tabeen k s. photojournalism blog

Winner O, The Oprah Magazine, September, Hair! "It just might be one of the great hair days of all time. For O, The Oprah Magazine’s September 2013 hair-a-palooza issue, photographer Ruven Afanador captured Oprah Winfrey radiant in a magnificent Afro. (As was widely reported, the wig, which Oprah christened “Wild Thang,” weighed about the same as a Chihuahua.) The cover sparked “’Froprah” mania, garnering 337,346,650 media impressions; Oprah’s Instagram of the image drew some 75,000 likes in 24 hours. After 13 years and more than 160 issues with the same cover model (how’s that for a challenge?), O can still surprise, delight, and pump up the volume like nobody else." Critique: I think that this picture is really interesting and nice to look at, and worth peoples time and money. I also think it is a bit humorous. People would like this picture because the subject and topic is clear to the viewers and its eye candy. The exposure is perfect, the way her dress pops ...

1) formal 2) informal 3) informal 4) environmental 5) environmental 6) environmental 7) environmental 8) informal 9) formal 10) informal 11) formal 12) formal 13) formal

1   arouse curiosity 2   emotionally irresistible 3   efficient, fast, and easy to scan 4   wort the investment money and time 5   familiar recognition from issue to issue

photo #1 1) i choose this picture because  think its a good representation of a portrait. It caught my eye because the height that the basket ball player jumped was amazing. 2) I read about how the photo became famous, the picture is of michael jordan dunking a basketball from very high up. 3) i learned how a simple snapshot taken at an exact moment can become so famous and make a lot of money. 4)  5) Jacobus Rentmeester, 1936 - , Amsterdam, Art Center College   photo #2 1) i choose this picture because it was a happy moment in a world of chaos (after world war 2 just ended) 2) I read about how and when this picture was taken and the backstory of the photographer 3) I learned how people today think differently of the picture then people back then 4)  5) Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1898-1995, west Prussia, University of Berlin photo #3 1) i choose this picture because it shows a lot of emotion from just looking at it, t catch...

Fashion changes made 1 hair 2 makeup 3 extended neck 4 longer hair changes made 1 lighter skin  2 skinnier body 3 makeup 4 hair changes made 1 from food to human 2 made body and face 3 created female 4. Is it ethically acceptable to change a person's appearance like these in a photo? Why or why not? no because it makes people think hat that is what beauty looks like even though its mostly fake 5. Are there circumstances in which it would be more ethically wrong to do this type of manipulation? yes when its for advertising people, its misleading  6. What types of changes are OK, and what aren't? body changes are not, light blemishes are 7. Explain what you think the differences are between fashion photography and photojournalism. fashion is for modeling and advertisement, and in photojournalism its for anything with not a lot of editing unlike fashion photography 8. What relationship does each type of photography have to reality, and h...

Alter Your Perspective                                           Break the Rules of Composition Experiment with Lighting  i liked these pictures because they show a lot of physical emotion and mental emotion. i liked how in the 1st they used rule of thirds, and made it black and white in the 2nd i liked these pictures because they're an easy show of environmentalist portrait and i like the angle of the 2nd one and the use of props.   I will shoot people doing their jobs around a background that makes it easy to tell, shooting a pic of my dad infant of a computer wearing work clothes, my mom in th kitchen being, etc.