Portrait

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I like this photo because it is very cool to see this guy screaming at the top of his lungs while the shot was taken. This is candid of course, because this guy is definantly not posed, and it is at the peak of action as well. The lighting is comming down from the top of the man as well.

Best Covers

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#21 The Blunt Reality of War in Vietnam” appears on the November 26, 1965 cover of LIFE. Paul Schutzer’s photograph of a Vietcong prisoner with his eyes and mouth taped shut captured the tumultuous war. Schutzer was one of LIFE’s best photographers, but was killed on assignment while covering the Six-Day War in 1967.
I think this photo is very interesting because it shows vietnam prisoners of war and how they were treated. Almost like it is mocking the U.S. because they are considered "world police" and they have the right to treat prisoners like this.

Cover History

Early magazine covers did not have huge pictures on it or anything, just words. They tended to model them after the covers of books. The poster cover, from 1890-1960's was the only type of cover people used and it had many memorable photos to be seen. They were big photos as well. Pictures married to type introduced cover lines as well as new ideas for picture placement on the covers. In the forest of words more words were shown on magazine covers, as well as more enticing pictures to attract readers.

My portrait

I would like to take a portrait of a friend. His name is Evan and he plays the trumpet in our band. He spends alot of time doing it and he is really good because he has been playing for so long and it comes natural to him, watching him play is funny at times but he is a good musician.

Movie questions

1. What type of life does a war photographer have, and is it worth it?
I think the life of a war photographer is very secluded from normal lifestyle. These people are usually far away from family and friends for a long time and can be out in the middle of nowhere. It can also be very dangerous because there is always a chance that you can get killed, possibly by a stray bullet or bomb of some sorts, or being captured. I think that it is worth the risk because this is what these people want to do and they enjoy it, if they are rilling to take that risk then its worth it.
2. What type of subject matter does Nachtwey seem to focus on? Why do you think he does this? In alot of his photographs he seems to focus on the devestation of war. Whether it be on people loosing loved ones to war, like the lady who lost her son and they burried him, or cities or villages that have been bombed in war. He also focuses on poverty like in India when he was shooting the people who slept between traintracks and such.

action photo.

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The shutter speed is 1/500 which is 1 500th of a second. You can pretty much tell that it is an action shot that was stopped because everything looks still and there is almost no blur in the action.

I have not yet shot my action photo but I plan to with the class. I need to capture the peak of action and make sure to use a fast shutter speed so I don’t get a bad blur in the photo when it comes out.

Decisive Moment

I liked number 29 of the photos the most. The CVI is the man who was walking down the street. This photo is enviornmental because the man is doing what he does every day, it looks like he is going to work, even though he is dressed formally he did not plan for the photographer to be there to take his photo. Techniques used would be framing, the trees frame the man, as well as leading lines and simplicity. The eyes look fixed on somthing, they look evil and the lighting is diffused because of the day, it looks like a misty morning. This is a decisive moment because the photographer saw the man suddenly turn around and made the decision to shoot the picture. The caption says it was in marseille and the photographer was walking behind the man when he suddenly turned around.

Potrait intro

Formal shots are photographs with people who are usually dressed very nicely and posed in a certain way. Informal shots are of people who may not be dressed very nicely and not posed in a strict manor, they could be showing how they act in normal life. Environmental shots are of people in their natural habitat, what the spend most of their days doing. The eyes tell us what is going on with the person, what they are thinking about or if they have their eyes fixed on somthing. The background and body position can tell us how the person wants to be seen and how they act. Lighting affects the shot because of the different angles it can be shown at. Lighting could show if this person wants to be shown as scary or happy or mysterious.