Final Exam Study Guide!

1. Explain how to get to the server drives and your folder.

You click on my computer then you let it open then you click the s that says server drive.

2. Explain how we use blogger.com in this class

We look at the blog that our teacher posted then we do what the blog says to learn about photograph.

3. Explain the process of creating a pinhole camera

Use an oatmeal can. then you put black tape all in and out of the can on the lid and black paper in the inside, you have to make sure that no light will get through. then you cut a whole in the cant about as big as a small square and you cover it up with some foil next you poke a whole through it with a tooth pick and on the outside you cover it up with black paper and tape in on all sides but a make a flap so you can pull it off when you are taking the picture.

4. Explain how the pinhole camera works and how the image is transferred to the paper inside.

The pinhole isn't a real camera but you create it to where it will take pictures. The picture is taken by putting a light sensitive paper in the pinhole camera then you go outside and you have to make sure no light gets in till you get to what you wanna take a picture of then you open the flap for 3 seconds or 4 then you close it and the light that is shined through the hole of your camera  is all on the paper and so is the object you took a picture of.

5. Know how to define and explain the 10 rules of composition, these 10 rules will be a MAJOR portion of the final and you better know how to recognize these rules, explain these rules and show me you understand them:

5a.  Rule of thirds-  This is when the main part of your photograph is not in the middle of your picture but a little more off to the sides or in the corner.

5b. Balancing Elements- This is when you have something on one side of the photograph and then to make it more even you have something on the other side to balance it out.

5c. Leading Lines- This is when you look at the picture your eyes are naturally drawn to lines in the photograph and it usually lead to the main part of your picture.

5d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition)- This is when you can fold the picture in half and it will look the same on both sides of the picture, so when you look at the picture both sides of it are the same.

5e. Viewpoint- This is when you take the picture from different angles like from above the object behind it , form the ground anything like that.

5f. Background/simplicity-  This is when there is nothing in your background and you are just focusing on the main part of your picture, there is nothing distracting you.

5g. Create depth- This when you have objects in the foreground to create depth, like when you have overlapping.

5h. Framing- This is when you have objects in the picture that are framing the main object of your photo things like arch ways or holes.

5i. Cropping- This is when you get really close to the object your taking a picture of so other things don't distract you from it.

5j. Mergers and avoiding them- When the person is cut out of the picture you should always try and avoid that.

6. Explain how action and emotion impact a photograph

When you have emotion in the picture it makes it more interesting and it gives it more affect and you probably could imagine yourself in there.

7.Explain how a photo can "tell a story"

A picture can tell a story  by having people in it and having there facial expressions just emotions and if they are doing things can help to.

8. Explain what the word "multimedia" means and share some examples of how we have seen them in class (on the blog)

Multimedia is the combined use of several media, as sound and full-motion video in computer applications. The example we used was when we watched the video of the girl getting her make up done then her picture taking then they edited her face.

9. Know how to correctly write a caption. I HIGHLY suggest you rewrite the rules on your blog and find at least 2 photos on the internet, post them on your blog and write correct captions for them. This will be a MAJOR portion of the exam as well. 

The first sentence you use the 5 W's and how, the second sentence you put what you cant tell from looking at the picture.

 

Early the morning bob and Jill decided to go for a walk to the lake and sit on the deck  because they said it was a beautiful day. They were talking about where they wanna get married.

 

Lacy, Marissa, and Abby,  are opening presents on an early Christmas morning at there grandmas house because it is Christmas day and there gave them presents to open. Lacy was very disappointing after she opened her gift.

10. Explain how "strong action" verbs enhance a caption.
Strong action verbs enhance a caption by giving  it more action more of a visual of what is going on in the picture it makes the picture more none.
 

11. Explain how ethics come into play in regards to photojournalism and compare and contrast this with fashion photography. You really need to get the idea that changing photos to fit a need or to make something look like something else is VERY unacceptable in photojournalism.

In fashion photography all they do is take the picture and edit it all to where sometimes the people don't even look like them selves and this could really hurt someone confidence by making them feel like they aren't pretty or good enough for that business. In photojournalism you take the picture and you keep it natural you  don't edit the picture people are beautiful no matter what.

12. Explain the difference between a portrait and a self portrait.

A portrait is-a likeness of a person, esp. of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: 

A self portrait is-a portrait of oneself done by oneself.

 

13. Explain what characteristics of a good portrait are.

When you follow the rules to photography like rules of thirds and things like that.

 

14. Explain what the major differences are between newspaper and yearbook.

Newspaper is a paper full of articles that tell story's about what is going on in life or your school and things like that. A yearbook is when kids take pictures of what goes on in your school all year and they put it into a big book of memories of your school year.!

Definitions you are responsible for (I highly recommend you post these on your blog with the definitions and make sure they are correct, many of the ones you posted on your blog previously were INCORRECT. All definitions need to relate directly to photojournalism. Example: many of you defined burning as "pain that feels hot as if it were on fire" , when the correct answer is "burning- increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker."):

1. Aperture- Also called aperture stop . Optics . an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

2.Shutter-a mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like.

3. Exposure- the act of presenting a photosensitive surface to rays of light.

4. F-stop- the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.

5. A single lens reflex- Also called single-lens reflex.

6. Negative-nothing an image in which the brightness values of the subject are reproduced so that the lightestareas are shown as the darkest.

7. Positive-denoting a print or transparency showing the brightness values as they are in the subject.

8. Contact sheet-a contact print, usually of all frames of a developed roll of negative print film, used as a proofprint.

