Super Bowl Ads

I thought that this article about a commercial that PepsiCo was going to run during this years Super Bowl game was particularly original and creative. They got the idea from a joke in the deaf community. They have decided to go completely against the flow and have a 60 second commercial that is silent!
The idea being people that can hear (most of us) will be used to hearing to much noise from the game and its other commercials that when they hear nothing it will grab their attention. Maybe they will think something is wrong with the T.V. or that they hit the mute button. I this is such a new idea and that all advertisers have tried so much that anything new will be a refreshing ad to watch and (not) hear.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=5913110

Photoshop, good or bad??

The large image of Condi is the original the smaller one below it has been "retouched" by someone on photoshop, so that she is supposed to look possesed. It isn't very good in my opinion but it is relevant and definintely something that would be done today. It really is cruel and has a very mean intent. But that is what the misuse of ethics can lead to when you use photoshop for the wrong reasons.

The other pictures below hve been photoshoped for artistic purposes.

These are photos taken by Scott Kelby who sticks to his claims that he is a strict ameteur and has no "stake" in selling his photos. Therefore he says he has absolutely no "photoshop ethics" nor does he need them. Kelby says that, "whatever makes the picture look good hanging on the wall is cool." He is the editor and publisher of Photoshop User Magazine, Layers Magazine (the how to magazine for everything Adobe) and the President of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)

Photoshop in Political Campaigns

I think the real issues in this case is not whether or not the candidate is good looking or not. Who knows maybe most people in politics do this and only he was caught. I am sure this is not the only forum that things like this happens. In fact I know a friend of the family who does something similar yearly on the family christmas cards. Its not that hard to believe, really its no more false than plastic surgery. I think the differnce here is a moral one. If someone is trying to earn votes or the trust of people and they think that looks may play a role in that, then it is a seperate issue. A moral issue and to me it reflects on the character of that person, badly. No, he wouldn't get my vote.

Pinhole Image

This is a pinhole image I found online.

It instantly caught my eye. I guess I am not sure what a pinhole picture is supposed to look like especially if it is in color, but I am guessing this photographer is an experienced one!! I liked it because it looks magical almost like a dream. I can't even think of a possible place this picture could have been taken. The colors are so bright and vivid and the raspberry just pops right out where it feels like its right at home in the middle of a white castle with clouds inside of it.

What Can Be Learned From Pinhole Photography?

The image above is a pinhole photograph taken using color paper. From pinhole photography, an unexprienced photographer like me can learn a lot about the art in a more simplistic way. A way that gives more insight than from using the standard digital camera I use now.I can learn about wide angles, focal lengths and exposure times. All of these I do not know about yet but will be able to see in a step-by-step process with a pinhole camera. It is also a new kind of art and maybe a new hobby

Lewis wickes Hine, the photographer

I chose Lewis Wickes Hine who took this picture as well as the "Breaker Boys," photo 1911. Here you see the picture of a young boy shining the shoes of a man. The work that Hine did, eventually passed child labor laws and changed lives of American families. The reason I choose him was because it was his photographs that interested me most. I thought they had a great deal of importance to our country in there time and for all time. Even in the history of photography his pictures are referred to as ground-breaking. I had a lot of appreciation for

Lewis Wickes Hines' work.

Chapter One: History of Photography

The title of Chapter One is much simpler than what the reading turns out to be. Although it is something that is worth finding out more about. I think that since photography is a part of everyday life and that since anyone (these days) can have access to a camera, knowing a bit about its origin is relevant. It's similar to knowing some history of the television or telephone.
Each of the pictures displayed in the reading, from the different types of cameras, "The Broom," for example, Made by the camera obscura. And "Pyramids of Dahshoor, Egypt," to show the pioneering of travel photography kept my attention. Without these images the history of these views could not simply be imagined, and keep the reading interesting.
To me the most entertaining part of Chapter One, was how photography has led to groung-breaking legislation. The fact that pictures could make and change laws is amazing. In our country that is not an easy thing to do, but to use a picture to improve living conditions and help the young citizens in the United State, truly does prove, that a picture is worth a thousand words.

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I liked this picture right when I saw it because of the amount of creativity it had. It was not only a good picture but an original and artistic idea. In the beginning the picture was supposed to be of the steeple itself, as it turned out the shadow it cast proved to be a picture with many more angles and the mystery of the shadow. The bright blue sky gives it a rich color and is a defining backdrop for the edges of the buildings. Also the texture in the bricks seem to pop a bit more. The simplicity of the few colors and easy angles really make the focal point the shadow of the steeple. A picture of a shadow framed just right.

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