Unusual and Interesting Photos Part 3

1. natural lighting, connection between photographer and subject, being able to capture a story

4. The photographer followed the suggestion of light reflecting off the eyes. The lighting is very flattering in this photo, and the subject also seems comfortable with the photographer.

5. The style of painting that might influence me is the one Edward Hooper displayed with Nighthawk. The soft hook of the painting really makes me interested because of the simplicity and the many possibilities of what the story could be. The character of these subjects could be anything and that's what I find unique about the painting.

Unusual and Interesting Photos Part 1

1. I find Christian Rhum's work to be very interesting and unique. I've never seen anything quite like these photos in the way the image is duplicated.

2. Rhum must have used some advanced photography equipment to create these photos. Something that would take multiple photos once he changes the angle and creates only one photo.

3. The frost bank would be a good building to shoot in Rhum's style because of the visually pleasing geometric architecture. The frost bank is in Austin, Texas and I'd be able to get to it pretty easily.

Academics & Community Service

A photo of a person sitting on the ground of a library with various ACT and SAT books open in front of him. The photo is black and white.


1. I chose this photo because I relate to it very much because I went through the same thing last year. It is also very visually pleasing.

2. The use of the library shelfs at this angle creates lines. It also has balance because of each bookshelf on one side of the photo.





1. I could try and take pictures in either my Medical Microbiology class or my Environmental Science class because we do experiments that may be interesting to document in a photograph.

2. Mrs. Davis's or Mrs. Kowalik's.

3. As a photographer I will utilize the basic rules of photography and try to photograph real reactions and interesting labs.

Filling the Frame

The frame is filled in this photo by the fog created by the two masked humans, and the bodies of the people. The little background left in this photo is also pitch black.

Action and Emotion

The girls in the photo are performing a lab dealing with water. One of the girls is handling with the experiment and the other is laughing. The girl handling the experiment is startled at the massive water explosion, and the girl laughing is clearly humored by the explosion.

The Story

I believe this one tells the best story because whenever people gather around the flagpole it is usually in celebration of the memory of someone or something. I gathered that by the hand holding and heads down in reverence.

I believe this photo is the most unethical out of the ones displayed because it is sending a message that there is one female body type that is acceptable for fame and Oprah Winfrey did not have it. It is degrading to women and makes them appear as objects rather than people. There isn't one universal definition of beauty, but the photo editor of this photo makes that seem so with the alterations of this photo. It causes girls to become insecure with their bodies if every female in magazines, on TV, or in movies looked like this and, at this time at least, it seemed that if you happened to be a female with fame you had to look a certain way or you were altered to the public.

This photo is the least unethical in my opinion because the only difference is that some things were darkened. No human body seems to be altered, no altering of position, one just has darker shading. I'm not sure what the photographer was trying to achieve by changing the brightness of the photo but it doesn't make a significant enough difference to be deemed totally unethical. It was more unnecessary than unethical, in my opinion.