Action Photo Shoot

During lunch in the court yard of Akins high school, Jin and Ty play leap frog to gain attention from the student body. A total of 78 others participated, in which included 2 teachers. 

 During Mr. Reeves class and by the cafeteria, Ty and Jin found it amusing to jump over each other in order get a decent grade for an action photo shoot. As a joke, Jin ducked before Ty came in contact. 

On Friday, in Mr. Reeves's class, Jin and Ty jumped over each other in an act for a photo shoot. 

Later, Jin attempts to jump over Ty and ends up twisting his ankle. 

Friday afternoon, Ty jumped over a classmate in the middle of the court yard in order to receive a grade in Mr. Reeve's class. We later find a classmate skipping and hiding from the photojournalism teacher. 

ANSWERS

- I cleaned up, took a shower, and dressed nice.
- Yes, I finished last nights homework and went over the interviews questions
- I get up, get dressed, watch a little T.V. eat a good breakfast, head straight to school, and class.
- I set aside whats not important
- I chose to do homework before I go out.
- I complete work, turn it in, ask for help, and attend tutoring during lunch, if needed.
- Finish high school, get a good job, and go to college.
- I study at least two to three times a week.
- Good friends that can earn my spot.
- Play games, play basketball, and go out shopping.
- Im just a person who wants to do good.
- My mom
- I want to be a cop
- It was a self accomplishment
- Myself
- Ignore them and put them aside
- Stay away from negative energy
- Finish school
- Yes, they expect more from me
- No, it just happened
- Yes
- It feels good.

Student Of The Month Interview

Student of The Month Interview

1) Step by step, how did you prepare for this interview?
2) Do you think the time you prepared for this interview can relate to the time and work you put into schooling?
3) How do you prepare for school on a daily basis?
4) How do you manage to complete home and school work?
5) How do you separate your work between your leisure time?
6) Can you describe your work ethic? How do you accumulate class time?
7) Do you have a goal? If yes what is it, and if not what builds your initiative to do well?
8) How often do you study?
9) What type of friends do you have? Can they possibly be in the same position as you?
10) What do your friends like to do with and or with out you?
11) What makes you want to commit and be the student you are?
12) Is there someone who inspires you? and who?
13) What career field would you like to join? and why?
14) If so, who helped you become the student of the month?
15) Do you have anyone to thank or give credit to?
16) How to you deal with distractions?
17) Would sports, girl/boyfriends, drugs, parties, and much more effect your honors? If so, how do you prevent it?
18) If you have one, what is your mission statement?
19) Do students or teacher and faculty treat you different because your student of the month?
20) Did you plan on becoming the student of the month?
21) The hard work you have put in, was it worth it?
22) How does it feel to be the student of the month?

Interview Part One

Three people I could interview: A person who has experienced a dress code. A person who wears clothing in an unnecessary fashion. A teacher who is dedicated to the knowledge of their students.

1) A school dress code, how would you feel about it?
2) How would the dress code effect you?
3) Do you believe clothing literally effects the learning environment?
4) Do you believe that clothing can alter the learning environment enough to classify students individually and as a whole?
5) With a dress code, will it remove classification as in where you live, what you wear, and who you are?
6) Do you think a dress code can bring students together as a whole and or as a family?
7) Do you think a dress code can make it more stressful on teachers, students and other faculty staff.
8) How do you feel about students purchasing the dress code outfits?
9) Do you think the school should help out lower class families to purchase the outfits?
10) Should it be the schools job to provide the correct clothing?
11) Do you believe it is fair for students to express them selves by wearing appropriate clothing?
12) Do you think schools should acquire dress codes, or just change the clothing rules?
13) What is school to you? Do you interpret school as a place where you can build your personality decide who you are by creativity and knowledge?
14) With a dress code, would you think students will break more rules due to the new profound rules?
15) Do you believe that all staff should have to wear the dress code? Why or why not?
16) What is the purpose of a dress code?
17) Can a dress code help the students develop some sort of initiative? How?
18) How would you respond to a dress code taking affect next year? Would you try and prevent it or go with the flow?
19) Do you think the whole AISD should go under dress code because of the students ability to move schools?
20) If you were to pick a dress code, what would it be?

