Quick write, what timeline is about

The subject of the timeline is space travel and how it has progressed throughout the years.

Beginning - Attempts to understand what space is were carried out.

Middle - Space travel became much more safer. Many people were the "First" to do something in space.

Conclusion - New areas were explored in space. NASA eventually ended its 30 year run after the launching of the Atlantis.

Space timeline

Newspaper

Console Game Market Predictions
Create bar charts

Self Designed yearbook spread

Self Taken Photos Of Greece

** Anime Yearbook Spread **

Identifying the captions

Subject (Who): The North Side Skull & Bone Gang
Verb: parades
Date:Feb. 9, 2016
Place: New Orleans

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: They wore the masks and costumes to remind people of their mortality.
and/or
How: By wearing the masks

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Subject (Who): A health worker
Verb: fumigates
Date: Wednesday, Jan 20, 2016.
Place: El Angel cemetery in Lima, Peru,

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: In order to prevent the Peru Zika Virus from spreading, and to warn others about this virus.
and/or
How: By fumigating the cemetery.

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Subject (Who): A lay minister
Verb: marks
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016.
Place: suburban Paranaque city

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: To usher the 40 day start of lent, and to remind humans of their mortality.
and/or
How: By marking crosses made by the ashes of palm leaves on followers heads.

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Subject (Who): A city employee
Verb: stands
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016
Place: Bad Aibling, Germany

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: To remember those who perished
and/or
How: By standing in front of the two wreaths.

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Subject (Who): People/Merrymakers
Verb: taking
Date: Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,

Identify the following information the following elements from the SECOND SENTENCE of the caption:

Why: To enjoy the carnival and mark the first week of February.
and/or
How: By participating in the carnival.

Trendy Teen magazine

photoshop notes

Photoshop

If you want to work on an image, make sure to rename it so that you don't delete the original.

Do:

1)   file

2)   save as

Make sure the image is saved as a .jpg

Shortcut keys:

command/control s = save often and regularly

control, option, z = step backward

control l = levels (lighting)

with levels, we can color manage the photos.

staked tools. Tools that are stacked on each other. left click and hold to display more tools

Resolution guidelines

yearbook=300

newspaper=150

web=72

DPI - Dots

PPI - Pixels

Use grayscale

image>Mode>Grayscale

Newspaper photo

150 res

Yearbook photo

300 res

Web page photo 

72 res

1. How many delegates are at stake in Texas in the Republican nomination?

155 delegates are at stake in Texas in the republican nomination.

2. How many delegates are at stake nationally in Republican nomination today?

595 delegates are at stake nationally.

3. How many delegates are at stake in Texas in the Democratic nomination?

252 delegates are at stake in Texas in the democratic nomination.

4. How many delegates are at stake nationally in Democratic nomination today?

1017 delegates are at stake nationally in the democratic nomination.

5. How many delegates do the Republicans need to win to secure the nomination?

1,237 delegates are needed to win.

Masthead - The title / name of the magazine that is displayed in bold letters in the cover of the issue.

Dateline - The Month and year printed, often where price is found.

Main image - The picture used for the front cover. Used to attract readers.

Model credit - Unusual to have on the front. Comments about the model are displayed.

Cover lines - The words and teasers used on the front cover. There may or may not be any issues with this regarding the use of certain colors on the text and the colors of the main image.

Main cover line - Very large text, and typically incorporates the use of three layers with different colors

Left third - The masthead starts here, and it must stand out amongst other competitors.

Bar code - The code used by retailers. Includes publication date and price. Subscriber issues typically omit this.

Selling line - A short description of the issue's main marketing point.

Winner


Men's Health, November 2014, The Ultimate Men's Health Guy


"Too often magazine covers simply repeat one another, and we're not just talking about the last ten years of O, here. So when we launched our Ultimate Men's Health Guy Search last spring, we hoped it would produce a November cover that would be unique, inspirational, and stop readers in their tracks. Meet Noah Galloway, the double-amputee Iraq vet who is our first ever UMHG. In this shot by Peter Yang, he simultaneously broadcasts troubling disability and vibrant health, and instantly commands respect and gratitude. Corporal Galloway, we salute you--and your Men's Health cover."

This issue is quite unique indeed. While others focus on beauty and fashion, this magazine focuses on a more inspirational directive.

Portrait

3 most important rules of portraits

• Create a second point of interest by changing the eye contact to something else besides the viewer. 
• Ex: woman looking at a ball...

