Final Exam Study Guide

Questions

1. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder?

• Double click on "server_drives". Then go to my computer, double click on "jstudents on 'akinspubserver', Click into the PhotoJournalism, Then click on your class period, Then your name.

2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class?

• We use Blogger.com to post our assignments on a blog.

3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera?

• You'll need an circular oatmeal can. First cover the inside of the oatmeal container and lid with black construction paper and tape. Be sure to cover it completely. Then cut a square (the size of your thumb) on the side of the container. Cover the hole with foil in the inside of the can. Take a small needle and make one tiny whole in the foil. Then make a flap the would cover the foil on the outside on the can with black construction paper.

4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside?

• The pinhole forces every point emitting light in the scene to form a small point on the film, so the image is crisp. The film records the image that comes in through the pinhole. The camera records a nice, in-focus image of the scene that you point the camera at.

5. Define and explain the 10 rules of composition?

• Rule of Thirds - If you imagine that your image is divided into 9 equally divided squares. Try to position your subject where the lines of the squares intersect.
• Balancing Elements - When placing your subject in the rule of thirds you should try to balance the weight position another object of lesser importance on the opposite side to feel the empty space
• Leading Lines - When following this rule you should try to create a line or lines that leads up to the subject. There are many different types of line you can do such as: straight, diagonals, zig-zag, and etc.
• Symmetry and Patterns - When both sides of your photo involve the same components the a parallel to each other.
• View Point - Rather than just shooting from eye level, consider photographing from high above, down at ground level, from the side, from the back, from a long way away, from very close up, and etc.
• Background/Simplicity - When taking a picture try to take the picture with the subject in front of a plain background.
• Create Depth - Try making your picture look 3-D. Try imagining that you can walk into your picture.
• Framing - When taking a photo try to frame the subject between something
• Cropping - Cut out all unnecessary details to  keep the viewer's attention focused on the subject
• Mergers and Avoiding Them - Make sure they is nothing going out of your subject.

6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph

• When putting action and emotion into a photo you making the photo look like its telling a story.

7. Explain how a photo can "tell a story"

• By putting action and emotion in a photo the viewer can see whats happening in the photo.

8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class

• Multimedia is usually a video or a video of photo/slide of photos. We used multimedia when trying to see how multimedia is stronger than just looking at a photo.

9. How to correctly write a caption.

• First sentence: Subject -- action verb (present tense) -- object -- how -- why -- when -- where.
• Second sentence: Subject -- verb (past tense) -- object (describes background [context] of the situation shown in picture.)

10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption

•  Strong action verbs can explain to the viewer what is actually happening in the photo.

11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography.

• Ethics come into play when the photographer alters the photo. Fashion photography is very unethical because they alter a person a person to make it look better but, they are deceiving people when they do that.

12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait.

• Portrait is when you take a picture of someone else. A self portrait is when you take a picture of yourself.

13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are.

• The picture tells a story. There are great emotions and actions in the photo. And also following all the rules of compostion.

14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.

• Newspaper has more to do with getting information to the school about current events.And involves more writing. Yearbook gives you information about different clubs, groups, and activities that have happend during the entire school year. Its involves more photos.

Defenitions

Aperture

• limits the amount of light passing through lens or into a mirror.

Shutter

• allows light to pass through for a period of time.

Exposure

• the total amount of light on a photo.

F-stop

• ''focal length''

Single lens reflex

• form of reflex camera in which the reflecting mirror retracts when the shutter is released.

Negative

• photographic image that reproduces the bright portions of the photographed subject as dark and the dark parts as light areas

Positive

• denoting a print of tranperancy showing the brightness values.

Contact sheet

• all frames of a developed roll of negative print film.

Agitation

• helps speed up development.

Stop bath

• an acidic neutralizer to slow the effects of the developer.

Fixer

• remove remaining light sensitive halides by converting them into soluable salts.

Safe light

• transmit the maximum amount of light that can be used safely.

Burning

• using additional light exposure during film development in order to darken selected areas of a photo.

Dodging

• blocking a portion of the light when printing a photograph so that an area of the print lighter.

Choice Sheets

I do not plan on taking another Print Journalism class:(

Favorite Yearbook Spread

Favorite Online Newspaper

James A. Bowie High School - The Lone Star Dispatch 

Abandoned Theme Parks

1.) The amusement  park I think is most interesting is the amusement park in Prypiat, Ukraine. I would pick that one because I would want to see how the radiation affected it.

3.) Unusual Places to take photos

1. Swamps
2. Ghost Towns
3. Old Abandoned Victorian Mansions
4. Burned Buildings
5. Insane Asylums

5.) It would be cool to take pictures here because, they are design  very weirdly. It's cool to know the history behind them and what happened in them. There is endless possibilities of pictures you can take at these Mansions.

6.) I believe the best place to take photos of these mansions is in Europe. In order to take photos there I will need a whole camera crew because If I am there by myself I will be very scared. Some of the buildings might have no trespassing laws.

Preview of Portraits and Self-Portraits

What Makes A Good Photo?

Multiple factors come into effect when making a photo a good photo. Such as, Having the photographer take the photo in a interesting way; a way that is very unique. Photographer should try to take a photo that is not very typical and something people have not seen before. Another way is following the composition rules.

I would prefer to take a portrait of someone else because there is a variety of things you can do.

My First Print

In the JROTC classroom, Kenny Dawson is writing up the new directions for the annual scavenger hunt after school. Last year things didn't go so well so Kenny took on the challenge make the scavenger hunt new and improved.

1.) Is anything in focus?

• The subject of the photo is in focus, The words he are writing in focus. The paper on the board isn't in focus though, I believe it isn't in focus because 

2.)Is there good contrast?

• My photo doesn't really have good contrast. It's darker than it should be.

3.) Are all the rules followed? (Is the photo candid? Does the subject fill the frame? Does the photo contain action? Does it follow composition rules? Does it show "academics"?)

• My photo follows many rules such as: The rule of thirds, simplicity, and cropping.  My photo is candid,and it does fill the frame. It does contains an action which is writing, which is also an academic.

4.) Is there yellowing or are there spots on the print?

• There is no yellowing but there are tiny spots located on the picture, I believe the negative might have been damaged a little

5.) Are there print rings or spots?

• There are tiny spots located on the picture, I believe the negative might have been damaged a little.
  

6.) Are your negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print stored in your folder?

• Yes!!!

Ethics in Fashion Photography

1.) Changes to her face were: her lips were made more plump, her neck was made more longer, her eyes and eyebrows were lowered and bigger, they made her hair have more volume and longer, Fixed her facial structure to be more narrow.

2.) I believe this is very unethical because this is not real, the company who is doing this shoot is deceiving everyone by making them believe that there product could make you look like this when it really can't.

3.) Of course, when a company is doing this to sell a product.

4.) I don't believe this is okay and I don't think this will ever be okay.

5.) Photojournalism reveal the truth and Fashion photography is misleading.

6.) The relationship all types of photography have with reality is that they are snapping what is really happening. Changing pictures make it seem like photography is nothing but taking pictures and editing them to make things look perfect rather than a picture snapping a shot of something that really happened.

Negatives Evaluation

1.) I believe 4 of my photos turned out well

2.) 5 of my photos didn't turn out well for example: I let to much light in on one, Many of my pics had mergers.

3.) My best negative is negative #7, which is a pic of a girl sitting at a computer. I believe this photo is going to turn out great because it is in focus and follows some composition rules.

4.)The negative is in focus. My subject is in the rule of thirds. The lighting is great.

5.)I followed the Rule of Thirds, Avoiding Mergers, and Viewpoint