American Soldier

1) This picture stuck out to me because you can see how scared Ian is without him having to make an expression. He looks nervous and all of this can be seen from just a blank face. I feel like this picture was perfectly timed to capture these emotions.

2) The images work together because they go in chronological order and work like a timeline. Each picture represents a different stage in his journey and the story can be told just by looking at the pictures.

3) The captions enhance the pictures by providing clarification where it is needed and by telling the reader things that they could not have seen just by looking at the pictures.

4) Ian Fisher enlists into the military at age 17 and must say goodbye to all his friends and family. He must now go through 14 weeks of basic training camp. The following weeks push Fisher to his limits as he must battle long days and hard drills. Fisher works hard but still suffers from injury, drug addiction, and being home sick. He questions if he should be in the army or not. Finally he flies off to Iraq and goes on many missions there. After one year in Iraq, he returns home to his mother and his girlfriend. He and his girlfriend get married just days after he comes back and they couldn't be happier.

5) Most of the captions are written in present tense.

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A) Most of the captions are around 2 sentences.

B) The first sentence of the captions narrate what is going on in the picture.

C) The second sentence of the captions provide information that you can't get just from looking at the picture.

D) When there is a third sentence in the caption, it is sometimes a quote or a point a view from another person in the story like a commander or Ian's dad.

E) Yes, some captions include a quote.

F) Yes, some captions are 4 sentences but only 1 or 2.

7) I think it is possible to tell a story with just captions because yo can word it so that the sentences are long and provide a lot of information. However captions can't provide a lot of extra detail or side stories unless there is a picture with it.

8) Writing a story along with pictures and captions is important because you can provide more information and give more details. There might be some things that are worth talking about but there isn't a picture to go with it so you can't write a caption.

Top 100 Photos

1)   I picked this image because of how inspirational the picture is. Achieving an accomplishment like putting the first man on the moon is huge. The gold in the bottom right corner really caught my eye and drew me to this picture.
2)   This was one of the only photos that survived from their trip. It shows man as small and fragile on a mysterious world. You can see Neil Armstrong in the reflection of the helmet holding the camera and part of the shuttle is also in the reflection.
3)   I learned that Buzz Aldrin didn't like being the second man on the moon but he is the only one that is photographed in these pictures as Neil Armstrong is the one holding the camera.

4)   The photographer is Neil Armstrong.

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Neil Armstrong 

Born 1930, Died 2012

Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio

Went to Purdue University

1)   I picked this picture because my parents used to tell me stories about Muhammad Ali and how great he was. This picture caught my eye because it is very familiar to me.

2)   The picture is taken of Muhammad Ali towering over his opponent Sonny Listen. Muhammad Ali had just knocked him out and he was now yelling at his fallen opponent.

3)   I learned that the cigar smoke in the arena allowed Neil Leifer to take a good picture of the fight.

4)   The photographer is Neil Leifer.

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Neil Leifer

Born 1942, Still Alive

Born in New York, New York

Did not go to college

1)   I picked this picture because I have always liked basketball and I have watched countless videos on Micheal Jordan and how great he was. The iconic pose caught my eye.
2)   This picture is taken of Micheal Jordan dunking for a LIFE magazine photoshoot.
3)   I learned that this picture was taken for LIFE magazine and Nike paid to have the rights to the picture. I already knew that the iconic Jordan logo was based off this picture.
4)   The photographer is Co Rentmeester

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Co Rentmeester

Born 1936, Still Alive

Born in Amsterdam

Went to college at the Art Center College in Los Angeles

1)   I chose this photo because I have seen it a lot but I didn't know the story behind it so I was interested in it.
2)   This picture is of American soldiers planting the American flag on Mount. Suribachi in Japan.
3)   I learned that this picture in taken in Japan after the Americans won a battle and captured this mountain.
4)   The photographer is Joe Rosenthal

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Joe Rosenthal
Born 1911, Died 2006
Born in Washington D.C.
Went to college at the University of San Fransisco

1)   I chose this photo because the colors stood out to me. The odd design of the droplet also stood out to me.

