Carl Henry_Public Service Ad

This is a poster designed by Carl Henry who is a senior in Graphic Design at Sacred Heart University. Carl Henry won the RYASAP (Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Project) competition for anti-tobacco public service ads for the collegiate division. This is the seventh year in a row that a student form Sacred Heart University Art & Design has won this honor.

 

I like the concept of this poster, but there are a few problems with it in my opinion. I think the picture is too dark. I think the boxing gloves should be brighter because they are getting lost. He can probably brighten up the glove's shadows a bit. I know that this picture is supposed to have a dark feeling too it, but I think it's a little to dark right now. Besides the picture being a little dark, I really like the picture he chose for it. When people think of smoking they usually think of smoke and cigarettes, but Carl Henry thought about boxing gloves. I think the type should match up. I like how the first sentence is lined up, but I don't like how the second one is. "Smoking" is bigger than the other words and it's line up with "Knock Out," which I like. I also like how he put the word "smoking" in red to match the boxing gloves. He should have done the same thing to the other sentence below it. The second sentence is align right. He made the word "you" bigger and in red, but it's by itself on the last line. I think he should have stretched the word "you" out to line up with the words above it. He probably didn't do that because "you" has fewer letters than "smoking" does. He could have made the tracking tighter on the words "before it knocks out" and in a smaller font. Then he could have made the tracker wider on the word "you" and had that in a bigger font size. I wonder if it would read better if the last sentence said "Before it knocks you out" instead of "Before it knocks out you."

Melanie Barti

"Melanie Barti has created award-winning work at some of the best agencies in the country." Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, The One Show, and Print Regional Design Annual. She is originally from Texas, but she is a true nature, food, music loving Californian.
She has worked with Bear Naked Granola, Budweiser, Intel, AT&T, Target Stores, Vans Shoes, 3dFX, and more. She does advertising, design, web, and eco advertising.

She was hired to create an ocean awareness campaign for The State of California. They wanted people to understand how important the ocean is to our everyday lives and why we need to protect it. So they came up with Thank You Ocean. It was very successful and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed June 8th as Thank You Ocean Day.

 I know this ad doesn't have any photography on it, but I still really like it. I like how it states a true fact. The font and size is very easy to read. They also included a small graphic at the bottom that says "thankyouocean.org." I also like the black arrow that is pointing towards the sky.

 

 

These last 2 ads are photo based. She used one main photo and then put some type, logos, and some other small pictures on the advertisement. The first ad looks like a 2 page spread in a magazine. I like how the focus is on the young girl and the rest of the background is a green plant bush/wall. Sometimes text doesn't look good across a person, but since this text isn't across the girl's face it works. I like how on the right side there are 3 small pictures of Target's products and then a small description. I like the balance on the first ad. I thought the background was too busy and distracted from the girl on the 2nd ad, but when I read the text on the right it made since. The background and the girl go together. The picture is a little busy, but they wanted that way. The first picture is more clear and in focus versus the second picture. I think both of the ads are fairly strong.

Michael Jones

"Michael Jones began his career in photography in the 10th grade when he took a photography class and his C-average shot up to straight A's." He studied photography in college and became a photo assistant on the west coast and Paris, France. He started his own studio in Portland, Oregon and has been shooting product, portrait, and fashion photography ever since. He has worked with and created award-winning photography for TaylorMade, Golf, Nike, Sportswear, Microsoft, Oregon Symphony, Adidas, and many more. He lives in Washington State with his wife and daughter.

http://www.michaeljonesphotostudio.com/


The first picture is a photograph he took of the TaylorMade Golf Club. I don't think he actually designs the ads. I think he just takes the pictures for the companies. I like the background that the first golf club is sitting on. I like that it's a texture background underneath a shiny "metal" gold club.

