Ava Nielsen's Photojournalism Blog

APERTURE Below, you can see the difference between two photos. One taken with an F16 aperture, while the other taken with an F2.8 aperture. Aperture is usually visualized at a human eye. Our cornea being like the front element of a lens, and aperture controlling how much light is let in, just like our iris in our eyes. The smaller the aperture the less light enters the camera, the larger the aperture, the more light enters the camera. Aperture effects depth of field by changing what the focus in the picture is by lessening or adding F stops. SHUTTER SPEED This is a photo with a high shutter speed. This is a photo with a slow shutter speed. a1) During the day I would've used a high shutter speed so the photo would come out clearly. There would already be enough light from the sun so you wouldn't need more time for the lens to gather light for the photograph. a2) During the night when it is dark I would probably change to a slower shutter speed because

A.) Since the start of photography, people have been changing the way photos look. People debate between how far you can go before the picture you're editing is unethical. Editors/journalists taking people out or adding people to photos is thought very unethical. Only editing small things like cosmetic things are still unethical, but not as much. B.) The philosophy of manipulating photos for newspapers and magazines like the New York Times and Washington post are very dead on and strict. Photo proofs have to be turned in before final pictures can be printed, and no alterations can be made on the photograph. C.) I think editing color of a photo is acceptable. I am all about making someone look tanner or the scene more saturated, but editing someone body to make them look skinnier or curvy or fat, etc. is so wrong beyond words. I think it is acceptable to edit out a pimple or something, but not make someones nose better, or eyes more oriented. D.)   I find this photo the most

1. Well to be completely honest, I thought about following composition rules, but they were definitely not my main goal when taking photos. So when you asked me to describe which one I used, I realized I had unintentionally followed them and so they did end up looking like one of each composition. 2. Most people, not just photographers, know what taking a picture in third person is. I really enjoy taking pictures, and looking at pictures taken with this composition, so I take a lot of photos in third person. 3. If I did the assignment again, I would definitely focus on the composition rules. Since I understand them better and have seen more examples of each one, then I feel like I could produce really good photos. 4. Something I would keep the same is definitely the manual setting. I really like this setting because you get to adjust different things the way you want them to be, so you get the exact picture you are looking for. 5. Third person I believe, is the easiest composit

SIMPLICITY In this photo, I focused on simplicity. What is in focus, is a part of the girls hair and face, but you can also the action of what she is doing. If I had put the whole photo into focus nothing would be standing out to the viewer. THIRD PERSON In this photo, my composition rule was third person. I could have put the girl in far left, in the center, but then it would have changed what your audience was seeing. I wanted them to see the girl, but also where she was. Since the girl who I was really striving to make the subject, is not really the first thing you might see, I probably would have changed my focus manually. AVOIDING MERGERS I really tried to follow the composition rule of  avoiding mergers in this photo. As you can see there is a girl, and behind her you can see a chalkboard with a metal strip at the top that would have looked like it was cutting into the head of the girl if I hadn't put her as just the focus. But

THE STORY This photo to me, tells the best story.  In this photograph it looks like students  or volunteers are cooking and handing out food (hot dogs) to homeless/ less fortunate people. ACTION AND EMOTION In my opinion, this photo shows both great action and emotion. The action of the water flying up causes the girls to gasp and giggle. FILLING THE FRAME This photo not only fits the frame, but also shows lots of interesting things going on. We have all the students gathered around the table touching or  feeling something, all smiling or laughing. We have some people taking pictures and two students in the back looking like they are trying to pry something open. MY FAVORITE This photo was probably my favorite photo out of all the photos I looked at. This photo doesn't follow any exact composition rules, but has a few combined including, third person and simplicity. 1. I could probably go in someones biology

1. While shooting, I actually didn't face very many challenges. When I was given my two prompts, I went outside and just kept a look out for photos that might look really cool as well as following the prompt. 2. When taking the photos I really focused on what I wanted a viewer of the photo to be focused on. So I kept constantly keeping in mind what the main thing someone would be looking at if they saw each picture. 3. I would really like to go out and shoot some more now that I know more about the rules of photography. I would definitely play around with third person and framing, which I never really thought about before. 4. I would probably keep themes the same when shooting. I really like having themes every time I take pictures. I like to act as if they are memories. 5. When I look back at my 4 photos I chose, I see that I did achieve third person with a few of my photos, and simplicity as well. 6. I would love to shoot the prompt "Person" again because I ha

LINES The reason I labeled this photograph under the composition of lines is because as you can see, the photographer obviously didn't plan the lines to contrast with the falling man, but that is how it ended up. The effect of the lines in this image really set the look of the photo rather than against some other designed building. SIMPLICTY This photo is an example of simplicity because the photographer most likely chose to zoom in on just the top of the building that was burning rather than getting the rest of the building or whole rest of the city in chaos. If they had done that, then it would have taken the focus away from the building on fire. RULE OF THIRD In this photo you can see the figure of a person standing among the rubbish left behind from the horrific event of 9/11. The photographer chose not to put the person in the direct middle of the photo because they were not trying to make the photo be focused on the person and on the whole scene as

Here are four of my best photos that I have taken in this class so far!

These are some photographs from the tragic event of 9/11, along with some factors photojournalists applied in their photos. LINES SIMPLICITY RULE OF THIRD FRAMING BALANCE AVOID MERGERS

1. Explain the “camera obscura” effect. How is it achieved?        The obscura effect is when inside a completely dark room and a small hole is made in a wall, and a light is shone through one end, and it projects upside down on the wall in the other room. 2. What invention during the 17th Century helped man get a step closer to creating the modern camera?       In the 17th century, Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens came to a better understanding of the process of making high quality glass lenses and optics. 3. What were the parts of the first modern camera invented by Niepce?      Niepce came and added the final touch to the camera...FILM. With this, he took the worlds first picture. 4.What do modern digital cameras have in common with Niepce’s camera?        Modern digital cameras contain glass lenses. 5. What do digital cameras use to capture an image?       Digital cameras today use an SD card to hold images. 6. What is the difference between the Auto Mode an

These are a few modern day photographers that I enjoy!! Andrew G. Hobbs "Beauty" Alex Prager "Deborah" Simon Powell "Ice Cream Parlour"