Photography

Monday, June 4, 2012

Final: Revisit of the Rule of Thirds Assignment.

For this picture the eye could be drawn to the dogs nose or the line on the floor.

The eye is drawn to the center of the flower.

The eye is drawn to the statues face.

The details and requirements for this assignment were:
Three images that demonstrate the use of the Rule of Thirds in their composition. Each image must be a different subject matter, the subjects could be landscape imagery, portrait, still life etc.

Written Synopsis of the Rule of Thirds as you interpret it. Write a short description of this principle and how you used it in your images. Tell me what/where the focus point in each image is... where is the eye drawn to?

How i did this assignment was I went out and looked for things i wanted to take pictures of. I like flowers so i went and took a picture of a flower and a statue and my dog. What i learned from this assignment is that the main focus in a picture looks a lot better when its not centered. I like how its off to the side of a picture with some empty space. What i enjoyed about this project was taking pictures of things i like and making it look structurally good in the photo. For these pictures the only challenges i had were to get my dog to stay still and getting my camera to focus just right on the object i was trying to capture.

Original Rule of Thirds Project

The eye is drawn to his eye.

The eye is drawn to the the pumpkins nose

The eye is drawn to the falcons eye.

Visual Anthropology.

Get My Good Side

Looking at all the pictures i took, i dont believe that the left of someones face shows more emotion than all the other ones. I think that it just depends on what kind of mood the person in and how they convey that emotion. If any one side is more expressive i would think that the front would show the most emotion. But also looking at pictures and from own experience i see that if a person has bangs or something like that, then that side will tend to be there "better" side.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Copyright Infringement

Google has been found liable for copyright infringement for its use of the Java in Android but it hasn’t been decided if it was “fair use.” The verdict that was delivered was a partial victory for Oracle but they will have to wait longer to see whether Google will get out of liability with its claim of fair use. When the verdict was delivered the next step was the patents phase of the case, and the case had three parts to it. First is to address copyrights, then the patents and lastly the any damages Oracle should receive. Technically APIs (application programming interfaces) have not been considered copyrightable. But Oracle argues that the set up is merit to protection. Oracle was happy with the verdict. “The overwhelming evidence demonstrated that Google knew it needed a license and that its unauthorized fork of Java in Android shatters Java’s central write once run anywhere principle,” it said. One industry analyst was troubled by the jury's decision. "I was a bit disappointed by the verdict, as I think that the precedent of copyright for APIs opens up a real can of worms and potentially stifles software innovation," Forrester analyst Jeffrey Hammond said via email. Google did prevail on some other issues, including whether it infringed a copyright for Oracle's Java API documentation. The jury also ruled in Google's favor in two out of three instances where it was accused of copying a small amount of code line-by-line from Java. Fair use allows the copying of creative works for certain limited purposes, such as teaching, commentary and satire. The jury in this case considered factors such as whether Android was "transformative," meaning did it amount to a new creation or was it simply derivative from the Java APIs. They also considered how much of the work as a whole was copied; whether the use was commercial; and how much harm Oracle suffered as a result. I don’t agree with the verdict because if they didn’t make APIs copyrightable before then why is Google liable for using Java in Android.