...would call the palace and its adored paintings, a work of art and rather be mesmerised by the antiquity. Now, the second situation is somewhat we all are acquainted with. What do you expect to find as you enter the house of a popular film star. Well you are luckily you are going to see numerous photographs of stars being framed and hung on the wall. You can also find a good deal of landscape photographs in any modern household. Well, now the question arises. Will you call this house a patron of art? This is where the ambiguity arises. It has been almost 180 years now, and still innumerable critics have been raging a battle among themselves on whether to consider photography as an art. Well, I am no critic, neither I am any artist or photographer. I am what you all are, a layman. And I will try to analyse things from layman’s point of view. So, being impartial, standing on the vulnerable bisector dividing the two forms, I would like to establish art with photography. How do we describe art? Art is a form of media be it painting, film, song, etc which provokes some kind of thought or emotion within us. Common emotions to be found in art are joy, laughter, happiness, hatred, pessimism, amazement, shocks, etc. So, the most vital function of art is to wipe away the dust of daily life from our souls and provide a deep insight to our inner self. In other words, art provides liberation to our souls in turmoil, and...
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...My Hero is Matt Cherubino. He’s a photographer from Australia. Matt travels the world taking pictures mostly of nature in national parks. His work has inspired a fair amount of my mine. I’m always looking forward to see him release a new set of photos from his recent trips. He donates most of the money he makes from his work to charity. Matt Cherubino gets to travel around the world taking pictures of breathtaking scenery. He’s been to multiple locations across Australia, Europe, Asia, and The United States. This is what I hope to one day, be able to do. I love experimenting with different angles, lighting, sceneries, etc. Being able to travel, would make this much easier to do. Matt has inspired much of my work. Everything from the angles he uses to the way he uses the weather to manipulate the lighting. Because he gets to travel around the world; each locations provides a unique feel to each picture. Matt is a big motivation to me and many other photographers. His passion of photography has not only provided him with a well paying job but also over 20,000 Instagram followers and even featured on Instagram’s page with over one-hundred million followers. Matt sells most of his online or at art shows/conventions he stops at on his travels. Most of the money Matt makes either goes to paying for travel expenses or charity. Its very nice to see him donating to charities as charities are what helped pay for most of my dad’s medical bills while he was fighting cancer. This...
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...Portrait vs Special Effects Photography In this assignment I will be comparing the styles of photographing Still Life and Special effects. Showing how the photographer approaches the subjects, sets the scenery and produces the outcome. Photographing a portrait is a balance of the subject and the photographer. Knowledge of how to use the equipment is a great part, but also how the photographer sees the person and the surroundings. It can be difficult because most people feel uncomfortable being photographed. The photographer must put the subject at ease so they can relax and help them look their best. Starting a conversation regarding something they love or their hobbies is a good way to get through the uneasiness. Photographing children portraits can be easy or an adventure; depending on the photographer’s experience with the attention span of a child. A playground or park is an ideal location for scenery, lighting and the use of less equipment. By going for authentic smiles, letting a child act like a child will produce a genuinely beautiful portrait in a matter of a few clicks. To produce a real, timeless image, avoid the word “cheese”; try to connect with the subject, take a deep breath, relax and have fun. Special effects photography is a technical photography that can be created in the camera, using a variety of lens, or using image editing programs. Using the camera and lens option can take time in the field as opposed to using the effects...
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...artwork in question, taking note of all organizational structures, formal elements and details that make up the artwork (including the title). In order to do this more thoroughly, take a look at the terms that are listed below, and consider whether the artist is using any of these strategies and principles. Then in the connotative section, consider how is she/he using them in each artwork to help communicate, and state what the meaning of the photograph, or the intent of the photographer, might be based on your denotative findings. In the final section of your paper, compare the denotative/connotative conclusions of the separate photographs with each other. Write one to two pages denotative and one to two pages connotative, double-spaced, for each photograph, then write one to two pages comparing the two artworks. So your finished paper will be at least 5 pages. (Minimum of 5, not more than 10) Denotative analysis Examine how each artist uses Depth of Field (what is in, or out of, focus), Contrast (is the photographer using contrast – is...
