Final Exam

4. A single photo taken by me which has transformed how I look at photography is this one. The reason this photo has changed how I view photography is because it shows me that regardless of the experience you have, you are still completely capable of capturing stunning and close to professional photographs. In my case, I have very minimal experience however with this photograph your level as a photographer is masked. Instead we observe and focus on the details of the picture. 

5. Form and Shape are different in that form has 3 dimensions (Length, Width and Depth) and Shape only has 2 dimensions (Length and Width). 

Element of Art-Form: http://msj-rudriksuthar-photography.blogspot.com/2015/04/element-of-art-form.html. This Photo is a photo of a computer mouse. It illustrates form because you can tell it is clearly 3 dimensional.

Element of Art-Shape: http://msj-rudriksuthar-photography.blogspot.com/2015/04/element-of-art-shape.html. This photo is a photo of the garden near our class. It illustrates shape because there are various 'shapes' in the image, for example the boxes, and cases in which the plants are planted in. 

6. Repetition helps in creating unity inside a picture. It may also have multiple similar objects, but they work together to make the photo look active. Pattern is the simple repeating of an object throughout the picture. 

Link to pattern: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/repetition-and-patterns-in-photography/

Link to repetition: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/repetition-and-patterns-in-photography/

7. Link to weebly about page: http://rudriksutharmsjphotography.weebly.com/about.html

Link to inspiring weebly about page: http://ahsiao11.weebly.com/about.html

8. Links to last 3 projects.

A. http://msj-rudriksuthar-photography.blogspot.com/2015/06/final-project.html

B. http://msj-rudriksuthar-photography.blogspot.com/2015/05/presentation-photo-shoot.html

C. http://msj-rudriksuthar-photography.blogspot.com/2015/05/first-commercial-shoot.html

I have included the links to our last three projects, and out of the three I personally think my best one was the very last one. This project was the one which my friend and I drove to the Fremont Porsche Dealership to take these photographs. The interesting part about this was that at first I had no real intention of taking pictures of expensive cars, however Mr. Farley would always see me scrolling through articles on a car and driver website, which influenced his as well as my decision on how to do this project. Link to car website: http://www.caranddriver.com/ Now, there are multiple reasons to why this is my best project. The first one is that it changed the way that I view photography. It shows that your experience as a photographer does not influence how nice the photo will be, but your natural skill in itself. This is how I see differently. Second, this project was the most fun. It was great talking to the people who worked at the Porsche dealership, explaining to them what this project was about, as well as learning interesting facts regarding these world known cars. Finally, this project has the best photos I've ever taken. Just look at them, I feel that they are close to perfect. If this doesn't make you want to buy a Porsche, I don't know what will. 

Final Project

Reviewing weebly sites

period 1
aileenhhsu.weebly.com

My favorite photo from this link is the 3rd one from spring expo album.

period 2
http://ryenteo1.weebly.com/
My favorite photo is the dog photo

period 4
http://jacobwalter.weebly.com

My favorite photo in this site is the one where stanley chiang is about to pitch a baseball.

presentation photo shoot

Inspiration for sports photo

We are doing a sports action photo shoot for various sporting companies. We will pose in special poses and shoot photographs and edit them.
Brad Mangin
Bob Martin
Walter Iooss

Place: CHadbourne
TIme: 5.00pm
Take action shots

My five
1.) Ethan Hu getting blocked
2.) Andrew Liu kicking a soccer ball
3.) Ethan shooting a 3 pointer
4.) Andrew doing a 'lay up'
5.) Ethan and Andrew about to race.

First commercial shoot

1.) Andrew http://aliuser.blogspot.com/
2.) Catherine http://cathyhou15.blogspot.com/
3.) Varsha http://www.varshaphotography.blogspot.com/
4.) Varsha
5.) me

TRZITBYCH!

Best Photo

MSJMC Photo Story

Story with photo - Cheating is bad

This one time, I tried to put a dictionary on my graphing calculator, to help me on the SAT. It didn't really help.

MSJMCW Story

Mission San Jose High School is having their annual Multicultural week. During this time Mission San Jose High allows students and their clubs to raise funds by selling food during lunch. This food is catered through various restaurants, and is re sold to the students. This year however it is different. MSJ decided to enforce a ticket system, in which you must order tickets to purchase food. Each ticket is worth one dollar, and is refundable. Although, this system has done a great job to deter older students from buying food on campus, who would much rather go out to lunch. Pre-ordering tickets is such a hassle. 

Principles of Design -Balance

Principles of design - Unity

Principles of Design - Variety

 Variety because of the fact there is so manny things going on in this specific photo. Tower in the back, the statue and the bushes.

