Final Exam

Action photo shoot

Coming toward me

Across the plane 

Planning photo

Blur photo

News Paper Design

Student of the Month

1. What are your hobbies? I like to play soccer.
2. Whats your favorite school subject? Reading is my favorite subject.
3. Do you like to help people? Yes. 
4. How do you help people? I help people with their school work.
5. Are you in any clubs? Yes.
6. Which clubs are you in? Latinos Unidos.
7. Have you helped the school in anyways? I helped with the schools spring show.
8. If you haven't do you plan to? Yes.
9. Are you in any sports? Yes.
10. What sports do you play? I play soccer.
11. What academy are you in? I'm in the ABLE academy.
12. What do you want to do after high school? I want to go to college.
13. Where do you see yourself in 8 years? Having my own house and working.
14. Do you have a job? Yes.
15. Is it hard going to school and working? No.
16. Where do you work? I work for a cleaning company. 
17. Is there anything that has happened while being in high school that you wish you could change? No.
18. Have you ever experienced peer pressure? No.
19. Do you plan on going to college? Yes.
20. What are your plans after college? Having my own house.

Assignment #1

Topic: School Uniforms

The school board has decided to create a district wide policy of enforcing school uniforms. Who would you need to interview to find out more information about this topic? What are some good questions to ask? (This is theoretical)

1. List three different sources you could interview for this topic.

The super intendent 

Principals 

People part of the school board.

2. Create 20 questions you could ask each source and post them on your blog. It will be the same 20 questions for each, so you only have to think of 20 total questions.

1. Why did you decide to create this policy?
2. What will the uniforms consist of?
3. Will it help the students learning?
4. When will the uniforms start being enforced?
5. How will the uniforms start being enforced?
6. Who will decide what the uniforms consist of?
7. How will they decide what the uniforms look like?
8. How much will the school uniforms cost?
9. Will you be able to purchase the uniforms within the school?
10. Will these uniforms help solve problems that have to do with bullying?
11. What will happen if a student doesn't wear their uniform to school?
12. What if the parents don't agree with the school uniform?
13. Will there be any days for students to be able to dress out of school uniform?
14. Will the uniforms be enforced in all schools?
15. Why do you think this is a good idea?
16. Will it help the schools in any ways?
17. Do you think uniforms will cause any conflicts between students?
18. Will students be restricted from wearing uniforms that have logos on shirts, pants, belts, ect. ?
19. Who is approving the school uniforms?
20. Will every school have the same one?

News Paper Notes

Tabloid Newspaper- About the size of a typical newspaper. 1 to no stories.
News Magazine- Glossy cover, almost always color, imitates monthly magazine. Normally has a photo.
Broadsheet- (Such as eagles eye) should have 3 to 5 stories on it.

• Pictures
• Headlines
• Stories 

1. Bi-line (Name & title of the writer & should be below the headline)

• Title
• Authors
• Index
• Captions

1. Headline
2. Photo credit
3. Caption itself

• Lines
• Boxes
• Flag/Folio (Name of the paper)

1. Name of the paper
2. Name of the school
3. Date
4. Volume & Issue number 
5. City & State
6. Website
7. Phone number 

• Teaser
• Jump (Where the story jumps from the front page to another page)

1. Tag with headline (See.. Page #) 
2. Headline should come up again & show where you're coming from

• Story divider lines
• Screen (Should have a key line around them)
• Info graphic 
• Mast head

1. Staff box
2. Organizations the news paper belongs to & awards they've won from each one
3. Editorial policy (states that this newspaper is the only place when you can fully express yourself as a student with full freedom)

Front Pages of the World

1. What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why?  The Santa Fe New Mexican because it has several completely different articles on the front. Not like a bunch of disasters or bad things. It looks interesting.
2. What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? My favorite headline is Culinary masters show off their skills at James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour dinner because it's involving food and the pictures of the the chefs preparing the food and the picture of the food by itself looks tasty.
3. How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? There are 6 stories.
4. What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc. A main picture and headlines then smaller ones around it. Also they all have a title. One of the ones in asia only has 3 stories it kind of looks like a magazine.
5. What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. How many articles they have and how many pictures they have. Fonts are different and of course names. Some titles are bigger than others and some have mainly photos on them and others have more writing. 

SLO final review

Headline- Cute dog in need of a home 

Caption- Drooling because he's hungry, Christian the hound dog is waiting to eat. He has been waiting at the Austin Animal Shelter to be adopted by a new family if you're interested you can call 484-2222.