 I really like this picture. I think it is centered, but it doesn't feel like it's centered because of the shape of the golf club and the angle and took it at. I think the club looks really sharp against a solid black background. The name, logo, and colors on the golf club turned out really well. I think the levels work is well done. It's dark on the bottom of the club, but I think it looks good like that. I like how the biggest highlight is across the brand name "TaylorMade"

 This is a photo he took for Nike. I really like this photo. I like how the shoe is positioned and I like how he took the shot. I usually see pictures of very clean and new shoes for ads. This shoe is different. This shoe has mud/dirt on the bottom and has water or sweat on top.  I like how the dirt is coming off of the shoe. The shoelaces are also untied, which gives it the used and rugged look.



Kashi_Magazine Ad

 This is an advertisement for "Kashi." I tore this ad out from a magazine that I had lying around at home. I'm not sure who made this particular ad. This is an example of a picture of a product used in a magazine advertisement. I like the layout of this ad. I like how the food is on one side and the text and ingredients are right next to the food. The only thing that is center about this ad is the logo and the tagline. I also like how they have the picture of the actual product (the boxes) towards the bottom of the page. Someone took a picture of one of Kashi's peanutty dark chocolate bars and then their picture was used for a advertisement. I also like the typography on this ad. It has almost a hand-written and natural feel to it, which fits the company. Kashi is the seven whole grain company and they use natural ingredients. I also like the colors they chose for the text to go along with the picture. The white background is plain, but I think it works. You usually don't want to have a busy background for a product ad.

Richard Avedon

This is a very famous picture by Richard Avedon. This picture is called "Nastassja Kinski and the Serpent." He took it in Los Angeles, California, June 1981. Nastassja is a German actress who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Richard Avedon was born in New York City on May 15th 1923. He studied with Alexey Brodovitch at The Design Laboratory, New School for Social Research, New York City. He won some awards, had more than 10 books, and held many exhibitions in the United States. He passed away on October 1st 2004 in Texas while on assignment for The New Yorker magazine and the Richard Avedon Foundation is established.
http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=2&p=2&a=1&at=0http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=2&p=2&a=1&at=0

I got this picture off of his website. I think he shot this picture in color and then turn it into black and white, but I'm not sure. This is a very famous picture and I read somewhere that it was going on sale for $50,000. I also read somewhere that Avedon did a lot of prep work to get this photo perfect. He probably took 99 bad shots to get this 1 good shot. This is a beautiful picture. She is lying very still and her eyes aren't looking directly at us. She looks relaxed even though she is probably scared that a giant snake is slithering across her naked body. I like her facial expression. I don't think this picture would have been as powerful if she was clothed. It's scarier because this powerful creature is on her bare body and could probably bite her. The only thing the actress is wearing is a big white bracelet. I think the levels are well done. I think this picture has a good balance of highlights and shadows. I also like how the actress and snake is positioned. This is a very iconic picture and I can see why.

I also found this picture in color. I think it looks better in black and white.

Leo Burnett & ARC Worldwide

Leo Burnett and ARC Worldwide is the company who designed this advertisement. They have locations all over the world from Argentina, Australia, Thailand, United States, China, and Greece. "As the marketing services arm of Leo Burnett globally, Arc specializes in digital communications, direct & database marketing, promotions and shopper marketing." They have worked with Canon, McDonalds, Foster, Walgreens, Purina, Comcast, Coca-Cola, and more.


Canon PowerShot D10 – Underwater Camera 35-105mm
Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett & ARC Worldwide, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.arcww.com/

I really like this ad. This is an ad for the PowerShot D10- Underwater Camera 35-105mm. I think this is a really creative ad and I got the concept right away. Usually when people take pictures of people or other things in the water/underwater they look like how the top quarter of the picture looks like, which is blurry, out-of-focus, wavy, and distorted. This picture shows that the people and objects under the water is very clear, in-focus, and not distorted at all. This ad is photo based. I like how they put a picture of the actual camera in the top right corner along with the name. I like when ads have a picture of the actual product on it because I know what it looks like and therefore when I go to potentially purchase the product I know exactly what it looks like. It also helps people associate the ad with the actual product. This ad only used 1 picture, the picture of the product, and the name of the product, but it was very successful in my opinion. Most ads are usually just one strong/good picture with some creative type on it. The simple, but powerful ads are the ones people remember. People usually don't remember overly complicated advertisements. I think Leo Burnett & ARC Worldwide did a great job of creating this ad.

