Final Exam

4. 

I define this photo as the one that really changed my scope of photography. Not only do I consider this my best picture, I realized that the more work and thought that I put into my photo, the better the outcome. Since then, I have developed clear definitions and visions for my works before going out and shooting them. I was transformed as a photographer as from then on I began to plan out and think deeply about what I wanted to capture and how I wanted to do it. In this photo, for example, I wanted to use leading lines to form an imagery of highlights spreading out from a point of convergence. I realized the power of the camera as well as camera editing tools, essentially how little details such as angle, contrast, composition can induce such a significant effect on the outcome.

5. Whereas shape and form both use aspects of geometric figures, in the world of photography in the Elements of Art, there is an important difference between the two. Shapes define the use of two-dimensional objects, as if represented on a plane system, while form defines the use of three-dimensional objects in with width, length, and height. Squares and circles fall under the shape element while cubes and spheres fit under form.

Element of SHAPE           vs           Element of FORM

6. Repetition consists of a single object, symbol, or entity being repeated through a photo often for an intended purpose. Pattern, on the other hand, consists of an arrangement of objects or elements used in a recurring and regular pattern.

Repetition            vs            Pattern

7. Here is my About Me page on Weebly. I was inspired by Piotr Kulczycki. His about me page can be found on his website under the drop-down menu at the top left. 

8. 1) First Commercial Shoot

    2) Spring Expo Presentation

    3) Final Project

I would consider my Spring Expo project to be the best. Relay for Life truly inspired me to take pictures of an event that had a lasting impression on me. My goal was to capture the emotions and atmosphere of such a beneficial event that benefits millions every year. Each photo I took had a purpose as I wanted my viewer to actually learn something important and new. This was my third RFL, but this time, with photography, I paid more close attention to the people here and utilized the ability to share my work to possibly inspire and teach others something that I was passionate about. What I really saw differently with doing this project was the merging of photography and basically life. 

Final Project Photos

http://jluophotography.weebly.com/blog/final-project

Student Website Reviews

Period 1: Rudy Estrada's  best photo is in his garden section. This photo includes five well placed and balanced logs with a blue bolded streak down the middle. The photo looks balanced and the tilt of the camera along with a close bush on the left adds a nice sense of naturalism to the picture.

Period 2: Rashi Ambashta's best photo is the one of Chris Kwok's with heavy emotion on his face. This is the photo on the bottom left of the five photos listed under "My Five Photos." The contrast between the subject's entire head and shoulders is very clear and defined, especially in front of the smart use of a completely white background. It also takes skill to express such an extreme emotion for a photo.

Period 3: Jasmit Tamber's second to last photo is done quite well. Although the story was flawed and some details inaccurate, the gist of it is close enough. The photo is clear, and matches the mood of the story.

Presentation Projects (Spring Expo)

Relay For Life has inspired me as I participated in this international movement for a cancer cure. I shot and created a photo story to capture the activities and positivity of such an amazing and beneficial event.

Relay For Life is an overnight 24-hour event to raise money for cancer research. Cancer is something that makes many feel helpless, especially young students. Many believe they lack the ability to make a difference. My pictures aim to show what goes on at these events and how young students such as those at Mission really contribute to impact millions of lives by raising tens of thousands of dollars to support American Cancer Society. I show a first-hand primary account of what goes on at these events.
 www.relayforlife.org

http://jluophotography.weebly.com/blog/presentation-projects-spring-expo

Students arrive early in the morning to begin registering for the event and setting up campsites and booths. Throughout the day, camps and their booths will be selling items and running activities to raise funds for American Cancer Society. These funds are only a portion of the months of preparation and fundraising that went into supporting this program.

Two students are discussing and honing their MC skills in preparation for a rap battle later in the night against a formidable and skillful opponent. These musical and lyrical competitions are just one of the many activities that students engage in throughout the 24 hours of the event to pass the time and enjoy each others' friendship and company.