Rules:

Cropping

Rule of thirds

Background-Simplicity 

Avoid merges 

News Value-

Proximity 

Impact

Human Interest 

Lighting & Lens:

The light is coming from behind the photographer.

They used a prime lens to take this photo because it can't be telephoto or wide angle.

Making the picture better:

Showing the shelter

Be in a kennel 

A bigger picture of the dog

Pile of drool 

Lenses and Photography Vocabulary

I would use a telephoto lens to get closer to something I want to take a picture of that is far away. 
I would use a prime lens to take a picture of something that is close to me or that I don't need to zoom into to get a good picture of.
I would use a wide-angle lens to get everything happening in a scene in the picture.


Depth of Field (shallow and wide)-The amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects in the picture.
Light (angle and intensity)-The amount of light that is placed on an object that gives it a different effect depending on the angle and immensity.
Shadows- A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
Diffusion-The action of spreading the light from a light source evenly so as to reduce glare and harsh shadows.
Exposure-How long the lens stays open to the light.

Aperture (f-stop)-A space where light passes through to show an image.
Shutter speed-How long the shutter stays open.
ISO-The films sensitivity to the light entering. 

The 7 News Values

Timeliness
This article is driven by the Timeliness value because it's an article from today and it's reporting the weather. 
High near 70 with some sun after early clouds
http://www.statesman.com/news/weather/high-near-70-with-some-sun-after-early-clouds/nXJkq/

Proximity
This article is driven by the Proximity value because of where it takes place. It takes place in Austin at UT. It interest people who live in the area because it could possibly effect them. 
Anonymous bomb threat at UT under investigation
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/anonymous-bomb-threat-at-ut-under-investigation/nXJWy/

Prominence 
This article is driven by the Prominence value because finding out that a man sexually assaulted a student at a school is making a big impact on not only on the students that attend it but on the school itself. 

AISD police: Teacher sexually assaulted first-grader

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-aisd-teacher-sexually-assaulted-first-grade/nXG4H/#cmComments

Impact
This article is driven by the Impact value because the case was on whether or not they would strictly limit the carrying of guns in public for self defense. The justices turned it down. This brings interest because it impacts people who do carry around guns and the people who don't.
Supreme Court Declines Gun Law Case
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/us/politics/supreme-court-declines-gun-law-case.html?ref=us&_r=0

Conflict
This article is driven by the conflict value because  the man is having a conflict with a soldier.
Raw: Man assaults soldier at New York Wal-Mart
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/15/2084709/


Human Interest 
This article is driven by the Human Interest value because it involves a famous musician and his famous wife which attracts anyone that likes him or her or their music and creates interest in the topic and article.
Jay-Z Responds in Song to Critics of Cupa Trip
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/11/jay-z-responds-in-song-to-critics-of-cuba-trip/?ref=world

Novelty 
This article is driven by the Novelty value because of the reasons the dad in the article says his son cries. This interest people because its unusual for a little boy to cry because he can't bite his toys head or the fridge door is shut.
Why people are laughing at 'Reasons My Son Is Crying'
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2013/04/11/2073927/

Yearbook Spread

King Pica- fill the spread

Self Portrait

Magazine Cover

Storm photos

1. Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as the links above.

http://www.lightstalking.com/storms

2.   Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website).

On this website I looked at different storm pictures. A lot were of lighting and some had people actually in them. There was this one I saw that I liked because you could see the water in action going up towards the rocks.

3.  What did you learn new?

4.   If possible, post your favorite photo from the site.

5.     If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:

a.Why did you pick this photo?

I chose this picture because I liked how it was taken from the Train tracks and how beautiful the clouds look.

b.What rules of photography do you see in the photo?

Leading Lines

c.Who took the photo?

Kristaps B. 

What if this was your high school?

1. Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as the links above.

http://detroiturbex.com/content/schools/cass/current/index.html

2. Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website).

On this website I looked at pictures of a old school building. The buildings basically torn to pieces and destroyed. Theres paper everywhere and too many things everywhere and all over the place. 

3.What did you learn new?

4.If possible, post your favorite photo from the site.

5. If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:

a.Why did you pick this photo?

I chose this picture because I like how they're is still writing on the board. 

b.What rules of photography do you see in the photo?

c.Who took the photo?

Church

1. Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as the links above.

http://www.lightstalking.com/34-photographs-of-cathedral-and-church-interiors-that-rock

2.   Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website).

On this website I looked at a lot of pictures of different churches.  A lot of them with really amazing beautiful structures. The photographers occasionally ignored the rule converging verticals and just took pictures anyways. 

3.  What did you learn new?

Sometimes it's okay to break photography rules. 

