Michael Carroll _ Romanian Relief

Michael Carroll :  

Michael Carroll founded the Romanian Relief fund in 1990 , to help children in orphanages who had AIDS. The orphanages had many kids and hardly any workers because the president had ordered every family to have 5 children . This organization helps to provide them with medical supplies , food , clothes , and toys to keep the orphanages running decently. 

These Images are very compelling , because they make you want to go to Romania  and help these children yourself .

Photographs taken at Stage fort park:

Stop Shutter Priority: Post Assignment

The assignment was to take photographs using the stop shutter priority method to capture everything in the moment the photograph was taken. I looked to photograph people for this assignment , because it was easier than taking pictures of things that I would have to figure out how to move and take the picture at the same time.  The steps I took to accomplishing this assignment were to have a few people jump off of a ledge while I took continuous pictures, and then I picked the best 3 out of about 400 pictures. I believe that I could have improved my photographs by using a better background.

I like this picture because she has the cartoon effect of walking off of something and not 

falling until you realize that there is nothing left to walk on.

I like this picture because it looks like he is falling from something higher than the ledge actually was (like

the roof of the school).

I like this picture because it looks as if her feet are still on the ledge when they are actually further away from 

the ledge than they seem.

Minor White:

Minor White was born July 9 ,1908 in Minneapolis , Minnesota where he grew up, after going to college for 5 years he moved to Portland, Oregon where he started his career in photography. After moving he joined the Oregon Camera Club that exhibited his photographs in The Portland Art Museum . He died at age 67 on June 24 , 1976 as an abstract photographer.

I like this photograph because it captures city life in the early 1900's.

I like this photograph because it reminds me of Gloucester.

I like this picture because it captures the beauty of a flower that is long since dead .

Walker Evans:

Walker Evans was born November 3 ,1903 in St.Louis , Missouri and grew up to become a photographer very well known for photographing the great depression. He photographed poor farming families and their struggle during the great depression. The people in his photographs became the poster children for the Depression Era , in which many families were in poverty and sadness. In 1938 his photographs were put on exhibit in The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Evans died April 10 , 1975 as a well known depression era artist.

I like this picture because it captures the styles of the middle class during the depression era.

I like this picture because it portrays the worry of a mother during the depression , her emotions

are fully captured in this photograph.

I like this photograph because it portrays an entire family during the depression era.

Pre-Assignment: Stop Shutter Priority

This assignment is to capture images of moving objects using the stop shutter priority method. For this assignment I plan to focus on people and animals, because I believe that animals and people would be easier to capture than inanimate objects that would have to be thrown or moved.

These are some inspirations I found for this assignment:

Post Assignment: Imogen Cunningham

I chose my three images because I liked the way the flowers looked , and I like the way one of them  has a painted effect. This assignment was easy because I just did a close up on the flowers and choose the three I liked the best. I could improve my image process by learning how to better use the iso and apature.

I like the light in the background of the picture , because it makes the flower seem closer than it actually is.

I like the darker flowers surrounding the white rose because it gives the image depth.

I like this image because the vase gives the flower a sense of depth behind it.

Julia Margaret Cameron:

Julia Margaret Cameron was born June 11, 1815 and died January 26, 1879 at the age of 63.She was a British photographer that was known for her portraits ,and her photo career was only eleven years long. Her photography wasn't well known in her time nor did she win any awards for it but she is well known today by photographers with a similar style.

I like this picture because it gives a sense of thinking and being focused on many things at once.

I like this picture because it is kind of eerie , like she is hiding another side of her personality in the darkened side of her face.

I like this picture because it gives a sense of child-like innocence.

Ansel Adams:

Ansel Adams was born February 20, 1904 and died April 22, 1984 at the age of 82. He was known for his pictures of landscapes(mostly in black and white). He developed the Zone System (A way to determine proper exposure and adjust the exposure.) He received a doctorate of arts from Harvard and Yale , along with many other awards for his many works.

I like this photograph because the skyline reflects off of the water.

I like this picture because it captures two different types of tree leaves .

I like this picture because of the mountains in the background and the road  I believe that they add depth 

to the picture.

Henri Cartier-Bresson:

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born August 22,1908 and died August 3, 2004 at age 95. Cartier-Bresson was a French Photographer and he was said to be the founding father of photojournalism. He went to École Fénelon school , at 20 he attended a private arts school ,attended Cambridge University , and also wrote a book called The Decisive Moment.

I like this photo because it captures old architecture and it looks as if the person riding the bike is 

painted on the road.

I like this picture because the reflection of the man in the water .

I like this image because of the mountains and skyline in front of the four women praying.

Imogen Cunningham :

Cunningham was born April 12th 1883 and died June 24th 1976( at age 83). She was known for her photographs of flowers and Industrial landscapes. Her photos were exhibited in Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Science, Rencontres d'Arles festival (in France),Wilson's Photographic Magazine, and Vanity Fair. She was also invited by Ansel Adams for a position in the photography department at Cali. School of Fine Arts. 

I like this image because I think the flower is very beautiful and the background makes it look

as if nothing in the photo (Branches) is as important as the flower.

I like this image because it has an effect of being painted when it is actually a photograph.

I like this image because it seems to stop time, I also like the fact that everything in the photo looks

 as if the woman didn't even realize that the photograph was being taken. 

Pre-Assignment : Get Close Event

For this event we are asked to focus on the depth of field in a close up image.Approaching this assignment I would like to capture the depth of field in flowers.

Post Assignment: Bad Photo Event

In this event we are asked to take photos with bad composition , bad white balance, bad light balance, all over blur , and subject blur. Approaching this assignment I want to focus on Animals because they move around a lot , and people because I believe bad composition is easier to capture if you have someone to focus on. 

Marry Ellen Mark:

Mary Ellen Mark was born March 20, 1940. She had 16 photo collections published and exhibited in museums across the globe ,  has a masters degree in photojournalism, and has written many books. Her photos are about social issues in society and focus on world wide issues. 

I like this picture because it contradicts traditional belief that a husband should be taller than his wife.

I like this picture because it captures the emotion of the person in the picture.

I like this picture because it helps give support to people with cancer .

Post Assignment : Paul Strand

I chose my three images because I liked the way the light fell onto the buildings and I liked the way the light came through the branches of the trees. There weren't many challenges in this assignment because I just looked for the light in the images through the camera.

Pre-Assignment-

Paul Strand born October 16, 1890 and died March 31, 1976 in New York City. He worked in abstract photography and created his own motion pictures ,and In 1949  left for France's  film festival.He is important because of his abstract and depth of shadow works in photography. We were given an assignment to take photo graphs in the style of Paul Strand this means that we are to take photographs of people , things , and the depth of shadow behind the subject of our photographs. My approach to this assignment is to take pictures of light falling on buildings and close ups of plants.