Portraits

ICCA 11.14.12

This is a very touching photo for me. My grandfather served in the military and we have his flag hanging in our house. It is sad to see the widow hold the flag and cry. It would not be easy to shoot a funeral. I do like how she is wearing the red jacket and not the traditional black one. It almost seems like there is some happiness that her husband/family member is in a better place. It is not easy loosing somebody and you can see that in her eyes. They are looked washed out in sorrow and the photographer did a good job at capturing it.

Nature

ICCA 11.12.12

I am a little confused at this picture. I don't know what it is going on. It looks like fields are getting watered by these giant streams of water shooting up from the ground. Overall I love the colors of the photo, they are nice and vibrant in greens and the browns on the houses are not to dark. It looks interesting to see these random streams in a town.

Walter Astrada

Image 20 in the Myths in Norway portfolio.

Describing:

This portrait of a lady missing an arm was taken in Norway. The photo is very dark which brings out a dramatic effect for the photo. It puts a sad and depressing feeling with the photo. Then combined with her expression you can sense her fear and sadness. Then when you look up at her eyes she still seems very strong and powers through life despite what has been done to her.

Analyzing:

There is a clear focus on her missing arm. That may be why she is positioned the way she is.  But then her face drew us in too. Her face showed her sadness, but yet there is power and strength in her face. It is almost as if she was saying that she is not completely helpless. The lady is wearing a 1-piece bathing suit and seems to be in her 40’s. There is nothing but a plain grey background to draw all the focus to her and nothing else.

Interpreting:

We believe that he is trying to say, “I can be changed by something, but I refused to be reduced by it” with her facial expression. We think he took this photo to show that women abuse is happening everywhere and sometimes it is in extreme cases. He took this angle to show that she had lost her arm completely. This photo just has the women. This allows the person looking at it the photo to only focus on her. He left out others so this would happen. These affect the photo by giving a more dramatic feeling about her arm and her facial expression.

Evaluating:

Overall it is a touching subject for the both us. We both know victims of this.  There are a couple photos out of the Myths in Norway portfolio that we have had a hard time seeing why they are in there. But overall the rest of the photos show how hard it is for them. The specific photo we chose shows that there is people out that can be affected by this abuse, but still have the power to push through and not be reduced by it. 

By,

Jen Bielecki

Corey Cox

Corey Cox critiquing Bailey Hanna

I love the texture collage over the color one much more. Especially the bark picture. Also how there is different textures too. You use smooth, course and rough very nicely. Overall the photos complement each other very well since they deal with nature and could be found close to each other. It looks like you didn't have to do a lot of changes to these photos either. Maybe a brightness/contrast, levels and hue and saturation. The only picture I would change out of these is the pine tree branch and replace it with DSC_0305 (the ones that are standing upright). But I would need to see it in color to make a final choice on it. But overall very good job on the texture

For the color color collage it is not as strong as the texture. The photo I love that you used was the sign in the fireplace. I love how it just pops out with the yellow against the grayish color of the fireplace. Seeing the contact sheet there is nothing that I would change on this collage. The photos are not to complementary except in the fact they focus on yellow. But great job with all the adjustments, this too doesn't seem like it took many.

ICCA 10.24.12

After reading the interview of the photographer and seeing why this was an important photo, I believe I could take this photo. It does show that war does not just affect the soldiers or the government but it affects everyone. It was quite calming to see that they cut his handcuffs so he could embrace his child who was terrified. I also can picture the man's face under the hood to be almost crying or showing fear. I have lived a solider's life deployed before and it is never easy seeing stuff happen, but we know our goal and we try our hardest to reach it.

Color and Texture

ICCA 10.22.12

This pictures is a very sad scene. It is a quite powerful pose for the young child. The buzzard/vulture also gives a lot of meaning for the pic. It shows that people are starving in other countries. But the buzzard/vulture gives that creepy feeling that it is waiting for the child to die to feed. The colors in the photo are very nice and rich. It also draws your eyes back and forth between the bird and the child.

ICCA 8.17.12

This photo seems like a serious photo by the way the women's facial expression is. It has very contrast from lights to shadows around her face. The portrait draws your attention right to her eyes. It helps that the background is blurred slightly so that she stands out more.

Nature and Landscape

ICCA 10.10.12

This portrait has a gross factor to it. Her nose looks like it has been burned off. The colors are nice and vivid and out very well with the tannish background, also it complements her skin tone. The lighting is well done to capture all the elements and textures of the subject.

Panorama Assignment

ICCA 10.8.12

This is a sad looking photo. You have a bunch of graves dug out with one filled in. Then there is a dog that looks sad next to the filled grave.The photo has great use of lines with the grave holes and the side walls of the graves themselves. The shot was taken at a great angle to show the amount of the graves while still capturing the one filled grave with the cross and the dog next to it.

Anthony Karen: KKK wedding photo

Describing:

A. This was taken in the deep woods of Louisiana.
B. These are members of the KKK and they are getting married in a KKK ceremony.
C. The photo is black and white with lines from the trees and textures from the vegetation.

Analyzing:

A. The stuff that draws our attention is that the bride is in all white, and the groom has a bright white cross on his mask that draws you in. You can tell from this photo that it is placed in the woods for seclusion, because they are apart of the KKK.
B. They are wearing a traditional KKK gowns and caps/veils from ceremonies. The couple seems like they are in their late 20's to early 30's. The relationship between these two people are that they are newly weds or getting married soon. There are no facial expressions in the picture due to the mask/veil, but their body language is very stiff towards one another spite the fact that are getting married.
C. The photo seems to be taken during late afternoon. The mood of the picture seems gloom spite the fact it day of celebration. The woods provide the seclusion of the couple from everyone else.

Interpreting:

A. This is a picture of a couple about to get married or just married. He is saying that they prefer to so secluded from the rest of society that they even hold their own weddings. He took this picture at this time because he could capture the couple before/after the wedding. Also he chose this angle because it would a traditional wedding picture.
B. This picture only focuses on the couple only, so it leaves out the rest of the wedding party.

Evaluating:

A. For the overall work we liked it, but the subject is interesting but uneasy due to the history of the KKK. It was important to show that the KKK is still around and that they maintain a deep culture among themselves. The knowledge we have gained is that they are private group (the vagueness of the location and no pictures of the ceremony) and that even they live in small personal community.

By,
Jennifer Bielecki
Corey Cox

Shadows

Sharpened the grass and car was changed to pink

umbrella was changed to purple and fixed the railing

ICCA 9.17.2012:

The background of the photo is very over exposed. It also seems like the people were edited into the picture. It quite the emotional scene though.

ICCA 9.12.12

I love the contrast in this photo, from the flesh tone hand holding the black hand. The photo is also nicely balanced with both hands in the center of the photograph. It also shows a sense of emotion from hand hand holding the other. Lighting is also very nice, it is soft with not to many shadows. It is also not a flat photo, you can see how nice and big the hands are while the shadows from the people are small and still in frame.

Assignment: Space

ICCA 9.10.12

In the photo the shape is very geometric with the stright lines from the build and tight rope the man is walking on. It also seems very flat due to how high the subject is up. If the photographer was shifted more left to get a better vantage point the shot could have been much better. It would have allowed a more 3d look with buildings. Also the lighting is dim.

Assignment: Framing and Form

Pictures taken of a kitten named Leo.

Top one cropped.

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