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Landscape Photography

1. You can look at google maps to learn more about your location and where it is located and what is around it. 2.  Photographer's Ephemeris  is a good app to use to find pick the best angle. 3. The biggest problem shooting with a zoom lens is that it can cause distortion.  4. You can use the latest digital SLRs and you can use also use the Light Room software. 5. You should always carry a plastic bag, a cloth, and microfiber towel. 6. Pre-scouting helps you get a feel for the location and figure out different angles and places that you can take pictures. 7. Composition is more important than the subject.  8. Adding elements to the composition can enhance the photo. 9. Black and white can make the image more dramatic or monochromatic. 10. If you go back to the same location you can know where the good spots to take pictures are.

My Opinions Story

Countries cause pollution everyday. Whether people are polluting the Earth by running factories that release harmful toxins, or they are littering, it is bad for the environment. Pollution is dangerous not only to humans but animals whose environments are ruined. According to CBS News almost half of U.S. citizens live in dangerous conditions containing pollution. I think that we should try to stop or reduce the amount of pollution released into the air and the environment. Factories are one of the biggest sources of pollution. They cause many harmful things to be released into the air we breathe in. When people litter it causes the environment around us to be affected and many animals. We should be able to lessen the amount of factories and litter spread around the U.S. and the world. Litter is very dangerous to animals all over but mostly in the ocean. When trash is left unattended it can blow away and eventually it will end up in some sort of body of water. Creatures living in th

Merger Photos

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Merger Photo Preview

1. Some of the objects in the picture could be disoriented because there are different pictures taken in the same place. Some of the shadows could also be off depending on the time of day. 2. I think a good place to take a picture like this on the Bowie Campus would be in front of a wall or building so that there is not random space in the picture and instead a good background. 3. I think that it would be cool to spell something out with this project or I could do one with the different stages of jumping. 4. I could just wear regular clothes if I were to just spell something out.

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Graffiti/Found Object Shoot

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Portfolio Analysis

a. Josh Birnbaum b. The general focus was sports. c. The judges noted that there was not a clear subject, there was an unnecessary background person, and the faces of the subjects were distracting to the picture. d.  The judges liked the humor presented in some of the photos and they liked detail. e. I didn't really like the photographers pictures. I feel like some of them were very random and some of them didn't have anything to do with sports. a. Justin Mott b. The general focus were stories. c. The judges noted that the picture could've been sharper and in focus, some of them could've portrayed the story better, and putting the pictures in a specific order. d. The judges liked the mood being portrayed in some of the pictures and they liked the black and white. e. I liked this photographer because I thought the black and white made the pictures really dramatic. I thought all of the pictures were clear also. a. Melissa Golden b. The general focus was a stor