Final Exam

My Transformative Photo

This was the photo that I took this year that transformed my view of photography.  It is a picture of the flag next to the office building of Mission San Jose High.  On that day, it was somewhat windy, so the flags were billowing all over.  When I took the photo, it captured the flags stock still, but you can see that it is moving.  This shooting experience furthered my interest in shooting scenes of a specific genre, nature, which most of my latest photos are about.

Shape and Form

The difference between shape and form is that form is three dimensional while shape is two dimensional.  Shape is clearly defined by lines, while form is not, since it is three dimensional.

definition of shape 

definition of form

Pattern and Repetition

Pattern is when a set of shapes or elements is repeated regularly, while repetition is when one object is repeated regularly.

definition of pattern

definition of repetition (scroll down to repetition section)

My Weebly About Page

Patrick Zephyr's About Page (photographer who inspired me)

Last Three Projects

Final Project

Photostory Project

First Commercial Shoot Project

I believe that my best project out of these three is my photostory project of Mission San Jose's Relay for Life event.  I believe that this was my best work because it captured the spirit of Relay for Life very well.  Relay for Life is an event where participants enjoy themselves and have fun, but it is also solemn too.  My photos captured both sides of Relay for Life, so I feel this is my best project out of these three.  This project changed me because I was able to get even closer to my photography subjects.  Sometimes, they did not even notice that I was taking photos of them from only a 1 or 2 feet away from them.  I learned to see differently by instead of being a participant and enjoying the event like everyone else, I watched the participants to capture their emotions, rather than the emotions of the event,  Therefore, I have began to see things in a more personal viewpoint.

Finals Project

Weebly Site

Student Website Reviews

Period 1
Student: Michael Shen
Best Photo
I believe that this photo is Michael's best photo because it it perfectly uses leading lines and movement, and the swirling clouds create a perfect balance of light and shadows on the hill, creating a wonderful photo.

Period 2
Student: Ryen Teo
Best Photo
I believe that this is Ryen's best photo because it shows depth of field perfectly, and the close up shot of his dog enhances its features and liveliness.

Period 3
Student: Hugh Smith
Best Photo
I believe that this is Hugh's best photo because its use of leading lines and simplicity perfectly  conveys the feeling of solitude that these lanterns represent.

Period 4
Student: Alyssa Zhao
Best Photo
I believe that this is Alyssa's best photo because the contrast of colors bring out the outline of the buildings wonderfully,

Finals Project Request

For my finals project I would like to shoot photos of trees.  Specifically, I would like to  take photos of trees set up in their natural landscape, surrounded by natural lighting, with their features augmented by rules of photography such as depth of field and rule of thirds.  I will take close up shots and landscape shots.  The trees that I will focus on are flowering and deciduous trees.  
Here are the examples:
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Three photographers that I am inspired by are:
Patrick Zephyr
Mark Hamblin
Mark Hirsch

Photostory

Link to my weebly website

First Commercial Shoot

Ralph Lauren is our inspiration:

This is the Ralph Lauren image.

These are our photos:

Shot by Barry Liu

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Shot by Hugh Smith

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Shot by Simar Chhabra

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Shot by Barry Liu
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Shot by Simar Chhabra
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Triptig

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Best Picture Post

This is my best photo:

5 photographers:
1. Robert Capa
2. W. Eugene Smith
3. Gordon Parks
4. Dorathea Lange
5. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre

Photo Story MCW

Its the start of Multicultural Week here at Mission San Jose High, and the administration parking lot has been cleared in preparation for the countless food stands that will occupy this space during lunch.

 Business is fast for the Chinese Chess Club, as they hand out their wares to a customer.  Their famous bento box usually sells out in 10 minutes.

 The Cycling Club advertises their Snapple to potential buyers.  The noontime sun is hot, and many students buy the Snapples to fight against the heat.

 20 minutes into lunchtime, and the line for tickets is still very long. In 2015, Leadership 2 made the decision to get rid of all monetary transactions during the buying of multicultural week goods to crack down on embezzlement of profits by clubs.

 The venue of the Multicultural Week food stands is as busy as ever.  Students walk around buying food as DJ Harrison Chu takes their song requests and blasts them out loud, creating a festive atmosphere.

40 minutes into the lunch period, and most clubs have already sold out.  The volunteers running the booths then go out to buy their own lunches, and take a break for the rest of the period.

Story With a Photo - Modeling Volumes

The unfinished model of the wasp sits on the base that will support it once the model is finished.  This model was made for a math project about volumes.The finished product will be put together and painted and will be on display in the B wing cafeteria.