4.   If possible, post your favorite photo from the site.

5.If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:

a.Why did you pick this photo? 

I picked this photo because I liked the way it looks kind of like theres a mirror and the lines just keep going on and on. 

b.What rules of photography do you see in the photo?

Leading lines

c.Who took the photo?

Stewart Black

B&W landscapes

1. Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as the links above.

http://digital-photography-school.com/27-black-and-white-landscape-images

2. Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website).

On the website I saw a lot of different black and white landscape images. Taken in different rules and also ways. They're all very creative with the way each was taken.

3. What did you learn new?

I learned and saw different kind of landscapes and ways to take pictures on there.

4. If possible, post your favorite photo from the site.

5.If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:

a.Why did you pick this photo?

I chose this photo because I liked the tree, the clouds and the moon all together and also the water. I think it's just a beautiful picture.

b.What rules of photography do you see in the photo?

Rule of thirds.

c.Who took the photo?

By Dr Azzacov

Lens Flare

1. Link the website you visited and make sure your blog is titled the same as the links above.

http://www.lightstalking.com/lens-flare

2.   Briefly describe what you looked at on the website (2-3 sentences, make sure you write enough to really make it clear that you spent time looking at the website).

It was a long time before photographers actually saw lens flares as cool so they use to avoid them, but now it's something they sometimes seek to have in their pictures. It makes pictures come out more unique and have more creativity. The website gives pictures that show different kind of flares and how they show up in different places on each picture making the picture unique. 

3.  What did you learn new?

I learned that they were once avoided and that now it's a big thing. I've always liked them.

4.   If possible, post your favorite photo from the site.

5.     If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:

a.Why did you pick this photo? I picked this photo because I liked the flare on this one. 

b.What rules of photography do you see in the photo? The rule of thirds.

c.Who took the photo? By TheRoyceNg

Portraits

Photoshop notes

Nestle- Tools are stacked on each other, to access tool, you have to left click and hold

Use command keys!

Command + = zoom in

Command - = zoom out

Command o = open

Command c = copy

Command v = paste

******Command z = step back

Command s= save

Command p = print

Turn image

>image>image rotation>

CW and CCW

CW = clockwise

CCW = counter clock wise

>image > adjustment > levels

channel blue

channel green

channel red

move black and white Hershey’s

channel RGB – moved just the brown Hershey’s kiss, lighter

 

SAVE AS

Rename image

Make sure the image is saved as .jpg at the highest maximum quality

Crop

Always crop 300 resolution

Crop entire picture

 

Save you do not to rename the image at this point. Save often and regular

Close image

 

The final step, go to >Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen
You should only do this one time

Crop and make sure you have the correct resolution as requested. Today you do not have a specific Height and Width (that will change later) and your resolution is 300 (that will also change later).

To change the photo to black and white go to: Image>Mode>Grayscale
when the pop up appears asking if you want to discard the color information, hit yes or okay. Soon you will be asked to produce a B&W image. Today your images can be color. If you want to make one of them Black and White, I am okay with that, just make sure its not the Green one.

My favorite cover

Favorite

 

 

Time and again, readers turn to People for our take on the defining moments in pop culture—and this year, a major story was the death of one of the greatest movie stars of all time, Elizabeth Taylor. The iconic shot selected for the cover from the archives of famed photographer Philippe Halsman, taken when Taylor was just 16 years old, reminded fans of the beauty and grace that would often become overshadowed by her much-documented, tumultuous personal life. With few words needed, this People cover provided a truly worthy farewell to a legend.

 

Critique: I think the picture is well placed I like how they over lapped her and left the title of the magazine behind her instead of changing where it was or putting it in front of her to where you wouldn't be able to see her face. They could of written a little bit more on the cover to draw attention or make it more interesting when people see it looks like there's only one story or the magazine has to only do with one person. The yellow makes the magazine pop out and the words are nicely placed around the portrait of Elizabeth Taylor. For the most part I think they chose a nice design and lay out for this magazine.

 

Best magazine covers of 2012

1. Formal
2. Formal
3. Informal
4. Formal
5. Formal
6. Environmental
7. Formal
8. Formal
9. Formal
10. Formal
11. Formal
12. Formal
13. Formal
14. Informal
15. Informal
16. Environmental
17. Formal

Magazine Tips

1. Emotionally irresistible (Making sure the image on the front is appealing to the eye)
2. Making sure it looks worth some ones time & investment
3. Arousing curiosity (Pulling the person want to know about more of what is inside)
4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)
5. Easy to just look at and scan real quick don't over do it or fill it up with too much

Cover Types

1. Early Magazine Covers

Early magazines didn't look like what magazines do now. Many of the earliest magazine covers had the title and table of contents. When the cover of The American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge it showed a centered book like layout instead of the table of contents. Some covers even began to look like newspapers with an article on the first page because cover lines weren't used.