Newspaper Spread

Newspaper Notes

Types of Newspaper:
-New magazine; Glossy front and back cover. (8x11) Regular sheet of paper. No stories, just a picture.
-Tabloid; Small newsprint. 2 or less stories, at times 0.
-Broadsheets: Wide. 3-4 stories on front.

-Bold headline
-Picture used for the header
-Website
-Main photo
-Big story
-Other relatable story
-Art graphics
-Small attention grabbing stories that extend to another page.
-Captions

-Flag
*Teaser

-Jump (story that starts on one page and finishes on another)
*Page number and headline

-Folio
*School
*Motto
*Website
*Place of Publish
*Volume
*Date

Headline
*Sub headline

-Caption
*Caption Head
*Person who took the photo
*Caption

-Byline
*Stories
*Who wrote it
*Name and title of the writer

-Graphics
*Illustrator

-Table of Contents

-Kicker
*kicks of the story

-Mast Head
*Accomplishments
*Staff box
*Editorial Policy (Adress)
*Organization associates

-Opinions Page has a picture of the author.

Front Pages of The World

1)My favorite new page would be the newspaper from Albany, New York because I like the bold logo at the top. Its a type of art that I find appealing.
2) The head line. "right size and place", because it pops out of the paper with a different color than the rest of the font. and plus the science section sound a little interesting.
3) Albany has 14 stories on the front.
4) There seems to be two big photos that carry a large story behind it. Usually at the bottom of the newspaper the rest of the story is followed on different page. At times there is a little photo along with the bigger pictures.
5) Different news papers carry different fonts and styles. Some news papers have logos or photos of important people in the header. Some newspapers just have letters or fonts. News papers in different countries such as Europe have vivid art on the front page and, Asian countries seem as if the have more words or stories than american newspapers.

SLO Review

Who: Isiah the hound dog
What: Drooling. Treat nearby
When: Yesterday, April 14. Sunday
Where: Austin Human Society
Why: He is lost, needs a new home.
How: Call the the Human Society at 484-2222

Animal affection solves world wide issues

Yesterday, April 14, Isiah the hound dog is found at the Austin's Health Facility to help the experimental aspect for the cure for cancer by conserving the drool. Dr. P. Phungus found out that canines carry the cure for other medical issues.

Simplicity (Clean background)
Cropping
Avoid Mergers
Rule of Thirds

-Human Interest
-Proximity
-Timelines
-Novelty

Exposed properly

Lens: Prime

Crop differently

Lenses and Photography Vocabulary

- I would use a telephoto lens to zoom in on my objects by far.
- I would use a prime lens to capture objects in dark lighting.
- I would use a wide angle lens to capture landscaping photos. To capture a lot of outside detail.

Depth of Field (Shallow/Wide): Including objects in the background, foreground, and middle ground. This rule can make a photo better because it can cause the human eye to overlap layers.

Light (Angle/Intensity): Adjusting the amount of light entering the camera. This can cause patterns in shadows and expose details.

Shadows: Shadows add a pattern and 3-D depth. This rule is a sort of an effect that makes things seem 3-D.

Diffusion: Adjustments to lighting. Creating a dusk look to your photo.

Exposure: The intensity of the lighting. This rule can make photos better by exposing details by light adjustments.

Aperture: The light that comes in through a hole in a camera. Can alter your focusing field.

Shutter Speed: Elapsed time of light entering the camera. Can create a flowing and or sharp picture of moving objects.

ISO: The camera's sensitivity to light. Adjusting ISO to the environment your in can create a great picture.

7 News Values

Timeliness: 
 - This article meets the standards for timeliness because the article was published today, Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 10:25 am. This is the closest article published relevant to present time.

Law enforcement officials bust two major Austin drug rings

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/law-enforcement-officials-bust-two-major-austin-dr/nXJwG/

Proximity: 

- This article meets the standards to proximity because the fire damaged a house in south Austin. We are currently in the "south Austin" area. 

Official: Fire damages South Austin home, displaces one

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/official-fire-damages-south-austin-home-displaces-/nXHtR/

Prominence: 

- This article relates to prominence because it deals with President Obama. He is prominent amount the U.S. today so anything he wants will be accomplished. 

Obama plan would likely bolster TxDOT, transit

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/obama-plan-would-likely-bolster-txdot-transit/nXJRH/

Impact:

- Impact relates to this article because the effect of a bomb at UT would drastically effect the nation because of past experiences with bombings. 

