Photo-Essay Tips

1.  Find a topic: After you choose a topic, for example, a baby's growth, make your photo-essay consist of constant change within your subject.
2. Do your research: Get to know the people and background of which your photo-essay will be about.  Make connections with whatever your topic is so it will help you plan for good shots that will tell a story by themselves.
3. Find the "real story": After you do research, focus on the parts of the story that stick out and are different from anyone else's.
4. Every dynamic story is built on a set of core values and emotions that touch the heart of its audience: Use effective emotions in your photos to go along with the story.
5. Plan your shots: Make each of your pictures replace a sentence.  Instead of using words for your essay, you're just using pictures, plan them ahead of time so they go in order with your story and doesn't skip any big parts. Beginners are recommended to write sentences before your shoot, then an individual picture for each of your sentences.

Americas

1. How did this book change photography? Give examples.

 The book changed photography because his photos weren't the same as everyone else. I think it taught people to think outside the box with photographs.  The pictures he took to real American, not just the American Dream.

2. What was Robert Frank doing in photography that was different?

Robert Frank took pictures of people who were not exactly living the 'American Dream." For example, factory worker, transvestites, and black riders on segregated trolley's.

3. Why do you think that the Museum of Modern Art rejected it while younger people caught onto it?

I think the Museum of Modern Art rejected Frank's book because they're set in their ways.  Like now, younger people think a lot different, and except a lot more than older people.  Younger people's minds has room to expand.  Also, I think they didn't approve the perception of America that people get out of the photos.  The only things captured before Robert Frank was what everyone thought American was a should be, not what it actually was.

 
4. Give some examples of the type of photographs that Frank was shooting.

Factory workers, transvestites, and black riders on segregated trolley's.

5.

 I really like this picture people the instruments bell is almost in place of the guys face.  It looks really cool, and the flag in the background reminds me he takes pictures of the legit America.  I think this photographers is really cool

 This picture must have caused kayos! Back his Robert Franks times, a black women holding a white baby was very rare.  I really like how he didn't care what people had to say, because he didn't want to give people the wrong image of America...like everyone else was doing.

woman photographers

Anne Geddes was born on September 13, 1956 in Australia.  Her parents were hard working farmers.  She grew up on a 26,000 acre beef cattle ranch riding horses, herding cattle, scattering hay, and swimming in the creek.  When Anne was 17 she worked for a hotel chain and traveled a lot.  While traveling, she took many pictures self-teaching herself about photography.  At 22 Anne worked as a secretary for a local t.v. station.  Later, she went on to marry the station manager and raise 2 daughters in Australia and New Zeland.  Anne got very interested in photography after viewing images in Nation Geographic and Life magazines.  She likes focusing on infant and newborn photography, because he has the desire to explore their innocence.  Anne received many awards including Best in Category from Paybefore Awards for greeting card designs in 2009, Lifetime Achievement Award from Professional Photographers of America in 1997, and several more.  Anne will continue exploring the world of photography for many years to come.

I really like this picture because the baby ad the doggy look so similar. The baby is so chubby and cute!  Most of her pictures are in color, and I wonder why this is black and white.  I think this particular picture would look better in color.

Her belly is so cute!  This baby looks so happy in the pretty pink flowers, and she looks like an angel.

This picture, like the first, is so cool.  The dog and the baby look so similar, and again it is in black and white.  They look so peaceful and relaxed.

At first glance I thought this was a real baby, but when I looked closer I saw that this was a doll.  The doll looks so weightless resting in the palm of the girls hand.

I wonder if this baby is real or a doll?  The background and wings are so pretty.  The baby is so innocent!

AW! To me, this represents a new born unknowing of the world. Like a bird, hatching from an egg. I really like this picture, especially the pastel background.

There are a lot of photos involving baby and holiday's.  Babies are good to photograph for holiday's and greeting cards because they're always cute, and it just adds something.  The background of this picture goes so well with the pumpkin, it's perfect.

