Simplicity, The Rule of Thirds, Lines, Balance, Framing, and Avoiding Mergers

 Balance:
In this picture, they kept it balanced by off centering the city but still fitting it in the framing.

 Lines:
In this picture, the World Trade Center is creating lines behind the man going towards the ground.

Simplicity:

The main focus of the picture is the Statue of Liberty.

Framing:

In this picture, they created framing using the signs near the top and the roadways headed towards LAX.  

Rule of Thirds:

In this picture, the World Trade Center is off centered to the middle-top right.  

Avoiding Mergers:

In this picture, the firefighter has a pole coming out of the top of his head creating a merger.

The Camera

The Camera
1. Inside a completely dark room, a tiny hole is created in one wall. Through the hole light is focused, and the outside scene is projected (upside down) on the opposite wall.
2. In the 17th century, the modern camera came one step closer when Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.
3. In 1827 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce added the final touch. He added film to create the first successful photograph, and the modern camera was born: A glass lens, a dark box, and film.
4. Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film.
5. Digital cameras capture the images with an electronic sensor called a CCD.
6. Auto: camera will completely control flash and exposure. Program: auto-assist, point & shoot
7. The camera will attempt to blur out the background using fastest available lens settings.
8. Sports mode freezes motion by using the fastest shudder speed possible.
9. Prepare the camera to shoot.
10. Flash off, use when light is already present in shot.
11. Default flash, used when camera needs light.
12. The pic will get washed out.
13. Picture will be too dark to visibly see.
14. Relative measurement of light.
15. one
16. two
17. Allows more light into the picture
18. Allows less light into the picture
19. The size of opening for the light.
20. Increase opening size of aperture. 

Great Black & White Photographers

Abbott

Ansel Adams

Robert Adams

First Day Photos

                                      

Second largest Oak Tree in Austin, Texas. I chose this photo to post on my blog because it is the centerpiece of Bowie Highschool's Courtyard. I could've made it a better photo by finding a different angle.

This is a water hose plugged in to a wall in Bowie's courtyard. There is leaking water running down the wall with algae growing inside of it. I chose this picture because it is somewhat similar to street style photography and I'm kind of interested in improving my street photography ability.