2)   The photo is of a droplet of milk dropping into a liquid.
3)   I learned that this was one of the first attempts at a clear photo of a very fast moving object.
4)   The photographer is Harold Edgerton

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Harold Edgerton

Born 1903, Died 1990

Born in Fremont, Nebraska

Went to college at University of Nebraska

Funny Captions

Bertha Williams effortlessly throws the wii bowling ball with perfect technique. She has been practicing for weeks preparing to beat her grandchildren at wii bowling.

John and Mary Smith take off in their new racer chair 6000's in the 80 And Above Grand Prix. John was just recently sponsored by coca-cola an was racing against his biggest competition, his wife Mary.

Bartholomew Jones gets down to Micheal Jackson with the rest of his growing family. Back in his hay day, he was the #1 dancer in his county he brought out his old moves again at this family event.

New Rules of Composition

Theme: Trees

1. Rule of thirds

2. Balancing Elements

3. Leading Lines

4. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)

5. Viewpoint

6. Background

7. Create depth

8. Framing

9. Cropping

10. Mergers and avoiding them

Promp Shoot #2

Cold:

Purple:

Electricity:

Mural Project Preview

1) I think I could shoot some nature next to the buildings down town. I could also shoot lakes or rivers. I could also shoot cool pictures of people with a cool background.

2) I will have to think about ISO, aperture, and shutter speed.

3) We could create a google slide, an instagram account, or a blog with all our pictures on it.

Africa Extra Credit

1)   After looking at the Africa pictures, I found it interesting how the animals were mostly in groups. This presented the animals in a way that makes them look like a real family. I also noticed how the photographers used pictures that had a cool sky in the background with an animal in the foreground. The sky added nice details and made the pictures very appealing. 

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3)   This is my favorite picture by Nick Brandt because of how eye catching this picture is. Inside the picture there are 2 rhinos on a lake with some mountains in the background. The rhinos are standing on a shallow lakes which is very unusual because lakes are normally deeper. I also like it because the sky looks very pretty.

4)   Lines are in the background as diagonal rays of light come down from the sky. There are also lines on the water that go from one side of the picture to the other. There is also asymmetrical balance in the picture because both rhinos are one side and the mountains in the background are on the other side of the picture.

5)   I believe Nick Brandt uses a P67 120mm Soft Focus Lens. This camera allows him to take very crisp pictures that can either have a blurry background or have the entire picture in focus.

6)   Nick Brandt takes these kinds of pictures because he wanted to show the true personality of these animals by showing them in a calm state.

7)   He hopes that people will see how caring and calm these wild animals can be.

8)   If you go to South America, you can shoot one rare animal, if you go to another place, you can shoot another rare animal. Eastern Africa – one of the few places in the world where the animal world is represented in all its diversity.

9)   His current goal is to educate people about the destruction of nature and different animal's homes.

10)   He found unpublished photos and put them on a giant frame and put them at different sights where some kind of construction was happening.

11)   I think his work can inspire people to take better care of the environment because he has brought it to our attention that it is happening to places of the word that we might not know about.

12)   These new images make made me feel sad and disappointed because I know once we destroy the environment, we can never get it back. Seeing these animals without a home is also sad because I want nature to thrive. 

Amusement Park Extra Credit

1)   I would like to visit Takakanonuma Greenland, Hobara, Japan the most out of all the theme parks. I chose this park because of the overgrown trees and plants inside of the theme park. I think it would be cool to shoot pictures of machinery overwhelm with plant life. I also think it would be cool to take pictures of plant life and other vegetation along with the rustic meta of the park to provide contrast.

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3)   -Patagonia, Argentina   -Bamboo Forest   -Different murals around a city   -Small natural streams        -On top of a parking garage downtown

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By: Colin Monteath

5)    I think it would be fun to take pictures there because of the natural beauty that this location possesses. I would like to shoot different pictures of nature and people interacting with nature. I would also like to shoot different lake and bodies of water because they make super cool pictures. There are a lot of lakes in Argentina where I would be shooting.

6)   It would take a lot of preparation to go on the necessary trip to Argentina. I would need a lot of warm and cool clothes because the weather in the area varies a lot. The plane ticket and housing there is also rather expensive.