American Soldier

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 Part 1

Part 1:

Shoot Candidly-Sometimes posed shots can look somewhat…. posed.Some people don’t look good in a posed environment and so switching to a candid type approach can work.

Introduce Movement- Portraits can be so static – but what if you added some movement into them? This can be achieved in a few ways:by making your subject move, by keeping your subject still but having an element in the scene around them move,  and by moving your camera (or it’s lens to achieve a zoom burst).

Use your imagination- A self-portrait can reveal a lot about you, by including props and even other people that are meaningful in your life.

Environmental Portraits:

I posted this because I felt that the environment had an affect on the image. It tells the viewer that the girl likes to be out in the open country because of her environment and what she was wearing.

In this image the photographer got the man on the top of a mountain or hill and shows the background landscape which allows the viewer to infer that the man likes to hike. 

Self- Portraits 

I thought that this was a good portrait because it captured emotions that happens quickly, in one still image and it has a feel to whats going to happen next

This image has the subject looking off center which adds to the mans nature and emotions.

Casual Portraits 

I liked this image because the subject is doing what it would normally do and he looks like he's having fun so this is a portrait that shows his everyday life.

In this image the woman looks very happy and the lighting also makes the background look alive, making the portrait have a feel of happiness. 

my plans:

I plan on taking images of myself and my brother doing what we would normally do at home or any other place and I would want to make the environment look very happy and cheerful as a reflection of our emotions; it would also be cool if I could get a very different kind of background every time so nothing looks the same. I will get the most noticeable rules in the portraits and then I will use portrait tips that can add even more enjoyment to the portraits.

Love and Losses

Warm-Up:  Love and Losses

1. The first few photos made me feel a great deal of happiness, and love, but as the images kept going I started getting a sense of sicknesses and loneliness, which eventually led to greater more upsetting things. 
2. I think that the quote does a good job of saying that even though theses picture are us they don't make up who you are and you can do something about it if you want to.
3. I would most likely be able to take a series of images like these but they wouldn't tell such a big, deep story. My images wouldn't be as touching and as life-like as his were, but I might be able to tell a story with them.
4. If I had to write Angelo a letter I would probably tell him that he did a great job on his images and that I felt sorry for his losses and I understand what he's doing in his work. 

Rules of Photography Part 2

Background

Balance

Cropping

Depth

Leading Lines

Merger

Rule of Thirds

Symmetry

View Point

Framing

Abandoned theme parks

Nara Dreamland, Nara, Japan

I want to visit this amusement park because it is something that is a copy of an American park, Disneyland. I think that it would be quite amazing to see a park that is in another country and is made because they admired the American works. I would want to see what was the same and what is different in both parks. Nara Dreamland could feature more things than Disney land, it could have Japanese characters in it while Disney land is all Disney characters. Disney land seems like a great place; I've never been so I don't actually know, but I still think that seeing an American park in another country would be picture worthy.

I think that the insides of caves would be cool. Another would be underwater. One could be from way up in the trees looking down. the fourth might be unpopulated desert plains and hills. Lastly I think that it would be cool from a spacial view of earth. 

I think that it would be cool to take pictures inside caves because there are so many things that can happen in them I think it would be fun. There is also a slight adventure that could go with these images because you'd have to explore the cave and then take a picture. If I were taking pictures of caves i would come out with images of the natural things that are in that cave such as bats, or stalactites and stalagmites. 

If I was going to a cave I'd need to have the transportation to get there, if the caves in the city or not. Then I would need rock climbing equipment( a harness, cables, gloves etc...) and a camera.  There could also be a price to get into that cave. 

Africa

Africa:
 My overall reaction to his work is that I think that it really great that there are people out there who want to help Africa's native animals. I'm glad that he took these photos to show what the animals do in their "State of Being". His images didn't only capture what the animals did in their environment but it showed how they did it and he made them look amazing. In all of his photographs he managed to get the animals at great times, so the images had a contest of the land to the animals making them stick out.

This is my favorite image that Nick Brandt took. It is capturing two zebras looking back at something. I like this photo the most because he made the zebras stick out and had the white very vivid in color. The image has balance because both of the zebras create a level in the image, leading lines on the zebras and simplicity because the zebras are the only interesting thing in the image. 

Nick Brandt uses a medium-format black and white film and he also does not use any telephoto or zoom lenses. He doesn't use these lenses because he wants to get as close to his subject as possible without disturbing them. 

He wants to bring awareness to people about the endangerment of African animals. His hope is to get the local people or tourists to donate to the charities that help theses animals have better lives.

"Africa is Africa because of the animals there.The elephants, lions, giraffes, cheetah, rhinos- they are all iconic creatures that exert a powerful, deep emotion and mythical hold over our imaginations. But we can no longer take their presence for granted. At the current rate of destruction, by the next generation, they will be gone."

-Nick Brandt, August 2013

Funny Captions

Ironic Brainbusters posted this photo of a maze,  he knew this would be the best
place for the Hospital, in Middle of Nowhere, Nebraska. This was taken on Veterans Day 2015.
Mr. Brainbusters posted this image to show to people who have alzheimer's to see how long it would take them to find the hospital. Ironic Brainbusters is a 76 year old man. He has Alzheimer's and he loves this maze. He said that he found the Hospital once... ONCE! Patients, good luck.

This image was taken by Judy Baurk, who is using a selfie stick to achieve
this image. she is in a grocery store wearing her favorite shirt. she wanted to
take this image to show her being happy before she has to check out, if she does at all...
Judy had a terrible childhood. Because she grew up in the 1930's they didn't have any technology
so they always played outside. She was always getting pushed into open sewage drains by her
friends. That is why she just loves everybody.

President Bush took this image as he was parachuting out of a plane on his birthday above
Alabama. he wanted to say that you are never too old to do anything as long as you have fun.
All of these men were over the age of 90.  They all agreed to do this when the were 18 and
totally forget until they were boarding the helicopter. Jackson Tore the man in the image on the bottom said he wet himself, Blake Kaetsim the man on top, said he never passed out longer than that before.