Author: anitarod

In the first episode, 5 photographers faced off to try and capture the best picture they could of Miles Chamley Watson, a US Olympic fencer. They focused on action photography.  The whole point of the project was to capture the essence of his athleticism and his personality in only 30 minutes. They photographers had 2 2different cameras to shoot from, the Canon EOS IDX Mark II and the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV . Out of all the photographers, my favorite was Roxy because she introduced herself to Miles unlike the other photographers that came in before her and she stayed on track on what she needed to capture. I also liked her picture the most out of all the others and her picture ended up being chosen as the best one. At the end they had to send 1 photographer home so only 4 remained. In the second episode, they focus on fashion photography. The photographers had to shoot a Pamella Roland advertisement campaign. They got to choose from the Canon EOS 5DS, Canon EOS 5D Mark III, and they got a choice from prime lens’s from Canon’s L series. They got to chose a model and a dress to photograph. They also got to tell the hairdressers and makeup artists how they wanted their hair and makeup to be done so Roxy had an advantage because the boys didn’t know too much about makeup and how they wanted it. This time I liked Jamiya’s, Scott’s, and Roxy’s, but Roxy’s background was a little too distracting from the dress. Jamiya ended up winning the contest this round and even though Roxy had a distracting background she didn’t get sent home. I think photographers have a tough job and I respect them for being able to take such amazing pictures that capture emotions, personality, and so much more in just one photo.

JPEG – JPEG files are compressed quickly in the camera and They are set up to store as many images on the memory card as possible. These files tend to be small.

TIFF – These file formats are usually uncompressed, and offer the opportunity for extensive post-processing. Since this file format is uncompressed, the size of the file will be much larger and there for meaning that they will take up more space.

RAW – Raw files are compressed using a process that retains all of the information originally captured. This option is preferred by professional photographers.

DNG (Digital Negative) –  This file format is an attempt to create a standard raw file format across all manufacturers and cameras. This gives you the ability to use image processing software such as Lightroom and Photoshop.

PNG – PNGs are compressed in a lossless format, and so retain all the digital detail. PNGs give you the ability to maintain transparency, which is ideal for things like overlays or logos.

GIF – Like PNGs they also offer the ability to maintain transparency.  GIF files can only contain a maximum of 256 colors, and therefore are not the best choice for photos, but rather images with a limited color palette.

BMP –  BMPs are large file sizes as color data is saved in each individual pixel in the image without any compression. As a result this provides a high quality digital file, which is great for use in print, but not ideal for web usage.

PSD – PSD files are that it allows for manipulation on specific individual layers, rather than on the main image itself. PSD gives you the ability to manipulate the image extensively on separate layers.

1. I have some pretty strong composition in my photos.
2. I think I did a good job editing my photos. I really like the vintage tint I put on them because I feel like that’s my cats vibe. Its anything vintage or spooky.
3. Something I would do differently if I shot this assignment again would be to use my other cat as my subject because this cat right here was giving me a hard time and she did not want to stay still for one second and as you can see, she looks mad. I also would use some different objects to frame my subject to make it look cooler.
4. I think the photo on the right belongs on the blog and should be considered the best out of all photo classes because I framed my subject really well and because my cat looks funny!

This is lot #129 by Salvador Dali and I chose it because out of all the art pieces, this one was my favorite. In the painting I see an eyeball at the center of the painting. There is a tear coming out of the eyeball and it forms what looks like a hot spring. Inside of the hot spring, there is a swan and outside of the hot spring, there is a swan’s egg laying on the floor. The setting throughout the artwork looks almost desert like. Behind the eyeball there is a cloud background and in the clouds, there are two elephants lightly painted. I think that they are trying convey to the viewer a metaphor that sometimes when we cry, our tears would be able to fill up a hot spring. I think that the elephants in the clouds represent deceased people or animals that are the reason why the eye is crying.