Final Extra Credit

 A man was harassing people at the subway station , and when Ki Suk Han tried to peacefully stop him, the man pushed Han into the path of where the subway was arriving. Photographer Umar Abassi said he tried to help Han , but when he realized he couldn't he starting taking pictures hoping that the flash would warn the driver. 

Umar Abassi said he took the photo so that the flash going off would alert the driver.

I think it was good idea that Abassi took the photo for many reasons.

Although Umar tried to help Han, I think he could have tried to help more. He could have helped Han more or gotten other people to help him as well. 

I agree that the photo should be on the front page of the newspaper. I agree , because it alerts people of what really happened and they can actually see how it happened through the picture. 

To a photo journalist capturing what is happening in life is more important than trying to stop things from happening. I think this , because that is how photo journalist make a living and maybe if they stop something from happening they ruined their chance of having their picture on a front page. 

I think it is acceptable because they were the ones who photographed that thing so it is their right to involve their selves.

I think that a photo journalist should influence events as they happen , because just them photographing the event is influencing it. 

The most appropriate thing for a photographer at this point in time would be to photograph the event. Some people might not agree with this , but this is how some people make a living. 

Final Review

Mr. Smith has found his monkey on the streets of Paris, France this morning around 10:00 am, they are preparing to move to the United States. Mr.Smith looked for his monkey for the past week and was stressing because they were planning on moving to the United States. 

A group of people are running a race today in Guatemala to raise money for a local charity. These people were about to finish the race for the local charity.

1. Rule of Thirds- when the subject of a picture is in line with the lines on the view finder
2. Balancing Elements- making sure that the picture is balanced and has equal parts to it
3. Leading Lines- The lines in the picture are somehow leading to the main subject or making it stand out more
4. Symmetry & Patterns- break the patterns in some way to make the main subject pop out more
5. Viewpoint- The angle in which you will take the picture from to make it more interesting
6. Background- having a simple yet interesting background to make the main subject more evident
7. Create Depth-add more "layers" from the background such as hills, and mountains etc.
8. Framing-placing natural frames such as trees and holes etc. to create a frame for the picture
9. Cropping- making sure that nothing else in the picture is in the way of the main subject and "cropping" things that are in the viewfinder
10. Mergers and avoiding them- use plain backgrounds and objects that won't interfere with the main subject

Magazine Cover

Portrait and Self Portrait

Portrait

 Self Portrait