Cool Photo Composition Techniques Martha Sosa 1B Oct. 24, 2011



Rule of Thirds
Photograph by Natasa Bencic, nationalgeographic.com

Worm's-eye view
Ice Climbing in Banks Lake, Washington. Photograph by Ben Herndon, nationalgeographic.com

Bird's-eye view
Three-year-old Nadia Nassrallah eats her breakfast in from of her home in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 4, 2011. (Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press/ boston.com/bigpicture)

Selective Focus
A Pakistani boy, Sajjad Sadiq, 7, stands among bricks where his family works in a brick factory near Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 12, 2011. (Nathalie Bardou/Associated Press/ boston.com/bigpicture/)

Leading Lines
Morning Fog, Canada by Travis Nykamp, nationalgeographic.com 

Repetition
Photograph By Steve McCurry/ http://events.magnumphotos.com/events

Curves
Waterslide, Israel. Photograph by James L. Stanfield, National Geographic

Framing

Occupy Boston demonstrators block an entrance to the Federal Reserve Bank behind a police line in Boston Oct. 8. (Michael Dwyer/Associated Press/ http://boston.com/bigpicture/)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st 9 Weeks at BETA

I like the fact that the first nine weeks at BETA have passed really fast. At the beginning of the year I didn't like my classes because I didn't have them with my friends; however, thanks to that I have met many people and I was able to talk to people that I had never talk to. Additionally, I liked my schedule because it didn't include any English or Math class, as a result I had less homework. I also liked my macroeconomics grades because I thought that I wouldn't be able to pass that class, but surprisingly, I got the material really easily and enjoy that class. I think that the first nine weeks were really nice period of time.

What I didn't like about the first nine weeks at BETA was the stress of filling out college applications and writing the admission essays. Moreover, I didn't like my Chemistry class because it was a little boring and we do no labs. Also what I dislike the most is the fact that the time is passing too fast :( Even though I want to graduate, I don't want to leave my friends and family :(

By Martha Sosa. October 18, 2011
Photojournalism Class

September Current Events

A village boy sits on the banks of the swelling Daya River, near Pipli village, about 25 kilometers from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneshwar Sept. 9. The flood situation in Orissa state worsened with the release of more water downstream from Hirakud dam, according to a news agency. A high alert has been sounded in 11 districts of the state. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)

Steve Jobs Death

This is my favorite cartoon because of the colors and the way the cartoonist shows Steve Jobs. I like how Steve is inside the apple and is flying happily across the universe. I think it demonstrates that he is having a good time now that he is not suffering of his illness.

Could you be professional photojournalist?

Good photojournalists are curious, go outdoors, keep an eye on everything, see things differently, view and review everything, and are playful and patient at the same time. I don't think that I have what it takes to be a photojournalist for a publication, because I'm not curious and I don't have most of the traits to be a good photojournalist. I would have to work on being more interested in little things and be a little more relax. 

Emotional Effects of Photojournalism

1. Why are these photos from the Civil Rights era valuable?

Photos from the Civil Rights Movement are valuable because they represent what was going on at the time and they function as leads to no commit the same mistakes.

2. What role did the media play in the civil rights movement?

The media played a crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement because people was really influenced by the pictures that were published and by the news that media made available for them.

3. Is memorable photojournalism often of violent events or acts? If so, why do you think this is so? 
    Yes, because it is the human's being nature; we tend to remember violent or negative acts/events because they have more emotion and make a greater impact on us.     

4. Do violent and non-violent photographs have distinctly different effects? Why or why not?
    Yes, because violent photos tend to stick in our minds for a longer period of time than non-violent photos do. Also, violent pictures stimilates our emotions and sometimes can make us feel what was happening at the moment they were taken.   

5. Think of a photograph of a historical or current event that made you emotional. Find that photo and place it here on your blog. 



9/11 By Jeff Christeinmen



People trapped in the north tower of the World Trade Center stand in windows. Moments latter the tower collapsed.











6. How and why did it influence you?
    It really impacted me because I couldn't believe that someone could have such heart to kill so many people. It made me imagine the desperation of the people trapped inside the tower felt and the sorrow of their families. After I saw this picture, I realized that there so much malice in the world and that I had to enjoy every single moment of my life because I don't know what might happen in the future.

   

Civil Rights Movement and Photojournalism

-Charles Moore

In Birmingham, anti-segregation demonstrators lie on the sidewalk to protect themselves from firemen with high PRESSURE water hoses. One disgusted fireman said later, "We're supposed to fight fires, not people."

Birth of Movement

April 4, 1961: A single, dangling lightbulb and a coal-burning stove show the conditions at some black schools in Jefferson County. Birmingham schools were not integrated until September 1963.

Alabama, 1960.
-Charles Moore

After black students were refused service in the whites-only cafeteria in Montgomery, a white man swings a baseball bat at a shopper, while another strikes a black woman in the background. Charles Moore was RUNNING across the street when he took this picture.









These photographs were during the Ci taken vil Rights Movement, when Black people was discriminated   and suffered many humiliations. White people tried to stop them through violence; however, black people didn't fight back. Most of these photographs were taken in Alabama, where the movement started and were taken by white and black photojournalists that were in favor of black people rights. Some pictures were not published because they represented shame for the whites, but others were published in order to demonstrate what was going on. The effect was enormous; many people began to support the movement for blacks' rights. These photographs are very important and memorable because the show how black people suffered and how they intelligently and non violently fought for they rights and changed society entirely.