American Solider Slide Show

1a) I choose #77 as the most powerful picture because its a very special moment whenever a solider is able to return home to their family and friends alive.
1b) Set #1 At home in Denver, 1-9
      Set #2 At Basic Training, 10-50
      Set #3 In Iraq 51-75
      Set #4 Back in Denver 76-83

      I believe that Set #2 is the most powerful because it shows the transition of an ordinary young man into a grown and tough army guy. He has to go through the struggles of transformation and leaving his family.

1c) The images work together to show the timeline of how the transition happened, before entering the army and his journey throughout all the way to the end of leaving the army.

3. Present Tense

4. Ian patiently sits in a chair as one of the leaders shaves his head bald with an electric razor. All of the Army members look similar with the same haircut so Ian's appearance blends in with the other's during Basic Training in their bedroom.

5a. It gives more background to the pictures and the captions that are already provided.
5b. The videos tells and lays out exactly how each picture came upon. It explains the unknown details rather than just explaining what was happening at the moment. For example, from the pictures you couldn't tell that his parents were divorced and we had a very close bond with his father.
5c. The photos can be better than the videos because it captures the moment and you're able to create your own assumptions of how the story went.

Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO

 Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO.

Aperture

F16

F2.8

1. The eye.

2.The smaller the Aperture number, the higher the Aperture focus.

3. Aperture helps the picture look really sharp all around, or look sharp only in one specific place. 

Shutter Speed

High Shutter Speed.

Slow Shutter Speed.

1. At the beginning while the sun is still partially up and the courtyard has reasonable light
a) very fast
b) moderate
c) moderate
d) slow
e) slow
f) very fast

Towards the end when there is no sun and has gotten dark enough that you can't see from one end of the courtyard to the other;
a) very fast
b) moderate
c) moderate
d) slow
e) slow
f) very fast

2. 

• “Aperture Priority”: Setting the lens aperture manually while the camera a sets the shutter speed.
• “Shutter Priority”: Setting the shutter speed manually, while the camera selects the aperture. 
• “Manual” Setting both shutter speed & aperture manually.

ISO

ISO @ 3200

ISO @ 200

1. By increasing the ISO you get to freeze the movement in the image.

2. To always use a low ISO to retain the most detail & increase the quality of the image.

3. To increase the ISO when there is not enough light to capture an image quickly, & to think about whether or not it would be good to allow noise in the picture.

Sim Cam

 F4 looks best at 1/250 sec.  It is the closest to what you would see with your own eye view, the background is blurred out enough to where you know exactly that the couple is your subject.

F5.6 looks best at 1/125 sec. The background is again, blurred but, not as much now. You can tell that the background are buildings & the couple still stands out clearly.

F8 looks best at 1/60 sec. the background continues to be blurred & the couple looks the closest to the picture from a persons eye view.

F11 looks best at1/30 sec. The background is still blurred while the objects look clear & live.

F16 looks best at 1/15 sec. Background is still blurred and the object is slightly blurred blending in.

F22 looks best at 1/8 sec. The background is blurred along with the main focus of the picture.

At slower Shutter Speeds, the photo comes out very bright and very dark at high shutter speeds. They should keep a shutter speed in the middle so they quality would come out right. I would say that the lowers shutter speed to use is probably 1/8th.

Mural Project