While many are here to enjoy a community-wide event of fun and games, they do not forget why they are committed to such an event: to support cancer research and those affected by cancer, directly or indirectly. The theme of the event is like many others, Walk for a Cure. Students take shifts to support the true meaning of the event by walking laps around the MSJ track. Through thick and thin, warm or blistering cold, students walked. In fact, in the 24-hour span of the event, an abundance of walkers was a constant presence on the track.

When the shift is over, students return to a field full of various activities and endless fun. From sports to board games and from homework to catching up on sleep, there was more than enough to do when participants were not walking. Here, students line up in an organized fashion to play catch with a football. Students have the opportunity to spend time with friends and make new ones.

By the following morning, with less than 2 hours left on the clock, students began packing up and preparing for the closing ceremony. Some students are still walking, others are throwing frisbees and footballs, and still many others, such as this student, are packing up their tents, tables, and canopies.There is a strong feeling of accomplishment within many of the relayers, and they will seek to strive for even higher goals next year.

First Commercial Shoot

Group: Jonathan Luo, Jason Yu, Isaac Hong

By Jason Yu

By Jonathan Luo

By Isaac Hong

By Isaac Hong

by Jason Yu






Bonus:

by Jonathan Luo

Triptych

 

 Photoshop: Blending effects, Decreased opacity, Liquification

Camera Raw: Increased contrast, vibrance, saturation

Decreased clarity, brightness, temperature

Best Picture

Five photographers:

1. http://www.worldinmylens.com/ (information found under the "About Me" tab)
2. http://www.ryanedy.com/about
3. http://davehillphoto.com/contact/ (contains "about" information about Dave Hill)
4. http://mareenfischinger.com/info/
5. http://www.caitlinworthington.com/contact (contact + about the photographer)

Students from PE class often find their ways out to lunch earlier than others.

Soon after, students are rushing for meal tickets and food.

Freshmen are buying meal tickets near the N-wing.

L2 oversees the entire event, monitoring trash, checklists, booth locations, and music.

Upperclassmen buy much cheaper food at Safeway.

Story With a Photo - Chicken

This booth prepared various types of chicken from Wingstop, which they sold for about three tickets per plate. The various chicken wings ranged from fried and mild to hot and spicy, fitting the taste and preferences of many customers. This picture, which was taken on Monday, shows the club quickly and efficiently preparing plates for the moderately long line of customers hungry for wings. To attract customers, the booth set up sample plates of chicken in front of their respective flavors. By the end of lunch that day, most flavors of chicken had been sold out, and the club considered that day's sales to be an overall success. 

You can find this booth between the hot dog stand and Vietnamese pho booth on the exit side of the horseshoe. 

MSJMCW Story

Story. Partner - Jason Yu

'Twas the night before Mission San Jose High School's multicultural week (thus the acronym MSJMCW). All the young freshmen noobies who knew nothing about multicultural week eagerly logged onto their computers to order meal tickets, salivating at the thought of mindlessly consuming the most random confections that came to their minds. Throughout the week of spring break before multicultural week, upperclassmen club members and council members had been posting the same semi-stimulating pictures of food with the same exact formats and and overused flyer layouts that have been repeatedly used for years, but the trick nevertheless still works on the noobies we call freshmen. The organizers of multicultural week grin their evil grins as they think about the hundreds of freshmen that will rush to purchase their far overpriced and overrated food products. Their grin becomes an evil sneer as they think about the hundreds of freshmen who will run out of time to refund their unused meal tickets at the end of lunch. They clap for the genius that came up with the idea of meal tickets. Then they go to sleep that night with smiles, knowing that it is going to be a good week.

On the other hand, the freshmeat..ahem freshmen, cannot sleep at night, hyperactive at the thought of a week of overindulgence and whimsical money spending. That morning, 98% percent of freshmen forget to eat breakfast, do their homework, and study for that upcoming geometry test. Snapchat stories are reaching the 30-minute mark as the kids just cannot contain their explosive excitement. Only hours later, the freshmen are lined up at their 4th period classrooms with only minutes before the bell marking the start of lunch.... The bell rings, freshmen charge like animals toward the horseshoe parking lot. Many are trampled as they stampede across campus. Fights break out. Teachers run for cover. The faculty and upperclassmen look at disgust at these mindless neanderthals, but the booth-organizers begin to smirk because now they know: it is going to be a good week.

