Monday, May 19, 2008

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

photo essay/illustration brainstorming

essay:
I'm going to do my photo essay on the story of how my mom and her fiance got together and his son. It's a very cool story, trust me :] and I'm gonna do it as a narrated documentary

illustration:
Idon't know yet :/

In depth

Photo made into reality
This is a photo illustration a drink with bubbles in the shape of a snowflake. It's supposed to be about drinks for the holidays. I like it because it looks real and winter is my favorite season :]



Composite
This is a photo of beers on a grill, trying to illustrate the best type of beers to have with a barbeque. I like it because it looks awesome and i love barbeques.



Photo made into art
This is a photo of New York in 2003 and it is illustrating how the city is still strong after 9/11. I like this because it looks all full and busy.



Staged (traditional)
This is a photo of a man in a scuba mask with a lil fish in it :]
It illustrates the unexpectedness of scuba diving and I like this because it's a cool concept and the guy's nose looks funny.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

photo illustrations

My favorite photo illustration was the one about Lefthanders Day. The message was to display how people who are lefthanded are unique and special, a photo of Kermit the frog was used to show that the story was more like a feature. I think they used bridge and photoshop.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

action photography

Zone focus: This is when you focus on a particular area (zone) that action will go towards, then set your focus to the zone and wait for the action to come to you.

Shutter speed: It's best to use the highest shutter speed possible to stop action and get an awesome money shot.

Panning: You could also use a low shutter speed, but move your lens with your subject so it won't blur. And the background will have a cool blur effect :]

Waiting for the pause: During a game you would shoot when the person or team has natural pauses while waiting for something to come to them or changing direction.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cover History

1. Early Magazine Covers were simple and not very colorful. Most covers looked like book covers of that time, while some covers were just a table of contents. A few covers used illustrations as ornamentation, but not until the mid 1800's, did the images actually pertain to what the magazine was about. Cover lines didn't really appear until the 1870's.

2. The Poster Covers are basically big photos with a title and with little/no words.
3. Pictures Married to Type is when the photo on the cover is about equal to the amount of text on the cover. I guess they call it "married" like how a couple should be equal.
4. In the Forest of Words is where there are so many words on the cover that it's almost as if they're more important than the photo and