Anonymous UT bomb threat under investigation

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/anonymous-ut-bomb-threat-under-investigation/nXJWW/\

Conflict: 

-This article can relate to conflict because there was a conflict between the 3 victims in order for someone to get shot. 

The Blotter: East Austin shooting victim ID’d; 

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/blotter-east-austin-shooting-victim-idd-gunman-sou/nXJXm/

Human Interest: 

- Human interests can relate to this article because this can cause people to get involved into the story or the actually event. The park is saving its area to prevent extinction of different birds.

Spot near Cedar Park offers sanctuary for birds, people

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/spot-near-cedar-park-offers-sanctuary-for-birds-pe/nXJTD/

Novelty: 

- This article can relate to novelty because owning child porn is pretty usual and is illegal. 

Pflugerville man charged with possession of child porn

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/pflugerville-man-charged-with-possession-of-child-/nXHBG/

My Year Book Spread

King Pica Spread

Magazine Cover 2

Choice Sheets

If I were to choose a course I would pick commercial photography. I would pick this course because I already have my own camera but I would like to improve on my habits. The concepts of this class sound interesting, fun, and professional. In my future, I would not mind doing photography as a career, so this class might help me with the edge of becoming a photographer. I also would not mind spending time after hours to do projects. Staying after to improve or help has always been my routine so, it wouldn't be a problem for me. All together, I would choose this class.

Portrait/Self Portrait

Self Portrait

Portrait

Magazine Cover

Dan The Man 

Magazines

5 Websites

LENS FLARE

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

2. This website explained the technique of a lens flare. It examined the benefits and the flaws of the effect. All together, if you know how to mange your ability, you can create a great image with a lens flare.  

3.  There is a piece called a lens hood witch prevents lens flares .

I picked this photo because the lens flare added a piece to this picture that caught my eye. I like the view point the plant portrays. 

SPIN AROUND A BUILDING

http://fstoppers.com/how-to-spin-a-camera-around-a-building

This website put together a video tutorial on how to make a short clip. They showed how you can make the clip exact and illusive. Their purpose was to express different ways of capturing moments at memorable places. 

I witnessed a tutorial on how to make a illusion with a spinning building. The people that photographed or make the video are apart the Candy Glass Productions in which, produce films and photography.

I learned that there might be a way to make a gif. file in photoshop.

27 BLACK AND WHITE LANDSCAPES:

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

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This website contained photos of black and white landscapes. In some photos I can tell they used a long shutter speed because of the detail of the shot. Most photos have to deal with water and or fog. 

I learned that this photographer was hesitant at shooting black and white landscapes but, she gave in and started a collection.

I had chosen this photo that Darren Rowse has taken because I like the fact that he used a long shutter speed for the waves. In a way this photographer used a hint of depth of field to express the dock and endless waters. 

STORMS:

http://www.lightstalking.com/storms

I visited a website that deals with different landscapes with stormy backgrounds. The photographs vividly express the colors weather can produce. 

I learned that editor Rob, has a whole other collection of storm images.

This photo that Rob has edited was one of my favorites because he involved a prop the fits well with the stormy background. The hat is used as a rule of thirds. 

LAND SCAPE/ OUTDOORS SPRING:

http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/f37/spring-46051.html    Who took the 

On this website I studied the photo that this photo shot. The photographer used a long shutter speed to capture rainfall. 

I learned that you can convert RAW files into long exposures.

photo?

This was one of the two pictures displayed. This photo expresses the merging rule and was taken by the user from the website at the link at the top.

Magazine Part 2

Early Magazine Covers: 

Magazine covers in the mid 1700's has a straight forward Table of Contents with no art available. Through the 1700's and 1800's magazine covers looked more like a book cover, Bold title and a small illustration with nothing to describe what you will be reading about inside the magazine. The design or art value on the magazines were created with meaning, usually architecture. The cover rarely exposed what was inside the magazines. At times magazines only had a cover line, such as a newspapers. As time progressed covers began to gain more artistic. Later in the 1800's the magazines started to use bullet points to describe the content of the marines such as, literature and music, ect. 

The Poster Cover:

In the late 1800's into the 1960's magazine covers began to evolve. The designers were influenced by other artists and began creating covers that seemed valuable enough to hang on a wall. Later in the 1900's Magazine covers began to adjust their covers to the point of emphasizing their logos. Creating a trend, poster covers were used as the magazine covers. As art became more open, designers started using more vivid and detailed paintings for their covers. Evolving, poster began to symbolize important people with a bold title.

