Alaura Brooks Photography

How a camera works: When you are taking a picture, the light passes through the lens and reflects off a mirror so that you can see the image. When you are ready to take a picture, you click the button and the mirror lifts momentarily. This allows the image to save itself to your film.  How its different from a 35mm film load camera: This camera has a shutter that holds out the light until you are ready to take a picture. When you do, the shutter opens and focuses the light onto a film. The light is imprinted on the film and in order to see the picture it has to be soaked in a special chemical.  Questions 1. Rule of Thirds - Essentially, you divide up the picture into three horizontal and vertical sections. This is most commonly used to center your photo of to off center it for a more interesting photo. 2. When you have a long shutter speed, more motion is captured. Meaning you have to stay still. This is great for nighttime scenes.  3. Aperture is also kn...

How Photography can Change the World Photography has a main role in the way that we think, there are three major ways it can affect the world. Major Global Events There is a lot of contention and war that happens throughout the world every day, but a lot of it we are oblivious to. A few photographers made an effort to show what really goes on in places like third world countries, and it has increased awareness of global issues. Some of these issues are: 1. The Vietnam War This picture is depicting the crisis in Vietnam as civilians and soldiers are escaping after a Napalm bomb strike. After one picture of a girl running for her life went viral, it created public outrage and soon the war in Vietnam came to a halt. 2. Syrian refugees Pictures of Syrian Refugees have helped people in other countries to realize that there are families like us in that position. It has influenced the public and the government to reach out to the Syrian Refugees.\ 3. Poverty Photographer M...