WWF

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has some terrific advertisements. I have always loved their ads and I think they convey a very strong and powerful message. I am a huge animal lover and will do anything I can to save or help animals. I support all of these groups, organizations, programs, (and other related associations) that help to save animals whether the animals are cats and dogs or cheetahs and pandas. I also support groups that help prevent animal abuse and cruelty. I'm not sure if WWF created these ads by themselves or if they had help. I can't find out exactly who created these ads.

 This is such a powerful ad. I got this ad right away, but it might take other people longer to get. Even without reading the tagline I got what this ad was saying by just the picture. This is what fur coats come from. These horrible people kill cheetahs and sometimes they kill a mommy cheetah and a baby cheetah who are just trying to live their lives for stupid, unnecessary fur coats. I like how the creators of this ad put tags on top of the cheetahs. When people are buying clothes they always look for their size. I also like how their is a tagline in the top right corner along with the WWF logo.

The picture speaks for itself. Elephants are going extinct and deteriorating. This is an example of good photo manipulation. I also like the background they chose for this picture. It is very dark and reminds me of a abyss. Again, they have a tagline at the bottom with their logo.
 
This is one of their more disturbing ads, but this ad isn't even that gruesome because the blood is illustrated. This is a very strong picture that says a lot. The tagline helps with the meaning of the picture. In this case they need the tagline for people to understand the full meaning of this picture.

Creative Concepts, LLC

This is a "Appleton" Snake Ad. Creative Concepts, LLC designed this ad.

"Creative Concepts, LLC is a marketing services company that specializes in marketing strategy, corporate identity building and graphic design."  They have over eighteen years of experience. Some of the things they help their clients with are developing a winning marketing strategy, build their brand, identify and acquire new customers, launch products, build their corporate identity, and develop a successful sales plan. They are located in Massachusetts. This ad was under the "Graphic Design" section. This ad is photo based. I'm not sure if Creative Concepts took the photo of the snake or not. Whoever took the photo did a really good job. It's not easy getting any kind of animal to stay still especially ones that slither all the time, but this is a in focus and clear shot of the snake. I really like the picture they chose for this ad. I like this ad, but it's central. I really like the tagline and I like how the green letters blend in a little and the white letters really stand out. They also included the companies logo, name, phone number, and address.

Wishbone Photography Ads

These first three ads are ads for wishbone photography. http://wishbonepets.com/wishbone-photography-ad-series-st-louis-dog-photographer/ I noticed that these ads are in black and white or in sepia. Becca and Adam Williams owns wishbone photography. They are the St. Louis portrait photographers. They photograph bellies, babies, kids, families, pets, and weddings on location in the St. Louis metropolitan area. They primarily use a variety of new and historic film cameras. They "choose film because of its beautiful color saturation, its classic and ethereal nature and, as important as anything, the magic of waiting impatiently with child-like anticipation." 

 

 

Her ads are photo based and not illustration based, which makes since because they are a photography company. I like how she put her logo and tagline on all of her ads. She also put a simple line of text on each of her ads. I like how "your" (first ad) is a different font than the rest of the words so it stands out more. She also did that with the word "children" (third ad). I like the third ad because I get what it means right away (I like all of her ads). I like how the dogs and baby are facing away from us. I also like the text on the last ad. People usually think of young human kids when they think of children, but other people think of their pets as children. I have to make ads using mainly photos with some simple text on them and these ads are inspiring me to do that.

