Thursday, January 8, 2015

Master Photography Relfection

1. How do you think your project represents your work as a student?
The project represent my work by showing how hard i worked in this project.

2. How has your understanding of photography changed during this school year?
I thought taking a photo is a really easy thing to do, but now i think is really hard to take a meaningful picture.


3. What are some of the benefits of working in a group?
I learned how to get along with people and teamwork.


4. What are some of the disadvantages?
photography was so interesting, It consume a lot of my daily time.


5. Now that you have had more time to reflect, is there anything that you would have done differently with your recent project?
I would improve my photography skill 


6. Is there anything else that you want to include?
I will work harder

7.How does your work compare? 
Better than before

8.Were you surprised by some students? 
yes, some of my class mates are really good and i hope i can learn from them later on.

9.Did you surprise yourself?
yes, I never thought photography class could be so fun and interesting. My skill of taking a photo is getting better and better.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Masters of Photography- Margaret Bourke-White

Before

After
Made the photo Mono,then added more contrast,shadow and brightness.

 Before

After
Made the photo Mono,then added more contrast,shadow and brightness

 Before
 After
Made the photo Mono,then added more contrast,shadow, exposure, highlights, and black point 

Before
 After
Made the photo Noir ,then added more contrast,shadow and brightness

 Before
 After
Made the photo Noir,then added more contrast,shadow and brightness


About the Photographer
  • Time Period-1904-1971
  • Location-New York
  • Object/Subject (nature, people, war, scientific achievement)-people, environment 
  • What makes the photographer unique?- Margaret Bourke-White's photographs are in the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York as well as in the collection of the Library of Congress.
Your View
  • Why did you choose the photographer?- Because i really like her style of photographing 
  • How did the photographer inspire you?- She inspired me with her photos and showed me how to capture the meaning of a picture , pictures that can tell a story. 
  • How did this change while working on the project?- it made me become more familiar to her works and understand more about her style of a perfect and meaningful photo must to have.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Friday, October 17, 2014

1st portrait


who: Henry, Hong Wu, Jason Chan
where: School near the bell tower
what: i changed the photos lighting so it would focus more around the people's whole body instead of only their face.
exposure:15
contrast:12
highlights:31
shadow:21
whites:11
blacks:0
clarity:13
vibrance:21
saturation: 0