Presidential Campaign Photography

1) Taking lots of pictures to make your candidate look good for consumption by the huge number of media outlets that don't have newswire subscription

2) Has to have great access and to do that you must exist outside the power structure

3) A campaign photographer's typical day is 12+ hours, plus editing and uploading

4) He uses different kinds of canon lenses

5) His work was seen in Washington Post, Vanity Fair, NY Times, Wired, many local papers and magazines including several cover shots. His skills were dos used on TV by CBS Minutes, and CNN Larry King Live

6) No, because it is part of their code to not photoshop their pictures.

7) It is the nation's record keeper of all documents and materials created in the curse of business conducted by the United States federal government

8) I wouldn't want to be a campaign photographer because I wouldn't want to be told what to photograph. I like taking pictures of what I find to be aesthetically pleasing to me. I also wouldn't want to spend half of my day following people around. Although I'd like to meet the president, the job as campaign photographer doesn't seem enticing.

4 Portraits

1) This picture is a selfie

2) No this image does not follow the rule of thirds

3) This picture uses asymmetrical balance.

1) This is also a selfie

2) This uses the Rule of Thirds as each person is separated into quadrants

3) This picture uses symmetrical balance with me in the center and equal amounts of space on each side

1) This is a candid portrait

2) This picture does not use the Rule of Thirds.

3) This picture uses asymmetrical balance

1) This is a candid portrait

2) This picture does not use the Rule of Thirds due to it coming as a panorama

3) This picture has asymmetrical balance.

4) The last picture is my favorite because of the beautiful background.

Magazine Cover

Fictional Self Portrait

Candid Portraits

Portrait/Balance

1) I think that the last picture that demonstrates symmetrical balance with the target being in the middle is the most effective because you're able to see the focus of the picture and the background doesn't distract the viewer.

2) I think that the first picture where the person is in the bottom right is least effective due to the weird positioning and lack of vivid background.

Formal Portraits

1) My favorite picture is the edited one, although not done fully correct, I like the red eyes.

2) The easiest part was taking the picture

3) The hardest part was photoshopping the image.