Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Dave Hill Inspired Photo

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Edited:

- cropped the picture
- exposure (+0.15
- blacks (-13)

Fun with photoshop:


Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Photo Story - MCW


1. The start of setting up the booth for green club



2. Green club with their table and tent set up with posters attached



3. Green club setting up their cups of sorbet to sell


4. Green club selling sorbet during lunch



5. Green club cleaning up after lunch





Monday, April 20, 2015

Story With a Photo - Focus

"Haroon look this way!"
"No stop taking pictures of me!"
"Stop running away from the camera Haroon Adam Rasheed."
"Fine. I'm gonna keep moving my finger so the camera can't focus and then it can't take a picture."
"Damn you Haroon."

Despite his valiant efforts to avoid a picture being taken of him, the camera still managed to focus on him and snapped a shot.


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

MSJMCW Story

As soon as the lunch bell rings, there is a stampede of students heading towards one common goal, the horseshoe. During Multicultural Week, the different clubs of Mission San Jose High School sell a variety of food in their respective booths. As for the upperclassmen who can drive, they head towards the parking lot to make the most of the extended lunch to get food that they normally don't have enough time to get. Because most clubs need to make a profit to fund their club, the food they sell are generally over priced. Therefore, broke people like me go out to eat more reasonably priced foods instead. This week, I have gone out to places such as the Prolific Oven, Supercue, the Habit, and today we are venturing out to Chick fil A'. However, on Thursday I will be selling samosas for yearbook.
After Homecoming week, Multicultural week is the second most looked forward week that students look forward to. There are hour long lunches from Monday to Thursday and on Friday, we have an assembly where students perform an assortment of different dances, such as hip hop, Bhangra, Bollywood, ballet, Chinese dancing, and many more. Being a senior this year, this is my last Multicultural week and I can truly say this and Homecoming are going to be some of the few things that I will miss about Mission San Jose.

Principles of Design - Unity

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Edited:


- exposure (+0.45)
- blacks (-8)
- cropped the picture

I chose this picture for unity because the repetition creates a sense of unity within the picture, that al the peeps are a part of one.

Principles of Design - Variety

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Edited:


- exposure (+0.60)
- blacks (-25)

I chose this picture for variety because of the many different objects in the picture, which draws your eyes around the various aspects of the picture.

Principles of Design - Rhythm

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Edited:


- temperature (-3)
- exposure (+0.25)
- blacks (-15)

I chose this picture for rhythm because of the repeated use of lines in the rock, which creates a feeling of organized movement.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Principles of Design - Proportion

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Edited:


- lowered temperature (-3)
- increased exposure (+0.45)
- enhance the black (-8)

I chose this picture for proportion because Mr. Farley is beautifully proportioned!! The proportion in the picture unifies all the elements.

Principles of Design - Emphasis

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Edited:


- lowered the temperature (-8)
- increased exposure (+0.45)
- darkened the blacks (-6)

I chose this picture for emphasis because the focus is on the safety cone in the front while the ones in the background are blurry.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Shutter Speed and Everything After

Partner: Melissa Cai

1. I believe the photo was taken with a fast shutter speed because the trucks are on a highway, and so we can conclude that they are moving quickly down the road and because there are no blurry figures in the photo.

2. I believe this photo exhibits one of our rules of composition, simplify. The photo in itself is very simple, it focuses on the trucks on the highway and there are no other distracting factors.

This photo uses the rule of depth very well. There is a sense of depth conveyed through this photo, as seen in the close up trucks and faded out, far away trees and hills. Even though the main subjects of this photo are trucks, one can still see the background and the seemingly never ending road.

3.An element of art that applies to this photo is space. Space is the area between and around objects, and in this photo, it creates the feeling of depth. The seemingly empty space in the sky and between the trucks contributes to the depth of field and gives the picture a more dynamic feeling


4. One of the principles of design that this photo utilizes is movement. The center divider is the main focus of the picture but the lines in the picture directs your vision to see the trucks.

shutter speed: 1/250