Hadley Manfredi - Week 5

This is a photo that I took at the Florida State vs. University of Miami football game this fall.  I like how the sky looks and how the people's hands throwing up the U are in the shadows but still very prevalent.  I also like how you can tell that the whole stadium is packed with peopl and there is not an open seat at the game.  

This is a photo recreating Alfred Eisenstaedt's famous V-J Day photo.  Many similar photos have been taken over the years recreating the moment when World War 2 came to an end and an American sailor celebrating by kissing a nurse in New York City's Times Square.  

Robert Capa was a hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars.  He shot photography for Life magazine as did Alfred Eisenstaedt.  Capa is best known for his action photography, but in this photo he captures Ernest Hemingway and his son relaxing lakeside. 


There are different types of photograph, as we talked about in class, photographs are often "blind" meaning that the photographer is not exactly sure what the photo is going to come out like when he/she takes it.  The outcome of the photo is out of the photographer's control.  This is an example of that:

Another type of photograph is one that the photographer has a pretty good idea of how it will turn out, and the outcome of the photo is under the control of the photographer for the most part.  This photo is an example: