Ha! knew i was forgetting something...

David Hockney

David Hockney is an artist from the UK. He started creating oil paintings first, and then he changed to photography. He loved photography and began doing was is called photo collage: many pictures juxtaposed, which creates one big image. Although born in Bradford, England, he lived most of his adulthood in California and around the US.

Assig 7

Looks better on webalbum

Assig 6B

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Assig 6A

Ryszard Horowitz
Horowitz’s imagery is surrealist. It often ressembles a painting because of the bold colors and stricking contrast it contains. But the sharpness makes it without a doubt a high quality picture. Horowitz’s pictures are impossible; the images mixed could not exist in real life. He is inspired by common day reality and society’s problems.

Jerry Uelsmann
Jerry Uelsmann works mainly in black and white. His pictures are dream-like, and seem not to have any political insunuation, unlike Horowitz’s. The amazing blending of the images makes them seem somewhat possible. Also, there’s spirituality, calmness displayed.

Assig 5B

Link to webalbum

Assig. 5A

Every picture was taken using a gray background and lights were on the sides of the person pointing at them. Every one of pictures was taken with a 400 ISO.
The two first pictures (J&M) were taken with vivid red as a color setting. The second and third picture (M&O) have a sunny light. The fifth picture (M-O) is black and white and lights were placed diagonally. The eight picture (O) was taken with white ball setting so that is why is blue-ish.

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(this is actually my favorite C: )

Assig. 4

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Assign. #3

I specially like the first two modified pictures. I believe the strong contrast makes them very intense; it showcases the complexity of them. For the second two modified pictures, I do not think the effects make them stronger or weaker, I think the almost monochromatic (sepia and red) part of it with a very light contrast makes them look more dull. Furthermore, although I think the soft focus is a very interesting special effect, I do not really like it for this picture. The last one is one of my favorite also because of the highlight/shadow ratio. The extra light, the tint of blue and the brightness of the colors makes it a very sharp image.

Walker Evans

Walker Evans (1903-1975) was an American photographer. He was hired in 1935 by Farm Security Administration to record the great Depression. The pictures taken showed the excruciating poverty during that time; those pictures are the ones he is most known for. He worked in black and white and only wished to record life as it was, trying to make very picture as objective as possible but always delivering a message. His camera was very big (an 8x 10 view camera), therefore his photos are well-thought and carefully done. Composition wise, he mostly put his subject in the center.


- ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/fsa/intro.html

Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was a French photographer; one of the most prolific ones in part due to his longevity. He is the co-founder of the Magnum Agency, an agency that promotes and encourages freelance photography. Cartier-Bresson is also considered a humanist photographer, having traveled to China, India, Spain, Russia and to the United-States. He is the father of 'the decisive moment', i.e., candid pictures. His 35mm light-weight and small camera allowed him to take these kinds of pictures. It also allowed him to experiment with different angles, as the ' Cardinal Pacelli at Monmartre', picture taken from above the crowd. As a true artist, his composition skills are displayed on his pictures. He is mainly a black and white photographer.
http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Cartier-Bresson004

Assig. 2

One of the coolest assignments ever!

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Assign. 1A

What kind of camera do you use? I own a Canon Powershot SD750.
What is the resolution? 7.1 megapixels
What kind of media storage does it have? I have a 2GB memory card.
How do you download images to the computer? I download the images to my computer via a USB connexion. In order to do so, I have to plug the cord both to the computer and camera.
What is the name of the cord connecting the camera to the computer? It is an Interface Cable called IFC-400PCU.
How many low res images can you store on your disk? 9999 images.
How many high res images can you store on your disk? 1850 (aprox.)
What kind of image (file format) is stored on disk? JPEG format.
Do you have a camera manual? Have you read it? Yes and yes!

Link to WebAlb.