My Story

My project story is about the seniors this year and their advice to themselves, what they wish they would have known before the start of their senior year. It starts and continues with interviews with the seniors (as well as teachers) all giving their ideas of what they wish they knew. At the end I conclude it with a funny answer from one of our teachers, one that is different from the rest, and I use it as the final say on the last slide to take the whole stressed out feeling away and bring in a sense of comedy and relief.

Newspaper Layout

Infogram

Untitled chart
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Yearbook spread

Caption Rules

Subject (Who): Protestors
Verb: throw
Date: feb 9 2016
Place:Mongkok district of Hong Kong.

Why:  local authorities tried to prevent street food sellers from operating on Monday night.
How:

Subject (Who):The North Side Skull & Bone Gang
Verb: parade
Date: feb 9, 2016
Place: New orleans
Why: to remind people of their mortality and to live s productive life
and/or
How: wearing costumes

Subject (Who): a lay minister
Verb: marks
Date: feb 10. 2016
Place:suburban Paranaque city, south of Manila,Philippines

Why: for ash wednesday 

and/or
How:using ashes from burnt palm leaves

Subject (Who): city employee
Verb: stands
Date: feb 10, 2016

Place: Germany
Why: to look at the collison

and/or
How:

Subject (Who): people
Verb: cool off
Date: jan 31, 2016
Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Why: to celebrate
and/or
How: taking to the streets in hundreds of open air block parties

Magazine Cover

Super Tuesday

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

155

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

595

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

252

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

1,017

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

1,237

Best Magazine Covers of 2015 and The Last 40 Years

#10 National Geographic (June 1985)

Photographer Steve McCurry immortalized the haunted eyes of a 12-year-old refugee in a camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan. The photo became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985. Since then, this raw, untouched image has been used on rugs and tattoos, making it one of the most widely reproduced photos in the world.

My critique: The description of the photo used the best word for this picture, "raw". For America, in times of war, we are always focused on ourselves; focused on our children. So to see such an image must have been iconic. When you look into the eye of the model you feel something, something different than when you see the models on the front cover of vogue. This picture is REAL, dead center, hard to miss, and that's why it has been so popular throughout the years.

Magazine Essential Parts

10 labeled parts of a magazine

1. Masthead- this is the title of the magazine, used so that people can easily recognize it. 

2. Dateline- This is so people know the price of the magazine and to also make sure that whatever news or gossip that they were reading is up to date

3. Main Image - This is supposed to be what stands out, to make people want to read the magazine, the main focus of the cover

4. Model Credit- This is just to give credit to the model on the cover page, so that people may know who she is

5. Cover Lines- These are going to be the teasers, whats inside the magazine that makes people want to pick it, and open it up.

6. Main Cover Line- Larger than the cover lines, the most important teaser.

7. Left Third- The third of the cover that customers will see in the stands, these have to stand out.

8. Bar Code- publication date and price, for payment use

9. Settling Line-Short, sharp description of the title's main marketing point.

Portrait Preview

2-3 Tips for portraits
1. Break the Rules of Composition
  I liked this tip because for me it can be pretty hard to even follow the rules of composition in the first place, so being able to break them seems like a pretty sweet deal to me.
2. Get Closer
   I liked this tip because I feel like getting closer to the subject would have a better impact then being far away, getting closer or focusing on just a certain thing could make the image or the message more powerful.

Environmental Portraits:

I liked this picture because while the setting wasn't necessarily objectively "beautiful" the dancer and then the lighting of the sun showing through gives it a sense of beauty, and tranquility 
It also proves that a dancer is a dancer everywhere, no matter their "environment"









This portrait intrigued me because its not a posed picture, or at least it doesn't look posed. It looks just as if this man was walking and the photographer just ended up getting a nice picture, clear and precise.







Casual Portrait:

This portrait looked the most "casual" to me, which is why I picked it. The subject is in casual clothing and in a casual place.

This picture seemed very natural to me. The subject doesn't look uncomfortable or too posed, just like she's smiling, it reminds me of an Instagram picture








Formal Portrait:

I liked this picture because there is nothing distracting me from the subject

okay I just thought this was a beautiful picture, she's beautiful, the dress is beautiful, the flowers, all of it.















Self Portrait:

I can tell that this is the photographer, because the camera is there, but she's not behind it, like she would usually be.

