Photo By: Ed Clark of Life Magazine
"Going Home"
In the image by Ed Clark’s “Going
Home” we see a man in the navy weeping while playing the accordion with women
in the background who also seem to be grim. The first thing you wonder to
yourself when you look at this photo is why is this man crying? Are they tears
of joy or sadness? In my first reaction I could tell that they were from
sadness. I could tell that he was in the navy from the anchor on his hat and
knew that these strong military men don’t cry over spilt milk, so it must have
been something devastating.
Principle 1: Black and White or
Color?: In this photograph the photographer decided to use black and white
film instead of color, even though color was available during the time period. It
created a crisp contrast between light and dark colors. It also played a little
bit with the time period taken in 1945 African Americans still did not have
equal rights in the United States.
Principle 2: Subjects
Expression: in this photo the subject has a rare venerable expression that
we don’t see to many service men had. He is in a sense of loss and grief that
is overwhelming him to the point where he can’t fight back his tears.
Principle 3: Rule of Thirds: In
this picture Ed Clark the photographer decided to use the rule of thirds by not
putting the subject in the center of the picture. This is a common concept that
many photographers use to draw the eye to many different places in the background
and foreground.
Truth
Photo By: John Decker
John Decker has a tendency of
photographing the truth about homelessness in Northern California. On his
website he has many folders of where he went around taking pictures of the
homeless doing their everyday tasks. In my
own “ways of knowing” I used sense perception to tell me that this was showing
the truth behind the image (wok). People don’t choose to be homeless; they just make
choices that lead them to it. John Decker has a great view point of these
homeless men and women. As Shahidul Alam stated in his interview from the
content “any time that you are really able to tell the stories about the people,
is when you live their lives, you breathe the air that they breathe, you share their
concerns and you look out for them in the same way.”(youtube) This is exactly what John
dose with all of his photography subjects.
Principle 1: Quality of Light:
In this photo John’s quality of light is ok in a sense. It seems to be a hazy
day outside with lots of overcast. But he still captured enough light to see
the contrast with all of the faces.
Principle 2: In or out of focus:
In this photograph the subjects in the foreground are in focus while the
background seems to be a bit out of focus. His main concern was to capture his
homeless subjects as they hang out by the water.
Principle 3: Texture: In
this picture there is an endless variety of textures. We have the wet river in
the background, the soft fuzziness of the flannel shirt and sweatshirt. We have
the course damp dirt on the ground. And also we have all the textures of the bark
on the tree trunks and twigs.
Not the Truth
Photo By: Kitra Cahana
My generation of people in their
early 20’s seem to have a bad reputation with older generations today. As Professor
Nordell stated in his video “older generations promoting that young people are
always on their phones, with this constant barrage of videos and twitter and
instant messaging.” (youtube) And this is quite true for the majority of 20 something
year olds but not for all. The older generation is quite bias against us just
in the way professor Nordell stated. 50 and 60 year olds think that all young
adults don’t know how to work without technology and joke with saying that we
would die without it. But how is it any different from the older generations
and radios or typewriters. Could they have had enjoyment and completed tasks
without their modern technologies? This is the way we were raised and we can’t
help it. In the picture by Katira it shows young adults at a dance party with black
lighting and paint everywhere, it is the stereotypical version of us that older
adults are bias against. Where in fact only a hand full of young adults even
have the time of thinking about having an evening like this. I came to this
understanding by my “emotion/intuition” from the four ways of knowing (Woks)
Principle 1: Contrast
Appropriate: in this photograph Katira brilliantly captures the stunning
contrast of bright neon paint against the dancers white shirts. Also there is
contrast where you cannot see any bright colors in the background that is a
dark blue gray color.
Principle 2: Use of shadows: In
this image the use of shadows is everywhere. There is lighting above creating a
shadow underneath every raised arm and tilted head as they dance to the music.
Principle 3: Exposure Time:
for this photo to be captured without any blur anywhere and with such fast
movement of the dancing the exposure time must have been extremely fast. If not
then every aspect of movement would have a streaky blurred aspect to it.
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