Digital photography

Barry Lopez, an award-winning author, discontinued his career as a photographer in 1981. Although photography played a great role in his life, he felt that it was distracting to his work as a writer. The amount of time he spent trying to focus the camera to capture an encounter would make him forget crucial details. He also felt uncomfortable with the way photographs turned events into a single moment. He stresses over the fact that he “makes photographs” rather than “takes them” as a way of…

13 to work. He found a job at Rochester Savings Bank, earning the role of bookkeeper in 1877. Eastman was always careful around money, only spending it on his favourite hobby- photography. At age 24, George planned a trip to Santo Domingo, deciding to document it in pictures upon the suggestion of a friend. But the photography equipment by itself was so excessive in size and expensive, he invested in buying the equipment but never ended up going on the trip. The wet plate camera, also known as…

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analyzes four different documentary projects. These projects include photographs from Richard Pratt, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Francis Benjamin Johnston, as well as amateur photographers. Each of these projects illustrates the different ways photography was used to demonstrate the civilization of Native American Indian children. In addition, they allow us to observe how the meaning of photographs can change over time. Although these photographs were once seen as evidence of the progress in…

Wabi Sabi: The Beauty of Imperfection In her essay, “An argument about beauty”, Susan Sontag implies we look past blemishes and imperfections. Sontag references “…scratches… in the surface of an Old Master painting…”(Sontag, 1), something she says we “…reflexively screen out or see past” (Sontag, 1). It seems obvious that Sontag finds these imperfections distasteful and unworthy of attention. However, this idea of ignoring an interruption of the expected landscape for the sake of enjoying the…

In the short film, The Other Pair, the two boys that showed their kindness was very inspiring. In the beginning of this short film, you can see the poor boy trying to fix his old, ripped up sandal. He gets frustrated and sad that he can't fix nor afford a new sandal. Then he notices a boy who seems to be in a better financial condition wearing shiny black shoes, by looking at this boy you can immediately tell that he cares about his shoes very much, and he's proud of them. The poor boy looks in…

Beginning with 40,000 year-old, prehistoric cave paintings, humans have used images to communicate (Ocean Media). Even after the invention of written language, pictures have retained their singular power as the most effective form of emotional communication for the masses. In advertising, a picture truly is worth a thousand words. And, photographs are among the most potent images of all. Advertising “asks [the viewer] to go somewhere, do something, try something, buy something, accept some…

in the city. Robert Capa got his first break as a photographer in Berlin, Germany when he saw Hachenperg’s photos and was invited to Leon Trotsky as he lectured on the meaning of the Russian Revolution. At one point, Robert had to teach photography to pay his bills. fRobert wasn’t a saint, but his photos gave so much back to society. He photographed his subjects with great dignity, empathy, and soul. His photographs showed us the bravery of the men and women who gave their lives in a war…

Assignment 3: Video & Image Editing I realize that there is an internet social media culture that enjoys taking pictures and posting them online for their friends, family, and the world to see. I have friends that post pictures multiple times a day seemingly storing their pictures on social media for all to devour anytime they choose. Many of the photos that my friends post online are edited with some sort of software that they have downloaded or with software that is included in their…

Forced perspective photography, is when you put something close to the camera to make it look bigger in size. And when you take the photo with the secondary item with the object in front of the camera it will appear as to be farther away. Close up photo tips: When the camera is close to the object that you are trying to take the picture of it will look more real. The forced perspective technique, it results as it manipulates our human perception with the use of optical illusions to make…