Principles of Design - Rythm

Movie Monday part 3 and 4

1. What is your definition of successful?
   My definition of successful means having the ability to set clear, specific goals and then work to accomplish them. I personally intend to become a diplomat in the future and deal with international relations. 
2. What have you given up to become successful?
   I have given up a lot of my free times to spend with friends or watch TV to accomplish my goals.
3. What did Parks give up to become successful?
   He gave up a stable, loving family. 
4. Who was Genevieve Young's father?
   He was Chauncy Hallcok Young. 
5. How much was Parks advanced to write his first book (and eventual best-selling autobiography)?
   He did $10K for the first seven pages. 
6. How much money did Elijah Muhammad offer Parks to do a story on the Nation of Islam?
   He offered half a million dollars. 
7. Why did Parks refuse the money?
   He felt that it was morally wrong to accept the money. 
8. What was significant about the movie The Learning Tree?
   It was placed in the library of Congress.
9. What was significant about the character Shaft?
   Shaft was an African-American super figure that people could look up to. He stood as a symbol against racism. 
10. What was Gordon Parks' choice of weapons?
    His choice of weapons was books. 
11. What reason  did Genevieve Young give up for the divorce?
    There was too much going on at the time and they spend too much time apart from each other to be considered a healthy marriage. 
12. In 1984, Parks directed Solomon Northrup's Odyssey. What recent feature film told the same story?
    The recent feature film was 12 Years a Slave that told the same story. 
13. Who was Gordon Parks jr?
    He was Gordon Park's son that died in a plane crash.
14. What  is your favorite Gordon Parks photo?
    It was Evening Wraps in New York. 
15. What will you remember about Gordon Parks in 10 years?
    I will remember how he turned down a lot of money, half a million dollars, to do what he believed was ethically correct.

Principles of Design - Movement

 This image represents movement, as you can see its taken out a car window, while in motion.

Principles of Design - Pattern

 The tiles in the picture represents a pattern

Element of Art - Form

This picture represents form. Temperature. -10%

Elements of art - Color

 This picture represents color because it shows the distinct contrast between the ground and the porch.

Element of Art - Shape

 This image represents the element of art because it  shows the various different shapes present. 

Movie Monday Half Past Autumn

1. On the day Gordon Parks was born, how did the doctor save Gordon's life?
   The doctor placed Gordon into a tub full of ice (that his sisters bought). He rubbed the ice onto Gordon.
2. Where was Gordon born? (what state?)
   He was born in Fort Scott, Kansas.
3. What did Gordon's class adviser, Ms. McClintock, tell him about college?
   She said that many Negros didn't go to college as they were not college material. It would be a waste of money for them and they would be as poor as maids. 
4. How old was Gordon when his mother died?
   He was 15 years old. 
5. Where did Gordon move after his mother died?
   He moved to Minnesota to live with his sister. 
6. Did Gordon graduate from college?
   Yes, he did. He also received an honorary doctorate from Princeton. 
7. How did Gordon begin his fashion photography career?
   He asked Frank Murphy and his wife if he could take photographs of their women's clothing stores for models in formal clothing. 
8. What is a "double exposure?"
   The film is exposed multiple times to impose images; this creates a ghostly effect. 
9. Who was boxer Joe Louis?
   He was the husband of Marva Louis. She liked Gordon's photos of fashion and advised him to move to Chicago. He is World Heavyweight Champion in boxing from 1937-1949. 
10. What instrument did Gordon play?
    He played the piano. 
11. What was the purpose of the Farm Security Administration?
    It was to photograph poverty and show the challenges of rural American living.
12. When Roy Stryker hired Gordon for the FSA, what was Stryker's first assignment for Gordon in Washington, D.C.?
    He was to go get a top coat from the store, go to the restaurant nearby to eat, go to the local movie theater, and the report what he thought of the film. 
13. Who was Ella Watson?
    She was the first person who he showed his photos of to Stryker. She held a mop/broom in her hand and stood in front of the flag. 
14. What was the inspiration for Grant Wood's American Gothic?
    It came after the typical roles of the American people in the 19th century. The woman is similar to his sister, and the man to his dentist.
15. What did Gordon learn from Stryker about photography?
    It was necessary to photograph the root of bigotry and discrimination, learn about people, humanity, how to approach them, and how the subject is the most important person.
16. When did the FSA shut down?
    It shut down in 1943.
17. After Gordon moved to New York, what magazine did he shoot for?
    He shot for Vogue.
18. Who was the picture editor of Life Magazine when Gordon walked into the Life Magazine office?
    It was Wilson Hicks.
19. What was the first major story Parks covered for Life Magazine?
    He had to follow crime about Red Jackson and his gangs and learned of their allegiance to each other. 
20. Who were some of the artists that Gordon Parks mentioned influenced his work after he moved to the Paris Life Magazine bureau?
    He mentioned Picasso, Bernard, Van Gogh, and other amazing artists. 
21. How did Parks shoot fashion when he lived in France?
    He asked the models to move while he did with them, shooting at a slow speed and trying to keep them in focus.
22. Where was Parks' concerto performed?
    It was performed in Venice. 
23. Who was Parks' second wife? (Who was her father? What did she do?)
    It was Elizabeth Campbell Rollins. Her father was Ecents Campbell. She became a model. 
24. How old was Flavio de Silva when Parks met him?
    He was 12 years old. 
25. When did Parks meet Flavio?
    He met him in 1943 in Rio de Janeiro. They met again in 1999.
26. Where did Flavio live when Parks first met Flavio and his family?
    He lived in a flavela with his family. 
27. How is Gloria Vanderbilt? Who is her famous son? Who are her ancestors?
    She is a designer and artist, a friend of Gordon Parks. Her son is the CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper. Her ancestors are the Vanderbilt family that worked in the shipping and railroad industries. 
28. How did Vanderbilt describe their relationship?
    She said that she felt as though they were connected spiritually. 