 

She also works with Purina. She did commercial studio work this year for Purina's dog breed library online. http://www.purina.com/dogs/dog-breeds

She also worked with Purina Pro Plan brand dog food magazine. This is a magazine ad (there are three on her page) that included her photography. There is more to the ad that you can see here http://wishbonepets.com/latest-magazine-ads-advertising-dog-photography/ I just couldn't copy it all. She said she had a lot of fun doing it. She had to go into a swamp in Georgia to photograph the Treeing Walker Coonhound in the last ad above. The ad has easy to read text that reads like bullet points. Each of these ads include pictures of the Purina dog food and a black box at the bottom which includes more information relating to the ad. I like these ads. I think they work. I also really like the pictures.

Lisa M. Hamilton

Lisa M. Hamilton is a writer and photographer who focuses on agriculture and rural communities.  "Her work has taken her from castration time on a Wyoming sheep ranch to a meeting of radical plant breeders in Iowa; from dairy farms in the highlands of Bavaria to sacred rice paddies along the coast of Japan." She is the author of Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness. She is a fellow with the Alicia Patterson Foundation. She has focused on her home state California exploring its rural communities and landscapes for the multimedia work Real Rural recently. http://www.lisamhamilton.com/about/about.html

http://realrural.org/about
 This is one of her pictures from her "4-H & Future Farmers of America" section.


http://grist.org/locavore/photo-project-takes-commuters-to-a-california-theyve-fogotten/ (The stories that go along with the ads and more about Lisa)

"Alongside the photos, she places “a single inconclusive line of text that opens the story but doesn’t complete it. My hope is that people see that and it opens a little part of their brain that’s devoted to rural California, and suggests to them that it isn’t just what they’ve seen from I-5 [the largest highway, which intersects the state].”



These are two of her ads. Her ads are simple, but to the point and that's what she wants. She only puts one line of text that goes along with a color in the picture (the green text matches the green tie and the blue text matches the blue umbrella). It looks like the umbrella was photoshopped in there. Then she adds where the photo was taken at towards the bottom. She leaves enough negative space so she can put text on the picture without the text going over something important in the picture. She also adds a small gray box at the bottom of each ad with the website and more information. I think these ads are effective. Ads don't have to be complicated to be effective because you want people to remember them and think about what they just saw.

Brian Smith

Brian Smith is a Miami photographer. He won a Pulitzer Prize at 25, appeared on the X-Factor, exhibited at the Library of Congress, dined with the President and 3,000 of their closest friends, and shared cupcakes with Anne Hathaway. His iconic portraits of famous celebrities, athletes, and executives have been used in advertising by corporations and have been used in hundreds of magazines including Sports Illustrated, ESPN the magazine, Time, Forbes, New York Times Magazine, Elle, and British GQ. His first magazine photograph appeared in LIFE magazine when he was a 20 year old student at the University of Missouri. Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography five years later for his photographs of the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He has won many other awards, has had many exhibitions, and has been featured in a lot of things including American Photo, Inside Edge, and Digital Photo Pro. He also has 2 books.  http://briansmith.com/about/

 This is from his Project section Art & Soul. He took pictures of celebrities and then next to each one he put a hand-written description of what art means to them. A lot of his pictures especially his portrait shots are very central. Usually portrait shots are central though. This is a picture of Portia Doubleday. He also has pictures of Anne Hathaway and Samuel Jackson. I like the expression on her face. She is in the middle of blowing a bubble and he caught it. She looks cute in this picture and she looks a little surprised too. I like how her hair is covering one of her eyes up and I also like how her hair falls. This is a fun picture. I like how he put what she wrote about art next to her picture. I think the levels work is well done. Her blue eye really pops. Her black shirt is getting lost in the background, but her shirt isn't that important so I don't mind that it's getting lost.

 

 http://briansmith.com/nude-golf/

This is a picture from his project Nude Golf. He has some very interesting pictures on his website. I'm not sure where this place is at. It's good that he made the people cover up the parts that need to be covered. The couple in this picture looks very yellow and orange. It looks like it was a bright and sunny day out. I just wanted to share this picture because I thought it was very different and interesting... The people do look happy in this photo though.