Cover lines began to appear in the later 1800s. 

2. The Poster Cover

Oversized magazines that looked like they should be put on the wall because of the outstanding illustration. The poster cover didn't have cover lines or announced themes, and the image isn't covered by the logo. Most of the poster covers didn't even relate to the story inside the magazine. They started with no cover lines, and then gradually some.  Cover lines became an integral part of cover design. Good pictures, good sales.

3. Pictures Married to Type

More magazines with color began to appear. Cover lines were common by the late 1800s and in early 1900s. Type and text work together where they started having full body pictures on the covers where words work together sometimes covering it up but words working around the pictures.
 

4. In the Forest of Words

Over time the magazines photography grew better, titles, and illustrations all changed. Wording began to look different at first with articles already written on the outside to now the main things that are inside the magazine. Now more words and pictures work together. Instead of illustrations actual photography of animals or celebrities ect.

Green, Triangle, Backpack

Photoshop introduction

Portraits Reminders

Choice Sheets

After taking photojournalism this year I decided I wanted to take yearbook. I want to take yearbook because I took it in middle school and I enjoyed it. I like that you get to do your own spreads and you get to help choose the theme of the whole thing. I think it'll be a fun class for me to take and it'll be enjoyable. 

Caption review

Caption #1

Who- President Barack Obama & his wife Michelle Obama.
What- Hugging each other, caressing, embracing.
Where- airport, Washington D.C. Kennedy International Airport, on the tarmac by the airplane
when- Monday, Nov. 17th at 11 am.
Why- They haven't seen each other in 3 weeks because President Obama was out campaigning to get re-elected as President of the United States 
How-
Background- President Obama tripped and fell on the way into the airport and hit his head hard enough that the medical team near by had to come out and help him.


Sentence #1 
 President Barack Obama embarrasses his wife Michelle at the Kennedy International Airport after returning home from a trip to Ohio where he was campaigning for re-election on Sunday afternoon 

Sentence #2
 The President, while on his way to the terminal , stumbled and fell requiring medical attention for a cut on his left cheek

Caption Head  
Tripping his way to the Presidency 

Caption #2

Who- Psy, Singer, Croud
What- Performing on his world tour "sushi roll" 
Where- Madison Square Garden
When- Saturday December 18th, 11:27 pm
Why- Biggest venue ever been to 
How- Crane lifted him
Background- PSY was performing his hit single "Gangam Style" and while elevated above the crowd 

Sentence #1
South Korean pop star Psy performs his hit song "Gangam Style" over his largest crowd ever at Madison Square Garden.

Sentence #2
PSY pop star held on tight to the crane keeping him elevated above his crowd while women threw panties, bras, and sushi rolls at him to show their love for him.

Caption Head
Wardrobe and sushi shower 

Caption #3

Who- Anti-Mursi protesters 
What- Opponents of President
Where- Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt 
When- Tuesday November 27, 2012 
Why- A president they don't like was reelected 
Background- Mad citizens

Sentence #1
Anti-Mursi protesters protest come together to protest against the president in Tahrir square on Tuesday November 27,2012. 

Caption Head
Coming together and protesting 

Rules of photography notes

Depth of Field (shallow and wide)

Plays a role in pictures where it comes from and intensity seems how right or low it can be- Light (angle and intensity)

The absence of light (no light going some place) - Shadows

To soften or scatter the light- Diffusion

light, dark, or somewhere in the middle. Too light too dark or just right. Exposure

How big or small the opening is in the lens. The smaller the number the more open it is, big opening shallow depth of field, small opening wide depth of field. - Aperture (f-stop)

How fast the mirror inside opens and closes in the camera- Shutter speed

The sensor thats inside the camera and how sensitive the sensor is to light. When increased you also increase grain. -ISO

Lens

Telephoto- allows you to zoom in and get closer to your subject.

Prime- Don't zoom at all, are fixed. Require you to move and be a better photographer. 

Wide angle- Take a wide angle picture. 

Timeliness- When was the picture taken.

Proximity- How close the event happened.

Conflict- We like to see conflict, appealing to the eye.

Human interest- Things that might be strange, different people.

Prominence- How important the person is. 

Impact- Something crazy that happened.

Novelty- Somebody wearing something strange.