Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Week #4 Artist #1 Julia Margaret Cameron



Julia Cameron was born June 11, 1815 in Calcutta, British India and died January 26, 1879 in Kalutara, British Ceylon. Julia Cameron a british photographer. She is known for her portraits of celebrities in time. She took photos of anyone who was around, family, friends. She would turn them into her photography models.



I think that Julia Camerons photos come out great. I like how Julia Cameron turns her photos into. What I dont like about Julia Camerons photos is, i dont understand the meaning in the photo. I also think that Julia Cameron needs more background and  meaning in her photos. Other than that her photographs are perfect.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Week 3: artist #2 Jacob Riis

Jacob Riis

Jacob Riis was born May 3, 1849 in Ribe, Denmark. Jacob Riis died May 26, 1914 in Barre, MA. Jacob Riis was a danish american social farmer, " Muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. Jacob Riis photos are about the "other half" (lifestyles).



Jacobs photos show the meaning of how people are living. As in how the people live their lives with money and how the people with no  money or anything live their life. I like how Jacobs photos have meaning in them.

Week 3: Artist #1 Edward Curtis


Edward Curtis


Edward Curtis was born February 16, 1868 in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Edward Curtis died October 19, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. In 1895 when Edward Curtis was seventeen he started off as a apprentice photographer. In 1887  Edward moved and bought his first camera, he then started working in a photographic studio. In 1995 he became a photographer. Most of the pictures that Edward photographs are North American Indians.




I like Edwards photographs because i think they are interesting photos. I like how Edward doesn't just get pictures of Indians. I like how Edward also get the Indians lifestyles in the photograph. Theres nothing i dont like about Edward Curtis photos.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge was born April 9, 1830 and died May 8, 1904. Eadweard Muybridge takes photographs of action. All of his photos come out amazing. Eadweard Muybridge started out as a publisher agent and bookstocker. Now he is known as the master of photography. He always has the perfect photos of action. He takes photos of people and animals and studies there movement and catches it on camera. I like how he catches every movement and how he catches every movement in order.




Pre-assignment shutter speed.

In class our week assignment is to catch/stop action in a photo. The assignment is fun but can be difficult to catch the action in the photo. To catch action you have to set your camera to the highest shutter speed so that you can catch the action in your photo. To set your camera shutter speen you have to put your camera on TV mode (time view). You also have to make sure that your shutter speed is set to 1/200. The best day to go out side to take shutter speed photographs would be on a sunny day. Depending on the weather out side; make sure you set you white balance depending on what type of day it it (cloudy,sunny,foggy,etc). To get a perfect photo make sure that your camera is also set to manual focus so you can aim to get the object you are trying to take a photo of. These are some photos i took.




Artist of the week: # 2 Wiliam Eggleston

William Eggleston was born July 27, 1939 in Memphis Tennessee. William Eggleston is an American photographer. He takes photographs with color to store in art gallery's. I like William Egglestons photographs because they have color. The only thing i dislike about his photographs is i cant tell the meaning of his photos. Other than that i think he takes good photos.




Artist of the week. Eliot Erwitt

Eliot Erwitt was born July 26, 1928 in Paris. He was known as advertising and documentary photographer. Eliot Erwitt was known for this because of his photographs he had took of ironic and absurd situations. All of Eliot Erwitts photos are in black and white. And all the photos he had taken were every day situations. These are some photos that Eliot Erwitt took. I like how Eliot Erwitts photos of absurd situations are shown in the photos. Thers nothing i really dislike about his photos.