Part 1:
1. My favorite picture from the slideshow was the last picture (#9) because this photo has a lot of character. This photo shows a deer with a bird on its back and is very mysterious with the fog around them. I also like that you can see the foreground focused and the background is even more hazy because it is not focused.
2. The best photo in the slideshow is #5 because it is a very powerful picture showing a machine of war so close to a citizen laying on the beach relaxing. Also the picture adds effect by focusing on the submarine rather than the lady relaxing on the beach. There is also an element of mystery because if there wasn't a description of the picture you might think that the country is under attack or there is fighting going on somewhere which makes the picture more intense and interesting.
3. I believe that my portrait assignment ( http://jacobwalterblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/first-portrait.html ) was my best work of the semester because I used lighting well and used good composition while incorporating the setting. If I had more time to work on this assignment I might have blurred some of the picture to help focus on the person I was taking the picture of but still leaving enough focus to be able to see the light in the background.
4. Depth
Composition
Reflection
5.
This a photo I took during homecoming and it shows depth because the palm trees in the back have much less detail in them than the people in the front of the picture do. This picture also shows composition because the light creates an effect and casts a shadow on the people walking.
6. Get closer (to the subject) was the rule that you had explained to us already.
7. Benefits of groups
-If you don't know something, chances are one of the people in your group will know it.
-You can get other peoples opinion on things and make your work better.
-Saves you (the teacher) from getting asked the same question over and over.
-Prepares for when you have a job and have to work with groups we will already have an advantage.
-You know your group well so it is easy to communicate with them.
8. Difficulties of working in a group.
-People in your group having different opinions can be marked as a positive and a negative because sometimes it can be frustrating when people don't agree with you on things.
-Group assignments can also be hard because if you don't have good communication with your group members things might become hard when you are trying to coordinate how to get something done.
-For me groups can be hard because I am held responsible for making sure my group is doing the right thing and staying on task and if they aren't the blame comes on me so that is added pressure to the situation.
-Takes away from original ideas because if you see someone in your group that has a good idea you might just use that instead of thinking of your own idea.
-When you are in groups you might end up making friends with your group members and then you are more prone to being loud and disruptive.
9. http://haroonrasheedphotography.blogspot.com/2014/10/second-portrait.html
A Little History
10. Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was the photographer the my group chose. This photographer helped photography by added abstracted photos that had very cool lighting and different shapes and colors in them while also adding effects like shallow depth of field.
11. Her most popular photo was titled "Migrant Mother" This photo was taken in March of 1936 in Nipomo California. Lang was employed at that time by the Resettlement Administration.
12. Life magazine started publishing January 8, 1935 by the founder of Life magazine Henry Luce.
13. Capa founded Magnum Photos in 1947.
14. The Fallen Soldier was taken September 5 1936 at Cerro Muriano.
