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Reflection on Sources

Finding good sources in any topic is very hard, especially if it is a topic with little information. When I was generating ideas to research I thought it would be good to use legit laws to support my answer. The search engine I used was Google because it can give me good results that are not wiki. If you think about using wiki, do not because it is not a credible source. One of my top five results were of a law firm, thus making this site my most credible and unbiased site I used. This site used straight fact and law that helped me greatly come up with answers and support them. I could trust this site because the man that wrote it was a certified lawyer. The one site I found was the most bias was the Above The Influence website because they were obviously strongly against drugs and media was involved in the use of drugs. Other than the obvious bias I found the site to be very helpful, just like the law site. The site I came across about the soldier was unbiased because it was written in the opinions of both sides. I also trusted this site because ABC News is a world wide association.

Reflection on Process

When I researched my topic, a lot of emotions were running through me such as anger, confusion, stress, and amusement. Anger was especially hard to deal with while putting posts and findings on my blog because it is a strong emotion powered by a hard drive. When I found out people were so primitive to others by disobeying them, it hit me and I wondered how people could be so rude. I was mostly confused because sometimes the information I found did not make any sense, so I threw it. Anyone would feel stressed to meet deadlines with such little information to use and such little time to use it. Even though I felt all of these emotions I was entertained by all of the side information that popped up aside from my question answers like how the Kodak camera has been around since the 1800's! I thought this topic was very difficult to find wisdom because it is very under appreciated and non controversial. If given another chance to research and conduct a blog on photography I would come up with different questions and research different topics in photography looking for answers. I would also take more time to research photography so I can become even more knowledgeable.

Reflection on Findings

Through out the research process I came across a lot of interesting information, some of which did and also did not pertain to my answer. Taking only a limited amount of information and putting that into my blog was tough, especially since the information answering my questions was very hard to find. Since I had a tough time finding direct answers, I decided to come at it from a different approach and research laws, mental researches, and happenings in the news. It was interesting to find there aren't many laws restricting certain photography, and even the ones present are not enforced. If a person takes a look around at people with cameras in public places, even if they are big shot photographers or not, that is illegal and no one is stopping them. The most helpful fact I found was when teenagers watch television or look at pictures of bad things that look good, they will have an urge to try them. I feel good about the research I have completed, however I do feel bad because I did not answer my original question of where the photographers today get their inspiration. Now that my research is complete, my opinion on my topic has changed from absolute adoration to a lesser version. While I still believe photography is a great way to spend time and express any feeling, it is also sad to see that a lot of photographers are very brazen in the fact that they are disrespectful and do not care about art, but the solid fact that they are getting paid.

Findings Three

Controversy in America is growing frantically over photos put out from the war. In the past few years there has been many cases in which photographers have been sued because they specifically dodge comments and wants from the people to do things they want and in the way they want. This can be against the law because the people taking the pictures do not have permission to take the pictures. For instance, when a deceased soldier's family had told the media they did not want their loved one photographed, a photographer in Iraq took a picture anyway and proceeded to say that he felt it was his journalistic duty to show the reality of the war, however unpleasant and brutal (Martinez 1). Although I know how great of an idea that can sound to America because we do not get as much news on the war as we like, consideration has to also go into how the family and friends feel about the information and pictures given. The reason why people act they way they do towards war photos can factor in with the emotions and relations with those photos.

Wordle Two

Additional Information

"In the late 1800s George Eastman of Rochester, New York was making photographic equipment including a small box camera with a new kind of picture taking material called roll film. By 1888, Eastman patented this small box camera under the name Kodak."

The oldest kind of camera is the Kodak! This information amazed me to find that we still use this camera and it was made so long ago.

Farber, Glyn. "The Kodak Camera- Then and Now!." Ezine Articles n. pag. Web. 18 Nov 2010. <http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Kodak-Camera---Then-And-Now!&id=706756>.