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...‘Documentary Photography’ In the article Between Objectivity and Subjectivity: Understanding Photography written by Pieter Swanepoel, Swanepoel states that the Photographer has been seen rather as a “lowly button pressor” than an artist (Swanepoel, 2005: 204). Swanepoel in this statement suggests that the photographer is just an opperator of the mechanics of a camera and not important to the meaning and outcome of the photograph, however many photographers manipulated their images through technical means when capturing the photograph as well as developing it. Looking at two of the works by South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, Easter Sunday Church Service (1996)(Figure1) and Eyes Wide Shut (2004)(Figure 2) one clearly sees that there is a deep thought process, as well and the social background of the photographer and the place time where the photograph is taken, that is considerated when capturing the photograph, but has also deeply influenced both photographs as well. Born in Soweto in 1956, Santu Mofokeng was documentory photographer in the midst of Apartheid South Africa (Haynes, 2009: 34). Although Mofokeng formed part of the Afrapix Collective, in which they chose the anti-apartheid resistance to photograph, due to Mofokeng’s socioeconoic status and the conditions of apartheid towards black people, he could often not get to where the photos needed to be shot in time as he did not own a means of transport (Haynes, 2009: 39). Instead of shooting and exposing the...
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...Women are beautiful By Maria Batrakova Group 21 D Free and beautiful, that was how one of the greatest innovators of photography, Garry Winogrand, pictured women. (Here you can see a photo of him: http://imgur.com/AjnXCe6) Due to Art Blart (Art Blart, 2011) he was considered as one of the most distinguished photographers of the twenties-century in America. Winogrand's amazing exhibition includes 85 spontaneous photographs taken between 1960 and 1975 in and around New-York city. (Series of his photographs provided with the following links: http://imgur.com/jNApIzk, http://imgur.com/fY51U1d, http://imgur.com/aTd0ImL, http://imgur.com/R1Jd7J7, http://imgur.com/K1cJdwO, http://imgur.com/MNQWicg) During the 60's the attitude to women totally changed. Inner and outer freedom were explicit, in some ways, sexually explicit. “Prince of the streets” depicted this social transformation better that someone else. Lola Garrido called famous photographer “the maestro of the moment”: “In short, Winogrand catches with his camera every detail by composing and giving natural meaning to the representation.” (Garrido, 2014). But the gifted photograther found the way in which beautiful creatures express their sexuality through their gestures, hairstyles, clothes and some other interesting features, he avoided naked pictures. Richard Woodward writes in his article the following: “Winogrand didn't dress these women in tight sweaters or pant suits, or apply their hair and make-up. Their clothing...
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...unpredictable weather, fluctuating health conditions and oxygen scarcity into the virtual expedition. In doing so, teams must manage, plan organize and manage themselves so that they can perform effectively and achieve the ultimate goal of reaching the summit. In the simulation, the roles of being a physician, an environmentalist, the team leader, a photographer and a marathon runner, are delegated to each team member. If a team had more than five members, such as our team, the remaining members would assume the role of an observer. Each role had different personal information and goals tailored to them and the simulation encouraged players not to share personal information to others, thus mirroring real-life situations. In the past years, it has been shown that students generally learn from their mistakes in the first simulation and perform better in the second. However Team ‘_____ ’ deviated from this idea, starting with 50% and deteriorating to 38%. The major improvement in performance between the simulations can be explained by the intragroup changes between Everest 1 and Everest 2. This will be closely examined by comparing and contrasting both personal and team’s experiences, using results in the two Everest simulations, analysing them under two critical organisational concepts: Groups & Teams, and Leadership. TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2...
