Processing The News

Interview: Duane Michals on 50 Years of Sequences and Staging Photos

By Eugene Reznik 

http://www.americanphotomag.com/photo-gallery/2014/11/interview-duane-michals-storyteller-retrospective-carnegie-museum?page=11

This article was about an interview of a famous photographer Duane Michals and how he staged pictures in a sequence to a tell a short story. While is pictures were very simple and plain, you could interpret a lot from his work. He did not study photography and just shot Tri-X in the available light that he had. Not trying to advance with the rest of the world with the technology is what makes his work special and different from others. In the article you also learn about it troubles with his parents, military experiences, and how he became famous. His story is interesting because Duane went against the traditions of fine art. What I took from the article the can benefit my final project is that I should be creative with my ideas and be original because if the story is like everyone else's, no one would want to read it or look at my photos.  

Photo Journalism Ideas

I am thinking about doing something involving my brothers hockey team at Shippensburg University. This would be a good topic for me to do my project on because i would have easy access to the game before and after. Also, I know a lot about hockey so writing things about the game would be easy for me as well.

Penn Live Article

Cumberland Valley girls' soccer turns its attention to Spring-Ford, Elizabethtown has bright future

Paul Chaplin

http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/-2566862555383430909/cumberland-valley-girls-soccer-turns-its-attention-to-spring-ford-elizabethtown-has-bright-future/

This article is about the cumberland valley girls soccer team winning three District-3AAA girls soccer championships three years in a row. The girls most recent win took place at Elizabeth town beating the opposing team 3-0. The article then continues to describe the battle against Spring-ford and last year cv lost 2-1. Recently girls soccer played against Spring-ford again with a tie 0-0. 

I really liked the photos that were taken because the photographer captures not only the players but also the opposing team, and fans. There was a lot of variety from action shots to the players celebrating their win at the end of the game. Also, the photographer had shots of many people and just a single person. Just by looking at the pictures made me excited and happy for the team because of their facial expressions while receiving their medals and holding a large trophy. The article was well explained and included not only the score of the event photographed but also scores from previous games and a was very factual. 

Portrait Panel

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Portraiture Shooting Assignment

I learned a lot of important things out of doing this assignment. At first I was not looking forward to doing a portraiture assignment because I thought I would not like working with people to take pictures. It turned out that I actually really enjoyed doing this assignment and I learned that my favorite thing to photograph is people. It was easier for me to work with a person rather than nature. I enjoyed working with the poses, outdoors lighting, backgrounds, and the different props/outfits. I will definitly be photographing people more often.

10 Examples

Jen Baltgalvis

I liked this picture because instead of photographing the face of the baby, they took a different approach at it. They captured the child's feet and I think this picture looks really good.

Teal Photography

This is a really cool portrait shot because the lighting really compliments the dress and the water. Also, it's cool because you don't see a picture like this everyday, so it makes it even more interesting to see a picture like this. 

Elaine Gates

This is a cute engagement picture and I like it because the color of her shirt matches the yellow plants and the sun. It was a good time of day that this photo was shot.

Elaine Gates

I find this an interesting senior portrait because I like how it shows

his personality in the photo (he plays football).  

Jen Baltgalvis

I love this picture because the colors are very soft and the baby was in a bed outside not in a room so it really grabbed my attention and is a different way of looking at things.

Carisak Photography

This is a really good senior portrait because the girls eyes really stand out and look very pretty. I also get a warm feeling with the use of lighting, white clothing, and bright green and yellow grass.

Carisak Photography

This senior portrait is good because it has a lot of personality. I could assume from this picture that the girl is musical and plays instruments. 

Colleen Co

I like this senior portrait because she is in a perfect pose and the lighting looks really good against her face. 

Colleen Co

This senior portrait has a lot of personality because i can tell from this photo that he plays basketball and it's good to tell the photo will have meaning to him. It's also cool because it's more of an action shot.

Teal Photography

This is a really good engagement picture and I like how they are centered in the street and there are tall buildings on both sides surrounding them. They really stand out against the bright lighting in between the buildings.

Senior Portrait Article

Notes
-working with different angles
-get to know the student and work with their good and bad qualities
-make them look good
-make the picture meaningful to them and represent something important to them
-incorporate trends
-please parents, grandparents, ect. too
-bring trendy outfits
-popular urban settings