picked this photo for lines because it shows multiple rays toward the smoke and people escaping.

Balance

Balance is something that the eye doesn't catch automatically. It depends if the photo has an object that corresponds with the another object on the other half of the picture. I picked this photo for balance because of the men running. If you were to divide the photo in half, vertically, there would be an even amount of men wearing light colored shirts and dark colored shirts. Two men wearing white and one dark.

Framing

Framing happens when there are objects in the picture that form a natural frame within the picture. I picked this photo for Framing because the pictures of people develop a natural frame around the man looking at the posts. 

Avoiding Merges 

Avoiding Merges happens when the background steals the the views attention or, when then objects are cut off within the picture. I picked this photo for Avoiding Merges because the background of debris almost camouflages with part of the firetruck.