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...THE APERTURE is referred to the lens diaphragm opening inside a photographic lens. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens regulates amount of light passes through onto the film inside the camera the moment when the shutter is pressed in camera opens during an exposure process. The size of an aperture in a lens can either be a fixed or the most popular form in an adjustable type (like an SLR camera). Aperture size is usually calibrated in f-numbers or f-stops. i.e. those little numbers engraved on the lens barrel like f22 (f/22),16 (f/16), f/11, f/8.0, f/5.6, f/4.0, f/2.8, f/2.0, f/1.8 etc. Each of this value represents one time the amount of light either more or less in quantity. Meaning to say, f/16 will let in 1X the amount of light than a diaphragm opening of f/22 and so forth; while on the other hand, an aperture of f/4.0 will let in 1X lesser than that of f/2.8 etc. . (i) As controller of light • Also known as the f-nos, changing the size of the aperture the lens opening through which the light enters the camera can change the exposure the amount of light that reaches the film. • Whereas the shutter speeds controls the length of time light strikes the film the f-no controls the brightness of the light. • It works like the pupil of an eye i.e. it can be enlarged or contracted to admit more light or less. • In a camera, this is done with a diaphragm which is a thin overlapping metal leaves located inside the...
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...Evolving Photography After comparing print ads from the 80’s and today, you can see a lot has changed. The intent of the photography hasn’t neccicarly changed, but it’s simplified. Images have become more simple with only a few words vs. the 80’s where photography contained an article of info about the product. The photographers perspective has changed now to have the focus on a specific person or object, instead of the photo as a whole. Subjects still look into the camera. The background of images has also become much more simplified, so you focus on the subject instead of things going on in the back. Since the 80’s the number of print ads have gone up and have increased in size on each page. The photos change depending on the type of magazine they are in. Family photography now, has become more realistic with photos taken outside or in a more natural way than standing in front of a backdrop. Print ads have gone the same way as well. Subjects are posed to look more natural and casual. Families take photos preserve a moment as children grow and things change. A snapshot is something not taken with intention. They are typically taken to capture a memorable moment. Snapshots have an artistic value as they capture everyday life. Family photography has changed from less posed to more natural. People no longer all match in similar outfits and are posed in front of a backdrop. Throughout the next ten years photos will be taken more in HDR and have higher resolutions. Everything...
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...Nature Side of Things The Nature Side of Things As I walked through the Art Institute of Chicago there were so many pictures and paintings with a wide variety of shape, color, and tone. Looking at these paintings and photos only one can think what was the painter or photographer intention? Well I ask myself that question about two photographs made by Carleton Watkins and Tokihiro Sato. In Watkins photograph of Mendocino River, from the Rancherie, Mendocino County, California shows a peaceful view of the river in the highlands of Mendocino County. Sato’s photo is a forest in Oregon with orbs of light glowing at the bottom of the forest floor. Both pictures have their similarities but also their differences as well. Carleton Watkins is perhaps the most famous early western photographer. He found international fame for his award winning photographs of Yosemite, San Francisco, the Pacific coast and subjects throughout the western states. Watkins is best known for his mammoth plate photographs but actually published the majority of his work as stereoviews. They represent a comprehensive look into California and the West from the 1860s through the 1890s (Watkins). In the late 1854 Watkins met photographer Robert Vance who had a gallery and began working for him and it was here that he learned the photographic techniques and processes that he would perfect during his career (Watkins). Watkins photograph of Mendocino River, from the Rancherie, Mendocino County, California is...
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...Tati Kringel Professor Posada CTVR 1 15 September 2016 When Creation Causes Destruction New advances in technology have created and given users a wider rage of ability to potentially become a photographer just by owning a smart phone. This creates a difficult field, or obstacle for those who take their photography careers seriously and are professionals. In the article, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter Benjamin, he writes about a change in perspective in film and photography and discusses his argument towards the loss of the aura through the mechanical reproduction of art itself. He also touches upon how modern art has changed immensely since the beginning of its creation, and how it has lost a majority of its value. As social media is growing and changing, there are many opportunities for anyone to be able to take professional photos just by having equipment and the social...
