Digital Photography Final

Rule of Thirds - Revisit

Rule of Thirds - Original 

Final Essay

       The Rule of Thirds assignment was given to us earlier this year, on October 2nd.  The assignment was to take three pictures demonstrating the use of the Rule of Thirds.  Each of the photos needed to be of a different subject matter such as landscape, portrait, and still life.  We were to demonstrate the Rule of Thirds in a creative way.  The photos needed to be focused and jitter slash blur free.  The photos also were to be taken using proper exposure techniques.
       When I revisited the Rule of Thirds assignment I executed it differently.  The second time I gave more attention to lighting and using proper exposure techniques.  The first time I did the assignment the photos didn't have vivid color and the second time I tried to take the pictures in better light so that the photos would have a brighter and more vivid color.  I also took more time, and put more effort into taking creative photos.  In all three photos I blurred the back ground and focused on the main object, which was within the Rule of Thirds.  I think over all I executed the assignment much better the second time.
       From this assignment I learn about my own style of photography.  On my own time I take a lot of photos using the Rule of Thirds.  By doing this assignment I learned about what the Rule of Thirds was.  By doing it again I saw how much I have learned this year about photography.  The second time I spent more time on the proper exposure and I think the new photos reflect a better photographer.  I have learned how to take a photo which is pleasing to the eye, which is what the Rule of Thirds does, makes a photo more pleasing to look at.
       I really enjoy taking photos using the Rule of Thirds.  When I am taking pictures for fun most of the time I find that I end up taking photos that demonstrate the Rule of Thirds.  I also enjoyed the freedom this assignment allowed.  We were told to take three photos demonstrating the rule of thirds, and we could pretty much go any where from there.  I enjoyed that if caused us to use our creative abilities and take what to us a pleasing photo.  This assignment was almost a "anything goes" as long as the rule was demonstrated, the subject matter was different in each, and it was school appropriate.
       The challenging part of this assignment was looking back over this years work and choosing one assignment that I wanted to do again and make better.  Choosing which technique I wanted to re-study, and learn a little bit more about.  It was also challenging to think of new and creative subject matter that I didn't use the first time.  Getting the right lighting and exposure was difficult for some of the photos and I had to shoot the image a few times before I got the photo I wanted.

Motion Blur (addition to the first post)

Visual Cultural Anthropology

Get My Good Side

Taylor Covert

Photography and the Law: Falling Bear

In late April of 2012 there was a bear lose on the CU- Boulder campus.  A student there captured a picture of the bear falling out of a tree.  The photo quickly went viral and out of control.  Duann recently started working for the university’s online student newspaper this past semester.   Duann agreed to sell the photo to the Daily Camera, which started an argument with the CU’s journalism department.  They had told Dunna he was not entitled to do this as they used it for the paper.  Dunna met with the chairman of the journalism department, Christopher Braider, and found that the copyright was fully his.  Duann joined the CU Independent late in the semester and never signed the standard contract, which states that any content produced for the online publication belongs to it.  Dunna doesn’t want any money for the photo and has turned it all down.  He just wants acknowledgement for his photo, “ I am happy that people enjoy my picture and that media outlets have given exposure to my picture. All I want is respect for my copyright”.  The camera offered to pay Duann $250 for the photo but Gil Asakawa had already talked to them, telling them the copyright for the photo belonged to the CU Independence and the student publication was due payment.  The Camera does not purchase photos from other publications; they share photos with other organizations and expect they will do the same in return.  Asakawa agreed to share the photo with the Camera as long as the credit was going to Duann and the CU Independence.  

invisible camera