Wednesday, March 16, 2016

INQUIRY #13: Lewis Hine & Jacob Riis


1. Post a photo from each photographer (caption each with the year & photographer).
 Jacob Riis
Lewis Hine, 1918                                       Jacob Riis, 1890
2. Post a photo OF each photograph (captioned with their name and years alive)
Lewis Hine1874-1940                 Jacob Riis, 1849-1914

3. What did Riis hope to achieve through his photography? He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes.

4. What did Hine hope to achieve through his photography? Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.

5. Once you're on your own in life - say, 35 years old - where is your dream location to live, and what is the work you want to be doing? I would love to live in Ireland, Australia, or Montana and become a professional model photographer and cosmetologist.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Spring Break Project: Plans


Mark Mawson
http://www.markmawson.com/#/profile
  
Mark is a London based photographer with 25 years experience of producing creative and inspiring images.
He specialises in shooting underwater fashion and beauty as well as products in water. "I’m not sure how I would describe my photography. I would rather leave that up to the viewers. I just enjoy creating inspiring and beautiful images. I definitely express my feelings through my work".

Keith Mclnnes
https://keithmcinnes.wordpress.com/tag/photography-2/
 
Some wire wool spinning, orbs, flash, leds & other contraptions were used in making these images.

My Plan: Four Elements
1. who: people (friends)
    what: four elements (water, fire, air, and earth)
    where: beach, forest, farm, parks, explore.
    when: during spring break
2.
First of all, I love doing portraits of people, because I have always loved looking at model shoots and senior photos, so I got into that. I even started my own gig doing senior pictures and even got paid! And with my theme "Four Elements", it sparked into my mind because I loved looking at Marks underwater shoot because water is so beautiful to me. And when we worked on the steel wool project I thought that was the coolest thing, so I wanted to mix it with the elements around us. For this project, I want to take at least five models and have them go through each element but all different from each other. For example, one person could be coming out of the water, and a different person could have water pouring down their face. However, when I take the photo I want my models to look as if they were part (or in control) of the element, so in other words, blend them in with it. With this project I hope to learn that I am able to find the right lighting, and able to understand blending of colors in a photo. Give it a more mysterious and mythical effect than a straight up profile of a person. 



Thursday, March 10, 2016

More Shadow Photos


















INQUIRY #12: What is photographically significant about April 2nd, 1845?


1. Post the picture.

2. Name the photographer(s). French physicists Armand H. L. Fizeau and J. Leon Foucault take the first photograph of the sun.

3. How long was the shutter speed for the exposure?1/60 of a second

3. Post a photo of the same subject made in 2015.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Night light Photographs (12+)

INQUIRY #11: Carte de visite


1. What was it? It was usually made of an albumen print, which was a thin paper photograph mounted on a thicker paper card.

2. Who "invented" it? Louis Dodero.

3. What was it used for?Soldiers, friends and family members would have a means of inexpensively obtaining photographs and sending them to loved ones in small envelopes.

4. Post a couple examples of the carte de visite.