• Toying with the lighting in each picture will create a stunning effect and will nab the viewers attention.
• Ex: silhouetting the subject of the picture

• Take a series of shots in order to take many pictures to choose from.
• Ex: Particularly for children or active subjects that do not stay still.

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2 Environmental Portraits.

These Pictures are great representations of environmental portraits because of the fact that they are people who had their picture taken in their natural environment. For example, the lumberjack is in front of the trees he cut, and an engineer in front of all of his tools. I like the fact that both of these pictures are in a natural kind of hue, not entirely black and white, but with a shade of brown in there as well.

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2 Casual Portraits.

These pictures present to me a casual feel. To me, it's not posed intentionally and it's not of anything extremely spectacular, these are just some beautiful pictures of some young women. The reason I picked these photos was the fact that I liked their composition and the background played nicely in emphasizing the subject of both photos.

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2 Formal Portraits

These portraits make me feel that the subjects in the photos have authority because they are wearing suits. All of the portraits look uniform and very serious. The reason I chose these two photos is because they appealed to me.

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2 Self Portraits

Self portraits are typically very artistic, and they try to tell something about the subject. These two portraits are rather interesting because of their creativity and the contrast of color and shade. I found it interesting that the entire background is black and white, while only a small part is colored.

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I personally liked the Glamour Magazine cover for 2015 because it incorporates the use of a casual portrait to nab the readers attention. I would possibly be able to recreate this cover by having a person stand in front of a monochrome background while I take a close up picture.

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If I plan on taking a portrait picture, I must be aware of their composition. I would like to take a picture of my brother at his computer in order to create an environmental photo. Furthermore, I would like to incorporate balance and the rule of thirds into that photo to make it even better.

Sports Exploration Activity

Sport:  Tennis

Top 5 players

• Novak Djokovic
• Andy Murray
• Roger Federer
• Stan Wawrinka
• Rafael Nadal

Favorite player: Gilles Simon

Summary of Simon

                                       Year to date W/L                         Career W/L

• Overall                           3-2                                      375 - 258    

• Grand Slams                 3-1                                         68 - 39      

The major tournaments that Simon competed in were the Grand slam tournaments. These include: The US Open, the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and Roland Garros. The person who won this years Australian Open tournament was Novak Djokovic.

3 important rules of Tennis

• When you are serving, the ball has to land in the service box diagonal to your position.
• When you are serving, make sure that your foot does not cross over the white line, or else that is a fault.
• When playing a singles match, make sure that you keep in mind the fact that you are not playing with the doubles alley, (which is the extra part of the court that is past the singles sideline.

3 examples of jargon for this sport

• Winner - When the ball is served and a point is made without the other person even touching the ball.
• 'No man's land' - The area located directly in the middle of the court, below the service line, but above the base line.
• Love - This is derived from the french word, l'oeuf or egg. It represents the number zero, considering the shape of an egg resembles that of the round number. All games begin with a score of "Love all"

Tennis cliche

"It's her game to win, and her game to lose" - meaning that it's all up to her/him to either come out a winner, or come out a loser.

A player that is considered a legend in Tennis

Martina Navratilova is the person that is considered a legend for the Wimbledon tournament. Holding the most singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles of any person, she is obviously a legend. She was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was introduced to tennis at age 4 and began to regularly play tennis at age 7. Martina Navratilova went to grade school for 9 years and high school for 3 1/2 years. She never went to college, considering that tennis players do not need a degree of some sort. She is most renowned for playing on the red clay surface and the grass surface. She is the only person of either gender to hold the top position for well over 200 weeks.

types of sports articles

Advance - a preview article of an upcoming games.

Recap - an overview of the highlights of a completed game.

Column - an opinion article on a topic of the writer's choice.

Feature - an article that brings out human elements of athletes.

News updates - small updates on teams, players, etc.

Good sports photography requires action.

Academics photography

Balance

The subjects are the two boys presenting.

I don't think that this picture tells a story. What I could have done was to have waited till they presented, then moved to take a better picture.


Simplicity or rule of thirds?

The subject in this photo is the girl reading from the computer screen.
I don't think that this picture really tells a story. It would have been better to find a more interesting picture besides having a student read off of a laptop.

Balance or simplicity?

The subject is the girl that has her hand to her cheek.
I feel as though this picture captures emotion. The emotion it captures is boredom. The girl has her hand to her cheek in an attempt to keep her head from drooping, and that there is how a feeling of boredom is created.




