Period 3 - Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from the Lens slideshow is picture number 7.  It is my favorite because I really like the contrast of the bright colors with the black background.  Also, the photographer uses depth of field so that the attention is focused on the juggler.  He also uses the rule of thirds to shift our attention specifically to the green bowling pin that the juggler is throwing.

2. The best photo from the slideshow is photo number 6.  It is the best because it uses rule of thirds to focus attention on the car.  It also uses leading lines to signal where the car is moving.  Finally, it uses depth in the background and sky to show the vast emptiness that the car is traveling in.

3. My best work this semester was my second assignment, "My Second Rule".  This is my best work because I used the rule of leading lines pretty well, i skillfully used contrast between light and shadow, and i used the rule of thirds to focus attention on the focal point of the light, the N wing building.  If I had more time, I would improve this project by taking it on a better camera to make the picture quality a lot better.
http://missionperiod3digphoto.blogspot.com/2014/09/leading-lines.html

4. My three rules of composition were the rule of perspective, the rule of leading lines, and the rule of thirds.

5. "Second Photo Assignment, My Second Rule"
first rule: leading lines.
second rule: rule of thirds

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6. Mr. Farley's first rule is to get really close to the subject and converse with them to make them at ease so he can took natural pictures.

7. The five benefits of working in groups are: you can split work to make things more efficient, you can help each other when you are stuck, you can practice and improve you communication skills, you can criticize each others works to help them improve, and you can have fun working when you are with other people.

8. The difficulties of working in a group are: if one person is slow, he drags the whole group down; you have to consider everyone's opinions and views, you have to deal with other people's tempers, you have to learn to compromise, and you have to make sure that you do not lose your temper.

9. My favorite piece of work by another person are the Daguerreotype photos of Hugh Smith.  I especially like the first photo.
 http://hughsmithsphotos.blogspot.com/2014/12/masters-of-photography-louis-jacques.html

10. The photographer I did was Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre.  This photographer invented the daguerreotype process of photography which made photography less time extensive and more available to the public, which increased the spread and popularity of photography.  He is considered one of the founding fathers of photography.

11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo is "Migrant Mother".  It is also called "Destitute Pea Pickers in California" by the Library of Congress.  The photo was taken in a pea picker camp in Nipomo, California in February or March of 1936.  Dorothea was employed by the FSA, the Farm Security Administration.

12. The founders of Life Magazine were John Ames Mitchell and Andrew Miller.  The photojournalism Life began publishing in 1936.

13. Robert Capa was a founding member of Magnum Photos.  The organization started in 1947.

14. "Falling Soldier" was taken in September 5, 1936 on a battlefield in the Spanish Civil War.