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