Extra Credit

1. Ki Suk Han was pushed onto subway tracks after trying to stop a man that was harassing people. The photographer, R. Umar Abbasi, took the picture because he was trying to use the flash on his camera to alert the train that there was a man on the tracks and to signal for the train to stop.

2. The photographer said he took the photo because he was trying to save Han's life.

3. I don't think the photographer should have taken the photo, I think he should have tried to help Han up from the tracks.

4. I don't think the photographer did all he could in this situation because trains generally take awhile to come to a complete stop, so Han was likely to die, even if the conductor applied the brakes. I think Abbasi should have put down his camera and helped Han climb up from the tracks. That probably would have been more effective than taking pictures.

5. Although it is good news, I don't think the New York Post should have run the post because it's basically saying that it's okay to do what Abbasi did, which it isn't and many people may have been surprised or appalled at the picture because Han died.

6. I think stopping bad things from happening should be more important to a photojournalist because it could mean saving multiple lives, but I also think that many photojournalists believe that it is more important to capture the images of life as they happen, because that is their job.

7. I don't think it's okay for the photographer to take pictures of situations that they intervened in, only after they intervened in them, because it's kind of setting up the picture. Instead, the photographer should just intervene, if necessary, and not take pictures.

8. I think photojournalists should avoid intervening in events as they happen, unless it's a life or death situation because it's their job to not intervene and to take pictures.

9. I think the fourth comment is the most appropriate response for a photojournalist because it's most accurate, even if it's not ethical. A photojournalist's job is to take pictures and that is what Abbasi did, but other photojournalists may have chosen to act differently, as their values and ethics might have been different.

Review

1. Caption Review

Horse trainers Joe Columbia and Jerry Ilunin spend their nights getting their award-winning horse Sparkle ready for the upcoming Best Horse of 2014 competition in Orlando next May. Sparkle won the competition last year with her amazing tricks and nice looks.

Peanut the monkey cowers away as his trainer, Nick Jonaz walks toward him with a whip last Tuesday. Peanut was part of a world famous circus, but escaped last Wednesday.

2. Rules of photography 

a. Rule of Thirds: when the subject of the picture isn't centered, but is more toward one side of the picture.

b. Balancing Elements: when the subject is balanced in the picture whether it be because the subject is centered or because there are two subjects on either side of the picture.

c. Leading Lines- when there are lines drawing the viewer's attention to the subject.

d. Symmetry and Patterns (repetition): when there are elements of the picture that are repeating, which makes it visually appealing.

e. Viewpoint: the angle of which the picture is taken for example, bird's eye/worm's eye.

f. Background: when there is a plain background, so the picture can be more visually appealing, as the subject would be the actual subject as opposed to the busy background

g. Create depth: when depth is created in the picture, for example if something is more in front as opposed to something in the back, like mountains and it happens in layers.

h. Framing: when the subject is framed in the picture, whether it be intentional or not, for example taking a picture of the subject through a tunnel or hole.

i. Cropping: when the picture is more close up/cropped, making more of the focus on the subject as opposed to the noisy background.

j. Mergers and avoiding them: when something interferes with the subject, often times ending in a humorous result.

3. Aperture controls the amount of light that travels through the camera body. The larger the aperture (the smaller the f-number), the more light comes in and the smaller the aperture (the larger the f-number), the less light comes in. Shutter speed controls the length of time the camera has to capture the light. ISO is how sensitive the camera is to light. The higher the ISO, the more sensitive the camera.

4. Changing how the subject/person looks is unethical, especially if there are drastic changes. Changing the brightness, contrast, etc. is okay.

5. Self- when the photographer takes a picture of him/herself.

Casual- a casual picture where the subject isn't posing too much.

Environmental- lets the viewer know more about the subject like what they do for a living or what they do for fun.

6. Exposure: amount of light in an area and determines how light or dark an image will appear.

Depth of Field: shows that there are layers in the picture/multiple dimensions. foreground, middle ground and background.

Focal Length: the distance from subject the lens collects light.

7. Magazine Covers

Early-looks like a book

Poster: very few words, focus on picture

Married to Type- start to have more cover lines

Forest of Words: a lot of cover lines, picture no longer in foreground

Magazine Covers

Portrait & Self Portrait

Portrait

Self Portrait