Bad merger :P

It is not really clear as to who the subject is.

I feel that this picture captures a claustrophobic kind of feeling, what with having all of these people huddled together with what seems to be little to no room.




The problems that I encountered while trying to take photos with basic composition rules included not being able to move into the right position, continuously being acknowledged and told I was there to take pictures, and the fact that the pictures were very boring. It was aggravating to have someone constantly try to pose for the camera, or even have the teacher tell the kids to do better because "There is someone with a camera here to take pictures..." Not only that, but when I did have the chance to take a picture of a student who really didn't care, I found myself incapable of moving in the right position (lest I wanted to climb tables...) Also, that day's shoot was of the most boring topics ever, and just as I expected, the pictures clearly show this.

The technical aspects that I constantly kept in mind were the rules themselves, and checking everywhere to see if I could move around. Often times I could not move to my desired location because there may have been an obstacle in the way, and thus I had to improvise. Regardless, I managed to capture a few photos that follow a few of the composition rules.

academics shoot preview

Best story

This has the best story because it emphasizes how sad goodbyes are for a graduating student and his/her family. In this picture we see a woman hugging a student (presumably her son).

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Emotion

Well, this is boring, and that is exactly the emotion this picture gives to the viewer. Here we have a picture of a girl who has her hand to her cheek in an attempt to keep her head from drooping. Yes, this girl seems very bored, and just by looking at this picture, a person can see how boring studying is.

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Fills the frame

A picture of a party is sure to keep the viewer hunting for anything interesting in the background. There is no space wasted at all in this picture, every bit of it is taken up by students attending the party. Though the subject is the male singing, the people in the background are still visible, therefore, this picture takes up the entire frame.

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Why did I pick this?

I picked this photo because it seems as though the people in the picture are having fun.

The rule that applies to this photo is the rule of balance. There are four people in the picture. two on the corners, and two in the middle.

Composition Shoot

1. The rule of lines was followed quite well in my opinion.
2. The subject is the boy walking along the stone path
3. It is very clear as to who the subject is, as he is the only one along the path, and the line practically points to him.
4. I feel that this picture is wonderful, and I really don't think I would take something differently, except for taking a slightly brighter picture.

1. I feel that this picture was taken in a way that it could be two rules both balance and rule of thirds, even though my intent was to make it a rule of thirds photo.
2. The subject was the girl in red.
3. Though she stands out and is supposed to be the main subject, to some it may seem that the big tree is the subject.
4. I possibly could have emphasized that the girl is the main subject by making her move a little bit forward and including less of the tree in the photo.

1. Oh my Lord! Is that a tree growing out of her head?! Oh, no, this is just a bad merger. I feel that the avoiding mergers rule was not applied here, instead, I intentionally created one.
2. The subject in the photo is the girl squatting under the tree.
3. Yes it is clear that the girl is the subject of the photo
4. If I was to not create a merger, I would take the background into consideration, and make sure that after I took the picture, it does not seem to mix into the subject.

1. Here we have a simple picture. I feel that the simplicity rule was followed well in this photo.
2. The subject in the photo is the girl.
3. Yes, I feel that she would be instantly seen by someone viewing the picture, considering that she is the only thing in the picture.
4. I feel like this picture is wonderful for a simple picture, and I would not really do anything differently to change it.

1. I feel that the rule of framing was followed well in this photograph.
2. The subject in the photo is the girl in red.
3. The viewer knows that the subject is the girl because the walls practically frame her on the picture and highlight that she is there.
4. I really like how the walls and the ceiling enclose the girl in a natural frame, and I would not really do anything differently to it. 

1. I feel that this photo is decent and kind of follows the balancing rule.
2. The subject is the person wearing a blue hoodie.
3. The viewer can tell that the person is the subject.
4. What I could have done better is take into account the background, and get rid of the random window. Also I could have positioned the camera straighter, because this picture looks lopsided and messes with the balance.

Reflection:

• One of the problems I faced during the shoot was that I could not get the lens to focus correctly. For example, when I was taking the simplicity picture I could not get the lens to focus only on the subject and blur out the background. In order to get a good shot, I simply moved around. I moved to a completely blank background to take the simplicity picture, and when I took it, it actually ended up being pretty good. Another problem was that I could not keep the camera straight. An example would be the balancing photo. This picture seems kind of lopsided when looked at, and I feel that this slightly messes with the intended balance of the shot. These were some of the problems I encountered.

