Mystic Mosaic

This is my photojournalism photo mosaic. I comprised it completely of camp photos from Camp mystic. We used this really cool tool on www.printmosaic.com where you select about 100 photos and it makes up the mosaic for you!! So cool.

Start Snapping

We had our second assignment in Photo J. this week called "Start Snapping". With the new techniques we learned in class, we had to take two photos that apply to the following rules: bird's eye view, worm's eye view, rule of thirds, fill the frame, framing, leading lines, and repetition. I picked my favorite three photos to share on my blog.

This is my freshman friend, Megan Laughlin. She was my basic inspiration for this particular assignment. The technique used in the above picture is fill the frame. I closed up on Megan and her tennis partner. I like this photo a lot because of the perfect sports effect, positioning of the ball, and the positions of the striking-Megan and her ready-to-recieve partner.

Once again, we are drawn to the intense emotion of Megan. The technique used is rule of thirds where I placed her in the left third of the picture and replaced the rest of the space with the tennis courts. I enjoy this photo very much because it really captures the effect of Megan's poor playing that day on her facial expression. It reveals the stress of tennis on a person.

Drawing away from the main focus of Megan, I used a great technique called worm's eye view. This is taking the focus of a picture from the point of view of a worm (from the ground up). I think this is such a cool picture because it's seeing the world from a different view. Looking at a tree this way shows how powerful it actually is, but also looking close into the tiny details it contains.

Taking A Walk Down Photography Lane

Example of Rule of Thirds 

Example of Fill the Frame

Example of Framing

Our class went on it's first photo walk yesterday to put to use the tips and tricks Mrs. Hartman taught us on good photography. We learned about the rule of thirds, leading lines, and proper use of different angles. We selected our top 3 pictures from yesterday that best exemplify our new techniques. 

All About Me

All About Mary Louise Hotze

This is the "All About Me" collage that we created in class. I included elements in my life like my pets, friends, family, camp, and hobbies! I used photoshop in class to adjust the images and put together the final collage.

Always Remember

The tragedy that struck this country eleven years ago today will never be forgotten by American citizens. Every person above the age of four most likely remembers the day's events like it was yesterday. Whether they were in New York itself, or cross-country in Washington state, the moments of each and every American citizen's life on the late morning of September 11, 2001 are hard to forget. In Houston, I was five years old sitting in my kindergarden class when parents started showing up around 10:30 to pick up their kids. It was extreme chaos through the halls of my tiny, private catholic elementary school. I can only imagine the relief my parents must have felt when they picked up me and my three siblings from school. This was nothing compared to the reactions of our fellow citizens just a couple thousand miles north of us.



On the reporter side of the situation, etiquette was a key part of releasing this explosive news event to the country. It was obviously a necessity to stop all morning news to release the events of the early day and set live recordings on the scene of the attack. For those mothers who had just sent their kids off to school or people that had been running late to work, many Americans got to watch the second plane hit the other Twin Tower live. Of course this would be a very hard footage to watch after the impact of the first attack. Much controversy was made about pictures released that may have been too graphic for Americans. Reporters were unsure whether it was more important to keep the feelings of families of the fallen in care, or to release every bit of the event so our nation could understand the whole impact. I agree that many pictures were unnecessary to release to every news station all over the country. The falling man picture is a prime example. If I could recognize this as my husband, father, or friend, this picture would crush me. It shows the man as weak, giving up all hope. The fact that this man may very well have kids who could see his dad in this situation is completely inappropriate. We want to convey our fellow Americans that were attacked with reverence and respect. Many pictures released did not do this. My heart goes out to all the friends and families personally included in this awful tragedy. I pray they have found peace and understanding in the situation placed before them eleven years ago. May the 43,862 victims of the September 11th terrorist attack in the World Trade Center rest in peace.

9/11/01 

-Never forget

For the Very First Time

This is my first blog post, like omg. I'm getting really into this whole blogger/tumblr/tell-the-world-your-life thing!!!!!!!!!! All thanks to Mrs. Hartman and the best photojournalism class:)