Finals extra credit

1. Ki Suk was trying to calm a panhandler town that was harassing people, when he was harassed himself and pushed onto the tracks. He wasn't strong enough to lift himself onto the platform, and the photographer, Umar Abbasi, started taking pictures, flashing how flash to try and tell the conductor to stop the subway car.
2. Abbasi said he took the photo to try and get the conductors attention and tell him to stop.
3. I think if he really meant for the flash to try and stop the conductor, taking the photos was inevitable, if he already had it on flash photography, but just because he took the photo, didn't mean he had to publish the photos.
4. I think the photographer definitely could have tried harder to pull the man up, at least until the subway car was closer. So no, I don't think standing around and waiting for the car to hit him was the best choice.
5. I don't exactly disagree with putting it on the front page, considering it would be giving people information about what happened, but I feel that the story has become more about the photographer than the man that killed, and I think the photographer brought that upon himself by publishing the photo
6. I think there can be a nice balance between the two, because not every photo a journalist takes is going to be a life or death situation, and when a situation like that comes, it all depends, on sometimes the split second decision of the photographer.
7. I think so, because if its a life or death situation, it would be extremely hard to not involve yourself
8. I don't think always, because eventually someone is going to capture something like that, but the photographer has to be ready to take on the aftermath.
9. The best thing to do would be, and its easier said than done, to tell the absolute uttermost truth, stand by your word, and try to keep living your life.

Finals Exam Review

1. Captions

Pope Francis bows to the wreath in a mausoleum of the founder of modern turkey as his guards take their position next to him. The Pope visited Turkey to make ends meet as the violence continues in Turkey against Christians and other minor religions.

Young student Lily Lee studies intently for her upcoming final for school. The students were allowed very little time to study, which added much stress to Lily and her classmates.

2. Rules of Photography

Rule of thirds - placing the subject on one of the outer thirds of the grid, where the subject is slightly off center.

Balancing Elements - having an equal amount of things on either side of the picture, and not having one side more subject heavy than the other
Leading Lines- having a line that draws the eye straight to the subject
Symmetry or Pattern- having a certain object repeat in a picture in the same position, often in a straight line. A commonly used example is a row of chairs or a row of computers
Viewpoint- changing the angle of the camera, like birds eye view, which is taking the picture from above; or worms eye view, which is taking the picture from a lower point that the subject
Background- having nothing interfere with the nice background in the picture, which tends to happen a lot.
Depth- a picture where the background has a lot of dimension to it, where the viewer can see how far back the picture goes. Shadows enhance this even more
Framing - using the subjects surroundings to make a 'frame' around the face
Cropping- cropping the picture to avoid busyness around the picture
Mergers and Avoiding them- mergers is when the subject of the picture blends in with background, creating an illusions as if the background element and the subject were one thing in total. To avoid them, be aware of the background surroundings

Magazine

portrait and self portrait

Portrait

Self Portrait