I like this picture because it shows two different sides of an artist.










For this Portrait Assignment I think that I would like to do a close up picture of a face, like TIME magazine usually does 
I also liked I-D's covers, where the model is always covering one of her/his eyes. I think its pretty cool especially the different ways they cover it, they use props or their hair on a hair wrap and i think its interesting.
Im going to be shooting andrew's face for this assignment, probably outside.. or maybe inside i mean it doesn't really matter since you won't really be able to see the background anyway, you'll just be seeing his face.

Sports Exploration

Academics Photography

rule of thirds


The subject is the teacher, this doesn't really tell a story to me, this was hard okay.

Balance:














The subject are the three girls, i thought that it was pretty balanced because they are all three at different parts of the frame but they all tie together because they are all doing school work. They look pretty focused and the food in the back i think looks funny




Im not too sure what rule this picture would fall under but i liked it because from the hand on the head you can tell that she is stressed out, which to me sums up school all together, just very stressful.




Some challenges that I had faced during this shoot was trying to find something interesting join on in the classes. It was a monday morning and nobody, not even the teachers really felt like doing anything. I even got a few pictures of kids sleeping! (I decided not to put those in though)

Academics Shoot Preview

The Story:


This picture to me tells a story because I don't really see something like this everyday where boys are all together holding hands. They are around a pole which must have some sort of sentimental value for all of them to take the time out of their day to gather around and be with each other and share in it. Im not too sure what the story could be, other than this pole being way more than just a pole to these boys.








Action or Emotion:

 The action going on in this photo is a science experiment. The two girls in this photo also have separate expressions that really tie this photo together. The girl actually doing the experiment is in shock of the outcome and the girl to the side of her is very happy and excited about the outcome









Fills the frame:

This picture fills the frame by not letting there be any blanks within the frame, there is always something new to look at whether it be the girls serving or the people receiving



















This was my favorite picture because it's easy to see the excitement and happiness within it.
i feel like the rule of balance applies to this picture because there are two subjects on the right of the frame and the left
also rule of thirds because the boy is more towards the right of the frame and i feel like he is the subject.

Composition Shoot

Lines:













1. I think I followed the rule pretty well, the tiles in a line leading up to the subject,
2. Raidey
3. Yes, the subject is clear because the lines are leading you to her, your eyes follow until they get to the subject.


Simplicity:

1. The rule was followed pretty well, i had the subjects which were the hearts and a plain background to emphasize that.
2. The subject is the three hearts in the center of the photo
3. yes, because the image isn't busy it is clear to see what the subject is.



Rule of Thirds:

1. really well, this is actually my favorite picture that i took.
2. Raidey is the subject
3. Yes, it is clear to see that she is the subject, the wall behind her emphasizes that as well.
4. i wish i could have gotten her face, however, the picture still looks pretty cool.


Balance:

1. i feel like i got the gist of the rule but it isn't that great
2. the subject are the two flags and i feel like thats pretty easy to see because  they are the only two big images in the frame
3.Yes its pretty clear
4. the image is a little crooked, not by a lot but its noticeable to me and its kind of bugging me now.



Framing:

1. The rule was followed
2. the subject is raidy
3. I think that she is so small so its hard to see that she is the subject but she is also the only person in the frame so that makes it easier to see that she is the subject.
4. I wish that i could have made her stand out a little bit more.



Avoiding Mergers:

1. The rule was followed, it is clear to see that this is a bad merger
2. the subject is supposed to be raidy but with the merger rule, 3. its supposed to be hard to tell that its her because of the bad mergering.
4. I wish that it was a bit more centered to make it look like the plant is coming directly out of her head instead of it being a bit off.




STEP 3, OVERALL REFLECTION:

I had never worked with a camera before, unless it was on my phone, so I felt a bit clueless in the beginning but once i had gotten the hang of it i found out it was actually pretty easy. Some of the rules were a little harder to follow than others because it was hard to get just the right background for the shot. It was also difficult trying to find the right angle. There were actually some instances when i had to bend down, or sit on the floor just to get the perfect shot. Overall I had a lot of fun taking pictures and learning how to make them look better.

photography

simplicity:

Rule of thirds:

Lines:














Balance:

Framing:

Avoiding Mergers:

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