Final - Short Answer

This semester I learned about the basics of photography, such as; ISO is the level of sensitivity of the camera to the exposed light. Large aperture gives a shallow depth of field and allows for fast shutter speeds, while small aperture creates a greater depth of field and slower shutter speed. I also learned that JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. To complete an assignment I must...

1. Take various pictures at different settings.
2. Choose the best pictures to fit the topic.
3. Upload them onto the computer.
4. Upload them to blogspot and organize them.
5. Share them by email to Mr. B.

One tool I learned how to use in Adobe Photoshop is the cropping tool, very useful for taking out unnecessary parts of the photo. Cameras are only supposed to be checked out for 20 minutes in class, and when out of class the next class period.

Review for Final

1) What is ISO?
ISO is the level of sensitivity of your camera to available light.

2) A. What does large aperture do?
A large aperture gives shallow depth of field and allows for fast shutter speeds.
    B. What does small aperture do?
Small aperture creates a greater depth of field and slower shutter speed.

3) What does JPEG stand for?
JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group

4) What are the five steps for completing an assignment?

1. Take pictures
2. Choose the high quality pictures
3. Upload to computer
4. Upload to blogspot
5. Share with Mr. B

5) What's Mr B's email and blogspot?
email: bryantsphotoclass15@gmail.com
blogspot: tommybryants.blogspot.com

6) Name one tool in Adobe Photoshop
Crop

7) How long are you supposed to check out the camera in class and out of class?
In class is 20 pictures, out of class is until next class period.

8) How much does it cost to print an 8x10 pictures?
In a FedEx post office it's $1.20

9) What is art?
The poor man's science

10) What grade do you feel you have earned?
A, 95%  

Horse Fundraiser Selfie - Extra Credit

proof i did the extra credit selfie horse thing

thx for the points mr bryant u d best

Devian Art Critique - Written Assignments

This photo is good because it is taken at sunset and has a grainy lens from the sand at the beach. The woman is holding a shell, further showing us the setting and the mood that the photo is setting for us.

This is a photo of a cloudy sunset or sunrise, with dark clouds in the background, presumably filled with rain or having just dropped a lot of rain. It gives off a very "calm after the storm" feeling and symbolizes a new beginning. 

This is a picture of a piano which is only focused on some of the black keys, with the rest of the keys and background being blurry. This is cool because it helps us focus on a certain part of this picture instead of having to figure out what we're looking it, which can sometimes lead to photos being overlooked or overanalyzed.

Classmate Critique - Written Assignment

Classmate - Andre Rodriguez 

This photo is good because it shows the landscape of Las Vegas, and is more especially cool because it is taken at night and Vegas is only lit up by its own lights. This photo could be better if he focused in more instead of trying to catch a landscape, and if the camera wasn't as shaky it could help reduce the amount of blurriness in this photo.

This photo focuses on the band director conducting a song. It shows three band students following along to the director's beat. This picture is good as it focuses on the surroundings of the director, but the director himself is blurry. This could be better if we took the time to focus and make sure all subjects in the photos came out clear.

This picture is very good seeing how it was taken in mid air, and captures the details of the subject and its surroundings clearly. This picture, however, can also be improved. The two men on the bottom could've been easily avoided from being in the picture, or cropped out later. Overall, however, this is a very good picture.

Holiday Cards - Project

a san diego christmas

christmas and christmas lights inside a room, and a paint-drawn santa

dog wishing everyone a merry christmas

Worm's Eye/Bird's Eye - Weekly Assignment

Worm's Eye

turning into fall

under a palm tree

rohr park trees on a cloudy day

Trees and palm trees on a sunny day

it was very difficult to get this shot

Bird's Eye

me last year doing ap world homework

a friend of mine near sunbow park

my dog staring into my camera

fashion valley second floor

bird's eye on top of a plant

YouTube Review - Written Assignment

In this video we learn some essential functions of the camera and its various uses, such as how to balance shutter speed, which is the exposure time of a camera's shutter to light in a controlled amount of time. This is useful for making photos which feature silhouettes and other photos in which the shadows need to be controlled for the photo to turn out as intended. I also reviewed how one should use the ISO to measure how I should use the shutter speed and the aperture for the camera to have the the right exposure to both light and dark, and for the camera to turn out as focused and clear as possible or intended. The higher the ISO, the more it focuses on certain parts of the picture. With this very simple rule I can vastly improve how to take photos. The aperture is a setting in the camera which controls how much lights I will let into the picture. A larger f/stop number will let more light into the camera, while a smaller f/stop number will let less light in the picture. These three concepts (Aperture, ISO, and shutter speed) are essential to becoming a much better photographer and truly understanding how both use your camera and how to take quality pictures.

Man-Made - Weekly Assignment

inside the fence

walking around san diego at night

another angle of san diego at night

in the empty trolley

by sweetwater marsh at dusk

another angle around sweetwater marsh 

a signpost with plenty of graffiti under a highway

"focus" graffitied on a fence 

an empty lighter at dusk

a fountain around balboa park 

NPR Photography - Extra Credit

This NPR project is about two men who committed homicide to a 14 year old named Bobby Franks. The two men confessed to the police that the other had done it, but they did not themselves admit to being part of the crime, thus mutually sentencing each other to a life in prison for both 1) being part of a crime and 2) murder. The narrator spoke about how the two men are both Chicago-born and college educated, and are communicating with each other on a physical level with their distressing eyes and concerned facial expressions because they both knew that they had given the other away, but did not know they had betrayed each other. It's a subtle picture about the emotions that one can express using your facial expression. One of these two men was killed in prison and another man was released with parole for life when he was 54.

(Mexican-American) Culture - Weekly Assignment

my mother's citizenship test flag

father is very big on chickens

some relatives of our live there

religious symbol

other relatives live there

these types of flowers are everywhere in our culture

sombrero, i dont need to explain

bible in spanish

more catholic symbols

Famous Art/Photographs Imitation - Project

Aloe - Unknown Artist

                                                     Imitation of "Aloe" in my backyard

                                                            Cactus Apples by Kathleen Ballard

                                                      Cactus Apples imitation taken by me
                                                         

Cactus - Unknown Artist

Cactus imitation in the desert

Andy Warhol - Tomato Soup

Tomato soup imitation with cream of chicken soup instead

Desert - Kristy Hall

Desert imitation in Arizona desert

                                    
                                                               Desert View - Mark J

                                                      Desert view imitation, driving into Utah

Golden Retriever - Debra Sisson

Golden Retriever imitation with my sister's dog

Golden Retriever - Leanne Wildermuth

                           

Golden Retriever imitation by my sad-looking dog

Jean Nelson - Wildflower

Wildflower imitation at a garden

               

Julie Mai - Red Wheelbarrow

Red wheelbarrow imitation, with a rusty wheelbarrow

 Frederick Denys - Lake Tahoe 

Lake Tahoe imitation from when I went to Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Rocky Cove - Frank Wilson

Lake Tahoe Rocky Cove imitation with my mom in the picture

Lime Light - Diane Moses

Lime Light imitation at Sweetwater Dam

Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet

 A future Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet

Roger Akesson - Pinecone

                                                      Pinecone imitation outside my house

Terry Arroyo - Pink Flowers

Pink flowers imitation at a flower

Rocks Sand - Birgit O'Connor

Rocks sand imitation at the beach

Rocky Beach - Artist Unknown

Rocky Beach on a hot day

Silver Bowl - Elizabeth Blaylock

Silver Bowl imitation in my kitchen

White Flower - Stewart Jones

White Flower imitation with my aunt's garden