First Real Photojournalism Assignment

Challenges that I faced with my encounter was that when I first walked in everyone started getting off subject and concentrating on the camera. But then after I was there for a while they started not paying that much attention to me and just started doing their work. I was able to take a lot of good pictures of them doing their work and was able to capture real moments. There was a few problems because some of them would try to pose and get a picture of them smiling but what I did was I just put the camera down and got another picture of someone else showing emotion.

I was most concentrated of getting the focus right because at times I would try and get a picture far away and the people in front of me would be blurry so I had to focus the camera right so that way it would not be blurry. I also was thinking about a lot about my composition and the way I can position myself to show simplicity. By doing this I was trying to get close to the action so I can feel the emotion like when the teacher was speaking i was trying to get her hand motion and how she was showing the students information I was trying not to get anything to distracting and I was trying to fill the frame.

I was trying to use lines when I shot because in the room i was in the students were sitting in horizontal rows so i was trying to get the picture taken at the end of the row and get all the students working. Also the teacher was showing a film and what I was trying to do was get the students emotion towards the movie and by doing this I had to make sure i got the rows where they were sitting at.

Focal Length of Lens= 70-200mm

Shutter Speed= 1/640

What is the effect of shooting at this shutter speed? It helps make the picture not blurry and keep the image clear.

Aperture= f/2.8

What is the effect (Depth of field) of shooting at this aperture? He was shooting at all small depth of field because the main part of the image is the player #81 and the rest is not that noticeable

Position= I think that the photographer was standing in the left corner of the endzone to be able to take this picture.

Avoiding Mergers

This is an example of avoiding mergers because the balloons are getting cut off from the picture and also with the little girls face on the right side the little girls face is cut off.

Framing

This is a good example of framing because the window makes the image look as if in a frame.

Balance

I think this is a good example of balance because all the jets are lined together and each has the same number of jets on each side so it makes the image look balanced.

Lines

This picture is an example of lines because the most noticable thing in this picture is the dark red lines and so it grabes the viewers attention.

The Rule of Thirds

This image is an example of the rule of thirds because if you look at the picture the main image starts at the left. It's a good picture position because it shows how many people are waiting in line to volunteer. So this picture is a good example of the rule of thirds.

Simplicity

This picture is an example of simplicity because all that fills the frame is the world trade centers. The center of interest is the buildings, and there is nothing in the picture that will steal the viewers interest from not looking at the buildings and explosion.

William Eggleston






What i like about this picture is how it has the city in the background and it makes the city look empty with just that one car driving.

Ansel Adams



I like this picture because i like how you can see the creek and all the trees that surround it.


It makes it feel like a relaxing place to be at.

W. Eugene Smith

I like this picture because its like unexpected and its like as if the explosion just happened without warning and it just builds up the intensity and feeling of how the soldiers are feelings.