Author: depengfang

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April 10, 2019. I was so anxious about photobooth project which due before Thursday. In the afternoon, I decided to go to oceanside to get some inspirations. Frankly, I was worried about strangers would reject me angrily. I am a shy person and I do not like to talk with others even my friends. So, you can imagine how hard this project is for me, especially using English as a foreigner in America. But the result surprised me, nobody refused me and they were very happy to let me take the photos for them. I felt the charm of American culture during process. About the background frame, I found a outside auditorium luckily which is painted red, white and blue. People sat there chatting with friends and enjoyed the sunshine. After my explanation, they automatically posed for me to take pictures. The last four photos are a family. I found them on the beach when parents were playing with children. Everything looks wonderful in this afternoon. I am grateful to all the people who help me in this project. 🙂

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Around 1:00AM March 29, 2019. One of my roommate Jason helped me to take the photos of nightscapes in the Quad. It was very quiet, and we found an empty classroom which called Tukwut Classroom. We took a lot photos there, like blurry motion, shadow. For the first one, it is a framing, bird’s eye view. Through this assignment, I learned a lot about how to set your camera to shoot in the evening.

1. Rules of third 2. Framing 3. Leading line 4. Balance 5. Contrast 6. negative space 7. Worm’s eye 8. Bird’s eye
2. DSLR – Digital Single Len Reflex- professional cameral.
3. Black and white, Contrast highlight,
4. Aperture : it is a hole in front of the camera’s lens. And control the number of the entry lighting.( F/ 2.8) higher F , lower light. Shutter speed: control the time of coming light into camera.
5. Crop, Contrast, remove red eye, , , adjustment
6. Metadata
7. artificial line is created by people like LED lighting, Nature light: sun light
8. broad lighting, shot lighting, side lighting, rembrantd lighting, butterfly lighting.
9. He would like to take the photos of black and white and the photos about the sex between guys especially the guys without the clothes.
10. New York photographer.

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Thursday, March 21. Around 5:00PM, we went to San Elijo which is 4 miles away from our school. Unfortunately, the weather was cloudy. So the sunshine was not that strong. We were divided by several groups. We were supposed to practice the taking photographs with LED Light. Above are my final 5 photos of this assignment. The sequence is Butterfly lighting, Rembrandt lighting, Short lighting, Broad lighting, Side lighting.

March 20, Wednesday. I just watched one documentary of Robert Mapplethorpe who was an American photographer known for his sensitive but straightforward treatment of controversial subjects in large, highly stylized black and white photographic. At the time, many of his photographic works were controversial. Many people cannot accept and appreciate his works. Because many of them are about homosexual. As we all know, homosexual was not accepted by the whole society in the 1980s. However, Mapplethorpe focus on photographing naked men and women and also deliberately showing genitals. Sometimes, he even showed the obscene and disgusting images between guys by camera. It is interesting that he became a popular artist after that. From Mapplethorpe, I learned that if you want to be a famous and influential artist, you need to make your mind open and do things that others have no courage to try. Simply imitating others will not succeed after all.

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March 14, it was my first time entering the media studio. I felt so curious about everything in it. We first listened to Arthur Marquez’s lecture who is a Navy diver. Then, we followed professor’s steps to shoot with different types of lighting. Above are my best 5 photos. Short lighting, Butterfly lighting, Side lighting, Broad lighting, and Rembrandt lighting.

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March 13, 2019. I took the photos for Taryn in the Starbucks which is opposite the school. Her job is an Audio/Visual specialist in the school. During daily life, she likes to take photos and videos with DSLR. Then she edits them by Lr and Pr. The first picture contains negative space, balance-asymmetrical, and rule of thirds. The second one contains leading lines, and rule of thirds. The third one contains patterns and rule of thirds.

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These are my productions which are made by scanner. I think most of people, when they first see these photos, probably think of them as the texture of bark, or a satellite image of the mountains, or the texture of the wall. However, it is actually the skin of human’s hand and a pencil mark on a piece of white paper. These micro photos show that the other world which is very tiny, but somehow similar as the real world. When I saw these photos, I felt stunned and the magic of nature. In addition, micro photos can help people know more about the tiny world. Then, people can use these on education, medical field, etc. Anyway, it is a meaningful thing for human.

March, 10. I watched the “Watermark” which is the film produced by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. It talks about the relationship between people and water. As we all know, if a person does not drink water for 3 days, he will face the threat of death. In fact, human life cannot sustain without water even one day. People need water for the most basic three meals, water is needed for factory production, water is needed for washing clothes, etc. There are many places in the world that are still in a state of drought. Many people are still struggling with drinking water. From this film, I learned that people should cherish water resources and protect water resources. Plant more trees in the arid area and learn to reuse water resources. These ways will help a lot for people to protect water resources. At the same time, many schools organize students to plant trees on Labor Day and educate students plant trees can protect the global environment, prevent water loss and many other benefits. In addition, some people recognize that reuse of water not only saves money but also saves water. They usually reuse water two or three times. So, Let us act now to protect the water we depend on for survival.

The finalist I choose is Benny Lam who is a Chinese photographer. This photo is the flat of Hong Kong. Forty square feet can be the size of a toilet, a kitchen, or a balcony. It is just enough for three or four people to lie down, four or five swivel chairs, or 57 pieces of tiled A4-sized paper. But for some people, it is the size of the entire house that they call home. The tiny space in this house compels you to do everything on or around the bed: sleeping, washing vegetables, having meals, writing letters, and watching TV. For some people, it is also where the children do homework and play games. Living here is like being trapped in a cage. The dilemma is what it’s all about. In our mind, the impression that Hong Kong gives us is usually prosperous and morden. However, he took this photo which shows the other side of Hong Kong’s unknown. To be honest, I really get shocked by this photo. Appreciating these photos for a long time made me feel like I was so depressed that I had to gasps to keep breathing. Through this group project, I find that different people have different perspectives on the same thing and I learned a lot from my teammates.