American Soldier

A. The girl in Iraq shows the most powerful image because it shows what its like in Iraq and how things are over there.

B. The images show what he's been through and they show the hard times and the struggles of being in the army. It also showed the good times and he still got to see his family and friends.

C. The captions give a backstory and tell the true meaning of the photo and  bring the photo alive a bit more.

D. Ian was a high school graduate who joined the army because he wanted too help the country. He joined right as violence in Iraq was getting bad and would later be deployed to Iraq in 2008. He enjoyed time with friends and family before leaving and was sad to go but excited to do something great for the country. He experienced intense training and thought he wasn't going to make it through but he made it through even though he suffered from an old injury that returned. Fisher went up some ranks and was very happy to participate in training exercises that were just like the real thing. Ian suffered drug use and eventually turned himself in, not getting kicked out but pushed down a rank. He went to Iraq for a year and came back to his girlfriend and family, then soon married his girlfriend and was very happy.

E. It is usually in present tense.

F. 1. The sentences on average o=are 2 sentences.
2. They tell what is going on in the picture.
3. Who people are and what is going to happen next or before.
4. Quotes from people in the image about what is going on in the image.
5. Some captions do include quotes.
6. Yes some do have 4 sentences.

G. I think you can tell a story through captions because the image os there and seeing the image along  with a few sentences can really tell a great story.

H. Sometimes a story is great to read and create your own visuals in your mind.

Composition Rules pt 2

 Depth

 Cropping

 Cool merger

 Simplicity

 Viewpoint

 Patterns

 Framing

 Rule of thirds

Lines

Balance

Funny Captions

Uncle joe and Aunt Barb are in Utah for the Elderly zoom race, They were invited by cousin billy and are having a blast, coming around the fourth bend! Uncle Joe and Aunt Barb live in Texas' Home for the old in south Austin, they got here on a train and there are thousands of people watching with their bags of popcorn. 

Grandma Jane is having a blast at the old folks....show...you can see in her face how ecstatic she is with her great makeup. She was invited by old cousin bobbly and is standing in downtown new orleans, her favorite place. 

As you can see grandma jenny hates everyone but is smiling for us in this picture, while being here she's spit at the local monkey, glared at uncle joe and screamed at a donald trump cut out. WE had to basically force her to take this picture which was not an easy task...and resulted to dentures coming out and things got serious. 

Prompt shoot #2

Purple 

Electricity 

Cold 

warm up

1. As i was looking through these images i felt a warmth as the wife was still alive and battling through breast cancer. When she died I felt a bit sad because everything was empty and she was no longer there.

2. I think that in these photos it shows the story of this husband and wife battle through cancer and how strong the wife was through the whole experience.

3. I think i could shoot photos like this, but i would feel like I'm invading my loved ones personal and private life.

4. I would tell him how brave he is for photographing this life changing experience of his wife going through cancer and not making it in the end. I would also tell him I'm sorry for his loss and that nobody deserves something so horrible.

Africa

1. I really like this photographers style and how he shoots natural things in nature, like animals and their surroundings. I also like how he gets up close to them to really capture the true meaning of the photo and the animals in it.

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3. This photo is my favorite because it shows a true relationship between two lions and it is very real and candid as you cannot plan this to happen. Its something you don't see every day and it is a touching picture. 

4. I think this photo is balance because the lions are on each side of the photo and it look very pleasing to the eye. 

5. Nick uses a modified lens that creates a softer look and a tilt shift to his photos. 

6. He takes these photos to shoe the animals in a state of being and nothing drama filled or overwhelming. He likes his photos real and peaceful. 

7. He hopes to show the beauty of the animals and nature because of what bad things are happening such as deforrestation and global warming.  He hopes that people will realise what they are doing and make a change to the world and save the planet and animals. 

8. "Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the last places on the planet where one can still view multiple species en masse in the wild." 

Black and White Photographers part 3

1. The first photo i saw of john gutmanns, was of two strangers standing in an erie setting. It looks very mysterious and i love strange and abnormal looking photos.


2.
I see circus performers all surrounding me.
I smell the freshly popped kettle corn.
I hear chatter amongst many people.
I taste the cool crisp air on my tongue.
I feel my heart beat faster as the clowns perform.

I see people gathering around a broken window.
I smell the dirt being tossed in the air as people gather.
I hear talk go confusion and wonder.
I taste the dirt in my mouth as it flies up in the air.
I feel nervous as to what the man is going to do.

3. It would be fun to create a poster for John Gutmann. I could include strange drawing that go with his style of photography and obviously his photos. I would like to make it on a large thick poster to include information about him and his pictures.