Pictures Married to Type:

Magazine covers began to be "integrated", meaning that the designer was trying to achieve equal relationships of symbols and graphics on the cover. Covers began to involve the heading to fall behind the main object in the cover, and titles and headlines were placed in attracting positions such as cover lines. 

In The Forest of Words: 

Cover lines are as important as the design. Cover lines began to fill the cover art. Designers began to use models to capture or lure in viewers. Cover lines also deals with personal situations that seem as if they can answer person questions. 

Best Covers

1) Steve Jobs: Formal
2) Love Resigns: Informal
3) Elizabeth Taylor: Formal *FAVORITE*
4) Sports Illustrated: Environmental
5) ESPN: Formal
6) She Is Just Way Too Old For This: Formal
7) Time Out Chicago: Formal
8) Mila Kunis: Formal
9) Grill Baby Grill: Formal
10) Ryan Gosling: Formal
11) Children of 9/11: Formal
12) Vanity Fair: Formal
13) Hope Solo: Informal
14) Wild and Wonderful Things: Informal
15) The Fashion Issue: Formal
16) Cleopatra: Informal
17) Yosemite: Informal
18) 9/11: Informal


"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".

- In this photo, Taylor has old apparel as in clothing, hair style, and make up. The viewer possibly has the idea that this picture has to deal with the past, relating that she is and older lady. As you read the title of the picture, it states that she passes away. The picture the has more of an antique or old feeling which can give the viewer a conscious mind that this deals with the past. The picture of Taylor is great, and her appearance is beautiful enough to make the view glance or read what is the story behind this photo. The lighting emphasizes the beauty of her face to symbolize her fame as an actress. The background of the picture makes her pop out more and gives the viewer and edge. 

The Quest For a Perfect Cover

5 THINGS I SHOULD BE THINKING OF:

1) Shoot or edit the photo to the point where the viewers attention will be automatically captured.
2) Will my cover be worth peoples attention/ money.
3) If I were to print out a cover and put it against other covers, would mine stand out or disappear?
4) Dose my cover relate or pull in my viewers curiosity more than before?
5) Is my cover interesting? Dose it promise "benefits"?

Photoshop Notes

Nestle- Tools are stacked on each other… To access those tools you have to left click and hold.

Command + (Zoom in)

Command _ (Zoom out)

Command o (Open)

Command c (Copy)

Command v (Paste)

Command z (Undo)

Command s (Save)

Command p (Print)

Image>adjustments>levels>

Channel Blue

Channel Green

Channel Red

Move black and white Hersey’s kisses

Channel RGB – Moved brown Hersey’s kiss (Lighter)

Crop

Always crop at 300 resolutions.

Don’t crop selectively, crop entire image.

To turn an image go to Image>Image Rotation>

CW and CCW

Cw= Clockwise

Ccw= Counter Clockwise

180= ½ rotation

Save as

Rename your image

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

SAVE- you do not have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly

Photoshop Edit

Photoshop

Portraits

PORTRAITS

SELF PORTRAITS

Welcome Back

 This is one of my favorite pictures of the year because it is unique by capturing a city that looks balanced from a birds eye view.

 This photo is one of my favorites because it seems that the water creates a silky skin, in which urges my desires to go swimming. The water is a great merger. 

This is another one of my favorite photos because this picture creates depth with the smoke that aircrafts created. Its a really neat picture. 

BEST SONG OF 2012

Kid Cudi featuring King Chip: Just What I Am. A song published in 2012 is one of my top favorite songs. Kid Cudi can be known as a "pot head" but his lyrics have much more meaning than smoking. The lyrical genius came up with a song that people can relate too, in which attract my attention. At first I didn't like the song much because of the vague chorus, but the lyrics within the song are relative. Therefore, It was my favorite song of the year and yet Kid Cudi is my new favorite rapper. 

BEST MOVIE OF 2012

21 Jump Street is my favorite movie of 2012. Its one of those movies that has hysterical, metaphorical, and random quotes that capture my personality. The fact that most of the storyline is found in a high school, it grabs my attention because it relates to my everyday life. This movie can be compared to Step Brothers, Super Bad, and The Other Guys, in which has one trying to impress someone or something but evidentially goes the wrong way that works out for the good. 21 Jump Street is my favorite movie of the year. 

