Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Major Project Idea

1. The topics of my project are a brief story, my composition skills, and a personal video.
2. Myself? Or my friends.
3. Skateboarding or my composition skills.
4. Probably skim through all the composition skills.
5. The three videos.
6. Animoto
7. Because its easy and simple.
8. School and on the weekends at the skatepark
9. As soon as possible.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Sports Action Photos

1. Subject running toward

2. Panning

3. Subject running across 
4. Intentional Blur

Friday, April 4, 2014

Front Pages Of The World

The name of my single favorite news page is The Austin American Statesman. It is my favorite mostly because it is my local newspaper and I've been down with it since Freshman year.
The Newspaper is from Austin, Texas. My favorite headline from the newspaper is "Shooter's Motives Remain A Mystery". There are 8 stories on the front page. The title of the newspapers are in a different font than the headlines, and it is at the way top (obviously). The top story always has the biggest headline and photo. Some newspapers are different from each other because of the headlines and logos and the way their stories are organized and placed. 

Thursday, March 27, 2014

The 7 News Values of News

Timeliness- (Headline) Video shows teen getting punched in face at school
1:00 PM March 27 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/03/27/video-teen-punched-in-face/6949711/
The news article is followed by the news value I chose for it because it was posted about an hour ago, and it is very recent.
Proximity- (Headline) Police identify pedestrian killed in North Austin hit-and-run
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/police-identify-pedestrian-killed-in-north-austin-/nfMSZ/
The news article follows the news value "Proximity" because it happened on North Lamar Boulevard
Prominence- (Headline) Tyler, the Creator Arrested for Inciting a Riot at SXSW http://pitchfork.com/news/54367-tyler-the-creator-arrested-for-starting-a-riot-at-sxsw/
The article follows prominence because Tyler The Creator is a really famous rapper and SXSW is a really important musical event.
Impact- (Headline) Still rehabbing, victim of SXSW wreck staying positive
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/still-rehabbing-victim-of-sxsw-wreck-staying-posit/nfQ4C/
The article follows impact because the woman was affected and injured by a car crash during SXSW outside a concert and was hit by a car.
Conflict- (Headline) Ohio will have to recognize gay marriages, judge says
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/04/ohio-gay-marriage/7304753/
This follows conflict because same-sex marriage has been argued over a lot. Most states ban same-sex marriage but others go for it.
Human Interest- (Headline) Perry: ‘There aren’t any easy answers to what occurred’ at Fort Hood
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/more-information-on-fort-hood-victims-shooting-sus/nfRxg/
The article follows Human Interest because there was a recent shooting at Ford Hood, but it also was the second shooting to have occurred at Fort Hood.
Novelty- (Headline) Breast feeding death sends woman to prison for 20 years
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/04/breast-milk-baby-death/7303397/
This article follows novelty because at first, it surprises the reader, because how can breast feeding bring death, right? Well, once you start getting into the story, you will realize its not as weird as it seemed, but it still shocked you wether you do not want to admit it or not.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

My Yearbook Spread


News Values

1. Timeliness
-An Event Just Happened
2. Proximity
-Where The Event Happened
3. Conflict
-People Fighting
4. Prominence
-Important Or Famous
5. Human Interest
-Drama
6. Impact
-How It Affects You
7. Novelty
-Unusual And Weird

Monday, February 17, 2014

Magazine Cover

I want to give a shootout to Jonny Blaze it 420 for helping me out on this magazine cover. 

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Photoshop notes

SAVE AS
Rename you image, make sure the image is saved as a .jpg at the highest (maximum) image quality
SAVE- you do not have to rename the image at this point. Save often and regularly
Nestle- Tools are stacked on each other - to access those tools 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 = undo
Command s = Save
Command p = Print
Command l = Levels
>image>image rotations
CW and CCW
CW= Clockwise
CCW= Counter Clockwise
ADJUSTING CONTRAST
Channel RGB- moved just the brown hersheys kiss (just a little higher)
To Crop
Select the cropping tool and then click and drag the area you want to crop. Before you crop, you must enter the resolution you want your image to be saved to.
Resolution Guidelines:
Yearbook= 300
Newspaper= 150
Web= 72
To make an image black and white
Use Grayscale
image>mode>grayscale

Thursday, January 30, 2014

My Best Portrait

This is my best portrait, as you can see. I did good, but the facial expression of the model is blank. If the model added a mysterious facial expression to make the viewers think about what he could possible be thinking on a tree, it would've made the picture better. I like how there technically isn't any mergers to avoid, but it could've been better.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Magazine Essential Parts

Step 1- Mast Head, Selling Line, Dateline, Main Image, Model Credit, Coverline, Main Coverline, Barcode, Left Third.
Step 2- All of the essential parts in step one make the customer more interested. They have more topics to view and catch their attention than just some random model in a magazine. It also gives an idea to the buyer what the magazine will be about.

Year In Review 2013

Best Song of 2013
Juicy J- Money a do it. I chose this as my main choice because the song is used by an elite skateboarding group named "The Robs". The heavy beats in the song are perfectly composed with Juicy J's rapping. It was the best because Juicy J works hard and plays hard. 
I chose this movie because it is a really hilarious popular movie for the whole family.
I watched it with my family and it was really good. And I barely watch movies. It was the best of 2013 because it is friendly for everyone and it is hilarious. 
The news of a new pope has been a huge impact in the US. The announcement of a new pope concerned millions of americans. The new pope is named Pope Francis. But its important to know that Pope Benedict was also the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. So Pope Francis took his place.
I chose Kim Jong Un as the most important person in 2013, mostly because he threatened to bomb the US. He is also the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 
Part 3
1. One thing that happened in 2013 is that I skated on new years eve and went to Butler park and hung out with the Robs.
2. My resolutions for 2014 is to be top notch at skateboarding.
3. I am looking forward to finding my soulmate in 2014, if they're down for life. 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Fixed Portrait Shoot


ISO 100
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 3200 

1. I liked using ISO 400.
2. ISO 1600
3. Yes, i was able to create equivalent exposure.
4. I will take the time to improve this time because I was in a hurry on this shoot.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Best Photos of 2013

I chose this picture because I think sharks are really majestic. The shark isn't eating the seal in the picture but it might afterwards. This picture represents composition of photo by making the shark its main subject. It also shows Main subject. It brings interest for the viewers. 
 This picture was chosen by me because murders interest me but I'm not a murderer or anything like that. I think its interesting, but thats weird for me to say. I like that this was taken seconds before the execution. This represents Subject Matter and Composition of Photo.
I chose this photograph because it looks powerful. It also resembles corruption of a country and shows how much power the people have and the courage to stand by their country and say no to their society. This resembles Exposure quality and Subject Matter.