Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Chapter Six


Women Photojournalist

Erin Trieb

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Self Portrait
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Principle 1. Subjects Expression: This is a self portrait of Erin. She looks relaxed and like she is having fun taking the picture. Maybe someone said a joke maybe she just has a nice smile! Maybe it is a Candid shot nevertheless its a nice picture!

Principle 2. Black and White: I think that this a picture for her profile of some sort. Therefore it is in black and white. A lot of portraits are in black and white to add affects and to make it different than just normal picture. The photo was taken recent so the photographer had an option of normal or black and white. 

Principle 3. Obvious Main subject: Obviously the main subject is Erin. She fits in the whole picture right in the center of it. It is only half of her body so the camera would need to zoom out to fit her whole body.  

Why I chose this image: I chose the image because Erin looks happy. There were other pictures and portraits of Erin but I picked this one because she was laughing and looked happy. It was also black and white so it added more affect.  


    

 Erin Trieb is an American women Photojournalist who was born and Grew up in Dallas Texas. In college she fell in love with photojournalism and, "earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in photography from Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2004." She began her career working all over the world in such places as Israel and the Palestinian Territories and also freelancing for newspapers in Texas. In her work she likes to focus on social driven issues such as cultural identity, trauma from war, and feminism. She has worked for many major and big companies "including The New York Times, ESPN Magazine, Rolling Stone, NBCnews.com, Newsweek, TIME Magazine, Harper’s, Playboy, and many others.




Erin ties in great with the topic and subject of discussion because a lot of her work is about women's rights and feminism. This isn't only about talking about her main job photojournalism. She has started up page to raise money for a movie that she will be creating in Afghanistan about women's rights and how they are very minimal and women still to this day are living in the "Dark". This movie will try and raise awareness to women's rights in Afghanistan and all around the world. The Movie is still being made and shot and will be called an uphill battle, "A documentary about Afghanistan’s first team of female mountaineers, who plan to climb and summit Afghanistan’s highest mountain."


Not only in Afghanistan do women face discrimination. Women face discrimination all over the world and in the United States to this day. As much as we say "Everyone is equal", is that really true? Since I play a sport, I want to look at women's vs mens sports, specifically the pay. I really believe there is such a big fluctuation between pay between mens and women's sports. I get that mens sports generates more revenue and more fans to games but something needs to be said about the pay that happens between male and female sports. 

In sports the pay between male and female is not even comparable. If you take a look at the salaries "in team sports the top WNBA player last year made $117k, compared to the NBA where top earner took home $34 million." Although women in independent sports such as golf or tennis make significantly much more, team sports for women are making close to nothing. The Salary cap for the highest women's soft pitch team last year was $175k split between the team compared to the Red Sox the male counterpart that will split $227 million this year.


     


Image by: Erin Trieb 
Date taken 2015




Principle 1. Quality of light: The light is dim. Might be because it is in black and white but nevertheless it is a dim picture. Could be because it is a cloudy day.


Principle 2. Keep it simple: The photographer kept it simple as it is just the person skiing and the sky. Really neat picture. As it is a simple picture it was probably very hard to take and took several tries.


Principle 3. What feelings does the image create: This image makes me want to go skiing. I love skiing and miss it a lot but I do not get to go anymore due to hockey. It also makes me want to try something new and try and go out of my comfort zone as this person is doing in this picture.



Why I chose this picture: I chose this because the person that is skiing is going out of there comfort zone and taking a risk. I also really like this picture because its just the sky and the person skiing. Overall really cool picture.










Image by: Erin Trieb

Date taken 2015




Principle 1. Use of lines: In this picture there is a bunch of lines that make the picture up. Some are straight, and some are curved. But all of these lines come together in the top of the picture to make trees.


Principle 2. Does it remind you of different artwork: Not as much artwork comes to mind as the show "Earth" on Netflix. There is a scene when they are talking about the Tundra where the camera fly's overhead. This looks Just like that.


Principle 3. Depth of field: This picture is a perfect example of depth of field. It starts off with a few trees in the front of the picture then towards the back of the picture many more trees fill in. Picture was taken from above which allows this to happen.


Why I chose this picture: I really like the all white pictures filled with snow on the ground. It is a very peaceful picture. Looks like in the middle of winter and winter is my favorite season. Cool picture!































Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Chapter 4


Austin Albrecht
How Social Media is Changing the Game 


            There have been apps from the start of the smart phone that has changed the way people go about their daily lives. There have been apps that have succeeded and apps that have failed. In today’s day and age apps on smart phones are controlling lives and really demanding people time and attention. Instagram has blown all the way up in the past decade. Snapchat is another app that has made major noise in the past decade. Both of these apps that once started small are running social media and have taken the social media game by the horns.
            

