People taking pictures

Bye, Bye, Blog....Last blog post, photogs taking pictures

News organizations throughout the country is fighting for photo access from the White House.

Another example to illustrate "If you don't fight for your right, they will be taken away."

http://freebeacon.com/newsroom-protests-against-white-house-spread/

Final exam. tips

I figure out that we might not have enough time to go through ethics materials as much as I wanted. Also, it is time to boost up your grade, therefore, I am passing on this study tips for questions I will likely ask you on ethics in the Final Exam. You will be able to find the answer by reading the Ethics chapter, reading the course materials in the classwork folder, and pay attention to the discussion in class.  Only a few questions will be picked from below though. Here you go:

Ethics exam tips on Ethics

According to the author (Kobre), what are the frameworks for making ethical decision?

What happened to the photo showing the Iceland volcano ash that eventually being recalled by Reuters photo agency in April, 2010?

What is the code of ethics listed by National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)?

What did photographer Boris Yaro said to another photographer who tried to stop him while he was taking photos of Robert Kennedy dying on the ground after being assassinated?

Why shouldn’t we pay subjects for letting us to take their photos?

What should you do or shouldn’t do while taking up photo assignment of a funeral?

Renowned photographer Eddie Adams took a photo that publicly considered as changing public opinion about the Vietnam War, what was that photo about?

 When Life magazine photographer Flip Schulke was shooting a civil right march led by Martin Luther King in Alabama and saw some black kids was being shoved to the ground by police, he stopped shooting but dragging the kids away. What did Dr. King told him at that moment?

The author mentioned several times about “breakfast test” in describing ethical standards in publishing photos. What is the term means?

In a 1975 photo of woman and a child falling off a collapsing fire escape, despite a strong complaint from the readers on publishing the photo, some effect was achieved by publishing the photo. What was that?

What did the Website of Best of Photojournalism contest do to an award-winning photo showing a half-naked woman being sexually assaulted by a crowd at Mardi Gras in order to protect the identity of the victim?

What did National Geographic magazine do to a 1982 cover photo of the pyramids of Giza?

Charlotte Observer photographer Patrick Schneider’s manipulated photo of two grieving firefighters eventually earned him a 3-day suspension and also being stripped off of an award he had already won with that photo. What did he do to that photo?

What did Time magazine do to the police mug shot of O. J. Simpson on its cover in 1994? What is the public’s reaction to the photo?

Storytelling

There are so many storytelling moments in an event waiting for you to discover. Observe different aspects of an event and try to capture them. The style of one photo tells it all is outdated ever since the online news outlet were invented. We can always use more.

blog tally update

Last blog posting of the semester

Person taking photographs

1. The photographer need to be easily visible.
2. Subject(s) being photographed also need to be included in your photo.

Due Dec. 2 (Monday)

This will conclude the extra credit (5%) for this course.
Your score will be calculated proportionally out of the 10 postings.

No set-up photos!

Support for photojournalist

Interesting read, what a French newspaper did in support of photojournalist/photographers

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2307127/french-newspaper-removes-all-images-in-support-of-photographers

"Toolman" Checkout alll the tools on his belt

man with tool

Fill flash effect

Fill-in -1 ETTL flash to open up the shadow to match the background.

Bounce flash effect

Bounce flash to the corner of left side wall.

The freezing action on flash

Helen Montoya visit

shadows

SHADOW PHOTOS

                            Students walking to there class while the sun is out on campus.

Next week's topic: People working with tools in hand

Must have tools in hand and using it.
Working means it is a job. Someone playing a guitar under the tree on campus is not working.
Due next Wed. before class starts.

Shadows

Wanted to shoot more but, the overcast was not ideal conditions for harsh shadows.

My shadow, the photographer