MOST IMPORTANT PERSON OF 2012

Barack Obama is found reelected for another term. Not only has he made history because of his ethnicity but he is the first African American to run President for two terms. The fact I live in Texas, most people were found voting for Mitt Romney, in which in my eyes, Obama was an underdog. The fact that Obama was reelected, it was one of the most important events during 2012. His leadership can lead the country into success or failure of our country and most are found waiting. 

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF 2012

The Newtown shooting is one of the most important events that has happened in 2012. The shooting has caused a major set back through society in the US. Till this day, we are debating for gun use in American schools. Should teachers be able to carry guns to school? If this law passes there was alway be  controversy between sides. 

MOST IMPORTANT ATHLETE OF 2012

Play-off bound, Ray Lewis has been injured while his team marches along. Ray Lewis is a the defense god, in which other teammates need. Although they lost their hype man they are playoff bound. While he is healing he is deciding to retire from the NFL. Ray Lewis retiring will shake the football nation.

1) One thing that happened during my christmas break that I will remember is the amount of time I put in at work. The money I received made my holidays better.

2) One of my resolutions of 2013 is to actually prepare for the life Im heading for after high school, I also want to stop eating fast food.

3) In 2013 I look forward to having the best of time I can in high school. 

Captions and Notes

Caption #1

Who- President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama
What- Hugging each other, embracing.
When- Monday, Nov. 17th at 11 am
Where- Washington D.C. Kennedy International Airport, out by the airplane on the tarmac
Why-They haven't seen each other in three weeks, because President was on the campaigning trying to get reelected as President.
How- passionately with emotion
Background- President Obama tripped and fell on his way to the airport and hit his head hard enough that the medical team nearly had to come out and help him.

Sentence#1: President Barack Obama embraces his wife Michelle at the Kennedy International Airport after returning home from a trip to Ohio where he was campaigning to become the 42nd President of the United States.

Sentence#2: The President, while on his way to the terminal, tripped and fell requiring medical assistance for a cut on his left cheek.

Caption Head: Stumbling his way to the the Presidency


Caption#2

Who- The transgender pop star PSY
What- Preforms the famous hit known around the world, Gangnam Style.
When- Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Where- Austin, Texas. At the Frank Erwin Center on top of a crane.
Why- PSY is participating in a World Tour known as, Gayname trail.
How- Passionate performance
Background- Psy ended his show abruptly and the crowd demands an encore, PSY is assassinated with a long range crossbow as soon as the lights were dimmed.

Sentence#1:  During the World tour of Gay Mans Style, the worlds most famous transgender pop star, PSY, performs the catchy song, Gangnam Style on January 8th, 2013, in Austin Texas at the Frank Erwin Center.

Sentence#2: As PSY rushed his last show, the crowd demanded an encore which led him to a fatal death as soon as the light were dim.

Caption Head: It's a dead man's style


Caption#3

Who- LA Dodgers 4 year old pitcher, Douglas Thomas.
What-  During Douglas Thomas first game he pitches a perfects game
When- November 23, 2012.
Where- Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium
Why- Aims for World Series title
How- Eager to win
Background- LA dodgers head coach forces Douglas to be signed over to the Major League.

Sentence1: November 23, 2012. At the Dodgers Stadium, Douglas Thomas, eager to win a championship, the 4 year old little league baseball player pitched his first perfect game.

Sentence2: After the game, the head coach of the LA Dodgers agreed to sign over Douglas to the team with a 4 year contract.

Caption Head: Dodger's desire for a new pitcher



Depth of Field (Shadow and Wide): Whats in focus
Light (Angle and Intensity): Where is the angle of the light coming from? Bright light makes darker shadows
Shadows: Absence of light, dark.
Diffusion: Changing the intensity of light
Exposure: How the picture looks. Light? Dark?
Aperture (F-Stop): In the lens, how big the is the opening. Can be manual.
Shutter Speed: Inside of the camera, is a mirror that is timed of how fast the mirror opens and closes.
ISO: Sensor inside of the camera and how sensitive it is to light.

Telephoto: Allows to zoom in closer on your subject
Prime: Dosent zoom, fixed.
Wide Angle: Capture wide pictures