National Geographic's "THE PHOTOGRAPHERS"

On your own blogs, please answer the questions below while watching the film in class. It may help to copy and paste these into a pages document, and then into your blog after answering them. This will be a Quiz grade.

1) National Geographic's pioneer photographer Gilbert H Grosvenor maintained that “The mind must see before it can believe.” Do you think this is true? Explain.

2) The photographers come across many obstacles, problems, and dilemmas while out on photo shoots. List 5 that stood out to you.

3) Nick Nichols specializes in wildlife photography. What happened with the elephants on his trip to the Rainforest? How do you think you would have reacted in that situation?

4) What do the National Geographic photographers tell you makes a great photo? (Tell me 2 things)

5) National Geographic gives some good pointers on Portraits. What did you take away from this film about photos of the human face?

6) Photographers often shoot hundreds of photos and only pick one or two from the group. Did you agree with the explanations of why certain pictures get chosen for the cover? Which cover was your favorite?

7) David Doubilet photographs underwater. He comments on making the reader “feel the ocean.” How do you think YOU can make viewers FEEL your subjects when you take your photos?

(at 37 minutes in, the Lion hunting scene in the African bush is a little brutal, some may not want to watch this, turn away until 39.5 minutes)

8) National Geographic's mission is to provide its readers “with a window on the world.”

9) What are your thoughts on the Peruvian sheep faming boy? The photographer felt that his “intrusion” had made an actual difference. How can you make a difference with your own photos?

10) Did this film inspire you in any way for your own photography? We're going to explore photography more in depth next week, what lessons will you retain from this film?

Intrigued? More exploration in this quick 5 minute video: 

Making Simply Beautiful Photographs

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/photography/photographers/simply-beautiful/