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...CHAPTER 5 COMPUTER FRAUD SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 5.1 Do you agree that the most effective way to obtain adequate system security is to rely on the integrity of company employees? Why or why not? Does this seem ironic? What should a company do to ensure the integrity of its employees? The statement is ironic because employees represent both the greatest control strength and the greatest control weakness. Honest, skilled employees are the most effective fraud deterrent. However, when fraud occurs, it often involves an employee in a position of trust. As many as 90% of computer frauds are insider jobs by employees. Employers can do the following to maintain the integrity of their employees. (NOTE: Answers are introduced in this chapter and covered in more depth in Chapter 7) Human Resource Policies. Implement human resource policies for hiring, compensating, evaluating, counseling, promoting, and discharging employees that send messages about the required level of ethical behavior and integrity Hiring and Firing Practices: Effective hiring and firing practices include: o Screen potential employees using a thorough background checks and written tests that evaluate integrity. o o Remove fired employees from all sensitive jobs and deny them access to the computer system to avoid sabotage. Managing Disgruntled Employees: Some employees who commit a fraud are disgruntled and they are seeking revenge or "justice" for some wrong...
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...my classmates. “Why are you dressed so fancy?” as if my name was a bad trait. Now that I’m older, I appreciate my name. I haven’t read another story where our titles are the same. A name is just a name, so I knew I could get through it. What I do will set me apart, as well as how I do it. Trends flooded my high school of OHS. We all wanted to fit in, but no one wanted to confess. Snapbacks and jeans so tight that it was hard to breathe. I always thought glasses were made for people who couldn’t really see. To keep with the passing trends, a mind needed incredible speed. A shoe that was a small want a week ago becomes an outfit of great need. The result of the latest clothes and slang weren’t for personal feeling; it was only for the photographer. I set my own trend by not following theirs. That might be the reason I wasn’t exactly “popular.” Ask me if I got the new anything, and from me you’ll hear “no.” my lack of need and greed helps me plant my own seed and watch it grow. I still needed to stand out, though, past the...
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...appeared in “Written from Australia” it´s written by, the photographer and filmmaker Michael Richards in 1994. The story is about a man and boy haunting kangaroos, who are very optimistic and in hopes of the boy becoming a man afterwards. In the beginning of the “Just Like that” the boy believes that taking another life would somehow help him on his path to become a man, but at the end of the story he finds out that it is wrong way of thinking. As the story builds up, the readers come to know that the theme that Michael Richards is focusing on is how one person can develop and find their path in life on their own. The story does not tell us the exact relation the man has to the boy, but we know that the boy looks up to the man as a roll model. The man does not care for the kangaroos, and it seems like he often goes haunting for the fun of it. The boy asked, “What do we do with them now?”(p. 26, l.5) Where after the man responses: “Let them root.” (p. 26, l. 6) The man is fearful about the boy holding a gun. He seems afraid that the boy might accidentally shoot him. "Don't walk behind me, said the man.” (p. 25, l. 9) That is something he continued telling the boy. The boy was speechless when he saw the man shoot the first kangaroo. He was drawn to it and walked even closer. “The boy was fascinated. He had never seen anything like this before.”(p. 25, l. 35-36) The kangaroo was described almost like a human. Comparing the forepaws of the kangaroo to hands. “It’s forepaws...
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...causes huge pollution, such as soil, water and atmosphere contamination. In addition, fossil fuels, such as solid, liquid and gas, are all facing on the exhaustion. It is evidential that the situations need to be checked or repressed. However, the solutions should satisfy the urgent requirement of energy as well. Nuclear and solar energy are two clean, practicable solutions for human beings. Because they have been tested and been put to use since the mid twentieth century. On the surface, nuclear and solar energy seem absolutely different in other aspects except for low direct pollution and practicability. In fact, they share some significant similarities while they are totally different in other aspects. This essay will concentrate on comparing and contrasting nuclear and solar energy by discussing the similarities in gas emissions, high expend in increasing efficiency and electricity price, and the differences in safety and equipments. There are numerous similarities between nuclear and solar energy. The most significant one is that they are pollution-free and have no direct emission of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. Both nuclear and solar energy will give a carbon dioxide saving of 1330kg for 1kw electric power per year (Bosshard, 2006). Even though they lead to indirect emission of gases, the quantity of pollutant is small and unavoidable. However, at the price of low emission, the improvement of efficiency is expensive and difficult for both. In other words, they...
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