Abandoned Theme Parks

1. I would like to visit the six flags in New Orleans. I really like how its still in good condition, but still having the few scratches. I would like to visit that place mostly because i know that Six flags has different towns, so when you get to the oldest part of the park, it'll look really cool. Depending on the weather i would want to shoot some creepy like photos. The other place id want to go to is Nara Dreamland, in Nara, Japan. It reminds me of Disney World, but of course abandoned. It looks like a very interesting place to explore and take some photos. 

Nara Dreamland

Six Flags

Places i would want to visit are:

• Abandoned Hospitals
• Abandoned Jails
• Abandoned Castles
• Concentration camp
• Hotels

Chateau Miranda (Noisy Castle)

This place is Huge, very open, its old and its historical. I think it would be really fun to explore. This place was built in 1866 in Belgium, France. Judging by the photos taken by visitors, i think its a really interesting place to go to. There are many interesting object all over the place, even the entrance is eye catching. Id want to take a lot of medium shot photos, mostly to catch the detail and condition of the objects or the place itself. 
 

Traveling here would cost a lot, id have to save a lot of money.Transportation there would be somewhat easy i hope. Other than that, having a camera will have to be number one of my list, doesn't matter if i have a film camera or a DSLR. I believe this place is open to anyone for a limited time, eventually it will be kept a bit more restricted once it starts to break apart. 

Funny Captions

Restaurant welcoming Inglish speakers. Where have the people left to?

Nom nom nom. Who knew this would be so chewable?

Breaking the law! Breaking the law! That was baaad!

Great Black and White photogrpahers part 3

1. What caught my eye of Yousuf Karsh's photos were the objects in the photos. Most of them felt like they had no emotion reflecting off the pictures. The people in the portraits showed no emotion, they had a poker face. Also a lot of his pictures had simplicity, you  knew what the subject was, what the viewers were supposed to be looking at.

• I see a man holding what looks like glasses,his face being more lit up. Hes sitting, looking at the camera, the whole scene looks dark so we can figure out the subject of the photo.

• I smell dust, like when you enter an old place, almost abandoned. I smell a room of technology, as if the air is contaminated from the hi-tech equipment.

• I hear silence, complete silence in my head, even if the photographer might be talking, i still hear nothing.

• I taste a metallic piece, very rusty with a strange taste but still has some flavor in it. Like when you get a taco or any food wrapped in aluminum and you bite a piece off, it gives you a strange taste.

• I feel a soft and warm texture of cloth, its comforting but intimidating. The warmth of the cloth is very comforting it makes me feel at home. The intimidating part about it, is its darkness, almost as if i shouldn't get too comfortable which makes me feel afraid.

• I see the pain coming from the hose, its coming out pretty hard hitting the top of the car. As it marks its spot on the car you can see the color transformation. The amount of paint coming from my side and my partners side is adding an effect of fog. Its causing a bit too much so its a bit blurry to see, but still noticeable.
• I smell the paint, nothing else but he paint that is being released onto the car. Its a bit harmful, but the masks are helping. Due to the masks it adds a different scent. I can smell the masks that has the scent of fresh cleanness mixed with spray paint.
•  I hear the force of the paint, like when you spray any other perfume, deodorant, or a spray can. You hear the sound "shhhhh" but more forcefully. Its hitting the car, but it makes no  other noise.
• I taste my sweat dripping down into my mouth, its salty and a bit disgusting. I can also taste some of the fumes that enter my mask, its not pleasant, it has a strong taste that doesn't go away.  
• I can my hand putting force into the spray paint hose. Also the force of the paint coming out is a bit strong, you have to handle it carefully, its a bit heavy and just a tad bit difficult to control. Im feeling my body getting tired from standing, having to move in different positions and putting force in one source of my body causing it to have a bit of pain. 

3. I think if my photographs were to be on posters or on a blog, it would be good. Many people are more attracted to things like that so they will pay more attention to the photos, hopefully making them want to know who took the photos.  

Great Black and white photographers part 2

Yousuf Karsh was born in a city east of Turkey, Mardin in December 23, 1908. He passed away in Boston, Massachusetts in July 23, 2002.  He lived through the periods of mass deportation, flu pandemic which costed her sisters life. To escape prosecution, at age 14 he fled to Syria with his family. After two years, his family sent him to live with his uncle George Nakash, whom was a photographer in Quebec, Canada.  He attended school there and helped his uncle in the studio. He had a brother who was also a photographer who was famous for the image of logs floating down the river on the Canadian Dollar Bill.
Karsh returned to Canada to work with another photographer named John Powls in a studio. When Powls retired, Karsh took over the studio. Karsh's first solo exhibition was in 1936 at the Drawing Room of the Chateau Laurier hotel. In 1973 he moved his studio, and it stayed there until he retired in 1992. 

Academic Shoot Reflection

1. I faced many challenges during this shoot. First, i'm on crutches so it makes it more difficult to get a good straight picture and go around school.  Second, most of the teachers were either doing power points, testing, or telling me "its not a good day to take pictures".

2. I tried to think of getting a good angle, to keep the camera straight and not to get any merges. Holding the camera was difficult, mostly cause i felt like was losing my balance when i had an imagine or idea in my head and i was trying to get a photo of it. For example, in one of the classes i had a perfect image in my head that would be good but the teacher told me not to take pictures in her class and i also would have to be in a specific position to get my lens to focus on the subject.

3. If i could do do this assignment again i would try to get into every class to get as many pictures as i can and keep thinking about the rules. I didn't do much of that when i was out , i kept thinking about me falling or my camera breaking.

