Cameron's Newark Academy Photo Blog

Photographer of Influence By: Cameron Wright This picture was taken on June 5, 1989, Jeff Widener was located at the Beijing Hotel on the sixth floor. It was exactly one day after the Tiananmen Square massacre where democracy protestors protested on the plaza and were massacred by the Chinese government. Jeff Widener was sent to take pictures of the aftermath of the massacre. As he was taking pictures of the poor bloodied victims, scorched busses, and bicyclists, a column of tanks rolled out of the plaza. Suddenly, a man holding shopping bags stepped in front of the tanks waving his bags around and not willing to move. The tanks attempted to go around the man, but he kept walking in front of the tanks, briefly climbing on top of one of the tanks. Jeff thought that the man would get killed, but the tanks would not fire. The man was quickly whisked away but he became a global hero, a symbol of resistance to regimes all of the world. Jeff Widener stated that one day he hopes

Un-Selfie By: Cameron Wright This image was my inspiration for my self-portrait image. This assignment, we were tasked with finding an image that inspired us and making our own version of that image in a self-portrait style. I set my phone on a timer and then jumped and laid flat in the air. Then, I cropped the image to look like I jumped straight up and that the room was sideways. I also tuned the image, adding brightness and highlights and taking the contrast down slightly. The selfies are just me making a bunch of different faces and some of them are kinda weird to go along with my portrait. I took them sitting in my chair in my room. I used fotor to make the selfies go in the grid and the portrait go in the center. This is the original version of the shot in the middle which was taken with a worse phone camera.

Objects at Home By: Cameron Wright Due to the Coronavirus, we are in quarantine and have been forced to use our phones as cameras. Taking a picture with an iPhone is easier, but it does not look as good especially if you have an older model. For the first picture, I decided to throw a paper airplane out of a window and take a picture of it. I use lines and patterns to add to the piece compositionally and in the editor, I cropped and rotated the image to make use of the line on the left and added +50 glamour glow. For the second picture, I took a picture of my keyboard. I tuned the image, adding more contrast. I also added glamour glow and put on grainy film. Finally, I put the vignette style on the picture.