The Photo

(Neha Kumar - partner)

1. The picture was taken with moderately fast shutter speed. Highways with little traffic often consist of very fast moving vehicles. Of course, we can imagine that in the current wind and weather conditions, the trucks may be slowing down on the right, all the while observing the flipped truck on the opposite road. The fast shutter speed allows the moving trucks to appear sharp.
2. My rule of composition shown in this photo is the depth. The guard rails with roads on both sides meet at a small point in the horizon, thinning down the line. This shows a sense of depth.
3. The element of art I see in this photo is lines. The road and its lanes as well as the guardrail in the center between the roads is a continuous line that visually stretches for miles.
4. The principle of design I can explain in this photo is pattern. The guard rail has a repeating rung-like pattern unit that repeats itself down the horizon. The repeating unit describes a pattern. Also, the fallen truck has striped blue and white lines that show pattern.

The shutter speed is 1/100

Motion

Increased warmth to increase the aesthetic appeal of the photo. Decreased clarity to decrease pixelization and enhance sense of motion.

Principles of Design

Photo with most variety from this blog.

Variety describes a photo that uses various elements throughout the frame that guides the viewer's eyes through the image from subject to subject. This picture does just that, allowing the audience to focus on an initial object, such as the man or pot, and move along the details to the smoke or the man's emotion and gaze. As the viewer is guided through the wide range of subjects and details placed throughout, he or she takes in the various visual elements in the photo.

Rhythm

Decreased brightness and temperature slightly to increase to presence of shadow, which is the main element of the rhythm presented in this photograph.

Unity

Increased warmth and brightness. Everything in the picture leads to viewer to a central focus, the tree. The shaded tree trunk and the lighter bushy leaves constitute unity.

Balance

Cropped the photo so that the image shows a balance between three conjoined structures. The similarity produces basic balance in the photo.

Repetition

Increased brightness and contrast to produce distinctiveness between shadows and lights. This forms a basic repetition that is often overlooked.

Proportion

Increased clarity a very slight amount. Increased warmth and contrast to produce clear and distinct shapes that can be compared for proportion. 

Texture

Increased the lighting and clarity to accentuate how a dark shade and lighter background increases the attention to detail not only on the pinecone but also on the twigs and rocks in front of it.

Movie Monday - Half Past Autumn

1. It must be secure. It involves family, friends, good health, and something to enjoy doing.

2. I will give up free time to achieve good grades and excel in athletics. I will give up bad foods and a sedentary lifestyle to stay healthy.

3. Parks spent much time in his career, working diligently to excel in his field. As a result, he allotted very little time for his kids and ended many failed marriages. 

4. Genevieve Young's father was V.K. Wellington Koo, an Ambassador for France, Great Britain , and the United States in the United Nations. He was also a Chinese diplomat from the Republic of China.

5. He was reportedly advanced hundreds of thousands.

6. A fortune was offered. 

7. His ultimate goal was not  money but education and awareness.

8. It would be written and directed by a black director, and would portray an African American protagonist. 

9. Despite being African American, his willpower and the content of his character made him powerful and successful.

10. Gordon Parks choice of weapon was a 35 millimeter camera.

11. Genevieve Young was sick and tired of changing her own lifestyle and sacrificing so much of her individuality for Parks."You would never know what you would be doing in the next second, that's how fast things changed."- Genevieve Young

12. 12 Years a Slave told a very similar story.

13. Gordon Parks Jr. was Gordon Park's son, who sought to  follow in his father's path to becoming a great director. Unfortunately, a plane crash killed him. Gordon Parks Jr.showed promise and never got to finish the project he was working on.

14. My favorite Gordon Parks photo is American Gothic featuring Ella Watson.

15. I will remember how Gordon Parks was so determined and successful in crossing not only racial barriers but also photography-field barriers to achieve such renown and respect today.