 

Cory Smith

Cory Smith's interest in photography began in 2004 when a friend Bob Garas, who at the time was his dive coach. He brought his camera to practice one day and photographed the team performing their dives. Cory was amazed by the quality of images, so he decided to work towards his first camera purchase. He joined the USMC after high school in 2005 for 5 years and worked as a deployment planning specialist. He traveled to many countries including Iraq and Afghanistan. "His life long interests in science, space, animal nature, human sociology, history, and philosophy often manifest themselves in his work."  He began his formal education at Full Sail University in 2011. In February 2013, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Digital Art & Design.

http://www.corysmithphotography.com/animals.php

He has a lot of amazing photos. These are some of my favorite ones.

  "Eaveshopper" I really like this picture. She either looks surprised or terrified that a little tree frog is on her nose. I like how the frog is bright and in focus and the women's face is slightly out of focus and duller. This picture is in the center, but it doesn't bother me because my eye still moves around the page.

"Tristrike" This picture is absolutely amazing. I love lighting strike pictures. I have tried capturing them myself, but I don't have the right equipment for it. I love the colors in this picture especially the purple in the clouds. I like how it's three big strikes with little ones coming off the sides (I forget what their called). I wonder how many bad shots he took before he got this shot.

"Kudu Taunt" I love this picture. I like how the Kudu is in focus and the background is blurry. I think this is a good composition too because my eye goes from the face, up and around the horns. I love how the Kudu's black tongue is sticking out. This looks like this would be a hard picture to get. I like the colors too.

 "Picasso" This is a very interesting picture. I like how it looks like one face. I think its neat how he positioned the two people. One is looking at you and the other is looking away from you. I think it looks good in black and white. It gives it a different feeling than if it was it color.

 

Lisa Maree Williams

Lisa Maree Williams is an Australian photographer. She started out being a photographer's assistant at 21 then she study photojournalism at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. She has pursued assignments throughout North America, Europe, Indonesia, Cuba, and her home country Australia. She has covered many news and cultural events including being a host photographer for the 2007 APEC Summit, 2008 World Youth Day, Australian Prime Minister's, and many other events. She has received numerous honors and awards. She was selected as a finalist in the 2009 and 2010 Head On Photographic Competition, named 2009 Sony World Photo Competition, National History winner, her work "Wildlife Warriors" was included in a hard cover book, and many other awards. She is published regularly worldwide and her work has appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine, The Australian, and other magazines. She has photographed numerous celebrities and also did advertising assignments with the BBC, McDonald, USA, Coca-Cola, and others.

http://lisamareewilliams.com/#/STORIES/WILDLIFE WARRIORS/1/thumbs
This picture is from her Wildlife Warriors collection. One of these pictures won the Sony World Photo Competition. There are a lot of great photos. "The Australian Wildlife Hospital is the largest wildlife hospital in the world, situated in Beerwah on The Sunshine Coast, Australia.
The facility is located near Australia Zoo and was founded in 2004 by the late Steve Irwin in memory of his mother Lynn." She was asked to document the workings of the newly built hospital before its official relaunch on Steve Irwin Day, November 15th, 2008.

This is a wonderful picture of a baby kangaroo being bottle fed. This picture tells a story. The kangaroo looks helpless and people are taking care of him/her. The kangaroo looks all cozy bundle up in the blanket. This is a action shot. I can see that he/she is in the middle of drinking from the bottle because the tip of the bottle is bent. This is also a great composition because the kangaroo and bottle are off centered. The colors work well too. The colors look true to real life. It also feels like I'm there. I want to go there and touch and feed this baby kangaroo.

 This picture is from her "After Katrina" collection. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on August 29th, 2005. "This project depicts the Lower Ninth Ward, life along the famous Bourbon Street and a second line jazz funeral in Treme. (2009)"

This picture definitely tells a story. I really like the way she took it. I can see that there are a couple of shredded daisies in the front leaning and past the daisies is this destroyed house that was once a home. I like how the flowers are in focus and the rest of the picture is out of focus. This is a very sad picture. This picture is real though. There are a lot of places in New Orleans that look like this or worse. Someone used to live in that house and now that house is destroyed. The long, brown grass shows that this house has been sitting there for a while and no one has taken care of the lawn.