4. I would keep my confidence, most people were too shy to get into a classroom. So i would try not to care or let them hold me back so i can go in and take as many pictures.

5. I think rule of thirds and avoiding merges could be the easiest. Balance could also be simple if you keep an open eye and open mind for many ideas.

6. The hardest rule to capture was framing. I had a couple ideas but its difficult when every classroom is the same and boring. Its too open and simple.

7. Framing has to be the one i need more practice on, i cant seem to understand it too well when it comes to academic shooting. I can search online for more examples of framing and read more of it.

Academic Shoot

Avoiding Merges

I feel like i did an okay job on following the rule because i didn't cut anyone important off. Its a full picture of students on their computers. It seems noticeable of my subject, which should be most of the class except the guy turning around that gets every-ones attention. I probably could've gotten a better picture of the dude in the far left wasn't in the picture.

Rule of Thirds

My subject is to left of the photo, making it count as the rule of thirds. I think i did a good job on this rule because the subject is easily identifiable. It should be simple for anyone to know what my subject is because he is the one that the lens is focused on. I could've been a better picture if i would've gotten a different angle of the guy, or if i could've gotten more of his face.

Lines

I feel like the subject of this photo is the flying taco thats coming out of the cannon. I didn't think i did too well on the rule this time but you can somewhat tell what i was trying to capture.  The smoke is shooting towards the taco making it be the center of attention. The smoke that is shooting upwards is giving the the taco the attention. Viewers should be able to notice the main subject in the air. i could've gotten a better picture if i had gotten behind the cannon and shooting a picture from the canons perspective.

Balance

I think i did pretty good on this rule because In this photo you can see the 3 subjects that seem to be looking at one another in form of a triangle. The subject on the far right is looking at the subject in the middle, as he is looking at the 3rd subject to the left who is looking at subject 1. Its like a cycle. This photo shows balance, not only because of the 3 subjects formed in a triangle, but the background is also a triangle. This should be an easy guess for viewers to know who and what the subject is. This photo could've been improved if the girl on the far left wasn't in the picture at all.

Framing

 I think i could've done better on this rule because the framing isn't complete. You can see what its focused on, the 3 subjects behind the chair. The chair is blurred out but still in the photo. You can clearly see who i was trying to capture in this picture. I think i could've done better if i would've seen another subject to blur out, so the focused subject would stand out more.

Simplicity

I feel like i did good enough to follow the rule of simplicity. My main subject is the girl in the middle, she stands out from the simple background. The background is light causing my main subject to stand out. Its easy to tell what i was trying to capture here. I could've done better if i would've gotten a closer picture of her without any other interference of anyone else. 

Africa

 What i really liked about the powerpoint pictures is the color. I was amazed about the distance between the photographer and the animals, mostly because they're wild animals. I really loved all his photos but my favorites were all the ones with lions.

   

I like the simplicity of the photo. There's not much going on in the background, so the tree reflects off the sky and the lion reflects from the horizon.  I also liked how the tree is growing to the right and the lion has his head turned looking the opposite direction.

I believe the rules that were used on this photo were simplicity, and balance. Simplicity, because there isn't much action in photo besides the Lion and tree. Balance, because the tree seems to form a triangular shape with the lion inside it.

  The photographer, Nick Brandt uses a Pentax 67II film camera. He wants to show his love towards wild animals through photography. He doesn't use a telephoto lens because he believes being close to the animals shows more character. He hopes to show the animals in their natural habitat. "To me, every creature, human or nonhuman, has an equal right to live, and this feeling, this belief that every animal and I are equal, affects me every time I frame an animal in my camera."

 MURAL PROJECT

I think street art would be an awesome idea also, I've always loved art and that's what i love to take pictures of, mostly graffiti, street art, stencils and so on.
I think it would be a good idea to use both a camera and a phone to take photos.
Having the photos somewhere in the entrance of the school would be cool or by the art room.

Academic Shoot Preview

 The Story

This photo tells a story of kids helping other people, feeding the homeless to be exact.  To the left you see the homeless people waiting for their food as the kids on the right are preparing it.

 Action and Emotion

This photo shows the students being silly with their teacher. The teacher is expressing a funny face as one of the students rubs his knuckles on his "bald spot".

 

 Filling the frame

This photo has two girls that experimenting with soap and water. The spot that the photo was taken is covered with bubbles.

I chose the photo "Melancholy". The photo is a  center close up of the boys' face and hands including the equipment in his hands. He is holding one Erlenmeyer Flasks in each hand as he pours two different kinds of chemicals into the Beaker that is also in the center of the image below the Flasks.  The left flask has a green chemical, the right flask has a blueish almost green chemical, and the beaker has a purple chemical. I chose this photo because it looked more interesting than any other, ive always enjoyed science a bit. This photo was like a portrait, it was also balanced, the way the boys face and the equipment on his hands were focused on was good.
1. i could possibly take pictures in classrooms where there is things going on.
2.i would like to visit the art room and science rooms.
3. i will use the photography rules to try to get great photos like the ones above.

National Geographic Warm-Up

 

I chose this photo because i liked the shadow effect of the boy, how you cant really see the details on his face and body. I liked the black and white effect also, it went well with the picture. It seems as he is on the beach and hes on shore jumping, as hes jumping the sand seemed to have a motion from his foot that was probably dug up, which i like as well as what seems to be water on the background. 

Ive always wanted to capture a good photo of street art from the city, to find a good location where it may look a bit old and have it as a black and white photo. If i can ever find a good spot, then i would submit it on the photo contest.