edited family photo

original family photo

family picture

sequence 1

Series pic

response to point, shoot, retouch and label?

"Some think such a law would destroy photographic art; some think it might help reduce anorexia; some say the idea is aimed at the wrong target, given that nearly every advertising photograph is retouched. Others believe such a label might sensitize people to the fakery involved in most of the advertising images with which they're bludgeoned."

what do you think?

I think that when people or when women look at this  of women they know that they have been retouched. Cause if you look closely no one looks as good as a picture does after it has been photoshopped. Putting that the picture has been retouched would do some good i guess because then the people would actually know and could be sure that the picture was retouched. This always proves to people that know is perfect, it is the computers and technology that make the people look so perfect. Women will believe what they want to though when it comes to the beauty, they know probably that the pictures have been tampered with but still want to force themselves to look advertisements.

Who is the author of a photo?

I think that author of the photo is the photographer because just like a author the photograph puts it on the table and then you have other people correct and fix it up. For the author he/she come up with the idea and writes his/her story. Sends it in and has an editor edit it and then the goes to the publisher, then it is published. The photographer is the same thing. He/She comes up with the idea of what they want to take a picture of. Gets a model and then puts it on the table. The picture gets edited and retouched up, then it is out in the public. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/fashion/03Boyer.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

PHOTOSHOP DISASTERS EXTRA CREDIT

Someone's hand is still in the picture

She has a third arm.

frame within a frame

Photoshop review

Question One: What are the three types edits that we have learned and in what order did we complete these edits for the Frame within a Frame project?  Why do we edit photographs in this order?

1. We learned curves and levels, color balance and photo filtering, and vignetting. We did curves and levels first, then we did color balance and photo filtering. Finally you do vignetting. We edit these in this order because you want to have the perfect exposure, then you want the color of the picture to be in contrast each each. Even everything out, the last thing you do is vignetting because you may or may not need to do that.

Question Two: What are the “quick keys” for:  Move Tool, Crop Tool, Brush Tool, Text Tool, and Mask Mode.  We did not go over the “quick keys” for Mask Mode in class, find the answer through your own research.

2.  move tool- v

crop tool-c

brush tool-b

text tool-t

mask tool-q

Question Three: What are the “short-cuts” for Select-All, Inverse-Selection and Deselect-Selection.  (Ctrl + ?, if you work on a PC, or Command + ?, if you work on a Mac.)

select all- ctrl+A

inverse selection-UP ARROW +ctrl+I

deselect- selection-ctrl+D

Question Four: Write all the steps necessary to create vignetting.  Do not forget to write what Brush Mode we use, and what percentage of opacity, hardness and flow we use to paint the mask.

4. Click on the brush tool and make the circle to fit the picture. Make sure that the percentage of opacity is 100% and the flow is 100% and the hardness is 0. Click on the quick mask mode, click where you want to vignette. When you are done click the masking button again, you should have marching ants around were you just vignetted. Open up curves and change the exposure to your liking.

Question Five: When you open a JPEG in Photoshop, how many layers do you start with, and what are they / is it called?

5. When you open the JPEG in photoshop you start with one layer and it is called the background.

Question Six: Which of these buttons on your Layers palette do you press to make a new edit layer (curves, levels, color balance, etc.)?  Which of these buttons do you use to delete a layer?

6. You click on the black and white cookie to get to your curves and levels etc. You drag the layer you don't want any more and bring it to the trash can.

Question Seven: How do you “turn off” a layer / make it invisible?

7. Click the eyeball next to the layer.

Gregory Crewdson

1. The first thing I notice about the picture is the burning house.

2. There are people in these photograph, and they seem to be walking away from the burning house. One of them looks like she is standing there and staring at the house. They are located on the train tracks.

3. The train tracks look like they haven't been used in quite a while. You can see that the plants are tall and the tracks look a little rusted. I would say a few years sine the tracks were last used.

4. The burning house is made of wood.

5. It looks like a bunch of boxes and crates.

6. around sun rise time, before it gets bright. caramel

Story

The Wilson house has been abandoned for years, the white paint of the house is chipping, the wood is rotting slowly. People even starting using the property as there own dumpster. Whatever they didn't want they put in boxes and put it on the property. Since no one had seen anyone in that house for at least three years they assumed no one lived there. But what the people did not know was that smugglers and wanted people who escaped, used the house as a hideout. They would hid their goods in the house somewhere that no one would find them and then left the next day to return soon with more. But one time there was a prison break escaper that find some of the goods in the house and saw that there was evidence that proved him guilty. And he couldn't have that fall into the wrong hands. So he lit a match on everything that was linked to him. The fire grew and grew so he left the house quickly and silently. People awoke because of the smell of smoke in the air. They traveled outside to see the Wilson house on fire. There were people staring at the house and some looked like they were taking a stroll in the morning and ignoring the burning house. No one seemed to even try to put out the fire they just watched as the house burned to the ground.

frame within a frame retake

Frame within a frame

Vignetting before and after pics

Frame works

The frame I see is the mirror frame which directs your attention to the man in the mirror. 

There are many frames in this pictures due to the fact that there are a bunch of picture frames around the mirror.