            In today’s day and age younger generations are using Instagram more rather than Facebook which is a little outdated at this point. Forbes stated “It’s been one of the biggest reasons Facebook transformed from a $58 billion-dollar industry to a $435Billion-dollar industry." This is all due to the fact that Facebook bought Instagram back in 2012. Everyone in today’s world looks to social media from information such as news, sports, or what is going on in the world. The first thing that I do every morning is check my social media to see what is going on in the world. Whether that is snapchat or that is Instagram that’s how I am finding out what is going on in the world and anything serious that is happening I will be notified.
           
Instagram and social media platforms have affected photographers and photojournalist in so many different ways. It gave everyone a free spot to post pictures and even make a name for themselves. Nieman Reports had a very similar idea talking about “Demotix” a new marketplace stating “to create a virtuous circle providing a refuge for free speech,a safe harbor for correspondents, whomever and wherever they might be.” Anyone can create an account and be able to post what they would like to it. People could make a living off Instagram and social media which many people have done. On Snapchat you’re able to keep up with the latest news at your fingertips. In the clip Using Discover on Snapchat it states, “you’ll never stoplearning or laughing.” This is true because everything is personalized to what you want to see and what you want to learn about. It makes watching news very entertaining.


Cameras today keep getting better and better. In “Before there were pixels Part-2” you mention how hard it was back then to look at a picture compared to today when we have these fancy cameras to take pictures with. That is true while cameras are getting better and better people are being able to capture moments that are just changing the way of photojournalism and photojournalist. People make livings off single posts on instagram due to all of their followers. Someone that posts really good pictures will have a good following. And once you have a good following it is really easy to make a living posting pictures. Something that is really cool. This was not a "thing" ten years ago.




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Source: Instagram

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Source: Instagram 
Photo: Jay Alvarez swimming with marine life 

    

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Chapter Three

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Photo By: Tony Linck
Image source: History.com 
Year: 1940



Rule of thirds: The soldier in this picture is off to the left side of the picture leaving the two thirds of the picture to the right empty. This makes it a little more dramatic not knowing whats in front of the soldier. Maybe there is an enemy. Maybe the soldier is running back to base. No one knows besides who was there at the time. 

Black or white or Color?: The image is in Black and white giving it more of a retro look. Obviously this picture was taken during the war decades ago so it adds some more to the picture. I personally think it looks better in black and white. 

Texture: The picture definitely is not HD like the cameras today. But that is what makes the picture and makes the picture what it is. If it was in HD and not so much blurry it wouldn't make it the same.

Why did I chose the image? I chose the image because I find world War 2 very interesting. Also because the soldier running really stuck out to me. I would like to know who and what this soldier was doing at this time.  



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Photo By: Dave Stubbs
Image Source: NHL.com
Year: 2018

Depth of Field: The depth of field in this picture is set on the hockey player Alex Ovechkin. Everyone in the stands and in the background is blurry because the picture is focused on the player. The image directs your attention to the Stanley Cup and the player and uses great depth of field. 

What feelings did the image create: The image has so many feelings in it and you can just sense that. The image really captures my attention from the player screaming. You can almost hear the player screaming through the picture. The player with his mouth wide open screaming really depicts all the feeling thats happening in the picture. 

Does the image remind me of another image: Obviously every year there is a winner in the National Hockey league. So that means for over 100 years there is pictures of players holding the Stanley Cup. The difference between this picture and let's say decades ago is how new and shiny and colorful it is. I have seen pictures of players from decades ago where everything looks so much different from equipment, lighting, color and much more. 

Why did I choose this picture? I Chose this picture because I have been playing and watching hockey all my life. I remember this exact moment when they won the the cup. A very Special and historic time for the Washington Capitals Capturing their first Cup. 

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Photo By: Katie Hosmer
Source: Modern Met
Year: 1861

In or out of focus: Obviously this picture is not from when Abraham Lincoln was alive but I wanted to think outside of the Box. I wanted to find a picture of him in color. This is him in color and defiantly in focus. Really cool to see him from this perspective. 

Contrast high: the contrast here is most definitely high. In every other picture of Abe Lincoln the contrast is low but here he is high resolution and you can see him very well which makes it very unique and different. 

Use of Shadows: There is one shadow behind his head. I think that it is there purposely maybe the shadow of a door or maybe even a window. I think this is the case because it is a straight line going directly down. 

Why I chose this: I chose this picture because I watched the Documentary one time called "Lincoln". It was all about Abe and his life. He is a very unique guy and I wanted to use him for this assignment.