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Philippe Halsman

Biography

Philippe Halsman was born in Riga and began to take photographs in Paris in the 1930s. He arrived in the United States in 1940, just after the fall of France, having obtained an emergency visa through the intervention of Albert Einstein. In the course of his prolific career in America, Halsman produced reportage and covers for most major American magazines, including a record 101 covers for Life magazine. In 1945 he was elected the first president of the American Society of Magazine Photographers, where he led the fight for photographers' creative and professional rights. 
      
      

   

Our Group Inspiration

When we researched Halsman, we saw the jumping photographs and when seeing that we immediately wanted to try it. Most photographers had plain and simple portraits that really didn't tell a story and looking at Halsman photography we came to the conclusion that he had very motivating pictures that inspires us to become more than an average photographer. Seeing all the different techniques he uses to create an awesome photograph is phenomenal. 

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I learned that to be a great portrait photographer, I need to be able to keep it simple. I also need to have great lighting that can reflect off of the model so the picture can come out decent or maybe even perfect. One last thing I need to do to be able to have great portraits is breaking the rules of composition, even though they are rules they need to be broken because to become a great portrait photographer you have to have your own rules to follow

Group Photo: Color

Composition Cropping

Composition Cropping

These are the after pictures

These are the after photos in which i cropped out thing's that i thought benefited the photo more than before. The photos are closer to the main focus of the pictures.

These are the before pictures

Canon T3I Review

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos600d

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2393108,00.asp

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/T3I/T3IA.HTM

The canon T3I looks incredible but the only downfall about this camera would be how slow it is. In all three views (on the top of this page) they all stated that this camera has a very slow viewfinder. The canon has a fast auto focus so that would be a plus.

Family Photo

 original

edited

My Picture

Original Photo

Edited

Composition Cropping

Before 

After

The cropped photo illustrates the rule of thirds, rule of composition , because the bubbles can be separated into three columns vertically, and also complementing the ferris wheel, the far left column is blue without the ferris wheel. Also, leading lines is a rule that applies to this photo. The lines from the ferris wheel, lead our eyes to the bubbles. 

Photo Booth Pictures

Black & White: I used black and white because this is one of my favorites.

Mirror: I used mirror because I love this effect

Sepia: I used sepia because I like how the effect went with the back light

Normal: With normal you can never go bad.

Thermal Camera: I love how I look in this picture for some reason. Its just nice.

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Mini Mayra

Captain Darnell

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Roooooooelyne

Assignment 2: Composition in Photography

Key Points In Composition



Why Composition is Important in Photography




Tips On Composition

First Assignment: Light

When my group was under the sky-light the light reflected mostly on the darker person. The light gave a glistening effect on the darker person's forehead than on a more lighter-tanner persons head. It reflects more from black objects than lighter objects,