Principles of Design - Emphasis

 This image represents emphasis because it makes you look at the statue, even with the bush in the way.

Elements of Art - Lines

 This photo represents leading lines, as you can see with the cracks and railing. Temperature. +10%

Principle of Designs - Proportion

This picture represents proportion. All the bushes are relatively the same, among each other. 

Elements of Art-texture

Top 5 photos by Ranking, Group

1. Picture #10
2. Picture #28
3. Picture #2
4. Picture #5
5. Picture #30

Shutter Speed and Everything Else

Partner: Andrew Liu (http://aliuser.blogspot.com/

Lens Blog Photo
Fast or Slow - Fast. The shutter speed is fast because the truck moving down the highway seems to be still, or frozen in motion. This indicates that the shutter was set to a really high interval.
Rule of Composition - Leading lines. The rule of leading lines is the rule present in this photo because there are a lot of lines and bars throughout the photograph. This gives depth and sense of dimension.
Element of Art - Form. The element of art is form because there are multiple objects with three dimensional form, such as the trucks and railing.
Principle of design - Pattern. The principle of design for this photo is pattern because there is consistent repetition of objects.

Tuesday with Farley's Kids
Edits: Temp. +1 Exposure. +.75 shadows. -3 Blacks. +3 Vibrancy. +100

The shutter speed was not specified but must have been 1/250. Which is around the minimum shutter speed required. 

Variety of the fittest

Photo 4
This photo has a variety of pictures and symbols that show that person still like the black and white lifestyle. The beer and food posters represent the white lifestyles. there was a lot of culture to show and represent. The pictures on top represented the black ways such as Malcom X and his activism in black civil rights

Favorite Photo Rudrik and Andrew's assignment

Picture 5
This picture demonstrates symmetry with the players being on both sides of the Eagle and there are two light posts one on either side of the Eagle but the symmetry is offset by the soda bottle that's sitting on the bench. One of the reasons it's my favorite photo is because it shows a lot going on behind the Eagle's form but it isn't chaotic, there are various discussions happening and the eagle seems to be a spectator in the entire scene. 
There's also almost no one with their faces showing so the one guy who is facing the Eagle and almost the photographer stands out and your eye is drawn to him after looking at the Eagle right in the center of the Photograph. There's also a lot of lighting all over the photo which helps you see details in the floor and the uniforms of the players that you might not otherwise notice. 

Multimedia Fest Poster 2

Media Fest questions

What did you do to create it?
To create it we tried to make a different background than the last one with the gradient. We used the info and positioned the text carefully. Then with the photos we blurred the edges, and used the pinch effect to make it seem as if the photos were popping out of the laptop.

Why is it good?
This poster is way more complex, it uses more of Photoshop's features and tools. It is easier to look at mainly because the text is evenly spaced out.

Why is it better than the last?
We are now more advanced in our techniques. We have googled how to make our poster better and use more of the recourse. Additionally, more time was spent on this assignment. The last one so rushed and more of a random combination of text and images.  

The photo league

1. What was The Photo League's credo?

The camera was more than a means of recording reality; it was a device with the potential to change the world.

2. What organization did The Photo League separate from?

The Film and Photo League

3. What was the workshop?

The Photo League’s school, offering photography classes to anyone with a camera and $5 tuition. Director Sid Grossman insisted the goal of the photographer was to achieve an emotional connection with the subjects.

