PSA Questions

A PSA is a public service announcement,  meant to inform the public of something.
I learned that you're 23 times more likely to crash when texting and driving than when not.
I think my final product carries the message pretty well, and isn't too flashy.
The most difficult part of the project was finding a good picture that would work well with a filter.
I feel that my digital art skills have greatly improved.

PSA Planning

I was thinking of doing a mock PSA, but I couldn't really think of anything good to do. I decided I would make a serious one, so I think I'm going to do texting while driving. I'll probably look for an image of a car wreck and possibly shop a cracked cell phone onto the ground if I can get a good image that's fairly close to the ground. I'm probably going to do something less visual and more informative with a fact about texting and driving or something.

Photo Montage

I think this one best captures his emotion.

I had to get some way for the weird lighting in the original photo to work.

Pencil Bullets Wordle

lead, graphite, sacks, legs, bullet, depth, mystery, murder, drab, sketch, sharp, blur, rustic, grunge, shadow

I decided to place Robin Williams on "The Girl with the Pearl Earring". It turned out pretty well, and I got lucky with the lighting.

Three Favorite Filtered Photos

Age Wordle

Can't use wordle or first class

Wrinkle, Aged, Expression, Spirit, Embrace, Time, Youth, Mind, Non-botoxed, Growth, Experience, Courage, Life, History, Journey

Snail Wordle

Can't use wordle or send things in first class

Dew, Depth, Field, View, Alteration, Morning, Closed, Solitude, Spiral, Snail, Antlered, Blades, Grass, Droplet, Foreground

Seahorse Wordle

Wordle doesn't work, can't send things in first class

Inspection, Discovery, Curiosity, Interest, Reflection, Waterproof, Ratio, Definition, Aspect, Perspective, Angle, Connections, Time, Float, Size

Scream Wordle

Couldn't get World to work and I can't send things in First Class

Scream, Turn, Around, Sight, Perspective, Mirror, Self, Alien, Pale, Ghost, Civilian, Deranged, Psychotic, Bamboozled, Voice

Critique of Joe Wright's pop art

My favorite thing about this photo is the angle. It's much more interesting than just taking a picture of something head on. One thing I'd do differently is remove the blotches of color places around the photo. I understand that they might be there to add some extra flare to the photo, but they just look out of place.

Andy Warhol

    Andy Warhol was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburg. As a child, he was sick in his bed often and was outcasted in his school. He spent most of his days collecting pictures of movie stars and listening to the radio. His father died when he was 13. He graduated from his high school in 1945 and went on to attend art school. He is now one of the most famous icons of modern/pop art. Andy died on February 22, 1987.

National Geographic questions

1) National Geographic's pioneer photographer Gilbert H Grosvenor maintained that “The mind must see before it can believe.” Do you think this is true? Explain.

Yes, because it’s easy to be skeptical of something if you only know about it by word. If you actually see that thing then you can confirm that it’s true.

2) The photographers come across many obstacles, problems, and dilemmas while out on photo shoots. List 5 that stood out to you.

A man caught Malaria 12 times. A woman had everything stolen from her hotel room. You need a ton of permission to take pictures of anything. Their plane crashed. Someone broke their back.

3) Nick Nichols specializes in wildlife photography. What happened with the elephants on his trip to the Rainforest? How do you think you would have reacted in that situation?



4) What do the National Geographic photographers tell you makes a great photo? (Tell me 2 things)



5) National Geographic gives some good pointers on Portraits. What did you take away from this film about photos of the human face?



6) Photographers often shoot hundreds of photos and only pick one or two from the group. Did you agree with the explanations of why certain pictures get chosen for the cover? Which cover was your favorite?

Yes, I agree. My favorite cover was the minor league baseball one.

7) David Doubilet photographs underwater. He comments on making the reader “feel the ocean.” How do you think YOU can make viewers FEEL your subjects when you take your photos?

Make sure you use the highest quality camera you can so that you can see all the textures.

(at 37 minutes in, the Lion hunting scene in the African bush is a little brutal, some may not want to watch this, turn away until 39.5 minutes)


8) National Geographic's mission is to provide its readers “with a window on the world.”


9) What are your thoughts on the Peruvian sheep faming boy? The photographer felt that his “intrusion” had made an actual difference. How can you make a difference with your own photos?

I feel bad for him, and I do think the intrusion made a difference. I could probably make a difference by publishing sad photos and getting people to donate to whatever the cause is.

10) Did this film inspire you in any way for your own photography? We're going to explore photography more in depth next week, what lessons will you retain from this film?

It didn’t really inspire me. I will retain that you need to take hundreds of photos, but only use a few.

Moon Wordle

CONCENTRATION

Favorite by far. I think it's because of how well the shadows work in it.

Second favorite. I like the angle.

Decided to drop one.

These were all taken with my phone. They're just some Easter eggs my family and I dyed.

Rule of Thirds

This is a prime example of the rule of thirds because the man is directly under a third.

DOF

I like this photo because I'm a huge fan of teapots. You can see that the tan teapot is slightly sharper than the others.

shoes and josh

Joshua Callnan likes purple shoes