 

http://lisamareewilliams.com/#/STORIES/AFTER KATRINA/1/thumbs

Vladimir Nefedov_High-Speed Water Photography

Valdimir Nefedov is a Russian photographer. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.nefedov.info/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvladimir%2Bnefedov%26sa%3DN%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D839 I had his website translated from Russian to English via Google translator. I can't find out where he went to school or much about his personal life. He was the nominee of the world photography awards which took place in Cannes in 2008 and he was also awarded a degree of qualified European photographer.

These are some of his high-speed water photos
                                                                                                  This is called the Needle.
I really like these two shots. I would love to learn how to capture fast moving water to make it look like a still image. I think these pictures are so cool and they almost look fake because it's unreal looking. I love how the first one has a lot of movement to it, but it's not blurry at all. I also like the shape that the colored water created. The colors are amazing looking. I like how it's orange and blue at the top and the reflected water is purple and pink looking. The composition is centered, but that doesn't bother me in this case. The Needle picture is really neat looking. I have been trying to figure out what that thing is on top and how he created this picture. It almost looks like he put a saucer/object on top of a needle in moving water. There isn't as much color in this picture as in the first one. Most of the color is in the object on top of the needle- it has pink, orange, brown, purple, and blue in it. High-speed water photography has always fascinated me and I have always wanted to take a picture like these.

Will Pearson

Will Pearson is a professional panoramic photographer and has been since the mid-nineties. He "grew up in the Peak District, Derbyshire and after a post-University stint in Nottingham headed south to London and have been a fixture here ever since." He has worked with clients like BBC, Virgin, WIRED, National Geographic, Sony, Jaguar, and others. 


Sundown Over Waterloo

http://www.willpearson.co.uk/

I think a lot of his panoramic pictures are interesting and beautiful, but some of them seemed like they are paintings or fake. I know all of them are real, but I think it's just how he edited them. I like the composition of the Sundown Over Waterloo. That picture doesn't seem like that's how it would look it real life. I know he took it at sunset, but I feel like he edited too much and there seems to be a haze over the picture.
I really like the composition and just the overall picture of the Lambeth Bridge, but it looks like a painting to me rather than a photograph. I have never been too London, but I know London (or any place) doesn't actually look like that in real life as far as the colors go. I know some people may like this style (having a photograph look like a painting or have unrealistic colors), but I don't like it. I think a photograph especially one like this should look like how it does in real life. If I wanted a painting of London I would buy one. If I wanted a photograph of London I would want a photograph that actually looks like it does in real life. I do like Will Pearson's panoramic photos, but I think he edits them too much.

David Doubilet

David Doubilet has always loved snorkeling and taking pictures underwater (since he was 8). He is one of the world's most celebrated underwater photographers and a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine. He has published nearly 70 stories since his first assignment in 1971. He has traveled in the far corners of the world from Africa, tropical coral reefs, temperate seas, and northern and southern ice. He is an author of 12 titles including the award winning Water Light Time. He has also won numerous awards like BBC Wildlife and Picture of the Year. He lives with his wife and photographic partner, Jennifer Hayes in NY. Doubilet graduated from Boston University in 1970.

http://www.daviddoubilet.com/portfolio.asp

I really like his work. I have always been a nature lover of land and water. I think underwater photography is amazing. I would love to do it someday. There are still so many undiscovered things in the ocean. The first picture of the stingrays almost looks fake- that's how amazing it is. I took a tour in the Grand Cayman last year and I went to the stingray sandbar and it looked just like this. I love the composition of this picture. I like how you can see underneath and above the water. That is a really good picture of three stingrays and they are in the process of swimming. It is very hard to get a good picture of moving  stingrays. I'm usually not a fan of ocean pictures being in black and white because I think crystal blue waters are gorgeous in color, but in this case I think it works being in black and white. It gives it a different feel than if it was in color. It's almost like a soft and magically feel to it. I don't know how to explain. The colors work well too. There is a good balance of darks, highlights, and mid-tones in this picture. I would hang this picture on my wall.