The frame i see is the window mirror which directs your attention to the buildings in the mirror. You can also have a background that draws your attention. The boy that is walking across the street.

The frame I see is the tv screen  which directs the attention to the man on the bike in the TV. 

Guided looking Photo Number 5

Photographer- Man Ray

title-Le Violon d'Ingres (The Violin of Ingres)

year-1924

shutter speed-60 reason the model is not moving to you don't need a fast shutter speed 

aperture-5.6 reason The photo is focused on the tattoos on the women and the rest of the picture is a bit out of focus

iso-1600 reason there is a lot of noise in this picture

Guided Looking Homework

photographer-Gregory Crewdson

title-untitled
year- 2001
shutter speed- 50 reason the picture is for the most part in focus just some bits are out of focus
aperture-10.5 reason The is a large depth in field, there is not just not one  thing in focused the whole photo is
iso-200 reason there is no noise 

photographer- Jeff Wall

Title- the destoryed room
year-1978
shutter speed- 60 reason the room is not going anywhere so you can use a slower shutter speed for this picture.
aperture- 3.5 reason  there is no movement in this picture so you can have a slow aperture.
iso- 200 reason i don't see any noise in this photo


photographer-William Wegman
title- washed up
year-2002
shutter speed - 320 Reason the dogs are lying there and dogs usualy perk up at any noise. So you would have to have a fast shutter speed.
aperture- 6.5 reason Because the dogs are staying still and the background is not blurred. 
iso-400 reson If you look closely you can see a little bit of noise



photographer- annie Leibovitz
title-Where You Never Have To Grow Up
year-2007
shutter speed- 450 reason because the peter pan is in the air and you are going to need fast shutter speed to make sure that there is no blurred motions.
aperture - 4.5 reason You want to capture the motions of peter pan and tinkerbell, without blurring the picture.
iso-200 reason Not a lot of noise in this picture

Camera Guide

location-outside

subject- the tree 

time of day-sunset

light source- the sun setting

Place the camera strap around your neck and turn the power switch on. Check your battery life on the control panel and make sure you have a full battery. Change your shutter speed to 1/60th of a second by using the main command dial. You are going to use this shutter speed because you're subject is not moving so you do not need a fast shutter speed. Your ISO should already be on 200 because there is not a lot of noise in the picture. But if not hold down the thumbnail button and use the main command dial to change it to the correct setting. Your aperture should be small because you want some light on the subject. So a f5.6 should be good for the picture. The white balance setting should be on shady, so hold down the white balance button and use the main command dial to change it to shady. Make sure your picture is in focus by using the focus ring and if you need to zoom use the zoom ring. Take a look at your photo on the monitor to see if it came out the way you wanted it to.

movement and mood picture 1 iso 800 ss 25 f4

movement and mood picture 2 iso 400 ss 1/40 f 3.8

"American dream or art world scheme"

Why do you think the film does not answer this question?

I think that the film does not answer this question because the film makers want other people to think about it. This is not an art scheme because it is a little girl just painting because she loves to. People saw potential in this little girl and decided that she could make a career out of them. Her parents could see and had a art show for her and sold some of her art, they kept the money for Marla's college fund. This is a documentary and you see that throughout the movie people opinions keep changing on Marla's paintings. Most of the time Marla just wants to play like a little kid and not be followed by cameras. So my thought that they did not answer this question is because they want you to think about this.

My Kid could paint that- post one choice B

“Art has obligation to explain itself to you. If it doesn’t, it’s the art’s fault.”

This quote is trying to say that when a painting goes up on the wall and when people look at it, people should immediately know the feeling that the painting is trying to explain to you. And if you don’t see it right away then it is the arts fault that you don’t see it. I don’t agree with that at all, and for that matter I don’t think a lot of people would agree with that quote. The person who stated this quote obviously has not seen enough art in life. Most of the time artwork does not explain its self to the viewer looking at it. To look at a piece of artwork and not know what it means right away doesn’t mean that it is the arts fault or the viewer. Art has its own effect on different people. Everyone has a different view on artwork and that is fine.

In the documentary Marla paints abstract paintings and because of her young age it is recognized all over the world so quickly. Art today is weird and abstract in its own way and everyone who looks at it may or may not see something in that painting. In this movie the father is accused of helping Marla paint her pictures, because people think some of her ideas are grown up. All he does is set the canvas up for her and she does that rest. The mother says that modern at weird because it is difficult to understand. Both of the parents are viewed differently and each have there own view. To have the same views on art would be boring no one would go and see art because of that. There was a couple in the movie that bought one of Marla’s painting and saw that in one of the corners of the painting there was a doorway and a man standing there. Now I wouldn’t have seen that or thought of that if I had that painting. Just because when you look at artwork and it doesn’t come to you what the painting mean does not mean that it is the arts fault.

over the shoulder pictures 2

Over the shoulder pictures 1

Quality 8- Photograph is unfocused or out of focus

Quality 2- deep depth of field

quality 7- underexposed

Quality 5- image blurred due to camera movement

Quality 1- shallow depth of field

Quality 4- action captured with a slow shutter speed

After sunset, moon, 'ghost geese'.