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Today Alex Rivera is going to go wrangler up the cows on the his farm, what better way to get close to your farm animals, then to look like one? Alex's "Cow" contraption is built on the frame of one of Evil Kinivals motorcycles that he used to jump a field of cows on a dairy farm, now its "Under" the cow, not over!

Today, August 31st, Adrian Moya found a interesting slide of an elephant you climb inside of and "Happen" to slide out its rear end through a long brown chute.  The elephant is in Crowly Corners, Tennessee, and Adrian is hispanic, unlikley but very true.

During his spare time, Mr.Reeves like to take time off to simply just....."Catch Some Air" by riding wild broncos and getting bucked off.  A very fun activity for Mr. Reeves to relieve stress from constant photography.

Marlboro Marine

1: I think this photographer got really close and personal, allowing the viewer to hear every detail and have a feeling of almost being in the room with the marine.  The angles were tight and up close to the subject, depressing, and gave a very good view of what the marine was feeling.

2:The sudden blurs between photos and slides was giving a feeling of being lost, or a feeling of confusion but still able to know what is going on in the slide. 

3:

A: The photo of him laying down on the bed smoking a cigarette and watching the news on war in the middle east, it shows that he is having a very hard time adapting to life back in the united states, he misses being in the action of combat.  He got so used to being in that uniform and holding that rifle that its all he wants to do, it is now all he knows to do.

B: The sequence most powerful i think is where he is having arguements with his wife, and the relationship just isnt working out.  It just so depressing not being able to do anything about how the war has affected the marine and how it is affecting the marriage.

C:  The Audio is very detailed. Almost putting you in the room with the marine feeling the negative vibe of the room almost depressing you just by watching how the war has effected the marine. The audio lets you hear almost every breath and step of the room.

D:  The images work together by kinda being put in chronological order, like a movie. Showing when he came home, how he felt, what problems he came by and so on.  The images just get more and more depressing as the story of the marines return home goes on.

Show and Tell

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I find this photo interesting because i cant help but want to know exactly what happened to the cyclist less than a second after this photo was taken.  Im predict feelings of pain, regret, and a lot of rolling on the ground and screaming from this guy.  Im also interested if the biker thought about what could happen if his bicycle peg misses the rail. Still a very good angle by the photographer.

PIEA Photo Contest

I find this photo inspiring and powerful because i remember as a child how much i liked Christmas and getting visits from "Santa Claus".  This is a very good angle of photography capturing the audiences view and  a part of  Santas perspective.  The lighting is just right, not too bright or too dark.  The exposure is good almost every of the childrens faces can be seen clearly.  My aunt and cousin happen to be in this photo as well, just another reason why i chose this photo it caught me by surprise.

Great Black and White Photographers part 3

 1.)  What first caught my eye about this photographer is that she has many picture of well dressed women looking away from the camera, she has a wierd way of putting one or more stories into every picture she takes.  Alot of her pictures were taking around the time of world war II.  So many of her photos show signs of sadness or perserverence.  I chose the two photos below because even though the photos are in black and white, the photos are not dull at all, they are very clear.

2.)  I see a women, being followed, maybe drowning.  She is independent and does not need help from anyone.  She has been through touph times and just wants to come out to be something more than just a regular women of her time.  I smell the exaust of the train and the iron of the tracks, The womens perfume.  I hear the trains whistle and tires screeching on the train track.  The water running along the land, and the sound of the water as it moves around splashing.  I taste the water that is possibly filling the lungs of the women who appears to about to drown, and the polluted air inside the train station.  I feel the fear or insecurity of the women as she feels the need to look over her shoulder, the relaxation of letting one self just lay back and float in the water.


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Toni Frissel
Toni has no definant record of the exact date of her birth but it is said to be in 1907.  She was born in New York City.  She was married to McNeil Bacon.  She worked with so many great photographers of her age, and was involved in an apprenticeship with Cecil Beaton.  She started of being a fashion photographer in 1931 for Vogue.  After being a fashion photographer for a few years Toni wanted to take on new challenges, so she volunteered to be a photographer for the red cross during world war 2 in 1941 and was the official photographer for the Womens Army Corps.  She took countless photos of nurses and soldiers fighting on the front lines putting her life in danger to catch maybe just a handful of good photos.  After the war ended she started taking pictures for sports illustrated.  She is the first women to work for sports illustrated in 1953.  She also illustrated several books such as, A childs garden of verses, Bermuda, Mother Goose, The King Ranch, and Tethered.  Unfortunantly Toni Frissel died on April 17, 1988 of Alzhiemers Disease.



Most Interesting Stuff

This photo fills in the frame of the picture quite well. there is not much space in the photo that is not focused on the main big subject, which in this case would be the kids on the sky walk.  What ever is left is kind of blurred out or out of focus giving it that illusion that the kids take up the entire photo, not just a large portion of it.

Action Or Emotion

This photo shows alot of action and emotion.  Action from the band pretty much rocking the crowds eyes out and the intense guitar solo that the guy in the far right corner is about to shred off the guitar.  Emotion coming from the black and white coloring, the cropping leaving alot of the photo out and gives the viewer space to imagine what the actual scene of the photo really is.  Is it a rock, country, or a sad song that the band is playing?

The Story

This is an excellent photo of a boy reading to a class of young kindergardners.  I think the story behind this photo is about the boy becoming a kind of role model to the kindergardners and reading to them a book showing them that they will one day not to far from now be able to read the way the boy is reading to them during story time.

Hurricane Ike

This is a photo of Hurricane Ike taken most likley from a sattelite. This photo strikes me as using Depth to catch the viewers eye.  It has a very good perspective and shows alot, like the storms strands of rain clouds and the enormous size of the storm. I'd say that this is a really good picture from a very good angle, because it doesnt show you the ENTIRE storm leaving your imagination to think about the true size of this colossal storm.

This photo is an excellent example on how cropping can make a picture look much better.  When an photographer crops a picture, he or she is leaving space for your imagination to think about just how bad the flood was in this picture for example.  The viewer doesnt know exactly WHERE this man is.  Is he in a ditch, middle of a city street, or maybe in a big field?  Sometimes its good to get real close and not give too much away.  This photographer made it work perfectly.