           
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GalapAgos Sea Lion and School of Salema, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador 00098   I love how he capture the sea lion going through the circle of fish. It's like the fish are making a frame around the sea lion. This moment doesn't happen very often.

 

Wreck of MV Keith Tibbetts (Russian Destroyer 356), Cayman Brac 00199

This picture makes me freak out a little. It's scary. This is a good picture to show scale. I would be very terrified if I was that diver next to that huge ship. It looks like the ship is about to fall over onto the person. The black and white picture makes it even more scary looking.

 

Steve McCurry

"Steve McCurry has been a one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than 30 years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name." He was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He studied Film at Pennsylvania State University. He started traveling to India. He crossed the border into Pakistan where he met a group of refugees from Afghanistan. He showed the world the first pictures of the conflict in Afghanistan.
http://stevemccurry.com/biography


  I think Steve McCurry is most famous for this photograph. She was known as the "Afghan Girl." She was living as a refugee in Pakistan during the time of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. This image was featured on the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine. She was about 12 years old. She was formally identified in 2002 has Sharbat Gula. This picture has a story behind it even without knowing the actual story. Her eyes, facial expression, clothes, and background says it all. I think her eyes say the story the most. She looks like she is on high alert, terrified, scared, and sad all at the time. I don't think she really posed for this, I think this is how she looked/felt when McCurry took her picture. This picture has good composition and cropping too. The colors really stand out. The green and the red stand out the most. Her green eyes matches her green undershirt and the green wall. It's kind of sad for us to see this picture because the picture is real and what families were going though in Afghanistan was real too.

Jason DeCaires Taylor

I absolutely love Jason DeCaires Taylor. His work is amazing and inspiring. I did a PowerPoint presentation on him about 8 months ago. He was born in 1974 to an English father and Guyanese mother. He grew up in Europe and Asia. He graduated from the London Institute of Arts in 1998 with a BA Honours in Sculpture. He is a fully qualified diving instructor and underwater naturalist. He is also an award winning underwater photographer. He created the world's first underwater sculpture
park in 2006 off the coast of Grenada in the West Indies.

 

 

 

 

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"Anthropocene" Depth 8m, MUSA Collection, Cancun/Isla Mujeres, Mexico

 "The Silent Evolution" Depth 8m, MUSA Collection, Cancun/Isla Mujeres, Mexico

 

His first picture is so clear and has so much detail in it. The face covered with coral and other things stands out against the black background. There is a lot of detail in the coral and you can still see the parts of the face. I can still see where the mouth, nose, and eyes are at. The colors are gorgeous. I like that he turned the second picture (the car) into a black and white photo. It gives it a more dramatic and mysterious feel. The composition works well too. The last picture has a lot of depth to it. It seems like it goes on forever. I like how it's clear and in focus in the front then it slowly gets out of focus the farther back. This picture also captures the color of the ocean.  

 



Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Mark "has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair." She is recognized as one of the most respected and influential photographers. Her husband, Martin Bell directed and photographed the academy award nominated film STREETWISE. She has won many awards. She has also published 18 books.

Education
1962 B.F.A. in Painting and Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 M.A. in Photojournalism, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2004 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
http://www.maryellenmark.com/bio_resume/bio_resume.html#bio_education



Ansel Adams,

Carmel, California 1982

210J-006-007

 http://www.maryellenmark.com/gallery/portfolios/celebrities/pages/adams_ansel_210J-006-007_celeb_520.html

Ansel Adams is one of the most famous photographers of all time. This is a great shot of him. All of her pictures are in black and white. I'm assuming she took this picture with a film camera since she took it in 1982. I think this picture captures the personality of Ansel Adams. I love how she took a picture of him taking a picture with his camera. I like seeing pictures of the old film cameras. A lot of photographers have digital cameras now a days and it's cool seeing what cameras looked like before. The composition is good too. I also like the way she cropped it. For being an older black and white photo, this photo is very clear and in focus. I love how his hat is on top of the camera. It must have been exciting to meet Ansel Adams.

