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.