Friday, March 27, 2015
Lens Blog - Variety
We chose photo 6. The junkyard background shows variety. The jumbled cans and debris add to the apparent low socioeconomic situation of the subject of the photograph. The photograph effectively depicts the emotion of the scenario, in which the man from the Mississippi Delta doesn't have enough money for proper housing or a decent meal. He has to eat his goats instead. It is a good example because it is so busy, allowing the eye to roam freely to take in all the elements of the photograph.
Monday, March 23, 2015
Half Past Autumn Part 3 and 4
1. What is your definition of successful?
2. What have you given up to become successful?
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
Parks gave up much of his family time with his wife and children.
I believe success is measured not by fame or wealth, but by happiness. Joy is one of the greatest things life has to offer.
2. What have you given up to become successful?
I have taken few risks on my path to success. One is my time commitment.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
Parks gave up much of his family time with his wife and children.
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
Her step father was one of the founding father of the UN, Ambassador V.K. Wellington Koo.
Her step father was one of the founding father of the UN, Ambassador V.K. Wellington Koo.
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
Parks was advanced 10,000 dollars.
Parks was advanced 10,000 dollars.
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on The Nation of Islam?
5,000.
5,000.
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
He didn't have the same ideals Muhammad had.
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
The Learning Tree was Parks' first film.
The Learning Tree was Parks' first film.
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
Shaft was an African American hero. He was a figure that African Africans looked up to. He represented the dreams and hopes of the black people, and provided them with a role model to follow.
Shaft was an African American hero. He was a figure that African Africans looked up to. He represented the dreams and hopes of the black people, and provided them with a role model to follow.
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
His choice of weapon was his camera. "I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."
11. What reason did Genevieve Young give for the divorce?
She was worn out by Gordon Park's life. She wanted more freedom in her own career. She did not like Gordon's lack of organization.
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
Twelve Years a Slave told the same story.
Twelve Years a Slave told the same story.
13. Who was Gordon Parks, Jr?
Gordon Parks Jr was an American director, who is best known for his film Super Fly. He is the son of Gordon Parks.
Gordon Parks Jr was an American director, who is best known for his film Super Fly. He is the son of Gordon Parks.
14. What is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
My favorite Gordon Parks photo is the one with the maid with the broom and the mop in front of the American flag, American Gothic.
My favorite Gordon Parks photo is the one with the maid with the broom and the mop in front of the American flag, American Gothic.
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in ten years?
In ten years, I'll remember that he was the black photographer who revolutionized photography and also was a film director and musician.
In ten years, I'll remember that he was the black photographer who revolutionized photography and also was a film director and musician.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Principles of Design - Repetition
Original:
Edited:
-Decreased exposure
-Increased saturation
This photograph shows repetition. Like many other manufactured products, each individual piece is not actually individual, but instead identical to its millions of twins. The repetition of this pattern creates unity within the photograph.
Edited:
-Decreased exposure
-Increased saturation
This photograph shows repetition. Like many other manufactured products, each individual piece is not actually individual, but instead identical to its millions of twins. The repetition of this pattern creates unity within the photograph.
Principles of Design - Pattern
Original:
Edited:
-Increased vibrance
-Decreased exposure
-Decreased whiteness
This photograph shows variety. There is a variety of colors, shapes, and lines. All these factors roll together to create a interesting photograph. Pattern is a repeating object that is consistent throughout the photograph.
Edited:
-Increased vibrance
-Decreased exposure
-Decreased whiteness
This photograph shows variety. There is a variety of colors, shapes, and lines. All these factors roll together to create a interesting photograph. Pattern is a repeating object that is consistent throughout the photograph.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Elements of Art - Texture
Original:
Edited:
-Increased clarity
-Decreased shadow
-Increased exposure
This photograph shows texture. Plant life appears textured in images, due to the veins of the leaves, the natural change in depth of field of the leaves, and the contrast of sunlit leaves and the darkness of the plants below.
Edited:
-Increased clarity
-Decreased shadow
-Increased exposure
This photograph shows texture. Plant life appears textured in images, due to the veins of the leaves, the natural change in depth of field of the leaves, and the contrast of sunlit leaves and the darkness of the plants below.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Elements of Art - Color and Chlorophyll
Original
Edited
-Cropped
-Decreased saturation of the plants
-Increased saturation of black
This photograph shows not only color, but great color contrast. The assignment was to capture green in the picture, so I shot the picture with red as well, to illustrate a greater color contrast.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Elements of Art - Space and Stems
Original
Edited
-Increased clarity
-Slight cropping
-Increased contrast
-Increased vibrance
I chose this picture because it shows use of space. Space in a picture brings attention to the subject of the picture, the sunlit branches of the tree.
Half Past Autumn Questions
1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
The doctor put Gordon in cold ice water and rubbed his back with ice.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
Fort Scott, Kansas
3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?
