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Look at a Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph and discuss why you think that capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture’s quality. 

Henri Cartier-Bresson

 Capturing the decisive moment has added to the picture's quality because it shows the movement of the subject. It also shows the subject in almost a natural state. It seems as the photographer was just stating in the background and not disturbing the subject.

Henri Cartier_Bresson

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Activity 4

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Find a photograph where the photographer has used a slow shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how these mat have been overcome. 

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In both of these photos, the photographers used a slow shutter speed to get these effects. In the first photo you can see that the train tracks, the rocks, and the trees are in focus but the light of the train are blurry. In the second photo, the boats and the water are in focus but the light of he stars are blurry. Some technical difficulties that the photography may have in counter is trying to keep the camera so still for so long. And they could of overcome this by using a tripod and putting it on very stable and flat ground. 

Terence Chang 

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Find an example of a photograph where the photographer has used a very fast shutter speed and describe the subject matter including the background. Discuss any technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered and how he or she may have overcome them. 

• Discuss what happened to the depth of field and why. 
• Discuss weather the image gives you the feeling of movement, stating the reasons for your conclusion. 

Andras Csirmaz

 In these photos, the photographer used a very fast shutter speed to capture these images without blurring. They captured the subjects when they were in high speed motion but are almost frozen in time in the photos. Some technical difficulties the photographer may have encountered while taking these photos are being in focus and making sure that the photo did not come out blurry. And in each photo there is different depths of field. In the first photo, the photographer is very close to the bubble, so there is a low depth of field. But in the second photo, the photographer is farther away so you can see more of the background which creates a greater depth of field. These images give me a sense of motion because you can see the movement that was captured. In the first photo you can see the water dispersing from the finger. In the second photo, you can see the dirt being kicked up by the motion of the tires. 

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Activity 5

Activity 5

Create a landscape utilizing foreground subject matter to create a sense of depth. Discuss how the resulting image is likely to be read by the viewer.

This picture creates a sense a depth of field with the camera and the sky. The camera brings in a shallow depth of field while the sky draws the viewers eyes farther out, deeper into the photo. And the open background gives more room for the view to see farther into the photo. 

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Activity 4

Create two photographs in a location with tall buildings or trees using both formats. Create a closed and open landscape at one location. Discuss the different ways we read the resulting images.

The first picture is an open landscape. There is less objects blocking the cameras view and there is more space for the photographer to take pictures of.

The second photo is a closed landscape. There are trees and objects blocking the view of the camera. There is less of the background that is able to be see from all the objects. 

Activity 3

Compare and contrast a landscape photograph with a landscape painting. Discuss the expressive possibilities of each medium using your examples to illustrate your argument. Choose your examples carefully as representative of the medium.

Example: The two images below are similar in subject matter, how are they similar? How are they different? What options doe a painter have compared to the options a photographer has in terms of expression.

patrick schneider.

Both of these images are very similar in subject matter. These images both contain pictures of sunflowers and a small amount of the  sky.  But they are different in some ways. One of the obvious ways is that one is a painting and one is a photo. And with that, the photo is more realistic. The photo really captures all the different colors, shades, and textures of the flower while the painting can only try and mimic it. But a painter has more options than a photographer. A photographer can't change the intensity of the sun or the colors of the flowers. The Photographer can't always change the subjects that it is shooting to his or her liking. While a painter can paint and change anything they want in their pictures. 

Simi Sherin

Activity 2

Find two landscape photographs that question social values or act as a metaphor for personal issues that the photographer is trying to express. Discuss whether the communication is clear or ambiguous and how this communication is conveyed.

Example: What does the image below say about humans need to control the environment? Or, does it indicate an attempt to recreate a time long past and remind people of their outdoor beginnings? What do you think? Does it say anything different?

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In these photos, I feel that the photographers are trying to express the need to preserve nature. How man is destroying it and that it needs to be left alone. These two photos show the New York High Line that use to be railroad tracks but went unused. So then nature took over and grew over and around it.  But instead of letting nature grow New York build over it, only letting some of it to thrive. I feel that the communication is very clear. You can clearly see how the buildings are taking over where nature use to be.

Anna Wad