American Solider (Absent)

A. I think that image #28 is the most powerful because it tells you that he returned to his 
girl -friend and his family and the image gives a hint of that emotion that they can feel just from the image. 

B. Set 1 - at home  - Image #1 to Image #4 
Set 2 - basic training - Image #5 to Image #15
Set 3 - in Iraq - Image #16 to Image #27
In Image #28 he is back at home in Denver 

C. I think that set 2, basic training, was the most powerful because it was the part of the army that taught him everything he knew, and that is what helped him do well in the action of Iraq.

D.The images work well together to tell a story because they show many different times in his life and it showed how Ian changed and developed during each different time and place. 

E.It was written in mostly paste tense.

F. The captions enhance the images because they make the story behind each image show a little more by having just a little insight to what was happening at that time. 

G. Ian Fisher wanted to become an American Soldier in Iraq. He spent many weeks in training for the trip to Iraq. Then he finally gets to go where he wanted and he comes back from it a changed man. The war had mad him think and look in different ways, he is also damaged so that he has to take drugs to make him feel better. When he gets home he has wishes to become a husband and a father. 

Portraits and Self Portraits

To Be Graded

Magazine Cover

Magazine Cover

For Fun Edits

Fashion Photograpy

1. In the first video her neck was made longer, and her eyes where moved a little bit down, her hair was smoothed out. The girls eyes where made bigger and so where her lips, and the face was a little bit pushed in, also her shoulders. 

2. In the second video they made her neck longer and shoulders wider, and made her legs longer and changing her skin color. They also made her eyes a little bit bigger and tummy tucked her stomach then made her arms longer too. Her nostrils where made smaller.

3. In the third video the lady's short hair was made into longer hair, her shins where made to be skinny same with her thighs. It looks like the person smoothed out her skin from cellulite, her tummy was pushed in and her shoulders where widened.

4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not?

I personally don't think its a great thing to do because it honestly it messes up our views on beauty in society.

5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation?

6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't?

What are okay is a slight smoothing of the skin or even balancing the colors.

What is not okay is changing the person completely.

7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism.

Fashion is to entertain our society, to let people enjoy what they are viewing. Photojournalism is to capture the truth for the public to see.

8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and how does this affect the ethical practice of each?

Each photography both fixes the reality by changing things from the original picture it affects it because people only see the changed picture, not the original so people don't know the reality of it. 

9. Why do you think I am showing you these three videos?

To show us that things are not what they seem and this isnt the sort of editing we should be doing.

10. Why are none of these videos about guys???

Guys figures are easier to achieve while women are more of something that is a fantasy and what people what to se.e.

Portrait and Self Portrait (Absent)

3 Tips
- Experiment with lighting; another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way you light them. there are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using lights in portraits.
- Take a series of shots; switch your camera into 'burst' or 'continuous shooting' mode and fire off more than one shot at a time.
-introduce movement; making your subject move, by keeping your subject but having an element in the scene around them move, by moving your camera(or its lens to achieve a zoom burst)

Environmental Portrait:







I really like the black and white of the photo and personally the focus on the man and the machine in honestly a lovely balance.


I really like this photo because it was able to catch the little partials of fiber from the yarn, the lighting is nice and brightens the colors.

Photography Self Portrait:


I really enjoy this photo because her eyes and the bee are rather nice bright colors while everything else is dull.

I like this photo because, out of all the black and white self portraits hers stood out and I think it might be her facial expression.

Casual Portrait:


I love the lighting in this image and I personally think the lighting makes the subject pop out more.

I like this photo because it shows that is a casual photo, it shows that it is casual and nothing more.

For portraits I plan to take pictures of my friend, or even coworkers. I would shoot at work or where ever my friends and I decided to hang out, I enjoy letting the moment happen. I will focus more on making the image more clear and not blurry. I will use the sun as an advantage and rules of third.

Love and Lost (Absent)

1. What emotions did you feel as you worked your way through these images?
I felt happy at first then got really sad towards the end, I felt really bad for Angelo but the photos showed love even if it was sad.

2. The photographer said this: "These photographs do not define us, but they are us." What do you think about this comment now that you have looked at the photos?
The photos don't tell people who they are, its just actual photos of them.

3. Do you think you could shoot photos like this if you were in this situation?
I don't think I would be able to shoot photos; I would focus more on treasuring the moment I had with that person, I would take photos that reminds me of the good times.



4. If you could write Angelo a letter, what would you say to him?
I would say that he was strong and that his photos were beautiful.