I like this picture because it makes me think of a rose.  The baby looks like it's the center of a beautiful rose.  The babies skin looks so soft, I love this picture!

Teen Ink

http://www.teenink.com/art/photographs/58505/On-the-hood-/?page=1

http://www.teenink.com/art/photographs/58498/Wrong-Way/?page=1

http://www.teenink.com/art/photographs/58352/Yosemite-Leaf/?page=1

Magnum Photographers

What does it mean to be a  magnum photographers?:

It means you take pictures of many different things, like natural disasters or big events.  They edit there pictures in New York, London, Tokyo, and Paris and provides them to the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries, and museums. Magnum photography is owned by it's photography members.

 Henri Cartier-Bresson

What is his style? Surrelism

What was Cartier known for? Taking photos, painting, and publishing a few books.

I really like this picture because it has so much emotion.  This person is locked up behind bars, and is obviously going insane.  He or she wants out of that place now. This is cool because they're as far out of the cell and they can be, but can't go any further.

This photo is cool to look at because of guy jumping and his shadow.  I think the shadow makes the picture perfect, and I also like the fence as a background.

I really like the angle of this picture.  It's taken from a high point of view, looking down.  The stairs in the picture make it a really good photograph because it stands out.  First, you look at the stairs, and then see the biker.  The biker is blurry, which makes me infer he's going fast.

The background on this picture is good.  I think it would be better if the guy in the front was the only person in the picture.  I think the people walking, and the cars take away from the picture, but I still really like it.  The trees are good scenery.

The framing on this picture as awesome. It's like I'm looking into someone's life with out them knowing.  The hole in the wall gives the picture a lot of meaning, like how they look like they're living in a poor community.

 Robert Capa

What is his style? War

Why is he named “the greatest war photographer in the world”? Because he took pictures of the war.

 

Robert Capa is known as 'The Greatest War Photographer In The World' from taking pictures in the 1938 Spanish Civil War.  He was born in Andrew Fridemann as a Jew.  He studied political science, and honestly hated war.  He was driven out og his country by the treat of Nazi regime and settled in Paris in 1933.  Capa was represented by Alliance Photo and worked together with Gersa Taro, a journalist/photographer.  They sold their prints under the name 'famous.'  He took ongoing photographs of the Spanish Civil War, and when his companion Gerda was killed in Spain, Capa left for China.  A year later he went to New York. Capa also took photographs of World War II, D-Day, the liberation of Paris, and the Battle of Bulge. Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Seymour, George Rodger, and William Vandivertfounded Magnum photography in 1947.  On May 25, 1954 Capa was killed in Thai-Binh, Indochina by stepping on a landmine while he was taking photos for Life Magazine.

 I think it's really cool how all the men in this photograph are cheering out a train window.  I don't know exactly what is going on, but they seem ready.  I also like the words in a different language at the bottom of the page. I wonder what they say?

This photo is neat because the facial expressions tell a story.  This is one of those kinds of pictures where i says a thousand words.  It looks like the man just got back from war, because the has his uniform and they are smiling.  They seem really happy to see each other.

 This picture is awesome. It looks like the people are parachuting, and they wires are chaotic. It looks like a very busy photo. Also, I really like all the black and white photos.  Personally, I think black and white photos are more appealing to look at.

This is a cool picture because of the lighting coming though the leaves.

Elli Reed

 The framing of this picture is awesome.  I've taken a picture though  baseball fence before and I thought it was the coolest thing. If the person wasn't sitting there, I think I would like the picture more.  I feel like this framing would be better a scenery than a portrait.

 These kids look like they're having a lot of fun. I really like how the front of the picture is only the kids waist down, because all the kids are trying to stand on there hands, so without seeing the rest of the kid, you know exactly what he's doing.  It makes the photo different and more appealing. I also like how as your look further into the picture it looks like you're standing right with them.

 Did this chick really take a picture of Tupac?! His neckless makes his tattoos stick out.  He looks like he was something on his mind.  I wonder why his shirt is only half way off?

My Best Photographs