4. Who taught "the workshop?"

Sid Grossman

5. If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?
   Photography related, Comparing modern and ancient japan. Not photography related, becoming the best ping pong player ever.
6. What was The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document is a portfolio of photographs that reveals Harlem’s poor living conditions and neighborhood in the 1930’s.

7. Who started The Harlem Document?

Aaron Siskind started The Harlem Document.

8. A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a __________ painting. Who was the painter?

Caravaggio

9. Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter?

The kids all looked very sweet and innocent, but specifically the one sitting on the right had a perfect ray of light hitting his face, illuminating him.

10. Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)

He photographed child labor which showed children as young as eight working long   hours under dangerous conditions. Later in World War 1, Hine served as a photographer with Red Cross. He was also hired to record the construction of the Empire State Building.

11. Who was Weegee?

Weegee was a photojournalist who took images of the aftermath of New York street crimes and disasters.

12. How did The League change when The Nazis took power?

They became focused on supporting the war effort. They showed patriotism in America and gruesome descriptions of the war.

13. How did The League change during WWII?

Photo League members enlisted with armed forces and took part in battles on every theatre of WWII.

14. How did Siskind change after WWII?

Siskind turned away from the social and political world after WWII.

15. What was the Saturday Evening post?

The Saturday Evening Post was a photojournalism magazine similar to LIFE.

16. Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?

Barbara Morgan was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers.

17. What eventually undermined the Photo League?

The Photo League was put on a list of possible totalitarian, communist, or fascist organizations, created by Tom Clark.

18. What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?

Communism

19. Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?
    W. Eugene Smith

What happened to the league?

FBI agent Angela Calomiris testified that Sid Grossman had recruited her from the Photo League into the Communist Party. Although the League was never officially on trial, people became scared and didn’t come anymore. Due to the loss of members, the Photo League closed down in the summer of 1951.

multimedai fest poster

12th photo assignment Music Poster

Period 3 - Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from the slideshow is photo number 6. There are three reasons why this is. First, there are only three main colors in the entire photograph. Second, although there are three colors which are focused on, there is lots of depth related to the photo. It's easily seen that the photograph captures miles and miles of land behind. Third reason is that if you were to only look at the bottom half of the photograph, you wouldn't be able to tell it is a cloudy day. Kind of like an illusion.

2. The best photo from this album is photo number 8. There are three reason. First, there is an enormous amount of detail. You can see all the waves and splashes of water. Second, there is symmetry in the image. For example, 8 divers instead of 7 or 9. Third reason is because the color of the swimming pool changes

3. My best work this semester is the following: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2E1neKnzXh-W2At6RygoaF6-XrxfF5MVuDIU8V6ul0vCks9UPF6AUfPzZwLvqHVgvydIx4CYt6mW7anN70Pei8-izOs2__wzdinWeo880X3Agh8sMA7zS4v4lXdpoY9ZfeKRJOoDTEVHq/s1600/IMAG0475_1.jpg
This image is my best work because, of the rules of composition, the editing, as well as the camera I used to capture this image. If I had more time, I would have made more variations of this photograph, by perhaps adding more filters or cropping it more vertically.

4. My three rules of composition are; Rule of thirds, rule of symmetry, and rule of leading lines.

5. This is a photo which illustrates my rules of composition. The ones in this picture are rule of symmetry and Rule of leading lines.

6. Your first rule is "get closer"

7. The benefits of working in a group include: 1.) doing things more efficiently. 2.) if you are ever confused about anything, your group can help you out. 3.) Give and receive feedback on performance. 4.) you can develop communication skills. 5.) You can encourage each other in times of difficulty. 

8. Some difficulties in group work include: 1.) not getting along with other members or group in general. 2.) Some members may choose not to contribute. 3.) Some individuals may be dominating everything. 4.) There can be difficulty meeting up outside class time. 5.) Ideas may not be thoroughly discussed as a team.

9. 

http://aliuser.blogspot.com/2014/10/second-portrait.html. This photo is of me, edited and posted by my friend Andrew. 

10. My master photographer project was based off of Robert Frank. He was a photographer way back in the day, and his significant contributions was to take pictures of people in black and white. He also contributed by taking photos of people and children in candid positions.

11. Her most famous photograph was the migrant mother photograph, in which a women is depicted tired and worn out with two children next to her. This photo was taken in Nipomo, California in 1936, during which she was employed by the FSA.

12. Life magazine was created and founded by Henry Luce. It began publishing in 1972.

13. He was born on January 8th 1935.

14. He was a war photographer and journalist. He co-founded Magnum photos in paris, in 1947

album cover recreation

When you zoom till you only see your own face, you know you're Kanye.

Edits: Zoom 70x

orignial: Original