MSJMCW Story

"Get your snapple here! Only 2 tickets!"
The resounding cries of desperate vendors pierced through the school as they tried to break even on their shabby and overpriced consumables.  Seas of students swarmed like mindless herds of cows, moving from stall to stall, only purchasing the most greasy or the most sugary of foods.
Multicultural week.
A week where American fast food could be passed off as international fare to suck out all the money from the ignorant students of this establishment of higher education.  The veteran students had all gone outside of campus for a cheaper and higher quality meal.
As the ever-present Californian drought bore down on this event, the new hit single by the up and rising rapper Kush Patel, "My Name is Kush", featuring the renowned producer and rapper Dareal $hane pulsed through the atmosphere, instigating the herd of consumers into a heated rave party mood that even rivaled the recent Ultra Miami concert.
Suddenly, there was a huge commotion that interrupted the vibe of the students,  A scuffle had broken out in the line for purchasing tickets, the much coveted form of false currency used to purchase victuals at the Multicultural Week event.  A small mob of freshmen, believing that they had superiority in numbers, had cockily cut in line in front of a burly upperclassman,  The scene exploded more rapidly than a A6m3 Zero struck in the fuselage by a 20 mm high explosive fragmentation round as the upperclassman went Hulk Hogan on the freshmen.  Luckily, the Leadership 2 team quickly and swiftly broke up the fight, demonstrating the efficiency and effectiveness of our school's leading body.  Good on you, Leadership 2.
Multicultural week,
A week of feasting, partying, and an increase of work and tests from the Biology department of MSJHS.

Quiz: Shutter Speed and Everything After

Partner: Simar Chabra

Lens Picture

1. The shutter speed is fast since the trucks on the right are moving in real life, but in the photo they appear stationary and frozen.  This frozen effect indicates a fast shutter speed.

2. My rule of composition indicated in this photo is leading lines.  The lines in the road and the trucks are all parallel and help to focus the viewers attention to the focal point which is the cabin of the overrturned truck.

3. My element of art indicated in this photo is form.  The only three objects in this photo, which are the trucksl are all rectangular prisms.

4. The principle of design indicated in this photo is movement.  The viewer's attention moves from the guard rail to the moving trucks, to the cabin of the overturned truck.

5.

edits: cropped

shutter speed guess: 1/250

Tuesday with Farley's Kids: Motion

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Principles of Design Pattern

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Principles of Design Proportion

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Principles of Design Movement

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Principles of Design Structures

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Friday Lens Photo Variety

Our group believes that the photo from this slideshow that best shows variety is photo 15.  It shows variety because it demonstrates a combination of lines, space, and texture from Bobby Rush's clothes.  There is also motion since your focus goes from the upper part of the photo to Bobby's belt.

elements in art texture

texture

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Half Past Autumn Parts 3 and 4 Questions

1. My definition of successful is having a stable financial situation at all times.
2. I have given up nothing since I never had the need to.
3. Parks gave up his family life to become successful.
4. He was a UN ambassador to the UK, France, and and USA.
5. He was offered $10000.
6. Parks was offered half a million dollars.
7. Parks refused the money because he was afraid that Elijah would influence him if he did.
8. The significance was it was the first big movie directed by a black director.
9. Shaft was significant because he was a black super hero.
10. Gordon Park's choice of weapon was his camera.
11. Genevieve's reason for divorce was because of the turmoil that Gordon Parks was in.
12. Twelve Years a Slave
13. Gordon Park's JR. was his oldest son.
14. My favorite Park's photo is American Gothic.
15. In ten years I will probably forget everything about Gordon Parks.

elements of art balance

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Color in Nature-Yellow

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space in nature

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Form in Nature

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Shapes in Nature Photo

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Half Past Autumn Part 1 Movie Notes

1. The doctor saved his life by dunking him in a tub of iced water.
2. Gordon was born in Kansas.
3. She told him that few blacks went to college because they would just be porters and maids anyways.
4. Gordon was 15 when his mother died.
5. Gordon moved to his sister's house in Minnesota.
6. Gordon never went to college or passed high school, but he received an honorary degree from Princeton University.
7. He walked into a clothes store because he became cocky from his previous photography success and asked if he could take fashion photos.  His fashion career was short lived though.
8. A double exposure is a repeated exposure of a photo plate to light which produces ghost images that ruin the original picture.
9. The husband of the woman who told Gordon to go to Chicago.
10. Gordon played the piano.
11. The Farm Security Administration's job was to document the hardships and poverty of farmers and other farm workers in the Great Depression.
12, His first assignment was to put his camera away, go to a nearby store to buy a coat, then go to a fancy restaurant, and finally go watch a movie at a cinema.
13. Ella Watson was the cleaning lady at the Farm Security Administration office who Gordon took pictures of in front of the American flag.
14. Grant Wood was visiting the town of Eldon in Iowa and saw a Gothic style house.  He was inspired by Flemish renaissance art.
15. Gordon learned from Stryker not to take pictures that are too provocative or that go against the state.

Lines in Nature Photo

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