David Turnley

David C. Turnley

David C. Turnley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.  He won his Pulitzer for his coverage of all the Revolutions in 1989.  He has covered many major news stories in the last thirty years.  He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in French Literature, an Honorary Doctorate from the New School in New York, and he also did a Neiman Fellowship at Harvard.  He is currently living in New York, and is fluent in French and Spanish.

This photo was taken by Turnley in 1991 during a trip he took to Iraq/Kuwait.  It shows the soldier crying, and you can also see the body bag to the right.  This is a unique photo because it captures an emotional side of soldiers that we do not see very often.

This photo was taken in 1991 in Iran.  It shows a little girl who appears scared, and clinging to her mother's arm.  I think he did a great job at illustrating how a child feels when their world around them seems to be falling apart.  

The picture above shows what great lengths photographers have to go through to capture a shot during a significant event in history.  This photo was taken in 1994 in South Africa showing the post-election violence that was going on.  Here you can see a man with a gun, as well as people laying on the ground, and some taking pictures.  This photo show that there was violence going on in the streets of this city, and innocent people were involved.

Unit 3: Outdoor Photo

The photo above is one that I took of a lighthouse on Mackinac Island, in Michigan.

Using photoshop, I was able to edit the levels and curves.  I started with the levels and clicked auto, and made it just a little darker because the sky looked to bright.  Next, I edited the curves.  I had to play around with this for awhile because I wanted to make sure it retained a natural look.  In the end, the original diagonal line was more S-shaped.  I like how the water turned out, and the sky doesn't look so dull and gray, but still has a natural look.  Overall, I think the colors stand out a lot more.

Unit 3: Indoor Photo

Above is the original picture, or my oldest daughter Kierra watching TV.  I did not use the flash for this photo.

The picture above is the one I edited using photoshop.  First, I changed the levels.  I hit auto at first, and it made it a little too bright for my liking, so I manually adjusted the levels by making it a little darker.  Next, I adjusted the curves.  I moved everything slightly above the diagonal line, and then pulled the top of the line a little further than the rest to make the photo contrast even more.  The last thing I did was crop the photo.

Name Canvas

For my name canvas, I used items both in and outside.  For the N, I took a picture of the Zoo sculpture at the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, used photoshop and cropped and rotated the picture to make an N.  For the I, I used the door handle to my garage, used photoshop to crop and rotate to make an I.  For the C, I took a picture of the padlock that I had on my gate, then used photoshop to crop the picture.  For the O, I used the lid to a candle, and used photoshop to crop the picture.  For the L, I took a picture of the base of my gazebo.  The wood is used to level it out, and also to hold the stakes down.  Once I cropped and rotated the picture using photoshop, it was easy to see the L.  For the E, I used my paper towel holder.  It had this design on all four corners.  I then used photoshop to crop the picture.  After I cropped and rotated the photos, I then opened a new layer on photoshop.  Once I had them all cropped and rotated, I used the "Fill & Adjustment" button on the tool bar and clicked on "black and white" to make all the photos black and white.  I felt like this made them stand out more.  I then opened a new layer in photoshop and used the "place" command to place my photos in order on the background layer.