• The technical aspects that I kept in mind were the positioning of the subjects, the lighting, and the angle in which the pictures were taken. An example is the rule of thirds photo. For this photo, I had to move around because sometimes the sun created a reflection on the lens and if I just took a picture, it would have a yellow orb in the middle. Not only that, but if I moved around too much, I would mess with the position of the subjects, so I had to constantly look through the lens so that I would not mess up the photo. 

Photography examples

simplicity

rule of thirds

Leading Line example

Balance

Framing

Bad Merger

That one morning

I was on my way to school. The morning was crisp and clear, the sun barely rising from the horizon. On the drive to school, when I was close to arriving, I heard a loud snap. I got cold sweat thinking that it was my car, but then I realized my car was still intact. I parked in the parking lot at the side of the school near the road where I always do, but then something caught my attention. When I looked out to the road, there was a single rolling tire making it’s way down the middle of South 1^st street. Then when I opened the door to get a better look, I immediately got hit with the smell of burning rubber. A smell that made my eyes water, and a smell that I could actually taste. It was strong sensation that reminded me of licking ashes. Then, something else occurred that I found rather peculiar. A student that was on the sidewalk rushed out into the middle of the street in order to move the burning tire off to the side, while his friend signaled to a nearby police officer. The student rushed out in the middle of growing traffic, just to remove the obstacle. I overheard the conversation that that student had with the officer, and he said, “Well the rubber was hot, but I wouldn’t want anyone else to have a problem.”

Who is this man?

He is wearing a camouflage jacket, along with a hoodie inside it.

His hairstyle is very unkept, with what appears to be a green streak in his dark mass of hair.

His face looks aged, and haggard. Teeth look yellow.

There is a Lowe's in the background therefore indicating that he is in the U.S. possibly in Texas.

Looks homeless.

His name is Ted Williams.

• When he speaks, how does he sound
• What makes Ted Williams' story so important
• 3 details that make his life story interesting

He sounds like a professional reporters authoritative, clean, and crisp voice. He learned how to use that voice, and learned to harness it's uses. It is very deep, strong, and comprehensible.

He was found panhandling at the median. later he was at the side of the road.

The story is a human interest story. Ted W. lives on the streets, he has been sober for 2 years after being on drugs and alcohol, but even so, he carries hope, and strives to get a job. This story is important because it shows that because we pass by people on the streets, we do not give them a chance to express their potential, and their talents.

The thing tha makes this interesting is that even after his hard life, Ted was given a second chance.

My 2015 Top 10 list

My favorite games of 2015

1) Fallout 4
2) Super smash bros
3) Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon
4) The Legend of Zelda, Majora's Mask
5) Mortal kombat X
6) The Witcher 3
7) Yoshi's woolly world
8) Battlefront
9) Bloodborne
10)  Call of Duty Black Ops

2015 in Review (Revised)

World Events -- The 30 Most Popular Stories On NPR's Website In 2015

This is a link to 30 popular and most heard about stories of 2015.
The thing that caught my attention in this web page, and that matches this topic is the little Syrian boy who drowned and was washed up at a Turkish beach. This raised awareness for the migration crisis.

Famous Deaths -- Top Stories of 2015

This is a link to 11 stories about events that occurred in 2015
The thing that ties most closely to this topic and is on this web page is the death of Sandra Bland.

Interesting story (my choice) -- The Top 10 Weirdest Science Stories Of 2015

This is a link that talks about 10 strange science stories.
The thing that ties most closely to the topic of technology is that the army is beginning to design things called vampire drones, drones that sublimate at command or in sunlight.

Entertainment -- Top 10 Best Movie Performances

This is a list of 10 best performances in movies for 2015
The story that pertains to entertainment on this list is Blythe Danner's performance in, I’ll See You in My Dreams.

Local news -- Top stories of 2015 (Austin American Statesman)

This is a list of the top 11 stories in the austin american statesman
The topic that stood out the most for the local news would be the same - sex marriage law that was passed in travis county.

Celebrity news  -- Top 10 List Of Richest Hollywood Celebrities 2015

This is a list of 100 new york times stories of 2015
The story that pertains to the topic of celebrity news is that of Johnny Depp's net income.

Photos -- TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2015

This is a link to 30 popular and most heard about stories of 2015
What caught my attention on this site, and also related to the photos topic, was about the aftermath of Nepal's earthquake.