9. Agitation-the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated: She left in great agitation.

10. Enlarger-an apparatus used for making projection prints, having a head for holding, illuminating, andprojecting a film negative and a bed for holding a sheet of sensitized printing paper.

11. Stop bath- an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print

12. Fixer- a chemical substance, as sodium thiosulfate, used to promote fixation.

13. Safe light- a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films,printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.

 14. Burning

 

Choice Sheets!

1.On your blog today I would like you to tell me which publication you think you might join next year and what aspects of that publication influenced your decision. Write at least a paragraph.

The course i would like to join next year is yearbook because Ive seen some yearbooks and they look really fun to create and i can tell that's they require a big imagination. I have a lot of that. Also i like to create pretty things that most people would like to look at. I have seen no offense some boring yearbooks and sometimes i wish i could just go and change certain things that i know people would like. At my old school me and my friends would go look in the yearbook and say what we liked and what we didn't and what we would change so yes i would join yearbook.

2.Pick one yearbook spread that you think is cool looking and link it on your blog and pick one on-line newspaper that you think looks cool and link it on your blog.

 YearBook:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2134/2175943306_c629897789.jpg

NewsPaper:

http://www.hsj.org/Journalism_101/index.cfm?requestAction=goMenuContent&menu_id=7&menu_page_item_id=45&CmsPagesID=227

Abandoned Theme Parks

1. Tell me which amusement park featured in the two articles that you would like to visit and take your camera along and what about that park made you want to go there. Write at least a paragraph.

The Rocky Point Amusement Park, Warwick, Rhonde Island  is the place i would like to visit because to me this is a  very pretty  park  and i think if i took pictures there they would be very pretty.  And i like the fact that this park is very old time looking and i like the old fashioned things i think they are very fancy and i really like them and i think that i would end up taking good pictures there.

2. Post one photo from that park. You may use the photos from the link, or you can google an entirely new photo. I would prefer to see a photo of the park in disrepair and not a photo of it when it was still operating.

 3. Think of at least FIVE other unusual places you think would be of interest to photographers. List them.

1. Swamp

2. Old house

3.Car Shop

4.Broken down mall

5.A dump

4. Use google or another search engine to research ONE of your five places and see if anyone has already started documenting that place. If you find that someone has already started - post at least one photo of their work.

5. Write a paragraph about why you think that it would be fun to document that location. Tell me what interests you about that place and what kind of photos you could expect to take there.

I think that a broken down house would be a good place to document because in old places that were just left there are very interesting because people could have let their belongs there or just the interior of the house could catch someone interest.  People could take pictures of the broken down rooms or just the floor falling out of the ground just everything could make a good picture if its took right.

6. Tell me what it would take for you to go and take photos at your location. What would you need as far as equipment goes, travel plans, expenses you might encounter and what laws you would have to take into consideration to take photos at your spot. 

Things it would take to go to my  location are medical issues i would need to make sure that the house that im going to take pictures of doesn't have and hazardous things i could catch and get hurt by. Also some equipment might need are gloved and really nice shoes that came protect my feet so i don't step on any nails or anything. the laws i would have to make sure if it was okay to step on that property first. and i don't think i would have to make travel plans because there is broken down houses all around us in this world, but expense would have to be to buy the things to protect my self.

Print Evaluation - My First Print

1.) Is anything in sharp focus?

Yes i think her whole body itself is in sharp focus. This is because i think her surrounding are very clear and as sharp as she is.

a.) Describe what is in focus and what is not.

What is in focus is the girl and everything on her desk basically what is closer to her. The things that aren't in focus are the things around her like the other desk in the classroom, or the kid that's in that last desk. 

b.) If not in focus, state the cause.

The reason the things around her aren't in focus is because i was i was trying to get the picture focused on the main part of this photo which is the girl doing her math work, also because its further away from where i took the picture. 

2.) Is there good contrast? (Look for the blacks and whites in the photo)?

Yes there is good contrast. 

 

a.) If no, state the probable cause?

There is contrast. 

3.) Are all the rules followed? (Is the photo candid? Does the subject fill the frame? Does the photo contain action? Does it follow composition rules? Does it show "academics"?)

Yes the rules are followed, this photo is candid because the girl it took the picture of wasn't posing she just kept doing her math work, yes this photo does fill the frame, yes this photo has action, yes it follows the composition and yes it has academics. 

a.) If yes, explain what techniques were used and how you followed them in your photo.

The photo is candid because  the girl isn't posing in the picture she just kept doing her math work. The photo contains action because she is doing her math work and that is her action.  The photo does follow the composition rules because  i tried my best to get the picture in focus and stuff, and yes this photo is academic because she is doing school work and learning her education.

b.) If no, how will you correct this next time?

It was right. 

4.) Is there yellowing or are there spots on the print?

Not that i see. So no there isn't

 

a.) If yes, what caused it/them?

There isn't any.

5.) Are there print rings or spots?

I don't see any. 

a.) If yes, state the probable cause.

None.

6.) Are your negatives, contact sheet, test strip and print stored in your folder?

Yes they are.

 

a.) If no, explain why.

They are. 

Caption:

Who is in the photo? (For this assignment only, if you don't know, you may make up a name. For the next photo shoot, your subject MUST have the correct name.)

Her name is Marissa Perez.

 

What are they doing?

She is doing her algebra in class.

Where are they?

Mrs. Arellano's classroom. 

 

When is this happening?

During sixth period.

Why are they doing this?

Because they have to they are in class.

Let's write a caption:

Marissa is doing her math work during sixth period in Mrs. Arellano's classroom because she has to finish her worksheet before the end of class. She will do this by keeping up the good work.

Everyone in the class was working hard to finish their work and the class was very little so most of the desk were empty.

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