She told him not to waste his parents' money going to college, especially since going to college was rare for a black student.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?
Gordon was 15 years old.
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
St. Paul, Minnesota
6. Did Gordon graduate from college?
He didn't graduate from college; He got an honorary doctorate
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
He photographed for a woman's clothing store owned by Frank Murphy.
8. What is a "double exposure?"
It is when the photographer layers one exposure on top of another to create a single image. (For Gordon, it was a mistake)
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
He was the husband of Marva Louis who told him to move to Chicago. He was also a boxer.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
He played piano.
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
The FSA educated the public especially about poverty.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
Stryker told him to get himself a topcoat, go to a restaurant for food, and watch a film, which came out to be impossible because Gordon was a Negro.
13. Who was Ella Watson?
She was the African American maid whom Gordon photographed. She had glasses and posed in front of the American flag with a mop and broom.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
"Maid in America" by Gordon was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
He learned to approach people. He also learned he couldn't just photograph bigots and call them bigots. He had to show how and why they were bigots. Also, the people who were photographed were more important than the photographer.
16. When did the FSA shut down?
The FSA shut down in 1946.
17. After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?
Gordon shot for the fashion magazine Vogue.
18. Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office?
The picture editor was
19. What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
The first major story was on the Harlem Gang Leader.
20. Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
He was inspired by Picasso, (Moliere, writer), Prokofiev, Debussy, Bach, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Pablo Neruda and more.
21. How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
He allowed the models to move around to get action, and he kept the model in focus while moving with the model.
22.Where was Parks' concerto performed?
The concerto was performed in Venice
23. Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)Parks' second wife was Elizabeth Campbell.
24. How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
Flavio de Silva was twelve.
25. When did Parks meet Flavio?
He met him in 1961.
26. Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family?
He lived in Brazil in the slums.
27. How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors?
Gloria Vanderbilt is an artist. Her son is Anderson Cooper, the anchor of CNN news. Her ancestors are Vanderbilts (almost aristocratic), and her parents are Gloria Morgan and Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt.
28. How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship?
Vanderbilt described it as being a meeting with someone they knew from ages ago. They didn't have to act with the usual formalities of meeting a person in the beginning.
The doctor put Gordon in cold ice water and rubbed his back with ice.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
Fort Scott, Kansas
3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?
She told him not to waste his parents' money going to college, especially since going to college was rare for a black student.
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?
Gordon was 15 years old.
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
St. Paul, Minnesota
6. Did Gordon graduate from college?
He didn't graduate from college; He got an honorary doctorate
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
He photographed for a woman's clothing store owned by Frank Murphy.
8. What is a "double exposure?"
It is when the photographer layers one exposure on top of another to create a single image. (For Gordon, it was a mistake)
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
He was the husband of Marva Louis who told him to move to Chicago. He was also a boxer.
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
He played piano.
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
The FSA educated the public especially about poverty.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
Stryker told him to get himself a topcoat, go to a restaurant for food, and watch a film, which came out to be impossible because Gordon was a Negro.
13. Who was Ella Watson?
She was the African American maid whom Gordon photographed. She had glasses and posed in front of the American flag with a mop and broom.
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
"Maid in America" by Gordon was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
He learned to approach people. He also learned he couldn't just photograph bigots and call them bigots. He had to show how and why they were bigots. Also, the people who were photographed were more important than the photographer.
16. When did the FSA shut down?
The FSA shut down in 1946.
17. After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?
Gordon shot for the fashion magazine Vogue.
18. Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office?
The picture editor was
19. What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
The first major story was on the Harlem Gang Leader.
20. Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
He was inspired by Picasso, (Moliere, writer), Prokofiev, Debussy, Bach, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Pablo Neruda and more.
21. How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
He allowed the models to move around to get action, and he kept the model in focus while moving with the model.
22.Where was Parks' concerto performed?
The concerto was performed in Venice
23. Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)Parks' second wife was Elizabeth Campbell.
24. How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
Flavio de Silva was twelve.
25. When did Parks meet Flavio?
He met him in 1961.
26. Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family?
He lived in Brazil in the slums.
27. How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors?
Gloria Vanderbilt is an artist. Her son is Anderson Cooper, the anchor of CNN news. Her ancestors are Vanderbilts (almost aristocratic), and her parents are Gloria Morgan and Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt.
28. How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship?
Vanderbilt described it as being a meeting with someone they knew from ages ago. They didn't have to act with the usual formalities of meeting a person in the beginning.
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Elements of Art - Form and Phloem
Original
Edited
-Decreased saturation and vibrance
-Increased clarity
This photograph shows form, a three dimensional aspect of shape. The form of the blossoming branch is backlit by the slightly cloudy sky. The shape and structure of the branch is defined by the open backdrop of the blue sky.
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