Rebekka Guoleifsdottir

I really like this photo. It's different. Rebekka Guoleifsdottir took this photo. She is a visual artist and photographer. She takes pictures, she draws, and she custom designs and hand-knits sweaters. I think her photographs are stronger than her drawings. This is a self-portrait. She has a lot of self-portraits on her page. Some of them look like they were taken by someone else. I like how this is a portrait, but she covered up with face with a black and white photo. I'm not sure if that photo is of her or someone else. The black and white photo of the face works well with the rest of the picture. It gives off almost a mystery and sad feeling. She is also disguising her face by using another face whether it's her face or someone else's. I like the expression of the black and white face. She lined it up pretty well with her actual face. This picture looks cold. It looks like their is snow on the ground. The composition also works well because she is off-centered. The face is almost 2/3 of the way up on the page, which is the rule of thirds. This picture inspires me to take self-portraits like this, but I would use my own face for the photo that I will hold up. I think that is her in the photo she is holding up though.  

Douglas Kirkland

Douglas Kirkland was born in Canada. He joined Look Magazine in his early 20's and joined Life Magazine during his 60's. He has done essays on Greece, Lebanon, and Japan. He has also done fashion and celebrity work photographing Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel, Charlie Chaplin, Angelina Jolie, Hugh Jackman, and many more. His assignments have taken him to all continents in the world except for Antarctica. He has also written books. He even worked on the set of the "Titanic." He is a sought after lecturer too. He has received many awards like the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the American S.O.C., Photographer of the Year from PMA.

 This is Melissa George for Lunneys Jewelry.

I really like this picture. The composition works because the camera is slightly titled and she scooted down. I like her facial expression and what's going on in the background. I can see the paparazzi in the background and it looks like she wants nothing to do with them. She really stands out from the background. The background is darker, but you can still see the paparazzi in the background. This picture tells a story.

 This is Delia in Tuscany

I can't tell if this picture is Photoshopped or if it's real. I looks like her head got cut off and is floating in the water. It looks like their is a small white glow around her neck. It doesn't look natural. I can't tell if that's her body underneath water or not. Her face is gorgeous. I like how her head is titled and that she isn't looking straight at the camera, but the rest of the picture looks very fake. If this is non-Photoshop photo I would take it at different angle or have her in the water more or out of the water more. Right now her head looks like it is getting cut off.  http://www.douglaskirklandphotography.com/#/Portfolio/Beauty/14/

The Picture Lady KC

 1st picture (baby sun glare)

 2nd picture (sun)

 3rd picture (background)

These pictures are from"The Picture Lady KC." I'm pretty sure she is from Kansas City. I can't find a lot of information about the lady. She has some good and bad photos on her website. I haven't talked about any bad photography yet. Every professional photographer has some bad pictures every now and then. These are the 3 pictures that I thought weren't as good as the rest of her photos for different reasons. I'm not sure why she would put the 1st picture on her website. This picture does not look professional at all. I see a lot of my friends take pictures like that with their cell phones. The baby is not in focus and it has a huge sun glare going across the baby's face and the rest of the picture. The right side is blown out and is mostly white. If I was the photographer I would take that picture off of my website and re-shoot. They probably thought the sun glare was cool looking, which some people like, but this sun glare is a little much. I only have one compliant about the 2nd picture. The sun is going right in the guy's eye (the farthest eye). I would have shot this picture at a slightly different angle or have the couple move over. Other than that I like the composition and the colors in the 2nd photo. I think this is a good picture of this lovely family (3rd picture), but I don't like the background. The background is a little busy and takes away from the focus of the picture, which is the family. If she still wanted to use this background I think she should blur the background or if she already did she should blur it more. I would also use Photoshop and try to make the family pop a little more. I think this picture could be really great if it was tweaked a little more.