PhotoJ - Final Exam - Extra Credit

1. The killed man wanted to calm down an angry passenger waiting on his train but he pushed him onto the tracks. After tries of getting off the track, he failed because he wasn't strong enough to lift himself. R. Umar Abbasi, the photographer who was there is a freelance photographer so he works for his own.

2. The photographer said he just took a photo to warn the incoming subway with the flash.

3. I'm actually not sure if it was ethically not so good that he took a photo instead of helping the man off the track. But I bet that I would've probably done the same thing because what if the man was so much heavier and I couldn't have lifted him. For sure everyone says they would have helped the man but I doubt that. I mean the flash was probably more help than bringing his self in danger or simply doing nothing.

4. It is hard to say if it was the best because we don't know the circumstances of the man on the track and how far or close the subway was. So I would say it was the best because he really tried to stop the subway as he tells and like I said it was more help than nothing.

5. I would agree with printing the photo on a front cover because it is a shocking picture and it stops people by and lead them to read the paper and of course it shows people more to be safe around subways and avoid to get in fights, etc. but I totally disagree with the head line ''doomed''. It is provocating and usually I like provocating headlines but I think this one is not appropriate because the man is dead and he probably had family and it is a real picture and not posed or something like that.

6. I think that is really difficult to answer because I think it depends on which situation you're talking about and what circumstances are given. But in general I would more likely say it you have to help the people in first line, if there's a chance to help them. If there's none than I probably would choose to take a picture. But I can't say it enough it always depends on the circumstances!!

7. Yes it is in my opinion. For example in the Subway case, he tried to help with taking a picture. And I think if there's a chance of helping the people WITH taking a picture, it is definitely ethically acceptable. BUT if the photographer just takes pictures to make money because a person is in life danger, then it is totally not acceptable.

8. No they shouldn't because it is their job to take pictures to capture events. But like I said if the people are in danger, they shouldn't choose their job, they should choose to help the people.

9. I would say ''How tasteless of the NY Post to publish such a grusome picture for this mans family to see. No one helped this man there were numerous videos and pictures being snapped, yet not one person tried to help save him. Disgusting. '' would be the most appropriate and understandable response because it is inappropriate of the NY Post. Also this photographer doesn't offend his ''fellow''.

PhotoJ - Review - unfinished

Captions

The Lipizzan horse Jonny panics during the show of ''The Spirit of America'' on December 3rd in Harrisburg, PA. He's part of the show since years so he slowly became anxious and crazy, that Eric Thompson and Micheal Smith, his trainers, had big problems to control him.

After a long journey from the Kongo to South Africa, Mala tries to sleep for a few hours in her new home. She just got brought to South Africa to get better medical treatment because she got infected with HIV by her mother.

Rules of Photography

1. Rule of Thirds: Your picture is divided into 9 equal sections, by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines, and your main element should be placed on these lines
2. Balancing Elements: If you just have one main object in your picture and it's more on the border of the picture, you should include another object so that the picture is ''balanced'' with the objects
3. Leading Lines: Lines in you picture make it more attractive and it's nicer to look at. You can use diagonal, zigzag, curvy, straight, etc.
4. Symmetry & Patterns: Symmetry and Patterns are eye-catching, if they occur in you picture, but also breaking those symmetries with a little thing, can be very attractive
5. Viewpoint: A different viewpoint or a unusual viewpoint can be change the composition of your photo and has a massive affect on the message of your photo
6. Background: For a great picture, you should look for a plain, not distracting background, so the main focus is on the object you'll take a photo of
7. Create Depth: For creating a more 3-dimensional picture you should include a background, middle ground and foreground, so the picture has depth in it
8. Framing: For isolating your main subject you can ''frame'' it with natural things, like trees, archways and holes. You should place them around the edge of your main object
9. Cropping: Sometimes the main subject in your photo is to small to have enough impact, then you should crop it so that you clearly see, what you main subject is
10. Mergers and avoiding them: You should avoid having a big object in your background, that could interfere with you main subject

Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

• Aperture - a hole in your camera, through which the light travels (the larger the hole, the more light passes through, the smaller the hole, the less light passes through). It also controls the depths of field, which makes the picture more or less sharp (if the aperture is large, the depth of field is small, if the aperture is small, the depth of field is large). These are the f-numbers on the camera.
• Shutter Speed - the length of time, the camera shutter is opened (slow shutter speed lets more light into the camera, fast shutter speed lets less light into the camera). It is measured in fractions of seconds (shutter speed=1/15 -> one fifteenth of a second)
• ISO - the level of sensitivity of your camera to light (higher ISO, higher sensitivity, lower ISO, less sensitivity). It is measured in numbers (100, 200, 400, 800, 1600,…). But a higher ISO also increases the chance of getting grain/noise in you image

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