Homeland

My brother and i on top of angels landing. in Zion Utah

Outdoors in Sundance 

Zion

photoshop project

the whole project on photoshopping pictures in order to show something in the past and something in the future is going to take quite some time to finish. i have most of the basic ideas down for it and it should all come together fine. i have yet to start taking all the pictures for it but in due time. until then i am not certain about anything but i do know that i may need to incorporate a few online images in order to make it work. but dont know for sure quite yet

class with tisha

we started to get into the idea of silhouette photography and had a thorough discussion/explanation on how it all works. it was actually a fairly interesting idea. im excited to start working with it. i can tell that there is going to be a lot of trial and error with this next project but thats how it allways starts off.

20 things

 nature art
photography
hiking
camping
kayaking
music
i hate cars
i dislike technology
original
fusion academy
from utah
desert is my favorite spot
love black and white

brandenberg

the jim brandenberg projest was both interesting and annoying. i can see why it was really hard for him to only take one picture every day. it allways felt like right after you took a picture you would find something better right after. also it was really hard to not go on more photo shoots that day and in most cases i didnt follow up. it was really annoying.

reflection

re:ethics of photography

the ethic of photography got into a wide range of techiques and manipulations within the photo. there was one in particular that i liked a lot. the one with the photo of the beam on the bridge. they manipulated it and put someone walking around with a shoelace untied. is this ethical or not? it is suggested that it isnt but is it really or not? the idea is to make everyone freak out and think oh my gosh he is going to fall. but in reality that person is not there. it is un necessary to even try and portray what is not there. the problem with the ethics of photography is that no one ever really sees the whole picture. in the case with the kid and the enforcement officer everyone thinks that he is beeing innapropriate and mistreating the child. but is he? is he not just doing his job and preparing for the allways possible conflict that could occur at any moment? for all he knowsn the boy or guardian could be armed? pictures are so manipulated and misunderstood so you never really can tell any more what the real meaning or manipulation is. that is unless you yourself have a back ground in photography or are one.

RE: BOOTY CALL

our session with neko (hopefully i spelled his name right) we had a very "unique" lesson. well me and rafael did. we learned a lot about posing and action shots. we learned how to be mad or afraid in a picture and really portray that emotion. it was actually really entertaining. i admit i dont like posing and all of that... but i am sure that in the future it might be very useful. we strayed a bit away from the topic in some parts and learned a few health tips which were actually very good to know and i can see its application in my life. i really liked working with him. but over all the best part was of "BOOTY CALL" haha i admit it was insanely random and has very little application. at least none i ever intend to use but it was entertaining. o now know what to look out for haha. i hope that in the future we have an opportunity to work with neko on stuff in the event of amanda being sick or gone for whatever reason. but i sincerely hope she has no further reason to be gone.

Re:video

I thought the video was both depressing and fun. It really showed how much power photography has in the media as well as the negative effects it can have because of that. Personally i can't stand the media (for the most part) but I will say I don't see much actual value in these pictures being used in the media unless they have some good message to use???? Photography definitely has a dark manipulative side..... But I do believe that it can be used to put good messages out there to not exactly shape public opinion but to maybe inform? But over all I think it was just testifying to the power of photography on us, for better or for worse

Re:video

I thought the video was both depressing and fun. It really showed how much power photography has in the media as well as the negative effects it can have because of that. Personally i can't stand the media (for the most part) but I will say I don't see much actual value in these pictures being used in the media unless they have some good message to use???? Photography definitely has a dark manipulative side..... But I do believe that it can be used to put good messages out there to not exactly shape public opinion but to maybe inform? But over all I think it was just testifying to the power of photography on us, for better or for worse

 us walking towards the U.S Mexico border.

 When you see these people looking on what do you feel? what emotion do you get that words cant speak?

 what does this wall tell you? seeing the enclosure as opposed to hearing about it leaves a much bigger impact. can you put yourself in that situation? you would probably assume it is hard and it reminds them of how much greener the grass is on the other side.

last but not least. what impression/impact does this leave on you that words can not say? seeing where someone either cut or poured acid on the wall in order to break through really shows how others feel about it.




Photography has an insaely huge impact in the media. it leaves the biggest impact. you allways hear about celebrity divorces or a ship crashing and so on. the article itself leaves quite an impact but once you actually see the ship submerged or the angry couple holding their children walking off it doesnt really hit you. a photo tells a thousand words and will hit you more personally then anything else.

 emphasis: there is a dominant object or thing that immediately catches the eye. (the crane) if you see anything else first please consult a doctor ;)

 symetry : it simply means that the visual weight of the photographic elements are equally distributed on both sides of the imaginary central axis in a photograph.

unity:the over all arrangment of the photographic elements in a regular and consistent manner.

5 words

does this mean more pictures? :D

amanda rocks

robert capa

robert capa was born on october 22 1913. he was a hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered 5 different wars the spanish civil war the second sino-japaneese war, world war 2, 1948 arab israeli war, and the first indo china war. he documented the course of world war 2. his main thing was action photographs (DUH). he tried to portray the violence of war with a unique impact. he co founded magnum photos with the french photographer henri cartier bresson. the organization was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers. he originally wanted to be a writer however he found work in photography in berlin where he grew to love the art. as to how he died i cant seem to locate. it seems as if its a mystery? i will continue to look but after an hour and a half of lookin i question wether that info is available. "if your photos arent good enough you arent close enoiugh"